1956 AL Detroit Tiger News

May 9, 1956

The Detroit Tigers took both games of a two game series against the Washington Senators, winning todays contest 3-0. Paul Foytack shutout the Senators on 3 hits, picking up his 1st win of the season. The Tigers have now won 9 in a row and head home for a 16 game homestand. Detroit has tied the Chicago White Sox for 1st place in the AL. The White Sox will be the first team on the Tiger homestand, coming to town for a 3 game series, and large crowds are expected.

BOXSCORE: 1956 Detroit Tigers At 1956 Washington Senators            5/9/1956
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Senators           AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Tuttle CF         3  1  0  0 .299     E.Yost 3B           3  0  1  0 .228  
  W.Belardi 1B        4  0  0  0 .308     D.Tettelbach LF     2  0  0  0 .183  
B-R.Bertoia 2B        0  0  0  0 .157   D-E.Oravetz PH        1  0  0  0 .059  
  A.Kaline RF         4  1  1  1 .306     P.Runnels 2B        4  0  1  0 .361  
  R.Boone 3B          4  0  3  1 .380     R.Sievers 1B        4  0  0  0 .175  
  C.Maxwell LF        4  1  1  1 .302     J.Lemon RF          3  0  1  0 .343  
  H.Kuenn SS          4  0  1  0 .310     C.Courtney C        3  0  0  0 .341  
  B.Hicks 2B          2  0  0  0 .417     K.Olson CF          3  0  0  0 .213  
A-E.Torgeson PR,1B    0  0  0  0 .203     J.Snyder SS         3  0  0  0 .138  
  F.House C           4  0  0  0 .175     C.Pascual P         2  0  0  0 .222  
  P.Foytack P         4  0  0  0 .000   C-L.Berberet PH       0  0  0  0 .208  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  3  6  3                 Totals      28  0  3  0
 
A-Pinch Ran For Hicks In 9th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Belardi In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Pascual In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Tettelbach In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  1 0 1  0 1 0  -  3  6  0
Senators........ 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  3  0
 
Tigers (14-6)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
P.Foytack WIN(1-1)        9       3   0   0   2   6   0   4.58
Totals                    9       3   0   0   2   6   0
 
Senators (9-12)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Pascual LOSS(1-4)       9       6   3   3   3   9   2   3.65
Totals                    9       6   3   3   3   9   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 6,153 DATE- Wednesday, May 9th 1956 TIME- Night 
UMPIRES- Joe Paparella, Eddie Hurley, Hank Soar, Nestor Chylak
T- 1:47
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 6  Senators: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  Senators: 0
DOUBLES- R.Boone(3rd), H.Kuenn(7th), J.Lemon(7th)
HOME RUNS- A.Kaline(8th), C.Maxwell(3rd)
STOLEN BASES- B.Tuttle(2nd), E.Torgeson(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Tettelbach
WALKS- B.Tuttle, B.Hicks-2, E.Yost, L.Berberet
STRIKE OUTS- W.Belardi-2, A.Kaline, C.Maxwell-2, B.Hicks, F.House, P.Foytack-2,
             P.Runnels, R.Sievers-3, J.Lemon-2
2-out RBI- C.Maxwell, R.Boone, A.Kaline
RLISP 2-out- F.House-2, C.Maxwell, J.Snyder, P.Foytack, R.Sievers-2
 
Paul Foytack blanked Washington allowing just 3 hits and third baseman Ray
Boone had 3 base hits as the blistering-hot Detroit Tigers defeated the
Washington Senators 3 to 0 at Griffith Stadium.
 
Foytack(1-1) was simply too much for the Washington batters.  He surrendered
only 3 hits and 2 walks in 9 innings reducing his ERA from 8.44 to 4.58.
Detroit had only 6 hits for the night.  
 
Camilo Pascual(1-4) suffered the loss.  Chuck Dressen was obviously impressed
with the pitching of Foytack, 'That guy made us look a little silly out there
tonight.  We just couldn't get to him at all - everything was working for
him.  I just hope that he got that kinda performance out of his system.'