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June 11, 1956

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Top 9	R	H	E
Tigers	4	14	1
Orioles	5	12	1

Top 9	R	H	E
Tigers	4	14	1
Orioles	5	12	1

Harvey Kuenn Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.364
OBP	.000	.425
At Bats	0	187
Hits	0	68
• Singles	0	48
• Doubles	0	16
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	3
Walks	0	21
RBI’s	0	29

Hal Brown Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
2	0	0

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Memorial Stadium - June 11, 1956

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Out

Hal Brown

Hal Smith

Gus Triandos

Billy Gardner

Wayne Causey

Willie Miranda

Bob Nieman

Chuck Diering

Tito Francona

Harvey Kuenn

Wayne Belardi

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Detroit Tigers	4	14	1	9
Baltimore Orioles	5	12	1	9
Winning Pitcher	Hal Brown
Losing Pitcher	Frank Lary
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Bob Nieman
Attendance	13,727
Time of Game	2 hours 28 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Harvey Kuenn pinch hits for Walt Masterson. Kuenn hits a fly ball into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 9 Belardi hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Francona. Belardi reaches second base with a double.

Top 9 Tuttle hits a line drive into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Causey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Belardi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Causey for the out.

Bottom 8 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Masterson fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Brown hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Maxwell. Brown reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 8 Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hicks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Maxwell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Hicks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Boone moves to second.

Top 8 House hits a line drive into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Hal Brown now pitching. Bolling hits a popup, foul, towards third. Causey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Hal Smith now catching. Gus Triandos now playing first base. Boone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Diering hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 7 Triandos hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Triandos reaches second base with a double. Nieman moves to third.

Bottom 7 Francona strikes out.

Bottom 7 Nieman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Bottom 7 Buddy Hicks now playing shortstop. Charlie Maxwell now playing left field. Walt Masterson now pitching. Hale hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit. Kaline throws the ball in to Hicks who tags Hale trying to catch an extra base, for the out.

Top 7 Kennedy hits a line drive into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Kaline hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Belardi hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Maxwell scores.

Top 7 Tuttle bunts towards first. Hale scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Tuttle for the out. Maxwell moves to third.

Top 7 Charlie Maxwell pinch hits for Frank Lary. Maxwell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. Maxwell reaches second base with a double. Torgeson goes all the way around to score.

Top 7 Earl Torgeson pinch hits for Jim Brideweser. Torgeson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 6 Causey hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lary fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Zuverink bunts towards first. Belardi scoops it up and throws to first, with Bolling covering, for the out. Miranda moves to second.

Bottom 6 Wayne Belardi now playing first base. Miranda hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 6 House hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Bolling hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kaline scores. Boone moves to second. That run is unearned.

Top 6 Boone hits a line drive into left field. Nieman picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Nieman. Kaline moves to third.

Top 6 Kennedy strikes out.

Top 6 Kaline hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 6 Chuck Diering now playing center field. Tito Francona now playing right field. Wayne Belardi pinch hits for Jack Phillips. Belardi 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 5 Evers hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lary fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 5 Triandos is hit by the pitch. Francona moves to second.

Bottom 5 Francona is hit by the pitch.

Bottom 5 Nieman hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..

Bottom 5 Hale takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 5 Causey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Phillips scoops it up and throws to first, with Lary covering, for the out.

Bottom 5 Gardner hits a popup, foul, towards first. Phillips settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Tuttle hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Lary hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bolling scores. Brideweser moves to second.

Top 5 George Zuverink now pitching. Brideweser hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda fields it and throws to second for the out. Bolling moves to third.

Top 5 House hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bolling moves to second.

Top 5 Bolling hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.

Bottom 4 Ferrarese hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brideweser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 4 Miranda hits a line drive into left field. Kennedy picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Kennedy. Miranda moves to second.

Bottom 4 Evers hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Triandos strikes out.

Top 4 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 4 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Kaline moves to second.

Top 4 Kaline hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Gardner fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.

Top 4 Phillips hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 4 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards short. Brideweser scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 3 Nieman hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 Hale hits a popup towards short. Brideweser settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Lary hits a fly ball into right field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Brideweser strikes out.

Top 3 House hits a fly ball into right field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Causey hits a ball on the ground towards first. Phillips scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Causey for the out.

Bottom 2 Gardner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Ferrarese hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lary fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Miranda hits a fly ball into center field. Tuttle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Bolling hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Top 2 Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ferrarese fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 1 Evers strikes out.

Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Triandos moves to second.

Bottom 1 Triandos hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hale scores. Francona scores.

Bottom 1 There goes Francona. The throw from House and he is safe. Francona steals second.

Bottom 1 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards first. Phillips fields it and throws to second for the out. Hale moves to third.

Bottom 1 Nieman hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. Gardner scores. Hale moves to second.

Bottom 1 Hale hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bolling fields it and throws to second for the out. Gardner moves to third.

Bottom 1 Causey hits a ball on the ground towards third. Boone fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Gardner moves to second.

Bottom 1 Gardner hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.

Top 1 Kaline hits a popup towards third. Causey settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Phillips hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Tuttle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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