Athletics @ Tigers
May 27, 1956

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Bottom 7 R H E
Athletics 5 11 3
Tigers 0 8 0
Bottom 7 R H E
Athletics 5 11 3
Tigers 0 8 0

Al Kaline Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .279
OBP .667 .340
At Bats 3 140
Hits 2 39
• Singles 2 27
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 0 21

Art Ditmar Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 0
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Briggs Stadium - May 27, 1956
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Art Ditmar
Tim Thompson
Harry Simpson
Jim Finigan
Hector Lopez
Joe DeMaestri
Bill Renna
Johnny Groth
Enos Slaughter
Al Kaline
Earl Torgeson
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Kaline hits a popup towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Torgeson hits a line drive to left field. Renna throws towards Finigan. Finigan fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Finigan. Torgeson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Simpson hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Slaughter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Lopez hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Buddy Hicks now playing second base. Al Aber now pitching. Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jim Small pinch runs for Wayne Belardi. Bob Kennedy pinch hits for Walt Masterson. Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Simpson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kennedy for the out.
Bottom 6 Wayne Belardi pinch hits for Jim Brideweser. Belardi is hit by the pitch. Boone moves to third. Maxwell moves to second.
Bottom 6 Maxwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boone moves to second.
Bottom 6 House hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Bill Renna now playing left field. Tuttle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Ditmar hits a line drive towards the mound. Masterson catches it and throws to second to double up Groth.
Top 6 DeMaestri takes first base on ball four. Groth moves to second.
Top 6 Groth hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Renna scores.
Top 6 Bill Renna pinch runs for Gus Zernial. Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Walt Masterson now pitching. Zernial hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Zernial reaches second base with a double. Simpson scores.
Top 6 Simpson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Simpson reaches second base with a double. Slaughter scores.
Top 6 Slaughter hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline who is chasing the ball. Slaughter reaches third base with a triple. Lopez goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Kaline hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Torgeson hits a line drive into right field. Slaughter picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Slaughter. Torgeson moves to second.
Bottom 5 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Maas strikes out.
Top 5 Finigan hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. House settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Ditmar hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 DeMaestri hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Brideweser strikes out.
Bottom 4 Maxwell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial who is chasing the ball. Maxwell reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 4 House hits a ball on the ground towards first. Simpson fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Bottom 4 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri misplays the ball. That's an error on DeMaestri.
Top 4 Groth hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brideweser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Thompson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Zernial hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Simpson strikes out.
Bottom 3 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Torgeson hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Slaughter hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes Ditmar. The throw from House and they have the runner in a rundown. Kuenn applies the tag, and Ditmar is out.
Top 3 Finigan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ditmar moves to second.
Top 3 Ditmar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Maas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Brideweser hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Simpson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 House hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 DeMaestri hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Groth is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Thompson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Zernial is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Tuttle is hit by the pitch. Kaline moves to second.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Torgeson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops it up and throws to first, with Maas covering, for the out.
Top 1 Slaughter hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Slaughter reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Lopez is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Finigan hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.