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
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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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