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Tigers 12 @ Athletics 8
Municipal Stadium
September 7, 1956

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Athletics and the Detroit Tigers, played on September 7, 1956 at Municipal Stadium. The home team Athletics were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 12 to 8.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 7, 1956 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 12 H: 13 E: 1 LOB: 12
Runs: 12
Hits: 13
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 12
Home Team
Kansas City Athletics
R: 8 H: 14 E: 2 LOB: 8
Runs: 8
Hits: 14
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherBilly Hoeft  
Losing PitcherLou Kretlow  
SaveAl Aber  
Game Winning RBIHarvey Kuenn 

Game Info

DateSeptember 7, 1956 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamKansas City Athletics 
Visiting Starting PitcherBilly Hoeft  
Home Starting PitcherLou Kretlow  
BallparkMunicipal Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance7,212 
Time of Game3 hours 12 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Johnny Stevens
1B: Frank Tabacchi
2B: Ed Runge
3B: Eddie Rommel

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Harvey Kuenn  Shortstop 
Jim Small  Center Fielder 
Charlie Maxwell  Left Fielder 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Ray Boone  Third Baseman 
Wayne Belardi  First Baseman 
Frank Bolling  Second Baseman 
Red Wilson  Catcher 
Billy Hoeft  Pitcher 
Bucky Harris  Manager 

Kansas City Athletics Lineup 

Name  Position 
Hector Lopez  Third Baseman 
Lou Skizas  Left Fielder 
Vic Power  First Baseman 
Harry Simpson  Right Fielder 
Hal Smith  Catcher 
Johnny Groth  Center Fielder 
Jim Finigan  Second Baseman 
Joe DeMaestri  Shortstop 
Lou Kretlow  Pitcher 
Lou Boudreau  Manager 

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Tigers 12 @ Athletics 8
Municipal Stadium
September 7, 1956

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         Game of 9/7/1956 -- Detroit at Kansas City (N)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Kuenn H, ss           5  2  3  4   Lopez H, 3b           5  2  1  0   
Small J, cf           4  1  1  0   Skizas L, lf          5  2  2  0   
Tuttle B, ph-cf       2  0  1  2   Power V, 1b           5  1  3  0   
Maxwell C, lf         4  1  2  1   Simpson H, rf         3  1  1  1   
Kaline A, rf          5  1  1  1   Smith H, c            5  2  4  5   
Boone R, 3b           5  2  2  0   Groth J, cf           1  0  1  2   
Belardi W, 1b         5  2  2  1   Robinson E, ph        1  0  0  0   
Bolling F, 2b         3  0  0  2   Pilarcik A, cf        1  0  0  0   
Wilson R, c           5  1  1  1   Finigan J, 2b         5  0  1  0   
Hoeft B, p            2  1  0  0   DeMaestri J, ss       4  0  1  0   
Masterson W, p        0  0  0  0   Kretlow L, p          0  0  0  0   
Torgeson E, ph        0  1  0  0   Shantz B, p           1  0  0  0   
Aber A, p             0  0  0  0   Zernial G, ph         1  0  0  0   
                                   McMahan J, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Crimian J, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Baxes M, ph           1  0  0  0   
                                   Herriage T, p         0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     40 12 13 12                        38  8 14  8

Detroit          205 000 050 -- 12
Kansas City      400 001 102 --  8

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hoeft B (W)           6.1 11  6  6  2  4
Masterson W           0.2  0  0  0  0  1
Aber A (S)            2.0  3  2  1  0  0

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Kretlow L (L)         2.1  5  5  5  4  1
Shantz B              3.2  4  2  2  2  4
McMahan J*            1.0  1  1  1  2  0
Crimian J             1.0  3  4  0  1  0
Herriage T            1.0  0  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 8th

E -- Finigan J, Lopez H, Boone R
DP -- Detroit 2
LOB -- Detroit 12, Kansas City 8
2B -- Belardi W, Wilson R, DeMaestri J, Kuenn H
3B -- Smith H 2, Kuenn H
SF -- Groth J 2, Bolling F 2
HBP -- by Hoeft B (Simpson H)
T -- 3:12
A -- 7212

    

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