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1956, 9/1 THRU 9/15

9/1 BAL @ DET: loss 0-3 Roy Wolfe (15-13. 3.64) got the loss giving up 3R (2ER) in 8IP. Alter Sennelnekoff (16-12, 3.12) pitched a 4H CG shutout for the win and POG. Top BAL hitters were 3B Boris Zimyanin (2 for 5, 1HR) & Walt Stein (1 for 2, 2RBI, 1BB). For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 3, 1BB. Dave Castaneda went 1 for 2, 1BB.

9/2 BOS @ DET: loss 8-10 Bud Ulrich gave up 6R (5ER) in 8IP. Sam Cole (3-6, 5.89) was unable to hold in the 11th giving up 2R. Ben Uren gave up 8R in 5.1IP. The win went to Don Stahlman (1-0, 3.55) who struck out one batter to end the 10th. Top BOS hitters were 1B Irving Korr (3 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB) & SP Ben Uren (1 for 2, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Bud Ulrich went 2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL. Dave Castaneda went 1 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 1R, 1BB. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 5BB, 1DBL.

9/3 BOS @ DET: WIN 9-3 Sonny Faulkner (9-2, 4.66) got the CG win giving up 3R. John Baver (7-7, 5.37) gave up 9R in 6IP for the loss. Top BOS hitters were SS Morris Lutske (2 for 4, 1DBL), 1B Irving Korr (1 for 4, 1HR) & PH Pete Clarke (1 for 1, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Matt Perly got POG going 2 for 2, 2R, 5RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Dirtbag Degal went 3 for 4, 3R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL, 1HR. Pete Short went 2 for 4, 1RBI filling in at LF.

9/4 BOS @ DET: WIN 13-1 Hal Andrew (19-10, 3.62) got the CG win and POG giving up just 4H, 1BB, 1R. Cort Nagel (12-16, 4.59) gave up 6R (4ER) in 6.1IP. Top BOS hitter was 2B Joe Bardo (1 for 3, 1RBI, 1DBL). For us, Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 2BB, 1HR. Dennis Kitterman went 3 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 1DBL. Gale Adams PH and went 1 for 1, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 1 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 2BB, 1HR. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R.

9/5 day off

9/6 CHI @ DET: loss 1-4 John Nolting (10-11, 3.50) got the loss giving up 4R (2ER) in 8.1IP. Ernest Cohen (13-18, 4.84) got the win giving up just 1R in 8IP. Top CHI hitter was LF Ferdinand Perez (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1TRPL). For us, Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 1BB.

9/7 CHI @ DET: WIN 8-2 Roy Wolfe (16-13, 3.59) got the win and POG giving up 2R. Nate Lewis (9-16, 5.04) gave up 5R (4ER) in 7.1IP for the loss. Top CHI hitters were C Joey Rustin (2 for 4, 1RBI), RF Alan Roloff (2 for 4, 1R) & 1B Champ Allen (2 for 4). For us, Mike Kreitenberg went 3 for 5, 2R, 1RBI. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 2BB, 1DBL, 1SB. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 3, 1R, 1BB.

9/8 CHI @ DET: WIN 5-3 Bud Ulrich gave up just 2R in 8IP. Magnus George blew a save giving up a 9th inning HR, but held on for the win as Gale Adams bailed him out with a 2R HR in the bottom of the 9th. Top hitters for CHI were CF Henry Thomas (2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 2HR) & 1B Champ Allen (3 for 4). For us, Mike Kreitenberg went 2 for 4, 1R. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 4, 1HR. Dave Castaneda went 1 for 3, 1HR. Gale Adams PH for that heroic 2R game winning HR.

9/9 DET @ CLE: loss 4-6 Sonny Faulkner gave up 6R for the CG loss. Floyd McCumber (9-14, 4.80) got the win giving up 4R. We out hit them 10 to 5, but thee of their hits were for HRs. Top CLE hitters were 1B Jerry Tuggle (1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI), LF Paul Lett (1 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR, POG) & RF Owen Shankster (1 for 2, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Jim Coleman went 2 for 4. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1RBI.

