Detroit Tigers vs Baltimore Orioles
August 24, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 24, 1956 at Memorial Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Baltimore Orioles 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 4, Baltimore Orioles 1

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 5 0 1 1
Torgeson 1b 5 1 1 0
Maxwell lf 4 0 0 0
Kaline rf 4 0 1 1
Kennedy 3b 4 0 1 0
Tuttle cf 4 1 2 1
Bolling 2b 3 0 0 0
Wilson c 4 1 2 0
Hoeft p 3 1 2 1
Totals 36 4 10 4
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Williams cf 5 0 1 0
Boyd 1b 5 0 1 0
Kell 3b 4 0 1 0
Nieman lf 3 1 2 0
Triandos c 3 0 1 0
Francona rf 3 0 0 1
Gardner ss 3 0 0 0
Hatton 2b 3 0 1 0
Johnson p 2 0 1 0
  Martin p 0 0 0 0
  Causey ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Detroit 000 000 0134100
Baltimore 000 000 010180
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hoeft  W(15-11) 9.0 8 1 1 6 6
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
6
6
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  L(6-8) 8.1 10 4 4 3 3
  Martin   0.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
4
4
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 2. Kuenn-Bolling-Torgeson, Hoeft-Wilson-Torgeson.  2B–Detroit Tuttle (16,off Johnson); Wilson (6,off Johnson).  3B–Detroit Torgeson (2,off Johnson); Hoeft (1,off Johnson).  HR–Detroit Tuttle (8,9th inning off Johnson 0 on 0 out).  Team LOB–8.  SH–Triandos (3,off Hoeft).  Team–11.  CS–Kennedy (2,2nd base by Johnson/Triandos).  U-HP–Bill Summers, 1B–Bill McKinley, 2B–John Rice, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–3:01.  A–14,421.
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