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April 17, 1956

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Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 2 6 0
Tigers 1 8 1
Bottom 9 R H E
Athletics 2 6 0
Tigers 1 8 1

Earl Torgeson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .333
OBP .500 .500
At Bats 3 3
Hits 1 1
• Singles 1 1
• Doubles 0 0
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 1 1
RBI’s 0 0

Tom Lasorda Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
0 0 0
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Briggs Stadium - April 17, 1956
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Out
Tom Lasorda
Joe Astroth
Vic Power
Spook Jacobs
Jim Finigan
Mike Baxes
Dave Melton
Harry Simpson
Enos Slaughter
Earl Torgeson
Reno Bertoia

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Athletics 2 6 0 5
Detroit Tigers 1 8 1 10
Winning Pitcher Alex Kellner
Losing Pitcher Frank Lary
Save Tom Lasorda
Game Winning RBI Gus Zernial
Attendance 40,506
Time of Game 2 hours 37 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Tom Lasorda now pitching. There's a wild pitch. Bertoia moves to third.
Bottom 9 Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Buddy Hicks pinch hits for Frank Lary. Hicks hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Astroth settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Bertoia hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Melton. Bertoia reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Kuenn fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 9 Baxes hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Melton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Simpson hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 House hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Delsing takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Boone hits a popup towards short. Baxes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bertoia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bertoia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Jim Delsing now playing left field. Power hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Kaline hits a line drive towards third. Finigan reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Torgeson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kuenn for the out.
Bottom 7 Mike Baxes now playing shortstop. Joe Astroth now catching. Tom Gorman now pitching. Dave Melton now playing left field. Lary strikes out.
Top 7 Gus Zernial pinch hits for Alex Kellner. Zernial hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of King. Zernial reaches second base with a double. Tuttle throws the ball in to House who tags Zernial trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Shantz scores. Finigan goes all the way around to score.
Top 7 Tim Thompson pinch hits for Joe DeMaestri. Thompson hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Bobby Shantz pinch runs for Joe Ginsberg. Finigan takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Ginsberg hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Ginsberg reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 Valo hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bertoia settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Bertoia hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 House hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kellner fields it and throws to first for the out. Tuttle moves to third.
Bottom 6 King strikes out.
Bottom 6 Tuttle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Valo. Tuttle reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bertoia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson juggles the ball. That's an error on Torgeson. Jacobs moves to second.
Top 6 Jacobs hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Kellner hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kellner for the out.
Bottom 5 Boone hits a line drive into right field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kaline is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 Torgeson hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ginsberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Valo. Kuenn reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Lary hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Simpson is chasing the ball. Lary rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run.
Bottom 5 Bertoia strikes out.
Top 5 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops it up and throws to first, with Lary covering, for the out.
Top 5 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Ginsberg hits a fly ball into left field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 House hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 King hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Tuttle hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Valo hits a fly ball into left field. King settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bertoia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Slaughter is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Torgeson hits a fly ball into center field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kuenn hits a line drive towards the mound. Kellner reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jacobs hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 There goes DeMaestri. The slide. House applies the tag. DeMaestri is out.
Top 3 Power strikes out.
Top 3 Kellner bunts towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. DeMaestri moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 3 DeMaestri hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. DeMaestri reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Lary strikes out.
Bottom 2 Bertoia hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. King moves to second.
Bottom 2 House hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ginsberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 King hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 2 Ginsberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Valo hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Simpson strikes out.
Bottom 1 Boone strikes out.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 1 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Kellner fires to first and has Kuenn trapped. There's the throw to DeMaestri who tags Kuenn for the out.
Bottom 1 Kuenn takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Slaughter strikes out.
Top 1 Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bertoia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Power hits a line drive towards short. Kuenn reaches out and makes the catch for the out.