New York Yankees vs Detroit Tigers
June 18, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 1956 at Briggs Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Detroit Tigers 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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New York Yankees 7, Detroit Tigers 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
McDougald ss 4 2 2 2
Siebern lf 4 1 1 0
Mantle cf 4 1 1 3
Berra c 4 0 0 0
Collins 1b 1 0 0 0
  Skowron 1b 3 0 1 0
Noren rf 3 1 0 0
  Bauer rf 0 0 0 0
Carey 3b 3 1 2 0
Coleman 2b 1 1 1 2
Turley p 1 0 0 0
  Larsen p 3 0 0 0
Totals 31 7 8 7
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bolling 2b 4 1 0 0
Belardi 1b 5 1 1 2
Kaline rf 5 0 0 0
Maxwell lf 3 1 0 0
Boone 3b 5 1 2 1
House c 4 0 0 0
Tuttle cf 2 0 1 0
Brideweser ss 3 0 2 1
Foytack p 2 0 0 0
  Torgeson ph 1 0 0 0
  Maas p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 6 4
New York 020 020 030782
Detroit 201 010 000460
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Turley   2.2 3 3 3 5 1
  Larsen  W(4-1) 6.1 3 1 1 1 3
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
6
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Foytack  L(4-5) 8.0 8 7 7 3 7
  Maas   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
7
7
4
8

  E–McDougald (7), Larsen (1).  DP–Detroit 1. Kaline-House.  2B–New York Carey 2 (10,off Foytack 2), Detroit Brideweser (4,off Turley).  3B–New York Skowron (3,off Foytack).  HR–New York McDougald (4,5th inning off Foytack 1 on 1 out); Mantle (25,8th inning off Foytack 2 on 0 out)., Detroit Belardi (3,1st inning off Turley 1 on 0 out); Boone (11,5th inning off Larsen 0 on 1 out).  SH–J. Coleman 2 (4,off Foytack,off Maas); Foytack (4,off Larsen).  Team LOB–3.  Team–10.  SB–Carey (5,3rd base off Maas/House); Tuttle (2,2nd base off Larsen/Berra).  CS–McDougald (6,2nd base by Foytack/House).  U-HP–Nestor Chylak, 1B–Hank Soar, 2B–Eddie Hurley, 3B–Joe Paparella.  T–2:42.  A–12,072.
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