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Tigers 5 @ Red Sox 6
Fenway Park
June 7, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers, played on June 7, 1956 at Fenway Park. The home team Red Sox beat the visiting Tigers with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateJune 7, 1956 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 5 H: 6 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 5
Hits: 6
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Boston Red Sox
R: 6 H: 18 E: 1 LOB: 17
Runs: 6
Hits: 18
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 17
Winning PitcherFrank Sullivan  
Losing PitcherAl Aber  
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Game Winning RBITed Lepcio 

Game Info

DateJune 7, 1956 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamBoston Red Sox 
Visiting Starting PitcherFrank Lary  
Home Starting PitcherFrank Sullivan  
BallparkFenway Park 
CityBoston 
StateMA 
Attendance6,905 
Time of Game2 hours 52 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Larry Napp
1B: Frank Umont
2B: Charlie Berry
3B: Jim Honochick

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Harvey Kuenn  Shortstop 
Earl Torgeson  First Baseman 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Bill Tuttle  Center Fielder 
Ray Boone  Third Baseman 
Frank House  Catcher 
Charlie Maxwell  Left Fielder 
Frank Bolling  Second Baseman 
Frank Lary  Pitcher 
Bucky Harris  Manager 

Boston Red Sox Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jim Piersall  Center Fielder 
Billy Klaus  Third Baseman 
Ted Williams  Left Fielder 
Mickey Vernon  First Baseman 
Jackie Jensen  Right Fielder 
Ted Lepcio  Second Baseman 
Sammy White  Catcher 
Don Buddin  Shortstop 
Frank Sullivan  Pitcher 
Pinky Higgins  Manager 

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Tigers 5 @ Red Sox 6
Fenway Park
June 7, 1956

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 6/7/1956 -- Detroit at Boston (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Boston             AB  R  H RBI
Kuenn H, ss           3  1  2  2   Piersall J, cf        5  0  0  0   
Brideweser J, pr-ss   0  0  0  0   Klaus B, 3b           4  1  1  0   
Torgeson E, 1b        5  0  0  0   Williams T, lf        6  0  2  0   
Kaline A, rf          5  0  0  0   Vernon M, 1b          5  3  4  1   
Tuttle B, cf          5  0  0  0   Jensen J, rf          6  0  3  0   
Boone R, 3b           5  1  1  0   Lepcio T, 2b          6  2  2  3   
House F, c            4  0  1  0   White S, c            4  0  3  2   
Maxwell C, lf         3  1  1  0   Buddin D, ss          5  0  2  0   
Bolling F, 2b         2  2  1  1   Sullivan F, p         5  0  1  0   
Lary F, p             3  0  0  1                                      
Maas D, p             0  0  0  0                                      
Belardi W, ph         0  0  0  0                                      
Small J, pr           0  0  0  0                                      
Aber A, p             0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  5  6  4                        46  6 18  6

Detroit          130 100 000 0 --  5
Boston           010 102 010 1 --  6
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lary F                5.1 13  4  3  4  5
Maas D                2.2  2  1  1  0  2
Aber A (L)            1.1  3  1  1  0  0

  Boston               IP  H  R ER BB SO
Sullivan F (W)       10.0  6  5  4  5  3

E -- White S, Kuenn H
DP -- Boston 1
LOB -- Detroit 8, Boston 17
2B -- Boone R, Jensen J, Vernon M, Kuenn H, Lepcio T
3B -- Vernon M, White S
HR -- Kuenn H, Lepcio T, Bolling F
SH -- Brideweser J
SF -- Kuenn H
HBP -- by Maas D (Vernon M), by Sullivan F (Belardi W)
T -- 2:52
A -- 6905

    

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