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Tigers 7 @ Indians 6
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
April 21, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers, played on April 21, 1956 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The home team Indians were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 7 to 6.

Game Summary

DateApril 21, 1956 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 7 H: 11 E: 1 LOB: 14
Runs: 7
Hits: 11
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 14
Home Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 6 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 13
Runs: 6
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 13
Winning PitcherAl Aber  
Losing PitcherMike Garcia  
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Game Winning RBIAl Kaline 

Game Info

DateApril 21, 1956 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamCleveland Indians 
Visiting Starting PitcherBob Miller  
Home Starting PitcherMike Garcia  
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium 
CityCleveland 
StateOH 
Attendance4,224 
Time of Game3 hours 16 minutes 
UmpiresHP: John Rice
1B: Bill Summers
2B: Bill McKinley
3B: Red Flaherty

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

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

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Bobby Avila  Second Baseman 
Gene Woodling  Left Fielder 
Al Smith  Right Fielder 
Al Rosen  Third Baseman 
Vic Wertz  First Baseman 
Jim Busby  Center Fielder 
Chico Carrasquel  Shortstop 
Earl Averill  Catcher 
Mike Garcia  Pitcher 
Al Lopez  Manager 

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Tigers 7 @ Indians 6
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
April 21, 1956

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         Game of 4/21/1956 -- Detroit at Cleveland (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI
Tuttle B, cf          6  0  1  1   Avila B, 2b           6  1  2  1   
Torgeson E, 1b        2  1  0  0   Woodling G, lf        4  0  1  0   
Kaline A, rf          6  1  1  1   Smith A, rf           3  1  1  0   
Kuenn H, ss           3  1  2  0   Rosen A, 3b           3  1  1  1   
Boone R, 3b           4  1  1  0   Wertz V, 1b           3  1  1  1   
House F, c            3  2  2  2   Locklin S, pr         0  0  0  0   
Maxwell C, lf         4  0  2  1   Regalado R, 1b        0  0  0  0   
Bertoia R, 2b         4  1  1  2   Busby J, cf           4  1  1  0   
Miller B, p           3  0  1  0   Carrasquel C, ss      4  0  0  0   
Maas D, p             1  0  0  0   Averill E, c          3  0  0  1   
Foytack P, p          0  0  0  0   Hegan J, pr-c         1  0  1  0   
Aber A, p             0  0  0  0   Garcia M, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Maglie S, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Evers H, ph           0  1  0  0   
                                   McLish C, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Mitchell D, ph        1  0  0  0   
                                   Houtteman A, p        0  0  0  0   
                                   Mele S, ph            0  0  0  1   
                                   Young B, pr           0  0  0  0   
                                   Narleski R, p         0  0  0  0   
                                   Colavito R, ph        1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     36  7 11  7                        33  6  8  5

Detroit          204 100 000 --  7
Cleveland        100 010 400 --  6

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Miller B*             4.0  5  2  2  4  2
Maas D+               2.0  2  4  4  5  1
Foytack P             0.1  0  0  0  2  0
Aber A (W)            2.2  1  0  0  1  1

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Garcia M (L)#         2.0  4  5  5  5  2
Maglie S              3.0  6  2  2  1  2
McLish C              1.0  1  0  0  1  0
Houtteman A           1.0  0  0  0  0  1
Narleski R            2.0  0  0  0  4  0
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 5th
  + Pitched to 4 batters in 7th
  # Pitched to 3 batters in 3rd

E -- Boone R
DP -- Detroit 3, Cleveland 1
LOB -- Detroit 14, Cleveland 13
2B -- House F, Tuttle B, Miller B
HR -- House F
SB -- Torgeson E
SH -- Aber A
HBP -- by Aber A (Wertz V)
WP -- Maglie S, Maas D
T -- 3:16
A -- 4224

    

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