May 1, 1956The Detroit Tigers squared off against the New York Yankees in New York today and got pounded 11-6. Yankee 1st sacker Bill Skowron (pictured) was a one man wrecking crew. He hit 3 homeruns and drove in 6. Hank Bauer added a 2 run homer for the home team and Ray Boone hit one for the visitors from Detroit. The Yankees led 5-1 after the 3rd inning but the Tigers scored 5 runs in the 4th, taking a 6-5 lead and chasing starter Whitey Ford. NY scored 2 in the bottom of the 4th, retaking the lead, then added 1 in the 5th and 3 in the 7th. Rip Coleman, who came on in relief of Ford, threw 5 scoreless innings to get the win for New York.
BOXSCORE: 1956 Detroit Tigers At 1956 New York Yankees 5/1/1956
Tigers AB R H RBI AVG Yankees AB R H RBI AVG
H.Kuenn SS 4 0 2 1 .295 H.Bauer RF 5 2 2 2 .216
E.Torgeson 1B 3 0 0 0 .211 G.McDougald 2B 5 1 2 0 .250
B-J.Phillips PH,1B 2 0 0 0 .143 M.Mantle CF 3 2 1 0 .190
A.Kaline RF 3 1 0 0 .289 Y.Berra C 3 2 1 1 .265
R.Boone 3B 4 2 2 2 .429 B.Skowron 1B 3 3 3 6 .292
C.Maxwell LF 3 1 0 0 .212 B.Martin 3B 4 0 0 0 .261
B.Tuttle CF 4 1 2 1 .311 E.Howard LF 4 1 1 0 .320
W.Streuli C 4 1 1 1 .300 J.Lumpe SS 4 0 1 0 .262
R.Bertoia 2B 3 0 1 1 .143 W.Ford P 1 0 0 0 .333
S.Gromek P 2 0 0 0 .000 A-L.Skizas PH 1 0 0 0 .000
V.Trucks P 1 0 0 0 .000 R.Coleman P 1 0 0 0 .333
C-C.King PH 1 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 34 6 8 6 Totals 34 11 11 9
A-Pinch Hit For Ford In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Torgeson In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Trucks In 9th Inning
Tigers.......... 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 8 2
Yankees......... 0 1 4 2 1 0 3 0 - 11 11 1
Tigers (5-6) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
S.Gromek LOSS(1-2) 3 2/3 7 7 5 0 2 3 4.50
V.Trucks 4 1/3 4 4 2 2 2 1 3.24
Totals 8 11 11 7 2 4 4
Yankees (4-8) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
W.Ford 4 5 6 6 3 5 1 8.10
R.Coleman WIN(2-0) 5 3 0 0 0 5 0 0.00
Totals 9 8 6 6 3 10 1
ATTENDANCE- 32,613 DATE- Tuesday, May 1st 1956 TIME- Day
T- 2:32
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 5 Yankees: 3
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0 Yankees: 0
ERRORS- A.Kaline, W.Streuli, J.Lumpe
DOUBLES- B.Tuttle(2nd), W.Streuli(2nd)
TRIPLES- R.Boone(1st)
HOME RUNS- R.Boone(5th), H.Bauer(3rd), B.Skowron-3(6th)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Coleman
SACRIFICE FLIES- H.Kuenn, B.Skowron
WALKS- A.Kaline, C.Maxwell, R.Bertoia, M.Mantle, Y.Berra
STRIKE OUTS- E.Torgeson-3, A.Kaline, C.Maxwell, W.Streuli-3, S.Gromek, C.King,
G.McDougald-2, B.Martin-2
WILD PITCHES- V.Trucks, R.Coleman
2-out RBI- Y.Berra, B.Skowron-4, H.Bauer-2
RLISP 2-out- A.Kaline, B.Martin, W.Streuli-2, G.McDougald
WEB GEMS- Bot 8th: Harvey Kuenn robbed Hank Bauer of a base hit.
Bill Skowron knocked 3 homeruns and had 6 RBI as the New York Yankees topped
the Detroit Tigers by a score of 11 to 6 at Yankee Stadium.
It seemed that Detroit pitching was serving up softballs for Skowron to hit.
He clubbed a solo home run in the 2nd inning, lost the ball over the fence
for three runs in the 3rd inning and hit a bases-empty home run in the 5th
inning. New York had 11 hits overall, while Detroit had 8.
Rip Coleman(2-0) allowed no runs in 5 innings, and picked up the victory.
Steve Gromek(1-2) was tagged with the loss. He surrended 3 homeruns in his 3
and 2/3 innings.
'They made a couple of mistakes and I took full advantage,' Skowron said 'next
time I'm sure they'll pitch me tougher.'
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