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August 5, 1956

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Yankees 5 13 3
Tigers 8 8 0
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Yankees 5 14 3
Tigers 8 8 0

Mickey Mantle Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .366
OBP .250 .477
At Bats 4 363
Hits 1 133
• Singles 0 78
• Doubles 0 15
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 1 37
Walks 0 78
RBI’s 1 93

Al Aber Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 3 2
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Briggs Stadium - August 5, 1956
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Single
Al Aber
Frank House
Earl Torgeson
Frank Bolling
Ray Boone
Harvey Kuenn
Charlie Maxwell
Bill Tuttle
Jim Small
Mickey Mantle
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Jim Small now playing right field. Al Aber now pitching. Mantle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 7 Tuttle hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rip Coleman now pitching. House hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin fields the ball and can't make a play. That's a base hit. There goes Small trying to get to third. Martin throws to Carey who tags Small for the out. Boone moves to second.
Bottom 7 Jim Small pinch runs for Al Kaline. Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kuenn scores. Torgeson scores. Small moves to second.
Bottom 7 Kaline is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Sturdivant scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maxwell for the out. Kuenn moves to third. Torgeson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sturdivant juggles the ball. That's an error on Sturdivant. Kuenn moves to second.
Bottom 7 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bunning scores.
Bottom 7 Sturdivant spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Sturdivant. Bunning moves to third.
Bottom 7 Bunning hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Mantle. Bunning reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Siebern hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Sturdivant hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Coleman moves to second.
Top 7 Coleman hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Bolling hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 House strikes out.
Top 6 Carey hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Martin strikes out.
Top 6 Skowron takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Berra strikes out.
Top 6 Mantle hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 5 Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kaline hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Siebern. Kaline reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Maxwell strikes out.
Bottom 5 Tom Sturdivant now pitching. Torgeson hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Siebern 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 Bauer hits a line drive into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Joe Collins pinch hits for Johnny Kucks. Collins takes first base on ball four. Coleman moves to second.
Top 5 Coleman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Carey moves to third.
Top 5 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it and throws to home to get Martin. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 5 There's a wild pitch. Martin moves to third.
Top 5 Martin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Martin reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 4 Kuenn hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bunning hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin fields it and throws to second for the out. House scores.
Bottom 4 Bolling hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. House moves to third.
Bottom 4 Tuttle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. House moves to second.
Bottom 4 House takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Skowron strikes out.
Top 4 Berra is walked intentionally. Bauer moves to second.
Top 4 Mantle hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Siebern hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Bauer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kaline strikes out.
Bottom 3 Maxwell hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jim Bunning now pitching. Kucks strikes out.
Top 3 Coleman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Martin scores. Carey moves to second.
Top 3 Carey hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Martin moves to second.
Top 3 Martin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Skowron hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Berra hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 3 Mantle hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Bauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops it up and throws to first, with Kucks covering, for the out.
Bottom 2 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. Bolling moves to third.
Bottom 2 Lary bunts towards first. Skowron scoops it up and throws to first, with Martin covering, for the out. Bolling moves to second.
Bottom 2 Bolling takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Kucks hits a line drive towards the mound. Lary catches it and throws to second to double up Carey.
Top 2 Coleman takes first base on ball four. Carey moves to second.
Top 2 Carey hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Martin hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. House settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Tuttle hits a fly ball into left field. Siebern settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 House hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Boone scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 1 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey juggles the ball. That's an error on Carey. Boone moves to third.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Maxwell takes first base on ball four. Kuenn moves to second.
Bottom 1 Torgeson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Berra hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Siebern moves to third.
Top 1 Mantle hits a popup towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Siebern hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Bauer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.