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August 8, 1956

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Bottom 8 R H E
Athletics 7 12 1
Tigers 8 11 0
Bottom 8 R H E
Athletics 7 12 1
Tigers 8 12 0

Al Kaline Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .306
OBP .750 .357
At Bats 3 438
Hits 2 134
• Singles 1 85
• Doubles 0 22
• Triples 0 5
• Home Runs 1 22
Walks 0 35
RBI’s 3 89

Alex Kellner Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 4 0
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Briggs Stadium - August 8, 1956
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Single
Alex Kellner
Joe Ginsberg
Eddie Robinson
Vic Power
Hector Lopez
Joe DeMaestri
Lou Skizas
Al Pilarcik
Harry Simpson
Al Kaline
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Alex Kellner now pitching. Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Skizas is called out on strikes.
Top 8 Pilarcik hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Power hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Enos Slaughter pinch hits for Troy Herriage. Slaughter strikes out.
Bottom 7 Maxwell strikes out.
Bottom 7 Torgeson hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kuenn hits a fly ball into left field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bunning bunts towards the mound. Herriage fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Herriage. Bolling scores. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 7 Bolling hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Simpson. Bolling reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 DeMaestri hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Ginsberg hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Robinson for the out.
Bottom 6 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Power fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 House takes first base on ball four. Maxwell moves to third. Kaline moves to second.
Bottom 6 Troy Herriage now pitching. Boone hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Torgeson scores. Maxwell moves to second.
Bottom 6 Maxwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kuenn scores. Torgeson moves to third.
Bottom 6 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skizas. Kuenn reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Bunning hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ginsberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 The ball gets by House for a passed ball. Pilarcik moves to third. Simpson moves to second.
Top 6 Simpson is walked intentionally.
Top 6 Skizas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out. Pilarcik moves to second.
Top 6 Pilarcik takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Tuttle strikes out.
Bottom 5 House hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Crimian hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 DeMaestri hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Robinson moves to second.
Top 5 Ginsberg hits a popup towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Boone hits a line drive towards third. Lopez reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kaline is hit by the pitch. Torgeson moves to third. Maxwell moves to second.
Bottom 4 Maxwell takes first base on ball four. Torgeson moves to second.
Bottom 4 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Kuenn hits a line drive towards first. Robinson catches it and steps on first to double up Bunning.
Bottom 4 Bunning hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 Simpson hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Skizas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Crimian scores. Power moves to second.
Top 4 Pilarcik hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Crimian moves to second.
Top 4 Crimian hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 4 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Jack Crimian now pitching. Bolling hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Tuttle takes first base on ball four. Maxwell scores. Boone moves to third. House moves to second.
Bottom 3 House takes first base on ball four. Boone moves to second.
Bottom 3 Boone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Torgeson scores. Maxwell moves to third.
Bottom 3 Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Maxwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Torgeson moves to third.
Bottom 3 Torgeson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Ginsberg strikes out.
Top 3 Robinson hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jim Bunning now pitching. Lopez 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 Billy Hoeft. Belardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 2 Bolling takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 House hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Simpson strikes out.
Top 2 Skizas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Power scores. Pilarcik scores.
Top 2 Pilarcik hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ginsberg scores. Power moves to third. Pilarcik moves to second.
Top 2 Power hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Robinson scores. Ginsberg moves to second.
Top 2 Ditmar hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Robinson moves to third.
Top 2 Ginsberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Robinson moves to second.
Top 2 Robinson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Boone is called out on strikes.
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 line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Torgeson hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lopez hits a line drive into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Simpson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Power scores.
Top 1 Skizas hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Pilarcik hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Power moves to second.
Top 1 Power hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.