May 26, 1956It was a slugfest at Briggs Stadium in Detroit today. In the highest scoring 9 inning game in the AL this season, the Detroit Tigers defeated the Kansas City Athletics 17-6. There were 8 home runs hit among the 30 hits, 4 by each team. It was a sloppy defensive game too, 5 errors were committed. Gus Zernial had the best day at the plate for Kansas City. He went 4 for 5 with 2 HR and 3 RBI. Charlie Maxwell (pictured) was Detroit's best hitter. He went 3 for 4 with a HR and 5 RBI.
BOXSCORE: 1956 Kansas City Athletics At 1956 Detroit Tigers 5/26/1956
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
J.Demaestri SS 6 0 0 0 .244 B.Tuttle CF 5 2 2 1 .307
H.Lopez CF 6 1 2 0 .270 E.Torgeson 1B 4 5 3 1 .261
G.Zernial LF 5 2 4 3 .238 A.Kaline RF 6 3 3 2 .348
H.Simpson 1B 5 1 2 1 .352 R.Boone 3B 6 1 2 2 .373
J.Groth RF 3 1 1 0 .261 C.Maxwell LF 4 2 3 5 .337
J.Finigan 2B 2 1 1 1 .190 H.Kuenn SS 4 1 1 0 .358
T.Thompson C 5 0 0 0 .206 F.House C 5 2 3 2 .195
R.Pless 3B 5 0 3 1 .107 J.Brideweser 2B 3 1 0 1 .222
J.Crimian P 1 0 0 0 .500 B.Hoeft P 3 0 0 1 .083
T.Gorman P 2 0 0 0 .167 W.Masterson P 0 0 0 0 ----
A-M.Baxes PH 1 0 0 0 .200
A.Kellner P 0 0 0 0 .500
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Totals 41 6 13 6 Totals 40 17 17 15
A-Pinch Hit For Gorman In 7th Inning
Athletics....... 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 1 - 6 13 3
Tigers.......... 2 5 0 5 3 0 1 1 - 17 17 2
Athletics (13-20) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
J.Crimian LOSS(2-1) 1 2/3 6 7 3 1 1 1 6.64
T.Gorman 4 1/3 7 8 8 5 1 3 2.59
A.Kellner 2 4 2 2 2 1 0 5.57
Totals 8 17 17 13 8 3 4
Tigers (24-10) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Hoeft WIN(2-4) 8 1/3 13 6 5 5 6 4 4.40
W.Masterson 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.38
Totals 9 13 6 5 5 8 4
ATTENDANCE- 14,703 DATE- Saturday, May 26th 1956 TIME- Day
UMPIRES- Bill McKinley, Red Flaherty, John Rice, Bill Summers
T- 3:36
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics:14 Tigers:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1 Tigers: 0
ERRORS- J.Demaestri, H.Lopez, H.Simpson, B.Tuttle, H.Kuenn
DOUBLES- G.Zernial(7th)
TRIPLES- R.Boone(4th)
HOME RUNS- G.Zernial-2(7th), H.Simpson(5th), J.Finigan(3rd), E.Torgeson(4th),
A.Kaline(11th), C.Maxwell(6th), F.House(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- A.Kaline(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Brideweser
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Brideweser, B.Hoeft
WALKS- J.Groth-2, J.Finigan-2, A.Kellner, B.Tuttle, E.Torgeson-2, C.Maxwell-2,
H.Kuenn-2, B.Hoeft
HIT BY PITCH- J.Finigan
STRIKE OUTS- J.Demaestri-2, H.Lopez, J.Groth, T.Thompson, R.Pless, T.Gorman-2,
R.Boone, H.Kuenn, B.Hoeft
GIDP- E.Torgeson
WILD PITCHES- T.Gorman
2-out RBI- C.Maxwell-3, G.Zernial
RLISP 2-out- J.Finigan-4, H.Kuenn-2, F.House, T.Thompson-4, J.Brideweser,
A.Kaline, B.Hoeft, H.Lopez-2
In a one-sided affair the Detroit Tigers batters pounded the Kansas City
Athletics pitchers for 17 runs while Billy Hoeft(2-4), with relief help from
Walt Masterson, allowed Kansas City 6 runs.
Charlie Maxwell enjoyed a fine day at the plate. He laced a base-knock
bringing home two baserunners in the 2nd inning, blasted a two-run home run
in the 4th inning and smacked a single which plated a run in the 8th inning.
Detroit bats were very productive in the 2nd inning which saw them plate 5
runs on 4 hits and the 4th inning which saw them score 5 runs on 3 hits.
Detroit kept the pressure on throughout the contest as they scored in 6
different innings.
Jack Crimian(2-1) was tagged with the loss. He gave up 6 hits and 1 walk in 1
and 2/3 innings.
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