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Yankees 5 @ Tigers 6
Briggs Stadium
July 17, 1955

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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 July 17, 1955 at Briggs Stadium. The home team Tigers beat the visiting Yankees with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateJuly 17, 1955 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 5 H: 9 E: 0 LOB: 9
Runs: 5
Hits: 9
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 6 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 8
Runs: 6
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherJoe Coleman  
Losing PitcherEddie Lopat  
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Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateJuly 17, 1955 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherBob Wiesler  
Home Starting PitcherSteve Gromek  
BallparkBriggs Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance33,301 
Time of Game3 hours 3 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill McKinley
1B: Red Flaherty
2B: Nestor Chylak
3B: Charlie Berry

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Andy Carey  Third Baseman 
Joe Collins  Right Fielder 
Mickey Mantle  Center Fielder 
Yogi Berra  Catcher 
Irv Noren  Left Fielder 
Eddie Robinson  First Baseman 
Gil McDougald  Second Baseman 
Billy Hunter  Shortstop 
Bob Wiesler  Pitcher 
Casey Stengel  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Harvey Kuenn  Shortstop 
Bill Tuttle  Center Fielder 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Jack Phillips  First Baseman 
Ray Boone  Third Baseman 
Bubba Phillips  Left Fielder 
Red Wilson  Catcher 
Harry Malmberg  Second Baseman 
Steve Gromek  Pitcher 
Bucky Harris  Manager 

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Yankees 5 @ Tigers 6
Briggs Stadium
July 17, 1955

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 7/17/1955 -- New York at Detroit (D)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Carey A, 3b           5  0  1  0   Kuenn H, ss           4  1  1  0   
Collins J, rf         4  0  1  0   Tuttle B, cf          5  1  2  0   
Bauer H, rf           0  0  0  0   Kaline A, rf          5  0  0  0   
Mantle M, cf          4  1  0  0   Phillips J, 1b        1  1  0  0   
Berra Y, c            4  1  1  0   Torgeson E, ph-1b     2  2  1  0   
Noren I, lf           4  0  2  1   Boone R, 3b           4  1  3  4   
Robinson E, 1b        4  2  1  2   Phillips B, lf        1  0  0  0   
McDougald G, 2b       4  1  1  2   Maxwell C, ph-lf      4  0  1  1   
Hunter B, ss          3  0  2  0   Wilson R, c           4  0  1  0   
Skowron B, ph         1  0  0  0   Malmberg H, 2b        4  0  1  0   
Rizzuto P, ss         0  0  0  0   Gromek S, p           0  0  0  0   
Wiesler B, p          1  0  0  0   Birrer B, p           0  0  0  0   
Morgan T, p           3  0  0  0   Hatfield F, ph        1  0  0  0   
Lopat E, p            0  0  0  0   Coleman J, p          0  0  0  0   
Turley B, p           0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     37  5  9  5                        35  6 10  5

New York         021 002 000 0 --  5
Detroit          003 000 020 1 --  6
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wiesler B             2.2  2  3  3  4  1
Morgan T              4.2  5  2  2  0  1
Lopat E (L)*          1.2  2  1  1  2  1
Turley B              0.2  1  0  0  0  0

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gromek S+             6.0  8  5  5  3  6
Birrer B              1.0  1  0  0  0  0
Coleman J (W)         3.0  0  0  0  3  1
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 10th
  + Pitched to 1 batter in 7th

DP -- New York 1, Detroit 1
LOB -- New York 9, Detroit 8
2B -- Maxwell C
HR -- Robinson E, McDougald G, Boone R
SB -- Hunter B, Torgeson E
CS -- Hunter B
SH -- Gromek S, Coleman J
HBP -- by Gromek S (Berra Y)
WP -- Gromek S, Coleman J
T -- 3:03
A -- 33301

    

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