Orioles @ Tigers
July 24, 1956

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Top 9 R H E
Orioles 7 11 1
Tigers 9 14 2
Top 9 R H E
Orioles 7 11 1
Tigers 9 14 2

Billy Gardner Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .213
OBP .250 .257
At Bats 4 286
Hits 1 61
• Singles 0 42
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 1 9
Walks 0 13
RBI’s 1 26

Steve Gromek Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
5 5 4
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Briggs Stadium - July 24, 1956
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Out
Steve Gromek
Frank House
Earl Torgeson
Frank Bolling
Ray Boone
Jim Brideweser
Charlie Maxwell
Al Kaline
Jim Small
Billy Gardner

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Baltimore Orioles 7 11 1 9
Detroit Tigers 9 14 2 5
Winning Pitcher Steve Gromek
Losing Pitcher Mike Fornieles
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Al Kaline
Attendance
Time of Game 2 hours 21 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Gardner bunts towards the mound. Gromek fields it and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Evers hits a line drive into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Jim Brideweser now playing shortstop. Triandos strikes out.
Bottom 8 There goes Torgeson. The throw from Triandos and he is out, Gardner applying the tag.
Bottom 8 Torgeson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Kuenn hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Gromek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Frazier hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Francona hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Williams hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 8 Hale hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Bolling reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bolling hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Small hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hale scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Small for the out.
Bottom 7 Hoot Evers now playing left field. Dick Williams now playing second base. Billy Gardner now playing shortstop. Johnny Schmitz now pitching. House hits a fly ball, foul, into right field. Frazier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Miranda hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Gardner hits a popup in front of the plate. House settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Hoot Evers pinch hits for Erv Palica. Evers takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Triandos hits a line drive to left field. Maxwell throws towards Bolling. Bolling fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Bolling. Triandos moves to second.
Top 7 Frazier hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Boone strikes out.
Bottom 6 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Maxwell hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 6 Torgeson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Bob Hale now playing first base. Dick Williams now playing left field. Tito Francona now playing center field. Erv Palica now pitching. Kuenn hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kell hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Francona is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Williams takes first base on ball four. Miranda moves to second.
Top 6 Bob Hale pinch hits for Mike Fornieles. Hale hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bolling settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Miranda hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Gromek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fornieles fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 5 Bolling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Small bunts towards the mound. Fornieles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 House hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kuenn scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Nelson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Frazier hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Kaline hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Francona scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maxwell for the out. Kuenn moves to third.
Bottom 4 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kuenn moves to second.
Bottom 4 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 4 Kell strikes out.
Top 4 Francona hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Williams hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Gromek is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Mike Fornieles now pitching. Bolling hits a fly ball into left field. Nelson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. House tags and scores.
Bottom 3 Small hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Williams. Small reaches second base with a double. Boone scores. House moves to third.
Bottom 3 Morrie Martin now pitching. House hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Maxwell scores. Boone moves to third.
Bottom 3 Boone takes first base on ball four. Maxwell moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kaline hits a fly ball into right field. Frazier settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Maxwell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Johnson strikes out.
Top 3 Miranda 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 Gardner hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Steve Gromek now pitching. Nelson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Torgeson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Francona scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Torgeson for the out.
Bottom 2 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to home to get Small. Bolling moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Wayne Belardi pinch hits for Paul Foytack. Belardi strikes out.
Bottom 2 Bolling hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Small moves to third. Bolling moves to second.
Bottom 2 Small hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Williams. Small reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Triandos hits a line drive towards third. Boone reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Frazier is walked intentionally.
Top 2 Kell hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Kaline. Kell reaches second base with a double. Johnson moves to third.
Top 2 Francona hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. House settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Williams hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Johnson bunts towards the right side of the infield. Bolling misplays the ball. That's an error on Bolling. Miranda scores. That run is unearned.
Top 2 Miranda hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Kaline. Miranda reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 1 House hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 The umpire calls a balk on Johnson Kuenn scores. Maxwell moves to third. Boone moves to second.
Bottom 1 Boone takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Miranda. Kuenn moves to third. Maxwell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Torgeson hits a fly ball into center field. Williams settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Foytack, and towards Bolling, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Nelson hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Triandos hits a fly ball into center field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Frazier hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kell scores.
Top 1 Kell hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Kaline, who is chasing the ball. Kell reaches third base with a triple. Francona scores.
Top 1 Francona hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Kaline. Francona reaches second base with a double. Williams goes all the way around to score.
Top 1 Williams takes first base on ball four.