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Red Sox
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
May 23, 1956
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Red Sox, played on May 23, 1956 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | May 23, 1956 |
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Visiting Team |
Boston Red Sox
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 23, 1956 |
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Day of Week | Wed |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Boston Red Sox |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Frank Sullivan |
Home Starting Pitcher | Herb Score |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | 3,700 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 39 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Johnny Stevens 1B: Ed Runge 2B: Eddie Rommel 3B: Frank Tabacchi |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
Name | Position |
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Billy Goodman | Second Baseman |
Frank Malzone | Third Baseman |
Dick Gernert | Left Fielder |
Norm Zauchin | First Baseman |
Jackie Jensen | Right Fielder |
Jim Piersall | Center Fielder |
Don Buddin | Shortstop |
Sammy White | Catcher |
Frank Sullivan | Pitcher |
Pinky Higgins | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Jim Busby | Center Fielder |
Chico Carrasquel | Shortstop |
Al Smith | Right Fielder |
Vic Wertz | First Baseman |
Preston Ward | Left Fielder |
Rudy Regalado | Third Baseman |
Bobby Avila | Second Baseman |
Jim Hegan | Catcher |
Herb Score | Pitcher |
Al Lopez | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Red Sox
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
May 23, 1956
Top 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Score
Goodman strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Score
Malzone takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gernert vs. Score
Gernert hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zauchin vs. Score
Zauchin strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Busby vs. Sullivan
Busby hits a popup, foul, towards first. Zauchin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Sullivan
Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Sullivan
Smith strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Score
Jensen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piersall vs. Score
Piersall hits a ball on the ground towards third. Regalado fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Score
Buddin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Sullivan
Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Zauchin scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Wertz for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Sullivan
Ward hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Regalado vs. Sullivan
Regalado hits a ball on the ground towards first. Zauchin scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Regalado for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Score
White hits a popup towards first. Wertz settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sullivan vs. Score
Sullivan hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Goodman vs. Score
Goodman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Sullivan
Avila hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hegan vs. Sullivan
Hegan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Score vs. Sullivan
Score strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Busby vs. Sullivan
Busby hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hegan moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Carrasquel vs. Sullivan
There goes Busby. The throw from White and he is safe. Busby steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Carrasquel vs. Sullivan
Carrasquel takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Smith vs. Sullivan
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Score
Malzone strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gernert vs. Score
Gernert takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zauchin vs. Score
Zauchin hits a fly ball into center field. Busby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jensen vs. Score
Jensen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gernert moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Piersall vs. Score
There goes Jensen. The throw from Hegan and he is safe. Jensen steals second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Piersall vs. Score
Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wertz vs. Sullivan
Wertz hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ward vs. Sullivan
Ward hits a line drive into center field. Piersall picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Piersall. Wertz goes all the way around to score. Ward moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Regalado vs. Sullivan
Regalado hits a line drive towards third. Malzone reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Avila vs. Sullivan
Avila hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hegan vs. Sullivan
Hegan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Score
Buddin hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Busby. Buddin reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Score
White strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sullivan vs. Score
Sullivan strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Goodman vs. Score
Goodman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Malzone vs. Score
Malzone hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Score vs. Sullivan
Score hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Busby vs. Sullivan
Busby hits a ball on the ground towards third. Malzone fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Sullivan
Carrasquel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Sullivan
Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Carrasquel moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wertz vs. Sullivan
Wertz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Carrasquel scores. Smith moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Ward vs. Sullivan
Ward hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gernert vs. Score
Gernert hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zauchin vs. Score
Zauchin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Regalado fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jensen vs. Score
Jensen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piersall vs. Score
There's a wild pitch. Jensen moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Piersall vs. Score
Piersall hits a fly ball into right field. Smith settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Regalado vs. Sullivan
Regalado hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Goodman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Sullivan
Avila hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hegan vs. Sullivan
Hegan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Avila moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Score vs. Sullivan
Score takes first base on ball four. Avila moves to third. Hegan moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Busby vs. Sullivan
Busby hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gernert. Busby reaches second base with a double. Avila scores. Hegan scores. Score moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Carrasquel vs. Sullivan
Carrasquel hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Smith vs. Sullivan
Smith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wertz vs. Sullivan
Wertz hits a popup, foul, towards third. Malzone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Buddin vs. Score
Buddin takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Score
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lepcio vs. Score
Ted Lepcio pinch hits for Frank Sullivan.
