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Cleveland Guardians @ Baltimore Orioles

1956-05-05 · Day game · Memorial Stadium · Att: 9270 · 2:21

Cleveland Indians defeated Baltimore Orioles 2–1. Bob Lemon earned the win. Al Rosen went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	6
BAL	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4

W: Bob Lemon L: Don Ferrarese SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Larry Napp · 1B: Frank Umont · 2B: Charlie Berry · 3B: Jim Honochick · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jim Busby	4	0	0	0	0	2
Gene Woodling	2	0	0	0	2	1
Bobby Avila	4	0	0	0	0	3
Vic Wertz	4	0	1	0	0	2
Al Smith	3	0	0	0	1	0
Al Rosen	4	2	2	1	0	1
Chico Carrasquel	4	0	1	0	0	2
Jim Hegan	2	0	2	1	2	0
Bob Lemon	4	0	0	0	0	2

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Adams	3	0	0	0	1	1
Bob Boyd	3	0	1	0	1	0
Dave Philley	4	0	0	0	0	2
Tito Francona	4	0	0	0	0	0
Billy Gardner	4	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Diering	3	1	1	1	0	0
Hal Smith	3	0	2	0	0	1
Willy Miranda	3	0	0	0	0	0
Don Ferrarese	3	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bob Lemon	9.0	4	2	4

Baltimore Orioles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Ferrarese	9.0	6	5	13

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jim Busby: K
Gene Woodling: K
Bobby Avila: 13

Bot 1

Bobby Adams: W
Bob Boyd: W.1-2
Dave Philley: K/C
Tito Francona: 4(B)43(1)/LDP

Top 2

Vic Wertz: 8
Al Smith: W
Al Rosen: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 2

Billy Gardner: 3/FL
Chuck Diering: 143
Hal Smith: S9
Willy Miranda: 13

Top 3

Chico Carrasquel: 8
Jim Hegan: W
Bob Lemon: SB2#
Bob Lemon: K
Jim Busby: K/C

Bot 3

Don Ferrarese: 13
Bobby Adams: 13
Bob Boyd: S6
Dave Philley: 3/G

Top 4

Gene Woodling: W
Bobby Avila: K
Vic Wertz: K
Al Smith: 8/L

Bot 4

Tito Francona: 63
Billy Gardner: 13
Chuck Diering: HR/78/IPHR
Hal Smith: D/78
Willy Miranda: 2

Top 5

Al Rosen: HR/7
Chico Carrasquel: S8
Jim Hegan: W.1-2
Bob Lemon: PO2(26)
Bob Lemon: K
Jim Busby: 64(1)/FO

Bot 5

Don Ferrarese: 8
Bobby Adams: K/C
Bob Boyd: 63

Top 6

Gene Woodling: 3/G
Bobby Avila: K/C
Vic Wertz: D/89
Al Smith: 2/FL

Bot 6

Dave Philley: 5/FL
Tito Francona: 63
Billy Gardner: 63

Top 7

Al Rosen: K/C
Chico Carrasquel: K
Jim Hegan: S7
Bob Lemon: 3/G

Bot 7

Chuck Diering: 13
Hal Smith: K/C
Willy Miranda: 13

Top 8

Jim Busby: 63
Gene Woodling: W
Bobby Avila: K
Vic Wertz: K

Bot 8

Don Ferrarese: 53
Bobby Adams: 3/FL
Bob Boyd: 9

Top 9

Al Smith: 63
Al Rosen: S8
Chico Carrasquel: K
Jim Hegan: D/78.1-H
Bob Lemon: 9

Bot 9

Dave Philley: K/C
Tito Francona: 41
Billy Gardner: 3/FL

Notes & reviews

Orioles manager Richards ejected by HP umpire Napp for arguing called strike 3

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