1956 Game of Note: Det. at NY. Skowron has big day.

May 1, 1956

The 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                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         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.'