Events of Tuesday, August 21, 1956 (original) (raw)

Events of Tuesday, August 21, 1956

KC A 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 3 8 0 BAL A 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 - 4 10 1

BOX+PBP WP: Zuverink (6-5) LP: Gorman (7-8) HR: Lopez (16)

CLE A 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 3 7 0 NY A 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 1

BOX+PBP WP: Score (14-7) LP: Larsen (7-5) HR: Score (1)

DET A 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 3 - 8 13 0 WAS A 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 3 9 1

BOX+PBP WP: Gromek (7-5) LP: Stewart (4-6) HR: Sievers (23)

PHI N 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 - 4 8 0 CHI N 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 x - 6 10 0

BOX+PBP WP: Jones (7-11) LP: Roberts (14-14) SV: Lown (12) HR: King 2 (12)

PIT N 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 - 4 7 1 CIN N 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 x - 7 10 1

BOX+PBP WP: Freeman (11-4) LP: Pollet (0-4) HR: Robinson (31), Bell (23), Kluszewski (32)

NY N 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 - 3 8 1 (1) MIL N 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 x - 5 9 1

BOX+PBP WP: Buhl (15-5) LP: Gomez (6-14) HR: Mathews (29)

NY N 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 10 1 (2) MIL N 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 2 x - 6 10 1

BOX+PBP WP: Conley (7-7) LP: Margoneri (5-3) HR: Adcock (31), Rice (3)

BRO N 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 0 STL N 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 6 1

BOX+PBP WP: Erskine (11-6) LP: Wehmeier (8-9) SV: Bessent (3)

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Milwaukee Braves 117 72 45 0 .615 - 559 420 Brooklyn Dodgers 115 68 47 0 .591 3.0 538 469 Cincinnati Reds 120 69 50 1 .580 4.0 594 519 St. Louis Cardinals 119 58 59 2 .496 14.0 545 538 Philadelphia Phillies 115 55 60 0 .478 16.0 511 559 Pittsburgh Pirates 120 51 67 2 .432 21.5 463 506 Chicago Cubs 118 48 67 3 .417 23.0 472 546 New York Giants 114 44 70 0 .386 26.5 387 512

Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA New York Yankees 119 77 42 0 .647 - 684 499 Cleveland Indians 117 68 48 1 .586 7.5 588 460 Chicago White Sox 113 62 51 0 .549 12.0 587 476 Boston Red Sox 117 63 53 1 .543 12.5 583 565 Detroit Tigers 119 56 62 1 .475 20.5 588 572 Baltimore Orioles 117 53 64 0 .453 23.0 442 549 Washington Senators 117 49 67 1 .422 26.5 521 695 Kansas City Athletics 117 38 79 0 .325 38.0 475 652