Yankees @ Tigers
May 23, 1956

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Top 2	R	H	E
Yankees	1	2	1
Tigers	0	1	0

Top 2	R	H	E
Yankees	1	3	1
Tigers	0	1	0

Elston Howard Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.290
OBP	.000	.340
At Bats	0	93
Hits	0	27
• Singles	0	22
• Doubles	0	2
• Triples	0	0
• Home Runs	0	3
Walks	0	7
RBI’s	0	15

Billy Hoeft Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
3	1	0

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Briggs Stadium - May 23, 1956

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Single

Billy Hoeft

Red Wilson

Jack Phillips

Jim Brideweser

Bob Kennedy

Harvey Kuenn

Charlie Maxwell

Bill Tuttle

Al Kaline

Elston Howard

Count: - , 0 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

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Bottom 1 Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Brideweser trying to get to third. McDougald throws to Carey who tags Brideweser for the out.

Bottom 1 Brideweser hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Coleman juggles the ball. That's an error on Coleman.

Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 1 Cerv hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brideweser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Skowron hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Skowron reaches second base with a double. Martin scores. Mantle moves to third.

Top 1 Mantle takes first base on ball four. Martin moves to second.

Top 1 McDougald hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Martin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 1 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out.

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