Yankees @ Tigers
August 4, 1956

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Top 9 R H E
Yankees 4 6 0
Tigers 5 9 1
Top 9 R H E
Yankees 4 6 0
Tigers 5 9 1

Mickey Mantle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .368
OBP 1.000 .478
At Bats 3 359
Hits 3 132
• Singles 1 78
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 2 36
Walks 1 77
RBI’s 3 92

Al Aber Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 3 2
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Briggs Stadium - August 4, 1956
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Walk
Al Aber
Red Wilson
Earl Torgeson
Frank Bolling
Ray Boone
Jim Brideweser
Charlie Maxwell
Bill Tuttle
Al Kaline
Mickey Mantle
Billy Martin
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Mantle takes first base on ball four.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Bauer bunts towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out. Martin moves to second.
Top 9 Jim Brideweser now playing shortstop. Red Wilson now catching. Billy Martin pinch hits for Billy Hunter. Martin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Aber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter fields it and throws to second for the out. Hoeft moves to third.
Bottom 8 Billy Hoeft pinch runs for Frank House. Tuttle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hoeft moves to second.
Bottom 8 House hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Tommy Byrne now pitching. Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Kaline hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 8 Maxwell takes first base on ball four. Torgeson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Larsen hits a line drive towards third. Boone reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Coleman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howard moves to second.
Top 8 Carey hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Al Aber now pitching. Skowron hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Don Larsen now pitching. Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Jim Small pinch hits for Steve Gromek. Small hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bolling moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bolling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Tuttle hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Mantle is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Bauer hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hunter bunts towards first. Torgeson scoops it up and throws to first, with Bolling covering, for the out. Turley moves to second.
Top 7 Turley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 House hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats House for the out.
Bottom 6 Boone hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kaline hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Kaline reaches second base with a double. Maxwell moves to third.
Bottom 6 Maxwell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Elston Howard now playing left field. Torgeson hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Berra fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Carey hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Steve Gromek now pitching. Collins hits a line drive into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kuenn hits a popup towards short. Hunter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wayne Belardi pinch hits for Virgil Trucks. Belardi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Bolling hits a popup, foul, towards third. Carey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Tuttle takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson juggles the ball. That's an error on Torgeson.
Top 5 Mantle hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Bauer strikes out.
Top 5 Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 House hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Boone hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Turley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Coleman hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Carey hits a line drive towards third. Boone reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Maxwell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling fields it and throws to second for the out. Mantle scores.
Top 3 There goes Mantle. The throw from House and he is safe. Mantle steals third.
Top 3 Berra takes first base on ball four. Mantle moves to second.
Top 3 Mantle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Bauer hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Trucks hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bolling hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Tuttle hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 House hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Hunter 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 2 Turley strikes out.
Top 2 Coleman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Boone hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maxwell for the out. Kuenn moves to second.
Bottom 1 Torgeson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Carey strikes out.
Top 1 Collins takes first base on ball four. Berra moves to second.
Top 1 Skowron hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Berra takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Mantle hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Bauer takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Hunter hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.