Indians @ Tigers
August 17, 1955

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Top 9 R H E
Indians 5 10 0
Tigers 9 14 0
Top 9 R H E
Indians 5 10 0
Tigers 9 14 0

Gene Woodling Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .259
OBP .250 .351
At Bats 4 305
Hits 1 79
• Singles 0 54
• Doubles 0 17
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 1 6
Walks 0 43
RBI’s 1 38

Babe Birrer Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 2 3
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Briggs Stadium - August 17, 1955
Out
Babe Birrer
Frank House
Earl Torgeson
Fred Hatfield
Ray Boone
Harvey Kuenn
Bubba Phillips
Bill Tuttle
Al Kaline
Gene Woodling

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Cleveland Indians 5 10 0 6
Detroit Tigers 9 14 0 4
Winning Pitcher Babe Birrer
Losing Pitcher Bob Lemon
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Fred Hatfield
Attendance 15,836
Time of Game 2 hours 36 minutes
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Woodling hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Avila hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Birrer fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Ralph Kiner pinch hits for Art Houtteman. Kiner strikes out.
Bottom 8 Kuenn hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Birrer hits a popup towards short. Strickland settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Art Houtteman now pitching. Hatfield hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fain scoops it up and throws to first, with Houtteman covering, for the out.
Top 8 Strickland hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Naragon takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Bubba Phillips now playing left field. Smith strikes out.
Bottom 7 House hits a fly ball into right field. Wertz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Maxwell hits a fly ball into right field. Wertz settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Kaline tags and scores.
Bottom 7 Boone strikes out.
Bottom 7 There goes Torgeson. The throw from Naragon and he is safe. Torgeson steals second.
Bottom 7 Torgeson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tuttle scores. Kaline moves to third.
Bottom 7 Kaline hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Tuttle moves to third.
Bottom 7 Tuttle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Doby hits a line drive into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Wertz hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Fain hits a popup towards short. Kuenn settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Birrer strikes out.
Bottom 6 Hatfield takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 House hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Doby. House reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 Ray Narleski now pitching. Maxwell strikes out.
Top 6 Woodling hits a fly ball into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Avila hits a popup, foul, towards first. Torgeson settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hoot Evers pinch hits for Bob Feller. Early Wynn pinch hits for Hoot Evers. Wynn hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. House settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Strickland hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Naragon moves to second.
Top 6 Naragon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Torgeson is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 There goes Kaline. The throw from Naragon and he is out, Strickland applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Kaline hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Doby strikes out.
Top 5 Wertz hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 5 Babe Birrer now pitching. Fain hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Woodling hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 5 Avila hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Tuttle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Doby throws the ball in to Avila who tags Tuttle trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Hatfield scores.
Bottom 4 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Hatfield moves to second.
Bottom 4 Bunning bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3.
Bottom 4 Hatfield hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Bob Feller now pitching. House hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 4 Dale Mitchell pinch hits for Bob Lemon. Mitchell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Tuttle throws the ball in to Kuenn who tags Mitchell trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Doby scores. Smith scores. Strickland moves to third.
Top 4 Strickland takes first base on ball four. Doby moves to third. Smith moves to second.
Top 4 Naragon hits a popup, foul, towards third. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Smith takes first base on ball four. Doby moves to second.
Top 4 Doby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Wertz hits a ball on the ground towards first. Torgeson scoops it up and throws to first, with Bunning covering, for the out.
Bottom 3 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fain scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Maxwell for the out.
Bottom 3 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Strickland fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Bottom 3 Torgeson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kaline scores.
Bottom 3 Kaline hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Wertz who is chasing the ball. Kaline reaches third base with a triple. Kuenn scores. Tuttle goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Tuttle bunts towards the right side of the infield. Avila fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kuenn moves to second.
Bottom 3 Kuenn hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Fain hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hatfield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Woodling hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Avila hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Hatfield settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Bunning hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Hatfield hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Torgeson scores. Boone scores. There goes House trying to get to third. Woodling throws the ball in to Smith, who tags House for the out.
Bottom 2 House takes first base on ball four. Boone moves to second.
Bottom 2 Maxwell hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Torgeson moves to third.
Bottom 2 Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Torgeson moves to second.
Bottom 2 Torgeson takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Hatfield scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Strickland hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 2 Naragon hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Smith strikes out.
Top 2 Doby hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Tuttle hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kuenn hits a ball on the ground towards third. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Wertz hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Fain hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Woodling hits a line drive towards first. Torgeson reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Avila hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Maxwell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.