Tigers @ Athletics
June 30, 1956

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Top 9 R H E
Tigers 14 17 0
Athletics 2 6 2
Top 9 R H E
Tigers 14 17 0
Athletics 2 6 2

Ray Boone Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .260
OBP .600 .368
At Bats 4 208
Hits 2 54
• Singles 1 34
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 12
Walks 1 35
RBI’s 1 28

Bobby Shantz Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 3
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Municipal Stadium - June 30, 1956
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Fielder's Choice
Bobby Shantz
Tim Thompson
Eddie Robinson
Clete Boyer
Jim Finigan
Mike Baxes
Lou Skizas
Johnny Groth
Harry Simpson
Ray Boone
Al Kaline
Bob Kennedy
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to home to get Kennedy. Kaline moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Kaline hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skizas. Kaline reaches second base with a double. Kennedy moves to third.
Top 9 Kennedy takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Bolling strikes out.
Bottom 8 Simpson hits a fly ball into left field. Kennedy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Skizas 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 8 Finigan 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 8 Brideweser hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Foytack hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops it up and throws to first, with Shantz covering, for the out.
Top 8 Eddie Robinson now playing first base. Mike Baxes now playing shortstop. Bobby Shantz now pitching. Wilson hits a popup towards short. Baxes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Power hits a line drive towards third. Boone reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Mike Baxes pinch runs for Joe DeMaestri. Eddie Robinson pinch hits for Jose Santiago. Robinson 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.
Bottom 7 DeMaestri takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Torgeson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skizas. Torgeson reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Boone hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 7 Kaline hits a line drive into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Clete Boyer now playing second base. Kennedy hits a popup, foul, towards third. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Groth hits a line drive towards first. Torgeson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Jim Brideweser now playing shortstop. Earl Torgeson now playing first base. Bob Kennedy now playing left field. Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thompson for the out.
Top 6 Bolling strikes out.
Top 6 Brideweser hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tuttle scores. Foytack scores. Brideweser moves to second. Two runs are unearned.
Top 6 Jim Brideweser pinch hits for Harvey Kuenn. There's a wild pitch. Tuttle moves to third. Foytack moves to second.
Top 6 Foytack hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Torgeson scores. Tuttle moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Wilson hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Boone tags and scores. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Jose Santiago now pitching. Tuttle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kaline scores. Boone moves to third. Torgeson moves to second.
Top 6 Earl Torgeson pinch hits for Jack Phillips. Torgeson takes first base on ball four. Boone moves to second.
Top 6 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan juggles the ball. That's an error on Finigan.
Top 6 Kaline hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Simpson who is chasing the ball. Kaline reaches third base with a triple. Maxwell goes all the way around to score.
Top 6 Maxwell takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Bolling hits a popup in front of the plate. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Foytack fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Skizas hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wilson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Finigan hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Foytack strikes out.
Top 5 Jack Crimian now pitching. Wilson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 5 Tuttle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Boone moves to second.
Top 5 Phillips hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Boone takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Kaline hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Power hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kellner takes first base on ball four. DeMaestri moves to second.
Bottom 4 DeMaestri takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Groth hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline who is chasing the ball. Groth reaches third base with a triple. Lopez goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 4 Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Skizas scores.
Bottom 4 Thompson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Foytack fields it and throws to first for the out. Skizas moves to third.
Bottom 4 The umpire calls a balk on Foytack Skizas moves to second.
Bottom 4 Skizas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maxwell for the out.
Top 4 Bolling hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tuttle scores. Kuenn moves to second.
Top 4 Kuenn takes first base on ball four. Tuttle moves to second.
Top 4 Foytack hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Wilson hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Phillips tags and scores.
Top 4 Tuttle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boone scores. Phillips moves to third.
Top 4 Phillips hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Boone moves to third.
Top 4 Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Finigan is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Power hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kellner hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Kaline hits a ball on the ground for a double play.
Top 3 Maxwell takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan juggles the ball. That's an error on Finigan. Kuenn moves to third. Bolling moves to second.
Top 3 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skizas. Kuenn reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Foytack hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 DeMaestri hits a popup, foul, towards first. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Groth strikes out.
Bottom 2 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Thompson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kellner fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Phillips hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Thompson scoops up the ball and tags Phillips for the out.
Bottom 1 Simpson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Skizas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Finigan hits a ball on the ground for a double play.
Bottom 1 Power hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Power reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Boone hits a line drive towards short. DeMaestri reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kaline hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skizas. Kaline reaches second base with a double. Maxwell moves to third.
Top 1 Maxwell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Bolling hits a popup in front of the plate. Thompson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Kuenn strikes out.