Tigers @ Yankees
August 26, 1956

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Tigers 5 8 0
Yankees 3 10 1
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Tigers 5 8 0
Yankees 3 10 1

Steve Gromek Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .154
OBP .667 .405
At Bats 1 26
Hits 0 4
• Singles 0 4
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 2 11
RBI’s 0 1

Tommy Byrne Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
7 2 3
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Yankee Stadium - August 26, 1956
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Strikeout
Tommy Byrne
Yogi Berra
Bill Skowron
Gil McDougald
Billy Martin
Billy Hunter
Elston Howard
Mickey Mantle
Hank Bauer
Steve Gromek
Red Wilson
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Gromek bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Wilson takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Bolling hits a popup, foul, towards third. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Bauer hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Skowron hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Berra hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Mantle strikes out.
Top 7 Maxwell strikes out.
Top 7 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Martin fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Kennedy bunts towards first. Skowron scoops it up and throws to first, with McDougald covering, for the out. Phillips moves to second.
Top 7 Tommy Byrne now pitching. Phillips takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kennedy fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 McDougald hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kennedy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Tommy Byrne pinch hits for Tom Morgan. Byrne hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gromek fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Hunter hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Tuttle, who is chasing the ball. Hunter reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Gromek takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Wilson hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Bolling is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Howard hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bauer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Skowron strikes out.
Bottom 5 Bob Kennedy now playing third base. Charlie Maxwell now playing left field. Berra 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 Tuttle hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. McDougald catches it and throws to first to double up Boone.
Top 5 Boone takes first base on ball four. Kaline moves to second.
Top 5 Kaline hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Tom Morgan now pitching. Kennedy hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Mantle hits a fly ball into left field. Kennedy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Martin hits a fly ball into left field. Kennedy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McDougald hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wilson moves to second.
Bottom 4 George Wilson pinch hits for Bob Grim. Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Hunter hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Phillips hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kuenn hits a fly ball into left field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gromek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Grim fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 There goes Wilson. The throw from Berra and he is safe. Wilson steals second.
Top 4 Wilson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bauer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kennedy. Bauer reaches second base with a double. Mantle scores.
Bottom 3 Skowron hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Berra hits a popup towards first. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Mantle hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Mantle reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Bob Grim now pitching. Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kaline tags and scores.
Top 3 Boone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Phillips scores. Kaline moves to third.
Top 3 Kaline takes first base on ball four. Phillips moves to second.
Top 3 Kennedy hits a line drive towards short. Hunter reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Don Larsen now pitching. Phillips hits a line drive into left field. Howard picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Howard. Gromek scores. Kuenn scores.
Top 3 Kuenn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bauer. Kuenn reaches second base with a double. Wilson scores. Gromek moves to third.
Top 3 Gromek takes first base on ball four. Wilson moves to second.
Top 3 Wilson bunts towards third. Martin fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Martin 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 2 McDougald takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 McDermott strikes out.
Bottom 2 Hunter bunts towards first. Phillips scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hunter for the out. Skowron scores. Bauer moves to third. Howard moves to second.
Bottom 2 Howard hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Berra scores. Skowron moves to third. Bauer moves to second.
Bottom 2 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Phillips fields the ball and throws to Gromek covering. Safe. Berra moves to third. Skowron moves to second.
Bottom 2 Skowron takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Berra hits a line drive into right field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.
Top 2 Bolling strikes out.
Top 2 Tuttle hits a popup towards first. Skowron settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Boone hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. McDougald settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Mantle hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Martin hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McDougald hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gromek fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. McDougald fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Kennedy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 There goes Phillips. The throw from Berra and he is out, McDougald applying the tag.
Top 1 Phillips hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.