May13, 1956One day after being pounded by the Chicago White Sox, the Detroit Tigers returned the 'favor' by pummeling the Sox 19-2. Tiger 1st baseman Earl Torgeson (pictured) led the 24 hit attack by going 4 for 6, with 2 homeruns and 4 RBI. Virgil Trucks went the distance for Detroit, picking up his 2nd win of the season. In the battle for 1st place, Detroit takes 2 of the 3 games versus Chicago and is now 1/2 game ahead, but trail in winning %, .722 to .696.
BOXSCORE: 1956 Chicago White Sox At 1956 Detroit Tigers 5/13/1956
White Sox AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
J.Rivera CF 4 0 0 0 .304 B.Tuttle CF 6 2 3 0 .304
N.Fox 2B 4 0 1 0 .458 E.Torgeson 1B 6 4 4 4 .246
M.Minoso LF 3 0 1 0 .314 H.Kuenn SS 5 2 3 1 .337
G.Kell 3B 4 1 0 0 .226 R.Boone 3B 4 4 3 1 .402
S.Lollar C 4 0 0 0 .329 C.Maxwell RF,LF 5 2 3 3 .347
B.Nieman RF 2 1 1 1 .571 J.Phillips LF 3 1 2 3 .263
R.Jackson 1B 2 0 0 0 .263 A-J.Small RF 1 0 1 1 .500
L.Aparicio SS 2 0 0 1 .226 R.Wilson C 5 1 2 4 .200
D.Howell P 0 0 0 0 ---- R.Bertoia 2B 5 1 1 1 .161
B.Pierce P 1 0 0 0 .063 V.Trucks P 5 2 2 1 .300
H.Pollet P 1 0 0 0 .000
B-S.Esposito SS 1 0 1 0 .333
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Totals 28 2 4 2 Totals 45 19 24 19
A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Phillips In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Pollet In 7th Inning
White Sox....... 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 2
Tigers.......... 3 0 0 9 1 1 4 1 - 19 24 1
White Sox (13-5) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Pierce LOSS(4-1) 3 1/3 13 11 11 1 1 1 4.18
H.Pollet 3 6 5 5 0 2 2 15.00
D.Howell 1 2/3 5 3 3 2 0 0 6.00
Totals 8 24 19 19 3 3 3
Tigers (16-7) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
V.Trucks WIN(2-0) 9 4 2 0 4 3 0 1.71
Totals 9 4 2 0 4 3 0
ATTENDANCE- 27,757 DATE- Sunday, May 13th 1956 TIME- Day
UMPIRES- Hank Soar, Nestor Chylak, Joe Paparella, Eddie Hurley
T- 2:52
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 4 Tigers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 1 Tigers: 2
ERRORS- J.Rivera, L.Aparicio, H.Kuenn
DOUBLES- M.Minoso(6th), E.Torgeson(2nd), J.Phillips(1st), V.Trucks
TRIPLES- R.Boone(3rd)
HOME RUNS- E.Torgeson-2(3rd), R.Wilson(2nd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- L.Aparicio, J.Phillips
WALKS- M.Minoso, B.Nieman-2, R.Jackson, H.Kuenn, R.Boone-2
STRIKE OUTS- R.Jackson-2, B.Pierce, H.Kuenn, C.Maxwell, V.Trucks
GIDP- S.Lollar, L.Aparicio, R.Boone
WILD PITCHES- V.Trucks
PASSED BALLS- R.Wilson
2-out RBI- J.Phillips-2, R.Wilson-4, E.Torgeson
RLISP 2-out- B.Pierce, C.Maxwell, L.Aparicio, R.Bertoia, B.Nieman
Earl Torgeson cracked 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI and Virgil Trucks allowed Bucky
Harris to rest his bullpen, tossing a complete game as the Detroit Tigers
smashed the overmatched Chicago White Sox, 19 to 2.
Torgeson enjoyed a great day at the plate. He cracked a solo homerun in the
1st inning, slapped a base-hit which scored a run in the 4th inning, cracked
a solo homerun in the 5th inning and doubled which brought home a run in the
7th inning. Detroit lit up the scoreboard in the 4th inning when they had 9
runs on 8 hits and the 7th inning with 4 runs on 4 hits. Detroit simply wore
out the Chicago pitching staff, scoring in 6 different innings.
The win went to Trucks(2-0) who allowed 2 runs in the game. Billy Pierce(4-1)
was hit with the loss. He allowed Detroit 11 runs in 3 and 1/3 innings of
work.
'I was really seeing the ball today,' Torgeson said 'I wish it was always this
easy.'
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