Yankees @ Tigers
May 22, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 2 7 1
Tigers 1 7 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 2 7 1
Tigers 3 8 0

Red Wilson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .222
OBP .000 .241
At Bats 3 27
Hits 0 6
• Singles 0 4
• Doubles 0 1
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 1
RBI’s 0 3

Whitey Ford Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 0 0
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Briggs Stadium - May 22, 1956
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Home Run
Whitey Ford
Elston Howard
Eddie Robinson
Billy Martin
Andy Carey
Gil McDougald
Joe Collins
Mickey Mantle
Hank Bauer
Red Wilson
Charlie Maxwell

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 2 7 1 5
Detroit Tigers 3 8 0 8
Winning Pitcher Frank Lary
Losing Pitcher Whitey Ford
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Red Wilson
Attendance 9,503
Time of Game 2 hours 33 minutes
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Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Wilson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Maxwell hits a line drive into center field. That will be extra bases. Mantle fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Mantle. Maxwell moves to third.
Top 9 McDougald hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Howard strikes out.
Top 9 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ford fields it, throws to the plate for one, and over to first for the double play.
Bottom 8 Kennedy takes first base on ball four. Kaline moves to third. Tuttle moves to second.
Bottom 8 Tuttle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kuenn scores. Kaline moves to second.
Bottom 8 Kaline hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kuenn moves to third.
Bottom 8 Brideweser strikes out.
Bottom 8 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Mantle hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Collins hits a popup towards third. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Martin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brideweser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Lary hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Maxwell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Carey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ford fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 McDougald hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brideweser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Mantle bunts towards the mound. Lary fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Brideweser hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lary moves to second.
Bottom 5 Kuenn hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Lary hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ford fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Collins hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Lary scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Collins for the out.
Top 5 Martin hits a popup towards third. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bauer strikes out. Wilson drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Bauer out.
Bottom 4 Wilson strikes out.
Bottom 4 Maxwell strikes out.
Bottom 4 Phillips takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Kennedy hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Collins. Kennedy reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Carey. The throw from Wilson and he is out, Brideweser applying the tag.
Top 4 Ford hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Carey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards first. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first, with Lary covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Kaline hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Brideweser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Lary hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Howard strikes out.
Top 3 Robinson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mantle is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Collins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Wilson hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Maxwell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Phillips strikes out.
Bottom 2 Kennedy strikes out.
Top 2 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Bauer takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Ford hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brideweser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ford fields it and throws to first for the out. Brideweser moves to second.
Bottom 1 Brideweser takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 McDougald takes first base on ball four. Robinson moves to second.
Top 1 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Collins moves to third.
Top 1 Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Martin scores. Collins moves to second.
Top 1 Mantle hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Collins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bauer scores. Martin moves to third.
Top 1 Martin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Martin reaches second base with a double. Bauer moves to third.
Top 1 Bauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.