September 16, 1956
The Detroit Tigers defeated the Boston Red Sox 9-8 today and clinched 1st place in the AL. In a wild game that saw the Red Sox come back time after time, the Tigers finally pulled out the win with a run in the bottom of the 9th inning. A single, a walk, and a run scoring double by Harvey Kuenn was what it took for Detroit to win the game and the AL Pennant. Al Kaline had a big game for the Tigers, going 4 for 5 with 2 HR and 3 RBI. Paul Foytack came on in relief to close the door against the Red Sox and got the win, his 16th of the season.
BOXSCORE: 1956 Boston Red Sox At 1956 Detroit Tigers 9/16/1956
Red Sox AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
G.Mauch 2B 5 0 0 0 .143 H.Kuenn SS 6 2 3 1 .369
B.Klaus SS 5 0 0 0 .281 F.Bolling 2B 5 2 2 2 .306
T.Williams LF 3 3 3 0 .367 A.Kaline CF 5 2 4 3 .299
D.Gernert 1B 4 2 2 1 .294 C.Maxwell LF 5 1 2 1 .328
J.Jensen RF 4 2 2 1 .329 R.Boone 3B 4 0 1 0 .338
J.Piersall CF 4 1 1 2 .283 J.Small RF 3 1 1 1 .374
T.Lepcio 3B 5 0 2 2 .246 W.Belardi 1B 4 0 1 0 .246
S.White C 5 0 0 0 .242 W.Masterson P 0 0 0 0 .500
F.Sullivan P 3 0 1 1 .136 C-F.House PH 1 0 0 0 .237
B-G.Stephens PH 0 0 0 0 .256 P.Foytack P 0 0 0 0 .176
F.Dorish P 0 0 0 0 .200 R.Wilson C 4 0 3 1 .363
D-B.Tuttle PR 0 1 0 0 .282
B.Hoeft P 3 0 0 0 .253
A-E.Torgeson 1B 1 0 0 0 .269
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Totals 38 8 11 7 Totals 41 9 17 9
A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Hoeft In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Sullivan In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Masterson In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Wilson In 9th Inning
Red Sox......... 0 1 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 - 8 11 0
Tigers.......... 3 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 - 9 17 1
Red Sox (79-64) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
F.Sullivan 7 13 8 8 4 4 3 4.29
F.Dorish LOSS(2-2) 1 4 1 1 1 1 0 3.06
Totals 8 17 9 9 5 5 3
Tigers (96-46) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Hoeft 6 1/3 8 8 6 3 3 1 4.51
W.Masterson BS(1st) 1 2/3 3 0 0 2 2 0 4.01
P.Foytack WIN(16-9) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4.05
Totals 9 11 8 6 5 6 1
ATTENDANCE- 48,642 DATE- Sunday, September 16th 1956 TIME- Day
UMPIRES- Eddie Hurley, Hank Soar, Nestor Chylak, Joe Paparella
T- 3:18
LEFT ON BASE- Red Sox: 9 Tigers:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Red Sox: 0 Tigers: 0
ERRORS- H.Kuenn
DOUBLES- T.Williams(32nd), J.Jensen(28th), T.Lepcio(9th), H.Kuenn(29th),
F.Bolling(25th), R.Wilson-2(17th)
HOME RUNS- J.Piersall(16th), F.Bolling(11th), A.Kaline-2(27th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- J.Piersall
WALKS- T.Williams-2, D.Gernert, J.Jensen, G.Stephens, R.Boone, J.Small-2,
R.Wilson, E.Torgeson
STRIKE OUTS- G.Mauch, B.Klaus, J.Piersall-2, T.Lepcio, F.Sullivan, F.Bolling,
R.Boone, J.Small-2, B.Hoeft
WILD PITCHES- B.Hoeft-2
2-out RBI- A.Kaline-2, T.Lepcio-2, R.Wilson, F.Sullivan, C.Maxwell, J.Small
RLISP 2-out- R.Wilson, B.Hoeft-3, S.White-3, G.Mauch, W.Belardi, F.Bolling,
D.Gernert, J.Jensen-2, F.House-2
WEB GEMS- Top 6th: Frank Bolling robbed Sammy White of a base hit.
Al Kaline slammed 2 homeruns and had 3 RBI at Briggs Stadium as the very
potent Detroit Tigers won in their last at-bat beating the Boston Red Sox by
the count of 9 to 8.
The game was won by Detroit when they scored a run in the 9th inning. Red
Wilson lashed a single. Earl Torgeson stepped into the batter's box and he
drew a walk. Harvey Kuenn then doubled making Detroit the victor and
beginning a joyous home town celebration. Detroit dominated offensively as
they scored in 6 different innings.
Paul Foytack(16-9) was the winner allowing no runs in 1 inning. Fritz
Dorish(2-2) was given the loss in relief. With this win, Detroit has a
league leading 96-46 record. They have been 5-5 lately. Boston has a record
of 79-64 after the loss.
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