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1959 AL Game: Det. @ Cle. and Standings

 July 12, 1959

   The Cleveland Indians also took the 2nd game of today's double header 9-6. The game wasn't as close as the score indicated. Once again it was Woodie Held that beat Detroit. Held hit a grand slam homerun in the 4th inning and finished the game with 6 RBI. 
   A note from this game: Detroit turned a 5-4-3 Triple Play in the 7th inning. Both teams started what were normally relief pitchers in the contest and Cleveland's Al Cicotte got the Win. Tom Morgan couldn't get through the 4th and took the Loss By sweeping the doubleheader the Indians now lead Detroit by 1.5 games. 

BOXSCORE: 1959 Detroit Tigers At 1959 Cleveland Indians             7/12/1959
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Yost 3B           3  2  1  0 .292     G.Strickland 3B     4  1  1  0 .273  
  H.Kuenn RF          3  1  1  0 .345     V.Power 1B          5  1  2  0 .284  
  A.Kaline CF         5  0  2  2 .352     M.Minoso LF         3  2  2  1 .277  
  C.Maxwell LF        4  1  1  2 .286     T.Francona CF       3  1  0  1 .300  
  R.Wilson C          5  0  2  0 .314     R.Colavito RF       3  0  0  0 .257  
  G.Zernial 1B        1  0  0  0 .229     W.Held SS           3  1  2  6 .280  
  D.Sisler P          0  0  0  0 .400     E.Fitz Gerald C     4  0  2  0 .270  
B-N.Chrisley PH       1  0  0  0 .208     J.Baxes 2B          4  1  1  1 .289  
  P.Burnside P        0  0  0  0 .000     A.Cicotte P         3  2  3  0 .778  
C-L.Berberet PH       1  0  1  0 .221     G.Bell P            1  0  1  0 .261  
  B.Smith P           0  0  0  0 .000     J.Perry P           0  0  0  0 .450  
D-B.Osborne PH        1  0  0  0 .162                                          
  F.Bolling 2B        4  0  0  0 .286                                          
  R.Bridges SS        3  1  0  0 .293                                          
  T.Morgan P          1  0  0  0 .375                                          
A-G.Harris 1B         3  1  2  2 .195                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      35  6 10  6                 Totals      33  9 14  9
 
A-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Morgan In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Sisler In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Burnside In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Smith In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 1  0 0 0  0 1 4  -  6 10  0
Indians......... 2 2 0  5 0 0  0 0    -  9 14  0
 
Tigers (49-37)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
T.Morgan LOSS(3-4)        3 1/3  10   7   7   1   0   1   4.88
D.Sisler                  1 2/3   2   2   2   1   1   1   2.55
P.Burnside                2       1   0   0   1   1   0   1.23
B.Smith                   1       1   0   0   0   0   0   1.54
Totals                    8      14   9   9   3   2   2
 
Indians (48-33)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
A.Cicotte WIN(2-3)        5       3   1   1   5   0   0   5.94
G.Bell HOLD(1st)          3       3   2   2   2   2   1   3.70
J.Perry                   1       4   3   3   1   1   1   2.45
Totals                    9      10   6   6   8   3   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 34,901 DATE- Sunday, July 12th 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Larry Napp, John Rice, Eddie Rommel, Johnny Stevens
T- 2:50
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers:10  Indians: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 2  Indians: 1
TRIPLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  Indians: 0
DOUBLES- E.Yost(14th), A.Kaline(16th), V.Power(18th)
HOME RUNS- C.Maxwell(29th), G.Harris(7th), W.Held(24th), J.Baxes(10th)
RBIs- A.Kaline-2(72nd), C.Maxwell-2(90th), G.Harris-2(20th), M.Minoso(43rd),
      T.Francona(20th), W.Held-6(59th), J.Baxes(26th)
SACRIFICE FLIES- M.Minoso
WALKS- E.Yost-2, H.Kuenn-2, C.Maxwell, G.Zernial, F.Bolling, R.Bridges,
       G.Strickland, R.Colavito, W.Held
HIT BY PITCH- T.Francona
STRIKE OUTS- C.Maxwell, R.Wilson, B.Osborne, T.Francona, R.Colavito
GIDP- F.Bolling, V.Power-2
2-out RBI- W.Held-6, A.Kaline
RLISP 2-out- R.Wilson, E.Fitz Gerald, T.Francona, C.Maxwell, H.Kuenn, F.Bolling
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 3 for 9  Indians: 3 for 10
WEB GEMS- Bot 7th: Detroit turns a triple play!
 
Woodie Held collected 4 RBI with one swing of the bat as the Cleveland Indians
defeated the Detroit Tigers by a score of 9 to 6 at Cleveland Stadium.
 
Held enjoyed a big day at the plate.  He laced a one-base hit plating two runs
in the 1st inning and hit a 'grand salami' to the delight of his teammates in
the 4th inning.  Detroit made it exciting in the 9th, but they were unable to
push the needed runs across.  
 
Al Cicotte(2-3) went 5 innings allowing 1 run for the victory. Tom Morgan(3-4)
was the losing pitcher.  Cleveland knocked him around a bit, as he gave up 7
runs in 3 and 1/3 innings.  
 
LEAGUE STANDINGS FOR 1959 American League
 
                                                      ACTUAL-TODATE  ACTUAL-TOTAL
                            WON LOST  PCT   GB  MAGIC# WON LOS  PCT  WON LOS  PCT
1959 Cleveland CLA           48  33  .593 ----    70    47  34 .580   89  65 .578
1959 Detroit DEA             49  37  .570  1.5          42  44 .488   76  78 .494
1959 Chicago CHA             44  39  .530  5.0          47  36 .566   94  60 .610
1959 New York NYA            41  42  .494  8.0          41  42 .494   79  75 .513
1959 Baltimore BAA           41  43  .488  8.5          44  40 .524   74  80 .481
1959 Boston BOA              40  42  .488  8.5          37  45 .451   75  79 .487
1959 Kansas City KCA         38  44  .463 10.5          35  47 .427   66  88 .429
1959 Washington WAA          31  52  .373 18.0          39  44 .470   63  91 .409
 

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