Orioles @ Tigers
July 26, 1956

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Top 9 R H E
Orioles 11 9 0
Tigers 6 11 3
Top 9 R H E
Orioles 11 9 0
Tigers 6 11 3

Billy Gardner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .221
OBP .500 .265
At Bats 4 299
Hits 2 66
• Singles 2 47
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 14
RBI’s 1 28

Steve Gromek Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
6 5 4
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Briggs Stadium - July 26, 1956
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Out
Steve Gromek
Frank House
Earl Torgeson
Frank Bolling
Ray Boone
Harvey Kuenn
Charlie Maxwell
Al Kaline
Bob Kennedy
Billy Gardner
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Francona hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 9 Jim Pyburn pinch runs for Bob Nieman. Triandos hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 9 Nieman takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Frank House now catching. Steve Gromek now pitching. Kell strikes out.
Bottom 8 Jim Small pinch runs for Wayne Belardi. Kuenn 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 8 Wayne Belardi pinch hits for Bob Miller. Belardi takes first base on ball four. Bolling moves to third. House moves to second.
Bottom 8 Frank House pinch hits for Red Wilson. House takes first base on ball four. Bolling moves to second.
Bottom 8 Bolling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Billy Loes now pitching. Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Evers hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Hal Smith pinch hits for Bill Wight. Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Kennedy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Torgeson hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kuenn hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Miranda hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Francona hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 6 Bolling hits a line drive into right field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kennedy is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 6 Boone hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 6 Triandos hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Nieman takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Kell hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Williams tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Evers hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Williams hits a line drive into right field. That will be extra bases. Kennedy fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Kennedy. Williams moves to third.
Bottom 5 Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Maxwell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Francona scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Torgeson for the out.
Top 5 Wight hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops it up and throws to first, with Miller covering, for the out.
Top 5 Miranda hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Bob Miller now pitching. Gardner hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 JW Porter pinch hits for Ned Garver. Porter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bolling scores. Wilson moves to third.
Bottom 4 Wilson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. Wilson reaches second base with a double. Bolling moves to third.
Bottom 4 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Kennedy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Francona hits a fly ball into right field. Kennedy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Triandos hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Ned Garver now pitching. Nieman takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Kell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 4 Evers takes first base on ball four. Wight moves to second.
Top 4 Williams hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Wight hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Maxwell strikes out.
Bottom 3 There goes Torgeson. The throw from Triandos and he is safe. Torgeson steals second.
Bottom 3 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 3 Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Gardner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nieman scores. Francona moves to second.
Top 3 Francona takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Hoeft spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Hoeft. Nieman moves to third.
Top 3 Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kell scores.
Top 3 Nieman hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Nieman reaches second base with a double. Kell moves to third.
Top 3 Kell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hoeft hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Wilson moves to third.
Bottom 2 Wilson hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evers. Wilson reaches second base with a double. Kennedy scores. Bolling scores.
Bottom 2 There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal.
Bottom 2 Bolling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boone scores. Kennedy moves to second.
Bottom 2 Kennedy hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boone moves to second.
Bottom 2 Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Evers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn misplays the ball. That's an error on Kuenn. Francona scores. Gardner moves to third. Miranda moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Wight is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Miranda takes first base on ball four. Triandos scores. Francona moves to third. Gardner moves to second.
Top 2 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Triandos moves to third. Francona moves to second.
Top 2 Francona hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Wilson fields it and throws to third for the out. Triandos moves to second.
Top 2 Triandos hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nieman moves to second.
Top 2 Nieman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Maxwell hits a fly ball into right field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Torgeson hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Evers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.