Tigers @ Athletics
May 30, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 5 10 0
Athletics 1 3 0
Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 5 10 0
Athletics 1 3 0

Enos Slaughter Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .307
OBP .333 .377
At Bats 2 101
Hits 0 31
• Singles 0 20
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 12
RBI’s 0 12

Virgil Trucks Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 1 0
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Municipal Stadium - May 30, 1956
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Strikeout
Virgil Trucks
Frank House
Earl Torgeson
Frank Bolling
Ray Boone
Harvey Kuenn
Bob Kennedy
Bill Tuttle
Al Kaline
Enos Slaughter

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 5 10 0 6
Kansas City Athletics 1 3 0 2
Winning Pitcher Virgil Trucks
Losing Pitcher Art Ditmar
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Al Kaline
Attendance 17,888
Time of Game 2 hours 3 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Slaughter strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Lopez hits a line drive towards short. Kuenn reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Frank Bolling now playing second base. Frank House now catching. Bob Kennedy now playing left field. Power hits a fly ball into left field. Kennedy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Torgeson hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Trucks hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Burtschy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Frank House pinch hits for Red Wilson. House hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 9 Wayne Belardi pinch hits for Jim Brideweser. Belardi hits a popup towards short. Baxes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Maxwell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boone moves to third.
Top 9 Mike Baxes now playing shortstop. Moe Burtschy now pitching. Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Gus Zernial pinch hits for Art Ditmar. Zernial hits a popup in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Ginsberg hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brideweser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Joe Ginsberg pinch hits for Joe DeMaestri. The ball gets by Wilson for a passed ball. Groth moves to second.
Bottom 8 Groth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brideweser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Kaline hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Kuenn hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Trucks hits a fly ball into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Finigan hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Simpson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brideweser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Lopez strikes out.
Top 7 Wilson strikes out.
Top 7 Brideweser hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Ditmar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brideweser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 DeMaestri hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Boone hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Tuttle hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ditmar fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Groth. The throw from Wilson and he is out, Brideweser applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Groth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Thompson hits a line drive into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops it up and throws to first, with Ditmar covering, for the out.
Top 5 There goes Kuenn. The throw from Thompson and he is safe. Kuenn steals second.
Top 5 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Trucks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Wilson hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brideweser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Slaughter hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Brideweser hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Maxwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Boone is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Power hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trucks fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Ditmar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Torgeson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Trucks hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Groth hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Groth for the out.
Bottom 2 Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Wilson strikes out. Thompson drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Wilson out.
Top 2 Brideweser is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. Ditmar scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maxwell for the out.
Bottom 1 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Slaughter takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Lopez hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Power hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Tuttle hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Simpson. Tuttle reaches second base with a double. Kaline moves to third.
Top 1 Kaline hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.