Yankees @ Tigers
August 4, 1956

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Top 9 R H E
Yankees 4 6 0
Tigers 5 9 1
Top 9 R H E
Yankees 4 6 0
Tigers 5 9 1

Bill Skowron Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .319
OBP .000 .392
At Bats 4 295
Hits 0 94
• Singles 0 59
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 0 16
Walks 0 31
RBI’s 1 63

Al Aber Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 3 2
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Briggs Stadium - August 4, 1956
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Out
Al Aber
Red Wilson
Earl Torgeson
Frank Bolling
Ray Boone
Jim Brideweser
Charlie Maxwell
Bill Tuttle
Al Kaline
Bill Skowron
Mickey Mantle
Billy Martin

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 4 6 0 10
Detroit Tigers 5 9 1 7
Winning Pitcher Al Aber
Losing Pitcher Don Larsen
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Al Kaline
Attendance 24,908
Time of Game 2 hours 59 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Skowron hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Berra hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Mantle takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Bauer bunts towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out. Martin moves to second.
Top 9 Jim Brideweser now playing shortstop. Red Wilson now catching. Billy Martin pinch hits for Billy Hunter. Martin takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Aber hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter fields it and throws to second for the out. Hoeft moves to third.
Bottom 8 Billy Hoeft pinch runs for Frank House. Tuttle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hoeft moves to second.
Bottom 8 House hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Tommy Byrne now pitching. Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Kaline hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 8 Maxwell takes first base on ball four. Torgeson moves to second.
Bottom 8 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Larsen hits a line drive towards third. Boone reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Coleman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Howard moves to second.
Top 8 Carey hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Howard hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Al Aber now pitching. Skowron hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Don Larsen now pitching. Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hunter fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 7 Jim Small pinch hits for Steve Gromek. Small hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bolling moves to second.
Bottom 7 Bolling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Tuttle hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Mantle is walked intentionally.
Top 7 Bauer hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hunter bunts towards first. Torgeson scoops it up and throws to first, with Bolling covering, for the out. Turley moves to second.
Top 7 Turley takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 House hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats House for the out.
Bottom 6 Boone hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kaline hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Howard. Kaline reaches second base with a double. Maxwell moves to third.
Bottom 6 Maxwell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Elston Howard now playing left field. Torgeson hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Berra fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Carey hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Steve Gromek now pitching. Collins hits a line drive into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kuenn hits a popup towards short. Hunter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wayne Belardi pinch hits for Virgil Trucks. Belardi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Bolling hits a popup, foul, towards third. Carey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Tuttle takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Berra hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson juggles the ball. That's an error on Torgeson.
Top 5 Mantle hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Bauer strikes out.
Top 5 Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 House hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Boone hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Turley hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Coleman hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Carey hits a line drive towards third. Boone reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Maxwell is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Coleman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Collins hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Skowron hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling fields it and throws to second for the out. Mantle scores.
Top 3 There goes Mantle. The throw from House and he is safe. Mantle steals third.
Top 3 Berra takes first base on ball four. Mantle moves to second.
Top 3 Mantle hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Bauer hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Trucks hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Coleman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bolling hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Berra settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Tuttle hits a fly ball into left field. Collins settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 House hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Hunter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 2 Turley strikes out.
Top 2 Coleman hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Boone hits a fly ball into right field. Bauer settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 1 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Skowron scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maxwell for the out. Kuenn moves to second.
Bottom 1 Torgeson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Carey strikes out.
Top 1 Collins takes first base on ball four. Berra moves to second.
Top 1 Skowron hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Berra takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Mantle hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 1 Bauer takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Hunter hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.