July 12, 1959
The 1st place Detroit Tigers lost the game in the 9th inning today to the 2nd place Cleveland Indians 3-2. It was the first game of a doubleheader against the Indians and the loss allowed Cleveland to regain 1st place.
Detroit's Paul Foytack had been throwing a beauty of a game going into the 9th inning. Leading 2-0, Foytack gave up a leadoff homerun to Minnie Minoso making it 2-1. He walked Rocky Colavito after retiring Tito Francona, and then struck out Russ Nixon. Up next came Woody Held and after a visit to the mound, the Tiger's manager decided to stick with Foytack. Wrong decision. Held promptly hit a 2-run blast into the left field stands and Cleveland walked off with a 3-2 victory, and reclaimed 1st place in the standings.
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 2 0 0 0 .292 G.Strickland 3B 3 0 1 0 .273
H.Kuenn RF 5 0 1 0 .345 V.Power 1B 4 0 0 0 .282
A.Kaline CF 4 1 0 0 .352 M.Minoso LF 4 1 1 1 .274
C.Maxwell LF 5 0 2 0 .286 T.Francona CF 4 0 0 0 .307
L.Berberet C 4 0 2 0 .218 R.Colavito RF 3 1 0 0 .259
G.Zernial 1B 3 1 0 1 .232 R.Nixon C 4 0 1 0 .231
B-N.Chrisley PH 1 0 0 0 .212 W.Held SS 3 1 1 2 .276
C-G.Harris 1B 0 0 0 0 .186 J.Baxes 2B 3 0 1 0 .291
R.Bridges SS 3 0 0 0 .295 B.Locke P 1 0 0 0 .333
F.Bolling 2B 4 0 0 0 .290 A-E.Valo PH 1 0 0 0 .333
P.Foytack P 3 0 0 0 .000 J.Perry P 0 0 0 0 .450
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 34 2 5 1 Totals 30 3 5 3
A-Pinch Hit For Locke In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Zernial In 9th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Chrisley In 9th Inning
Tigers.......... 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 5 0
Indians......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 3 5 5
Tigers (49-36) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
P.Foytack LOSS(8-7) 8 2/3 5 3 3 2 4 2 4.60
Totals 8 2/3 5 3 3 2 4 2
Indians (47-33) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
B.Locke 8 4 2 0 6 3 0 2.93
J.Perry WIN(6-3) 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 2.00
Totals 9 5 2 0 6 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 23,144 DATE- Sunday, July 12th 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Hank Soar, Nestor Chylak, Bill Summers, Bill McKinley
T- 2:47
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers:13 Indians: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0 Indians: 1
ERRORS- G.Strickland, R.Nixon, W.Held-2, B.Locke
DOUBLES- C.Maxwell(7th)
TRIPLES- R.Nixon(3rd)
HOME RUNS- M.Minoso(11th), W.Held(23rd)
RBIs- G.Zernial(12th), M.Minoso(42nd), W.Held-2(53rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- P.Foytack, B.Locke
SACRIFICE FLIES- G.Zernial
WALKS- E.Yost-3, A.Kaline, L.Berberet, R.Bridges, G.Strickland, R.Colavito
HIT BY PITCH- W.Held
STRIKE OUTS- H.Kuenn, L.Berberet, G.Zernial, N.Chrisley, V.Power, R.Nixon-2,
B.Locke
GIDP- C.Maxwell
WILD PITCHES- B.Locke
2-out RBI- W.Held-2
RLISP 2-out- L.Berberet, T.Francona, H.Kuenn-2, A.Kaline-2, W.Held, V.Power,
R.Bridges
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 1 for 8 Indians: 0 for 4
With the crowd on their collective feet, screaming at the top of their lungs,
Cleveland Indians rallied to top Detroit Tigers by the score of 3 to
2.
Cleveland erupted with the game winning runs in the 9th inning scoring 3 runs
on 2 base hits. Minnie Minoso began things off when he blasted a solo shot.
After an out was recorded, Rocky Colavito came to the plate and drew a walk.
Russ Nixon was next to the plate, but was promptly struck out. Woodie Held
followed and he blasted a two-run home run making Cleveland the winners and
sending the 23,144 fans home happy. Both teams ended up with 5 hits on the
afternoon.
Jim Perry(6-3) got the win allowing no runs in 1 inning. Paul Foytack(8-7)
absorbed the loss. He allowed 5 hits and 2 walks in 8 and 2/3 innings.
'Wow, that was fun!', Perry said following the game. 'Once in a while you
play a game that reminds you just why you got into this business to begin
with!'
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