Yankees @ Tigers
May 24, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 11 17 0
Tigers 4 5 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Yankees 11 17 0
Tigers 4 5 2

Earl Torgeson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .235
OBP .750 .367
At Bats 3 81
Hits 2 19
• Singles 2 14
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 5
Walks 1 17
RBI’s 2 11

Tom Sturdivant Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 1 0
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Briggs Stadium - May 24, 1956
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Out
Tom Sturdivant
Elston Howard
Eddie Robinson
Billy Martin
Andy Carey
Gil McDougald
Joe Collins
Mickey Mantle
Hank Bauer
Earl Torgeson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 11 17 0 12
Detroit Tigers 4 5 2 7
Winning Pitcher Tom Sturdivant
Losing Pitcher Duke Maas
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Joe Collins
Attendance 8,305
Time of Game 3 hours 1 minute
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Torgeson hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Jim Small pinch hits for Al Aber. Small hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Collins strikes out.
Top 9 Mantle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McDougald scores. Martin moves to second.
Top 9 Bauer strikes out.
Top 9 Martin hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McDougald moves to second.
Top 9 McDougald takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Sturdivant hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Brideweser hits a line drive towards first. Robinson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Maxwell hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 House hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Boone hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Collins. Boone reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Carey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Tuttle hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Torgeson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Martin scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Collins hits a popup towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Mantle is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Bauer hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Martin bunts towards the mound. Aber fields it and throws to first for the out. Sturdivant moves to third. McDougald moves to second.
Top 7 McDougald bunts towards third. Boone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Sturdivant moves to second.
Top 7 Al Aber now pitching. Sturdivant hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Bob Kennedy pinch hits for Steve Gromek. Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Brideweser hits a ball on the ground towards third. Carey fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Maxwell hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Carey hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Howard takes first base on ball four. Mantle moves to third. Collins moves to second.
Top 6 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Collins hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mantle moves to second.
Top 6 Mantle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 6 Bauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 House hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Boone strikes out.
Bottom 5 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Sturdivant fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Martin hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 McDougald bunts towards the mound. Gromek fields it and throws to first for the out. Sturdivant moves to second.
Top 5 Sturdivant hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Carey hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gromek fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Steve Gromek now pitching. Robinson hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run.
Top 5 Collins takes first base on ball four. Mantle moves to second.
Top 5 Mantle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bauer moves to third.
Top 5 Ned Garver now pitching. Bauer takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Tom Sturdivant now pitching. Kaline hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Torgeson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brideweser scores. Belardi scores. Kuenn moves to second.
Bottom 4 Kuenn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. House scores. Brideweser moves to third. Belardi moves to second.
Bottom 4 Wayne Belardi pinch hits for Walt Masterson. Belardi takes first base on ball four. House moves to third. Brideweser moves to second.
Bottom 4 Brideweser takes first base on ball four. House moves to second.
Bottom 4 Maxwell strikes out.
Bottom 4 House hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Boone hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Martin hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 McDougald strikes out.
Top 4 Turley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Masterson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Turley fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. McDougald scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Torgeson moves to second.
Bottom 3 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Kuenn hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Carey hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Masterson fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Masterson. Mantle scores. Howard moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 3 Howard takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Robinson strikes out.
Top 3 Collins hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Walt Masterson now pitching. Mantle hits a line drive into right field. Kaline picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Kaline. Bauer scores. Mantle moves to third.
Top 3 Bauer hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Bauer reaches second base with a double. Martin scores.
Top 3 Martin hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Martin reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Maas strikes out.
Bottom 2 Brideweser takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Maxwell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Martin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 House strikes out.
Top 2 McDougald hits a popup towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Turley hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Maas fields it and throws to first for the out. Howard moves to third. Carey moves to second.
Top 2 Carey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howard moves to second.
Top 2 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Robinson for the out.
Top 2 Collins hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 2 Mantle hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Boone strikes out.
Bottom 1 Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Mantle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kuenn tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Kaline takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Kuenn. The throw from Howard and he is safe. Kuenn steals third.
Bottom 1 Torgeson strikes out.
Bottom 1 There goes Kuenn. The throw from Howard and he is safe. Kuenn steals second.
Bottom 1 Kuenn takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Bauer is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Martin strikes out.
Top 1 McDougald hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.