Red Sox @ Tigers
September 16, 1956

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Top 9 R H E
Red Sox 4 10 0
Tigers 8 14 0
Top 9 R H E
Red Sox 4 10 0
Tigers 8 14 0

Billy Klaus Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .269
OBP .250 .373
At Bats 4 476
Hits 1 128
• Singles 0 91
• Doubles 0 27
• Triples 0 3
• Home Runs 1 7
Walks 0 80
RBI’s 2 51

Jim Bunning Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 1 1
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Briggs Stadium - September 16, 1956
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Jim Bunning
Red Wilson
Jack Phillips
Frank Bolling
Ray Boone
Harvey Kuenn
Charlie Maxwell
Bill Tuttle
Al Kaline
Billy Klaus

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 4 10 0 7
Detroit Tigers 8 14 0 10
Winning Pitcher Jim Bunning
Losing Pitcher Mel Parnell
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 34,174
Time of Game 2 hours 34 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

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

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Mauch hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 9 Gene Stephens pinch hits for Fritz Dorish. Stephens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Klaus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Boone hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Piersall who is chasing the ball. Boone reaches third base with a triple. Phillips scores. Maxwell goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 8 Fritz Dorish now pitching. Kaline is called out on strikes.
Bottom 8 Maxwell takes first base on ball four. Phillips moves to second.
Bottom 8 Phillips hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kuenn scores.
Bottom 8 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gernert. Kuenn reaches second base with a double. There goes Bunning trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out.
Bottom 8 Mickey Vernon now playing first base. Milt Bolling now playing third base. Bunning hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 8 Daley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 8 Ted Williams pinch hits for Ted Lepcio. Williams hits a line drive into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Mickey Vernon pinch hits for Norm Zauchin. Vernon takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Piersall strikes out.
Bottom 7 Wilson hits a popup, foul, towards third. Lepcio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lepcio fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Tuttle hits a line drive into left field. Gernert settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Jensen 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 7 Gernert 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 7 Klaus hits a ball on the ground towards first. Phillips scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Klaus for the out.
Bottom 6 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Parnell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Maxwell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards short. Klaus fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Bunning scores.
Bottom 6 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bunning moves to third.
Bottom 6 Bunning hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gernert. Bunning reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Mauch strikes out.
Top 6 Parnell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Phillips scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Parnell for the out.
Top 6 Red Wilson now catching. Daley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Mel Parnell now pitching. Red Wilson pinch hits for Charlie Lau. Wilson hits a popup, foul, towards first. Zauchin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Bolling takes first base on ball four. Kaline moves to third. Boone moves to second.
Bottom 5 Tuttle hits a popup towards third. Lepcio settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Boone takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Kaline hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Phillips scores. There goes Maxwell trying to advance. Here's the throw, and he's out. Kaline moves to second.
Bottom 5 Maxwell takes first base on ball four. Phillips moves to second.
Bottom 5 Phillips hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Jim Bunning now pitching. Lepcio strikes out.
Top 5 Zauchin takes first base on ball four. Piersall moves to second.
Top 5 Piersall hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Jensen hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Gernert strikes out.
Top 5 Klaus hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Mauch strikes out.
Top 5 Porterfield hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Kuenn hits a fly ball into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Host hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lepcio fields it and throws to first for the out. Bolling moves to third.
Bottom 4 Lau hits a popup in front of the plate. Daley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Bolling hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gernert. Bolling reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Daley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 The umpire calls a balk on Host Lepcio moves to second.
Top 4 Lepcio hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Zauchin hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Piersall hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Zauchin scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tuttle for the out.
Bottom 3 Boone is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 Kaline hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gernert. Kaline reaches second base with a double. Maxwell moves to third.
Bottom 3 Maxwell takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Phillips hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Mauch settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Jensen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jensen hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Gernert hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mauch moves to second.
Top 3 Klaus hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Mauch hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 Porterfield strikes out.
Bottom 2 Host hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Porterfield fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Lau hits a popup towards first. Zauchin settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bolling strikes out.
Top 2 Daley strikes out.
Top 2 Lepcio hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Zauchin is called out on strikes.
Bottom 1 Tuttle hits a line drive into center field. Piersall settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Boone hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Bob Porterfield now pitching. Kaline takes first base on ball four. Maxwell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Maxwell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Phillips hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lepcio fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards short. Klaus scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Piersall hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Piersall reaches second base with a double. Maxwell throws the ball in to Boone who tags Piersall trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Gernert scores.
Top 1 Jensen hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Gernert moves to second.
Top 1 Gernert takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Klaus hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Mauch hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling scoops it up and throws to first for the out.