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Yankees 13 @ Tigers 5
Briggs Stadium
May 23, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the New York Yankees, played on May 23, 1956 at Briggs Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 13 to 5.

Game Summary

DateMay 23, 1956 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 13 H: 17 E: 3 LOB: 10
Runs: 13
Hits: 17
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 5 H: 5 E: 4 LOB: 10
Runs: 5
Hits: 5
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherTommy Byrne  
Losing PitcherBilly Hoeft  
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Game Winning RBIBill Skowron 

Game Info

DateMay 23, 1956 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherRip Coleman  
Home Starting PitcherBilly Hoeft  
BallparkBriggs Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance9,566 
Time of Game3 hours 9 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Summers
1B: Bill McKinley
2B: Red Flaherty
3B: John Rice

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Hank Bauer  Right Fielder 
Billy Martin  Second Baseman 
Gil McDougald  Shortstop 
Mickey Mantle  Center Fielder 
Bill Skowron  First Baseman 
Bob Cerv  Left Fielder 
Elston Howard  Catcher 
Andy Carey  Third Baseman 
Rip Coleman  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Harvey Kuenn  Shortstop 
Jim Brideweser  Second Baseman 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Bill Tuttle  Center Fielder 
Bob Kennedy  Third Baseman 
Jack Phillips  First Baseman 
Charlie Maxwell  Left Fielder 
Red Wilson  Catcher 
Billy Hoeft  Pitcher 
Bucky Harris  Manager 

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Yankees 13 @ Tigers 5
Briggs Stadium
May 23, 1956

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 5/23/1956 -- New York at Detroit (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Bauer H, rf           4  2  1  3   Kuenn H, ss           4  1  1  3   
Martin B, 2b          5  3  3  2   Brideweser J, 2b      4  0  0  0   
Coleman J, ph-2b      1  0  0  0   Kaline A, rf          5  0  1  1   
McDougald G, ss       5  3  3  0   Tuttle B, cf          4  0  1  0   
Rizzuto P, ss         1  0  0  0   Kennedy B, 3b         4  0  0  0   
Mantle M, cf          4  0  2  3   Phillips J, 1b        4  1  1  0   
Skowron B, 1b         5  1  2  2   Maxwell C, lf         3  1  0  0   
Cerv B, lf            5  0  0  0   Wilson R, c           2  1  0  0   
Howard E, c           5  1  2  1   Hoeft B, p            0  0  0  0   
Carey A, 3b           5  2  2  0   Masterson W, p        0  0  0  0   
Coleman R, p          1  0  0  0   Boone R, ph           0  0  0  1   
Grim B, p             1  0  1  0   Brady J, p            0  1  0  0   
Robinson E, ph        1  0  1  0   Aber A, p             2  0  1  0   
Carroll T, pr         0  1  0  0                                      
Byrne T, p            2  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     45 13 17 11                        32  5  5  5

New York         150 160 000 -- 13
Detroit          020 300 000 --  5

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Coleman R             1.1  1  2  0  2  0
Grim B                2.2  1  3  3  4  1
Byrne T (W)           5.0  3  0  0  3  2

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hoeft B (L)           1.1  6  6  5  3  0
Masterson W           0.2  0  0  0  0  0
Brady J*              2.0  9  7  6  1  1
Aber A                5.0  2  0  0  1  3
  * Pitched to 6 batters in 5th

E -- Coleman R, Brideweser J, Skowron B, Bauer H, Kennedy B, Kuenn H, Phillips J
DP -- New York 1, Detroit 1
LOB -- New York 10, Detroit 10
2B -- Skowron B, Carey A, Mantle M, Kuenn H, Robinson E
HR -- Bauer H
SB -- Skowron B, Mantle M
SF -- Boone R
PB -- Wilson R 2
T -- 3:09
A -- 9566

    

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