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May 26, 1956

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Bottom 8 R H E
Athletics 6 7 1
Tigers 10 15 0
Bottom 8 R H E
Athletics 6 7 1
Tigers 12 16 0

Earl Torgeson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .225
OBP .250 .355
At Bats 4 89
Hits 1 20
• Singles 1 15
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 0 18
RBI’s 0 11

Moe Burtschy Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 0 0
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Briggs Stadium - May 26, 1956
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Home Run
Moe Burtschy
Tim Thompson
Harry Simpson
Jim Finigan
Rance Pless
Joe DeMaestri
Gus Zernial
Johnny Groth
Bill Renna
Earl Torgeson
Harvey Kuenn
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 1 Out

Torgeson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Kuenn reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 8 Bill Renna now playing right field. Johnny Groth now playing center field. Hoeft hits a line drive into right field. Renna settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Thompson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brideweser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Finigan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Groth scores.
Top 8 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. Simpson goes all the way around to score.
Top 8 Simpson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Zernial hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Bill Renna pinch hits for Hector Lopez. Renna hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Renna reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Burtschy strikes out.
Bottom 7 Brideweser hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Maxwell takes first base on ball four. House moves to second.
Bottom 7 House hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tuttle scores. Boone moves to third.
Bottom 7 Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tuttle moves to second.
Bottom 7 Tuttle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kaline scores.
Bottom 7 There's a wild pitch. Hoeft scores. Kaline moves to third.
Bottom 7 Kaline takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Simpson fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. Hoeft moves to third.
Bottom 7 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Maxwell scores. Brideweser scores. Hoeft moves to second.
Bottom 7 Hoeft takes first base on ball four. Brideweser moves to second.
Bottom 7 Brideweser bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Maxwell moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 7 Maxwell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial. Maxwell reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Pless hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Thompson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Finigan is called out on strikes.
Top 7 Groth hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hoeft fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 House hits a fly ball into center field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Boone hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 6 Tuttle hits a fly ball into right field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kaline hits a fly ball into left field. Zernial settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Simpson is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Zernial strikes out.
Top 6 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Torgeson hits a line drive towards the mound. Burtschy catches it and throws to second to double up Kuenn.
Bottom 5 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Lopez. Kuenn reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Hoeft 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 5 Burtschy 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 5 Pless hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Thompson for the out.
Bottom 4 Brideweser hits a fly ball into center field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes House. The throw from Thompson and he is out, DeMaestri applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Maxwell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 4 House hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Finigan hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Groth takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Simpson hits a line drive into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Zernial hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kaline moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Moe Burtschy now pitching. Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pless fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Lopez hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 DeMaestri hits a popup towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Clete Boyer pinch hits for Jack Crimian. Boyer is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Zernial throws the ball in to Finigan who tags Kuenn, trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Hoeft scores.
Bottom 2 Hoeft hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Groth. Hoeft reaches second base with a double. House scores. Brideweser goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 2 Brideweser takes first base on ball four. House moves to second.
Bottom 2 Maxwell hits a line drive towards short. DeMaestri reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 House hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Tuttle scores.
Bottom 2 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Pless fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Tuttle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zernial who is chasing the ball. Tuttle reaches third base with a triple.
Top 2 Pless hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thompson strikes out.
Top 2 Finigan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brideweser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a line drive towards third. Pless catches it and throws to first to double up Torgeson.
Bottom 1 Torgeson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Kuenn 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 Groth 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 1 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.
Top 1 Zernial strikes out.
Top 1 Lopez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 DeMaestri takes first base on ball four.