9/10 DET @ CLE: WIN 4-3 Hal Andrew gave up 3R (2ER) in 6.1IP. The win went to John Patterson (4-1, 2.75) who pitched a scoreless 9th & 10th. Herm Labombard gave up 3R in 9IP. But Houston Boler blew the hold op giving up a solo HR to Perly. Top CLE hitter was LF Paul Lett (2 for 4, 2RBI). For us, Dirtbag Degal went 3 for 5, 1TRPl, 1HR. Matt Perly went 2 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 2HR. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 3, 1R, 1B, 1DBL.

9/11 DET @ CLE: loss 5-9 John Nolting (10-12, 3.71) gave up 6R in 3.1IP. Bryce Ostrander (11-15, 4.98) go the CG win giving up 5R (4ER). Top CLE hitters were RF Owen Shankster (4 for 4, 3RBI, 3DBL, POG), LF Paul Lett (2 for 3, 3R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL) & CF Bill Hahn (3 for 4, 2R, 2DBL). For us, Gale Adams went 2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL filling in at C. George Young went 2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI filling in at 1B.

9/12 BAL @ DET: WIN 10-4 Roy Wolfe (17-13, 3.57) got the CG win giving up 4R (3ER). Frank Vamos (13-11, 4.35) only lasted 1 inning as he was blasted with 9H & 8R. Top BAL hitters were 1B Dave Lawrence (2 for 3, 2R, 1BB, 1DBL) & RF Pete Pugliese (1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). FOr us, Jim Coleman got POG going 2 for 2, 2R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1TRPL. Mike Kreitenberg went 3 for 5, 1R, 1DBL. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL.

9/13 BAL @ DET: WIN 5-2 Bud Ulrich gave up 2R in 7IP. The win went to Magnus Goerge who pitched a scoreless 8th. John Patterson K'd up 2 and allowed 0H, 0BB for his 13th save. Top BAL hitters were SS Ken Whitt (4 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL) & RF Pete Pugliese (2 for 4, 1R). For us, Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 3, 1R, 1BB. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI. Rollin Fish got POG going 3 for 4, 2RBI, 2DBL but had to leave the game strained a groin muscle stretching out that 2nd double.

9/14 BAL # DET: WIN 11-6 Sonny Faulkner (10-3, 4.96) got the win despite giving up 5R In 5.1IP. Alter Sennelnekoff (18-13, 3.22) gave up 8R (6ER) in 4.2IP for the loss. Top BAL hitters were SS Ken Whitt (3 for 5, 1R, 1BB), CF Tom Valeriano (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL) & Pete Pugliese (3 for 5, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR). For us, Jim Coleman got POG going 2 for 2, 2R, 4RBI, 3BB, 1HR. Mark Shirley went 4 for 5, 1R, 2RBI filling in at CF. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 2R, 2BB.

9/15 day off

STANDINGS
84-61, #3 in the AL, 18 games behind the Yanks, 8-5 in the last couple of weeks.

BAD NEWS
-Rollin Fish was injured and looks to be out for the remainder of the season.
-Most of our team hit well so far this month, but Mitchell (.233) and Fish (.211) were not so hot.
-Nolting got roughed up this month going 0-2, 6.17.


GOOD NEWS
-Andrew (1-0, 1.76) and Wolfe (2-1, 2.42) pitched well.
-Kitterman (.435, 12R), Perly (.388, 4HR, 18RBI), Degal (.366, 4HR, 14R), Kreitenberg (.345, 11R) & Shirley (.308) were all hot.
-There was no mention in the box scores, but Mike Kreitenberg is on a healthy hitting streak. He's for sure hit in all of his last 10 games. I'm not sure how much further back his hit streak goes. He's hitting .351 at this point in the season and is dominating the AL in SB despite only being a starter and hitting leadoff for a couple of months.


PLAYER MOVES
-Ray Kress will be activated from the DL although we are not yet sure if he'll be able to play in the final week or not.
-We've offered a major league contract to Walter "Cool Water" Pond. We are looking to reload next year and if we end up trading a SP or two away for prospects then Pond could find him self back into the rotation next year assuming he doesn't retire.
-Unfortunately, we forgot to take Ormiston off the DFA, he refused assignment and had to be released. I should have put him back on the roster when the roster expanded in September so he could finish out the year on our bench rather than sitting in limbo as a free agent. Ormiston's talent plummet was shocking and very hard to watch, but we'll remember him more for his clutch hitting. He was definitely a key piece to the Tiger puzzle for the last several years.