Lepcio hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Goodman vs. Score
Goodman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ward vs. Kiely
Leo Kiely now pitching.
Ward hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gernert. Ward reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Regalado vs. Kiely
Regalado hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Ward moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Avila vs. Kiely
Avila hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Ward scores. Regalado moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hegan vs. Kiely
Hegan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin fields it and throws to second for the out. Regalado moves to third. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Score vs. Kiely
Score bunts towards first. Zauchin scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Score for the out. Regalado scores. Hegan moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Busby vs. Kiely
Busby hits a popup, foul, towards first. Zauchin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Score
Malzone takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gernert vs. Score
Gernert strikes out. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zauchin vs. Score
Zauchin takes first base on ball four. Malzone moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jensen vs. Score
Jensen takes first base on ball four. Malzone moves to third. Zauchin moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 0 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Piersall vs. Score
Piersall takes first base on ball four. Malzone scores. Zauchin moves to third. Jensen moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 1 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Buddin vs. Mossi
Don Mossi now pitching.
Buddin takes first base on ball four. Zauchin scores. Jensen moves to third. Piersall moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 2 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
White vs. Mossi
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Jensen scores. Piersall moves to third. Buddin moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Williams vs. Mossi
Ted Williams pinch hits for Leo Kiely.
Williams is walked intentionally. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Goodman vs. Mossi
Gene Stephens pinch runs for Ted Williams.
Goodman hits a fly ball into left field. Ward settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carrasquel vs. Hurd
Tom Hurd now pitching.
Carrasquel hits a ball on the ground towards short. Buddin scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Hurd
Smith takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wertz vs. Hurd
The ball gets by White for a passed ball. Smith moves to second. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wertz vs. Hurd
Wertz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ward vs. Hurd
Rocky Colavito pinch runs for Vic Wertz.
Ward hits a popup towards short. Buddin settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Regalado vs. Hurd
Regalado strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Malzone vs. Mossi
Rocky Colavito now playing right field. Al Smith now playing left field. Preston Ward now playing first base.
Malzone hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gernert vs. Mossi
Gernert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Regalado fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Red Sox, 3 - Indians, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zauchin vs. Mossi
Zauchin strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/23/1956 -- Boston at Cleveland (D) Boston AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI Goodman B, 2b 4 0 0 0 Busby J, cf 5 0 2 2 Malzone F, 3b 3 1 0 0 Carrasquel C, ss 4 1 1 0 Gernert D, lf 4 0 1 0 Smith A, rf-lf 3 0 1 0 Zauchin N, 1b 4 1 0 0 Wertz V, 1b 4 1 2 1 Jensen J, rf 3 1 3 0 Colavito R, pr-rf 0 0 0 0 Piersall J, cf 3 0 0 1 Ward P, lf-1b 5 1 2 0 Buddin D, ss 2 0 1 1 Regalado R, 3b 5 1 1 0 White S, c 4 0 0 1 Avila B, 2b 4 1 2 1 Sullivan F, p 2 0 0 0 Hegan J, c 4 1 2 0 Lepcio T, ph 1 0 1 0 Score H, p 2 0 0 1 Kiely L, p 0 0 0 0 Mossi D, p 0 0 0 0 Williams T, ph 0 0 0 0 Stephens G, pr 0 0 0 0 Hurd T, p 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 30 3 6 3 36 6 13 5 Boston 000 000 030 -- 3 Cleveland 000 112 20x -- 6 Boston IP H R ER BB SO Sullivan F (L) 6.0 10 4 3 3 2 Kiely L 1.0 3 2 2 0 0 Hurd T 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Score H (W) 7.1 6 3 3 8 7 Mossi D (S) 1.2 0 0 0 2 1 E -- Piersall J DP -- Cleveland 3 LOB -- Boston 10, Cleveland 12 2B -- Buddin D, Busby J, Ward P SB -- Busby J, Jensen J SH -- Score H WP -- Score H PB -- White S T -- 2:39 A -- 3700
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