July 4, 1956There were plenty of fireworks in the first game of a 4th of July doubleheader between the Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers at Briggs Stadium. The Indians won the slugfest against the Tigers 17-13. The 30 runs were the most in MLB this 1956 season. Herb Score ended up with the win for Cleveland even though he gave up 12 runs in 7 innings of work. Former Tiger Vic Wertz led the Indian attack with 4 hits, 3 of them doubles. 4 errors by Detroit contributed to 7 unearned runs.
BOXSCORE: 1956 Cleveland Indians At 1956 Detroit Tigers 7/4/1956
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
G.Strickland 2B 5 2 1 1 .171 B.Tuttle CF 4 2 3 4 .304
G.Woodling LF 5 1 1 0 .240 F.Bolling 2B 6 0 3 2 .297
A.Smith RF 4 4 1 2 .273 A.Kaline RF 6 1 1 0 .302
V.Wertz 1B 5 4 4 2 .237 R.Boone 3B 6 0 2 0 .328
A.Rosen 3B 5 1 2 3 .297 C.Maxwell LF 5 3 2 2 .329
J.Busby CF 5 1 1 1 .260 H.Kuenn SS 6 2 3 0 .388
C.Carrasquel SS 3 1 1 1 .224 J.Phillips 1B 3 2 1 0 .333
J.Hegan C 5 2 2 1 .162 R.Wilson C 3 2 1 1 .364
H.Score P 3 1 2 3 .108 P.Foytack P 2 0 0 0 .094
B.Feller P 0 0 0 0 .000 A.Aber P 0 0 0 0 .333
A-B.Kennedy PH 1 0 0 0 .268
W.Masterson P 0 0 0 01.000
B-E.Torgeson PH 1 1 1 4 .280
B.Hoeft P 0 0 0 0 .225
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Totals 40 17 15 14 Totals 43 13 17 13
A-Pinch Hit For Aber In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Masterson In 8th Inning
Indians......... 0 1 0 1 1 2 6 6 0 - 17 15 0
Tigers.......... 1 2 2 0 1 0 3 4 0 - 13 17 4
Indians (43-27) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
H.Score WIN(7-4) 7 15 12 12 8 10 2 4.34
B.Feller 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 4.50
Totals 9 17 13 13 8 10 3
Tigers (49-21) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
P.Foytack LOSS(6-4) 6 9 9 6 4 5 0 4.01
A.Aber 1 3 2 1 0 1 0 3.38
W.Masterson 1 3 6 3 3 0 0 3.72
B.Hoeft 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.48
Totals 9 15 17 10 7 8 0
ATTENDANCE- 13,477 DATE- Wednesday, July 4th 1956 TIME- Day
UMPIRES- Jim Honochick, Larry Napp, Frank Umont, Charlie Berry
T- 3:20
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 5 Tigers:11
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 1 Tigers: 2
ERRORS- B.Tuttle, F.Bolling, C.Maxwell, W.Masterson
DOUBLES- G.Strickland(1st), V.Wertz-3(14th), J.Hegan(10th), H.Score,
H.Kuenn(13th)
TRIPLES- A.Smith(7th), J.Hegan(1st)
HOME RUNS- B.Tuttle(8th), C.Maxwell(11th), E.Torgeson(11th)
SACRIFICE HITS- G.Woodling
SACRIFICE FLIES- C.Carrasquel
WALKS- G.Strickland, A.Smith-2, V.Wertz, C.Carrasquel, H.Score-2, B.Tuttle-2,
C.Maxwell, J.Phillips-2, R.Wilson-2, P.Foytack
STRIKE OUTS- G.Woodling-2, A.Smith, V.Wertz, J.Busby-2, J.Hegan, H.Score,
B.Tuttle, A.Kaline-2, R.Boone, C.Maxwell, H.Kuenn-2, J.Phillips,
R.Wilson, B.Kennedy
GIDP- G.Strickland, G.Woodling, J.Phillips
BALKS- P.Foytack
WILD PITCHES- H.Score-2
2-out RBI- B.Tuttle-2, R.Wilson, J.Hegan, H.Score-2
RLISP 2-out- H.Kuenn, C.Carrasquel, R.Boone-3, C.Maxwell, H.Score, J.Hegan,
G.Strickland
Vic Wertz had 4 hits and 2 RBI at Briggs Stadium where the Cleveland Indians
beat the Detroit Tigers by the score of 17 to 13.
Wertz was a seemingly constant irritant to the hometown fans as he provided
much of the offense for the visitors. He doubled in the 2nd inning, doubled
knocking in a run in the 4th inning, doubled in the 6th inning and hit a
single resulting in a run in the 7th inning. Cleveland bats were hot in the
7th inning when they had 6 runs on 6 hits and the 8th inning which saw them
plate 6 runs on 3 hits. Due to a poorly pitched ballgame, scoring in 6
different innings was still not enough for Detroit to come away with the
victory.
Herb Score(7-4) was the winner allowing 12 runs in 7 innings. Paul
Foytack(6-4) absorbed the loss. He got hammered, allowing 9 hits and 4 walks
in 6 innings.
Score was humble when questioned about his performance, 'Well, I felt pretty
confident in my pitches this afternoon. But, I had great support behind me
and I just threw what was called. That was an extremely well called game!'
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