Tigers @ Indians
August 16, 1956

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Top 9 R H E
Tigers 4 6 0
Indians 5 8 0
Top 9 R H E
Tigers 4 7 0
Indians 5 8 0

Al Kaline Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .309
OBP .500 .366
At Bats 3 463
Hits 1 143
• Singles 1 91
• Doubles 0 24
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 0 23
Walks 1 42
RBI’s 1 93

Early Wynn Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
13 6 1
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - August 16, 1956
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Single
Early Wynn
Jim Hegan
Preston Ward
Bobby Avila
Al Rosen
George Strickland
Gene Woodling
Al Smith
Rocky Colavito
Al Kaline
Earl Torgeson
Jim Small
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Small moves to third. Torgeson moves to second.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Earl Torgeson pinch hits for Bob Kennedy. Torgeson takes first base on ball four. Small moves to second.
Top 9 Charlie Maxwell pinch hits for Jack Phillips. Maxwell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Ward settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Jim Small pinch runs for Wayne Belardi. Kuenn hits a popup towards first. Ward settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Wayne Belardi pinch hits for Walt Masterson. Belardi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Rosen hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Smith hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Avila moves to third.
Bottom 8 Woodling takes first base on ball four. Avila moves to second.
Bottom 8 Avila takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Wynn hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Wilson hits a line drive towards short. Strickland reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Brideweser hits a popup, foul, towards first. Ward settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bolling strikes out.
Bottom 7 Strickland strikes out.
Bottom 7 Hegan hits a fly ball into left field. Kennedy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Ward strikes out.
Top 7 Early Wynn now pitching. Tuttle hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hegan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Phillips scores. Kennedy moves to third.
Top 7 Kennedy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Phillips moves to third.
Top 7 Phillips takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Kuenn hits a fly ball into center field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Masterson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Walt Masterson now pitching. Colavito hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Bolling catches it and throws to first to double up Rosen.
Bottom 6 Rosen takes first base on ball four. Woodling moves to third. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 6 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Woodling moves to second.
Bottom 6 Woodling takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Avila hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kennedy throws the ball in to Bolling who tags Avila, trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 6 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Brideweser hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bolling moves to third.
Top 6 Bolling hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Woodling. Bolling reaches second base with a double. Kaline goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Tuttle strikes out.
Top 6 Kaline takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Score hits a ball on the ground towards first. Phillips scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Score for the out.
Bottom 5 Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Hegan bunts towards first. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first, with Bolling covering, for the out. Ward moves to second.
Bottom 5 Ward hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Phillips hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wilson scores. Miller moves to second.
Top 5 Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brideweser tags and scores.
Top 5 Miller takes first base on ball four. Brideweser moves to third. Wilson moves to second.
Top 5 Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brideweser moves to second.
Top 5 Brideweser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Bolling takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Colavito hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Rosen hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Woodling is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Kennedy is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Avila hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brideweser fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 3 Score strikes out.
Bottom 3 Strickland hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Colavito moves to third. Hegan moves to second.
Bottom 3 Hegan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Ward bunts between the mound and first base. Miller scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ward for the out. Colavito moves to second.
Bottom 3 Bob Miller now pitching. Colavito takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Phillips hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kuenn strikes out. Hegan drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Kuenn out.
Top 3 JW Porter pinch hits for Billy Hoeft. Porter is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Rosen hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Smith is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 Woodling hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Woodling reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 There goes Avila. The throw from Wilson and he is out, Kuenn applying the tag.
Bottom 2 Avila takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Score strikes out.
Top 2 Wilson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hegan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Brideweser strikes out.
Top 2 Bolling takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Strickland is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Hegan takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Ward strikes out.
Bottom 1 Colavito hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Bottom 1 Rosen takes first base on ball four. Woodling moves to third. Smith moves to second.
Bottom 1 Smith takes first base on ball four. Woodling moves to second.
Bottom 1 Woodling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Avila hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Kennedy takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Phillips hits a fly ball into right field. Colavito settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kuenn is called out on strikes.