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September 7, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 12 13 1
Athletics 8 14 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Tigers 12 13 1
Athletics 8 14 2

Jim Finigan Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .220
OBP .250 .301
At Bats 4 245
Hits 1 54
• Singles 1 43
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 29
RBI’s 0 21

Al Aber Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 4 6
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Municipal Stadium - September 7, 1956
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Out
Al Aber
Red Wilson
Wayne Belardi
Frank Bolling
Ray Boone
Harvey Kuenn
Charlie Maxwell
Bill Tuttle
Al Kaline
Jim Finigan
Hal Smith
Harry Simpson

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Detroit Tigers 12 13 1 12
Kansas City Athletics 8 14 2 8
Winning Pitcher Billy Hoeft
Losing Pitcher Lou Kretlow
Save Al Aber
Game Winning RBI Harvey Kuenn
Attendance 7,212
Time of Game 3 hours 12 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Finigan hits a popup, foul, towards first. Belardi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Pilarcik hits a popup towards first. Belardi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Power scores. Simpson moves to second.
Bottom 9 Simpson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lopez scores. Power moves to second. That run is unearned.
Bottom 9 Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lopez moves to second.
Bottom 9 Skizas hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone juggles the ball. That's an error on Boone.
Top 9 Belardi hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Troy Herriage now pitching. Kaline strikes out.
Bottom 8 Mike Baxes pinch hits for Jack Crimian. Baxes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Al Aber now pitching. Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Maxwell hits a popup towards third. Lopez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Tuttle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Torgeson scores. Kuenn scores. Two runs are unearned.
Top 8 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skizas. Kuenn reaches second base with a double. Boone scores. Belardi scores. Torgeson moves to third. Two runs are unearned.
Top 8 Earl Torgeson pinch hits for Walt Masterson. Torgeson takes first base on ball four. Boone moves to third. Belardi moves to second.
Top 8 Wilson hits a line drive into left field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Bolling hits a fly ball into center field. Pilarcik settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kaline tags and scores.
Top 8 Belardi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kaline moves to third. Boone moves to second.
Top 8 Jack Crimian now pitching. Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez juggles the ball. That's an error on Lopez. Kaline moves to second.
Top 8 Al Pilarcik now playing center field. Kaline takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Eddie Robinson pinch hits for Johnny Groth. Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 7 Walt Masterson now pitching. Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it and throws to second for the out. Skizas scores. Power moves to third.
Bottom 7 Simpson is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Power hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Skizas moves to third. Power moves to second.
Bottom 7 Skizas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Bill Tuttle now playing center field. Lopez strikes out.
Top 7 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maxwell for the out.
Top 7 Bill Tuttle pinch hits for Jim Small. Tuttle hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hoeft moves to third.
Top 7 Hoeft takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Jack McMahan now pitching. Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Gus Zernial pinch hits for Bobby Shantz. Zernial hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. DeMaestri reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Groth hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Smith tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Smith hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Small who is chasing the ball. Smith reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Belardi hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power fields it and throws to second for the out. Kaline moves to third.
Top 6 Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kaline moves to second.
Top 6 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Maxwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Simpson 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.
Bottom 5 Power hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Skizas strikes out.
Top 5 Small is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Kuenn takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Hoeft is called out on strikes.
Top 5 Wilson hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Lopez hits a popup towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Shantz strikes out.
Bottom 4 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Bolling strikes out.
Top 4 Belardi hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Smith settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Groth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Smith moves to third.
Bottom 3 Smith hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Simpson is called out on strikes.
Top 3 Kaline hits a line drive into left field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Maxwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kuenn scores.
Top 3 Small strikes out.
Top 3 Kuenn hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Simpson who is chasing the ball. Kuenn reaches third base with a triple. Wilson scores. Hoeft goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Bobby Shantz now pitching. Hoeft takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Wilson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Skizas. Wilson reaches second base with a double. Belardi scores.
Top 3 Bolling hits a fly ball into left field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Boone tags and scores.
Top 3 Belardi hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Simpson. Belardi reaches second base with a double. Boone moves to third.
Top 3 Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Power hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Skizas hits a fly ball into center field. Small settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lopez hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Kretlow takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Kaline hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Maxwell takes first base on ball four. Hoeft moves to second.
Top 2 Small hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kuenn hits a fly ball into left field. Skizas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hoeft hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan misplays the ball. That's an error on Finigan.
Bottom 1 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Finigan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Groth hits a fly ball into center field. Small settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Smith tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Smith hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline who is chasing the ball. Smith reaches third base with a triple. Lopez scores. Skizas scores. Simpson goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Simpson is hit by the pitch. Lopez moves to third. Skizas moves to second.
Bottom 1 Power hits a fly ball into center field. Small settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Skizas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lopez moves to second.
Bottom 1 Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 1 Bolling is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Belardi takes first base on ball four. Maxwell scores. Kaline moves to third. Boone moves to second.
Top 1 Boone is walked intentionally.
Top 1 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Small scores. Maxwell moves to third. Kaline moves to second.
Top 1 Maxwell takes first base on ball four. Small moves to second.
Top 1 Small hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.