Washington Senators vs Detroit Tigers
September 12, 1956 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1956 at Briggs 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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Washington Senators 2, Detroit Tigers 3

Washington Senators ab   r   h rbi
Yost rf 5 0 2 1
  Herzog rf 0 0 0 0
Fitz Gerald c 4 0 0 0
Runnels 1b 5 0 2 0
Sievers lf 3 1 2 1
Olson cf 4 0 0 0
Killebrew 3b 4 0 1 0
Roig 2b 4 0 2 0
Luttrell ss 4 1 1 0
Hernandez p 3 0 1 0
  Pascual p 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 2 11 2
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn ss 4 0 0 0
Small cf 3 0 0 0
Maxwell lf 4 0 1 1
Kaline rf 3 1 0 0
Boone 3b 4 0 0 0
Torgeson 1b 2 0 2 1
  Bertoia pr 0 1 0 0
Bolling 2b 4 0 1 0
Lau c 4 1 2 0
Hoeft p 2 0 1 0
  Belardi ph 0 0 0 0
  Brideweser pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 7 2
Washington 000 110 0002112
Detroit 001 001 001370
  Washington Senators IP H R ER BB SO
Hernandez   5.2 5 2 2 4 1
  Pascual  L(6-16) 2.2 2 1 0 2 1
Totals
8.1
7
3
2
6
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Hoeft  W(18-12) 9.0 11 2 2 2 5
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
2
5

  E–Fitz Gerald (6), Killebrew (2).  DP–Washington 2. Roig-Runnels, Killebrew-Roig-Runnels, Detroit 1. Boone-Bolling-Torgeson.  2B–Washington Yost (17,off Hoeft); Runnels (24,off Hoeft); Luttrell (4,off Hoeft).  HR–Washington Sievers (28,5th inning off Hoeft 0 on 1 out).  IBB–Sievers (10,by Hoeft).  Team LOB–10.  SH–Hoeft (4,off Hernandez).  Team–9.  SB–Kaline (6,2nd base off Hernandez/Fitz Gerald); Kaline (6,2nd base off Hernandez/Fitz Gerald).  U-HP–Charlie Berry, 1B–Jim Honochick, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Frank Umont.
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