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Cleveland Guardians @ Baltimore Orioles

1956-06-07 · Day game · Memorial Stadium · Att: 3927 · 2:29

Baltimore Orioles defeated Cleveland Indians 5–2. Baltimore Orioles put up 2 in the 1st. Bill Wight earned the win and George Zuverink picked up the save.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
BAL	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1		5	10

W: Bill Wight L: Cal McLish SV: George Zuverink

Umpires — HP: Nestor Chylak · 1B: Joe Paparella · 2B: Eddie Hurley · 3B: Hank Soar · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chico Carrasquel	3	0	0	0	1	3
Bobby Avila	4	0	0	0	0	0
Al Smith	3	0	0	0	1	0
Al Rosen	4	0	1	0	0	0
Vic Wertz	4	1	2	0	0	1
Rocky Colavito	3	0	0	0	1	1
Jim Busby	4	1	1	1	0	0
Earl Averill	4	0	0	0	0	1
Cal McLish	1	0	0	0	0	1
Hal Naragon	1	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Feller	1	0	0	0	0	0

Baltimore Orioles — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Bobby Adams	3	2	0	0	1	0
Bob Hale	4	0	1	0	0	0
George Kell	3	1	1	1	1	0
Bob Nieman	4	1	1	0	0	2
Gus Triandos	4	0	2	2	0	0
Tito Francona	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jim Pyburn	3	0	0	0	1	0
Willy Miranda	3	0	2	1	0	0
Bill Wight	3	0	1	0	0	1
George Zuverink	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Cal McLish	4.0	7	1	2
Bob Feller	4.0	3	2	1

Baltimore Orioles — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Bill Wight	7.0	5	2	5
George Zuverink	2.0	0	1	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Chico Carrasquel: K
Bobby Avila: 9
Al Smith: 53

Bot 1

Bobby Adams: E4
Bob Hale: SB2
Bob Hale: 53
George Kell: S7.2-H(UR);B-2(E7)
Bob Nieman: K/C
Gus Triandos: S7.2-H(UR)
Tito Francona: 7/L

Top 2

Al Rosen: 63
Vic Wertz: S1
Rocky Colavito: 9
Jim Busby: T/78.1-H;B-H(E6)(NR)(UR)
Earl Averill: 53

Bot 2

Jim Pyburn: 9
Willy Miranda: 2/FL
Bill Wight: K

Top 3

Cal McLish: K
Chico Carrasquel: K/C
Bobby Avila: 63

Bot 3

Bobby Adams: W
Bob Hale: S8.1-3
George Kell: 64(1)3/GDP.3-H
Bob Nieman: D7
Gus Triandos: S7.2-H
Tito Francona: 7

Top 4

Al Smith: 6/L
Al Rosen: S8
Vic Wertz: S9.1-2
Rocky Colavito: 8
Jim Busby: 9

Bot 4

Jim Pyburn: 9
Willy Miranda: D8
Bill Wight: S8.2-3
Bobby Adams: FC1.3XH(12);1-2
Bob Hale: 4

Top 5

Earl Averill: 2/FL
Hal Naragon: D9
Chico Carrasquel: K
Bobby Avila: 63

Bot 5

George Kell: 53
Bob Nieman: 7
Gus Triandos: 63

Top 6

Al Smith: W
Al Rosen: 9
Vic Wertz: 6
Rocky Colavito: K

Bot 6

Tito Francona: S9.BX2(96)
Jim Pyburn: 7
Willy Miranda: S8
Bill Wight: 7

Top 7

Jim Busby: 4
Earl Averill: 53
Bob Feller: 63

Bot 7

Bobby Adams: 43
Bob Hale: 13
George Kell: W
Bob Nieman: K

Top 8

Chico Carrasquel: W
Bobby Avila: 9
Al Smith: 54(1)/FO
Al Rosen: 43

Bot 8

Gus Triandos: 9
Tito Francona: S9
Jim Pyburn: SB2
Jim Pyburn: PB.2-3
Jim Pyburn: W
Willy Miranda: SB2
Willy Miranda: 8/SF.3-H(UR)
George Zuverink: 13

Top 9

Vic Wertz: K
Rocky Colavito: W
Jim Busby: 54(1)/FO
Earl Averill: K