Detroit Tigers vs Washington Senators
June 9, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 9, 1956 at Griffith Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Washington Senators and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Detroit Tigers 5, Washington Senators 3

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Tuttle cf 4 1 2 1
Belardi 1b 5 0 2 1
Kaline rf 5 0 0 1
Maxwell lf 3 1 1 0
Boone 3b 4 0 0 0
House c 4 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 4 1 1 2
Brideweser ss 3 0 0 0
  Torgeson ph 1 1 1 0
  Hicks ss 0 0 0 0
Gromek p 2 1 1 0
Totals 35 5 8 5
Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 4 0 2 0
Snyder ss 4 1 0 0
Herzog cf 5 0 1 0
Sievers 1b 4 1 1 2
Runnels 2b 4 0 1 0
Oravetz rf 3 1 0 0
Lemon lf 3 0 1 1
Berberet c 4 0 0 0
Griggs p 2 0 0 0
  Paula ph 1 0 0 0
  Grob p 0 0 0 0
  Courtney ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 6 3
Detroit 020 001 000 2580
Washington 000 100 020 0361
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gromek  W(4-3) 10.0 6 3 3 3 3
Totals
10.0
6
3
3
3
3
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Griggs   7.0 4 3 3 2 3
  Grob  L(2-5) 3.0 4 2 2 0 2
Totals
10.0
8
5
5
2
5

  E–Grob (2), Grob (2).  DP–Detroit 2. Griggs-Runnels-Snyder-Sievers, Snyder-Runnels-Sievers, Washington 2. Griggs-Runnels-Snyder-Sievers, Snyder-Runnels-Sievers.  3B–Detroit Tuttle (3,off Grob), Washington Lemon (4,off Gromek).  HR–Detroit Bolling (2,2nd inning off Griggs 1 on 2 out), Washington Sievers (13,8th inning off Gromek 1 on 2 out).  SH–Tuttle (1,off Grob); Gromek (2,off Grob); Snyder (2,off Gromek).  Team LOB–4.  Team–6.  U–Eddie Hurley, Hank Soar, Joe Paparella.  T–2:14.  A–3,016.
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