Orioles @ Tigers
July 24, 1956

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Top 8 R H E
Orioles 11 12 0
Tigers 5 9 2
Top 8 R H E
Orioles 11 12 0
Tigers 5 9 2

Tito Francona Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .260
OBP .750 .349
At Bats 3 223
Hits 2 58
• Singles 2 44
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 1 31
RBI’s 3 36

Frank Lary Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 11 0
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Briggs Stadium - July 24, 1956
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Out
Frank Lary
Frank House
Earl Torgeson
Frank Bolling
Ray Boone
Harvey Kuenn
Charlie Maxwell
Al Kaline
Bob Kennedy
Tito Francona
Billy Gardner
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Francona hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Gardner hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kell scores. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Smith for the out.
Top 8 Triandos hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Pyburn tags and scores. Kell tags and moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 8 Jim Pyburn pinch runs for Hoot Evers. Kell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling misplays the ball. That's an error on Bolling. Pyburn moves to third. Kell moves to second.
Top 8 Evers takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Kennedy hits a popup towards short. Miranda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bolling hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Williams. Bolling reaches second base with a double. Kaline moves to third.
Bottom 7 Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Hal Brown now pitching. Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Williams hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bob Hale pinch hits for Billy Loes. Hale hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gardner scores. Francona moves to third.
Top 7 Miranda is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Francona hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kell scores. Triandos scores. Gardner moves to third.
Top 7 Gardner takes first base on ball four. Kell moves to third. Triandos moves to second.
Top 7 Smith is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Triandos hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kell moves to second.
Top 7 Earl Torgeson now playing first base. Frank Lary now pitching. Kell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Kuenn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. House scores. Torgeson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Earl Torgeson pinch hits for Al Aber. Torgeson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. House moves to second.
Bottom 6 House hits a ball on the ground towards first. Triandos fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Bolling takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Evers hits a fly ball into right field. Kennedy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. Phillips juggles the ball. That's an error on Phillips. Loes moves to second.
Top 6 Loes hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 6 Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Francona hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kaline hits a popup towards first. Triandos settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Maxwell hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Frank House now catching. Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Billy Loes now pitching. Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Loes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bolling scores. Kennedy scores.
Bottom 4 Aber bunts towards first. Triandos scoops it up and throws to first, with Zuverink covering, for the out. Bolling moves to third. Kennedy moves to second.
Bottom 4 Frank House pinch hits for Red Wilson. House hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kennedy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boone scores. Bolling moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bolling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boone moves to third.
Bottom 4 Boone hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Francona. Boone reaches second base with a double. Kaline scores.
Bottom 4 Kaline hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Francona. Kaline reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Kell hits a line drive into right field. Kennedy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Evers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Al Aber now pitching. Williams strikes out.
Bottom 3 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Zuverink hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Miranda hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Francona hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gardner moves to third.
Top 3 Gardner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Walt Masterson now pitching. Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Wayne Belardi pinch hits for Paul Foytack. Belardi hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 George Zuverink now pitching. Wilson hits a fly ball into left field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kennedy takes first base on ball four. Boone moves to third. Bolling moves to second.
Bottom 2 Bolling takes first base on ball four. Boone moves to second.
Bottom 2 Boone takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Kaline hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards first. Phillips scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Triandos for the out.
Top 2 Kell hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Williams tags and scores.
Top 2 Paul Foytack now pitching. Evers strikes out.
Top 2 Williams hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Kaline who is chasing the ball. Williams reaches third base with a triple.
Bottom 1 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kuenn strikes out.
Top 1 Ferrarese hits a fly ball into right field. Kennedy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Miranda hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kaline who is chasing the ball. Miranda reaches third base with a triple. Kell scores. Smith scores. Francona goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Francona takes first base on ball four. Evers scores. Kell moves to third. Smith moves to second.
Top 1 Gardner hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Smith is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Evers moves to third. Kell moves to second.
Top 1 Kell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Williams scores. Evers moves to second.
Top 1 Evers takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to second.
Top 1 Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.