1959 AL Game: Cle. @ Det.

 August 14, 1959

  In a big game between the top 2 teams in the AL tonight, the Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers 1-0 on a 9th inning homerun from Rocky Colavito. It was a great pitching duel between Cal McLish and Frank Lary. Detroit had a runner thrown out at the plate in the bottom of the 8th before Colavito's bomb.

 Cleveland now leads the AL by 3.5 games over 2nd place Detroit. 

BOXSCORE: 1959 Cleveland Indians at 1959 Detroit Tigers             8/14/1959
 
  Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Piersall CF       4  0  0  0 .283     E.Yost 3B           2  0  1  0 .271  
  V.Power 3B          4  0  1  0 .310     H.Kuenn RF          4  0  2  0 .357  
  M.Minoso LF         4  0  1  0 .284     A.Kaline CF         3  0  0  0 .331  
  T.Francona 1B       4  0  1  0 .301     C.Maxwell LF        4  0  0  0 .288  
  R.Colavito RF       3  1  2  1 .273     L.Berberet C        4  0  0  0 .219  
  J.Baxes 2B          4  0  1  0 .306     F.Bolling 2B        4  0  0  0 .276  
  R.Nixon C           3  0  1  0 .229     G.Harris 1B         3  0  0  0 .186  
  W.Held SS           4  0  0  0 .270     R.Bridges SS        3  0  1  0 .283  
  C.McLish P          3  0  0  0 .196   A-C.Veal PR,SS        0  0  0  0 .196  
  A.Cicotte P         0  0  0  0 .778     F.Lary P            3  0  0  0 .130  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  1  7  1                 Totals      30  0  4  0
 
A-Pinch Ran For Bridges In 8th Inning
 
Indians......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  1  7  0
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  0  4  0
 
Indians (68-47)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.McLish                  7 1/3   4   0   0   2   8   0   4.43
A.Cicotte WIN(3-4)        1 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5.73
Totals                    9       4   0   0   2   8   0
 
Tigers (65-51)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
F.Lary LOSS(14-8)         9       7   1   1   2   7   1   3.22
Totals                    9       7   1   1   2   7   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 47,982 DATE- Friday, August 14th 1959 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Charlie Berry, Jim Honochick, Red Flaherty, Frank Umont
T- 2:09
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 7  Tigers: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 1  Tigers: 1
DOUBLES- M.Minoso(22nd), J.Baxes(16th)
HOME RUNS- R.Colavito(34th)
RBIs- R.Colavito(91st)
WALKS- R.Colavito, R.Nixon, E.Yost-2
HIT BY PITCH- A.Kaline
STRIKE OUTS- R.Colavito, J.Baxes, R.Nixon, W.Held-2, C.McLish-2, A.Kaline,
             C.Maxwell-2, L.Berberet, G.Harris, R.Bridges, F.Lary-2
GIDP- W.Held
RLISP 2-out- L.Berberet, W.Held-2, J.Baxes-2
TEAM RISP- Indians: 0 for 4  Tigers: 1 for 4
 
Al Cicotte(3-4) got credit for the win at Briggs Stadium as the Cleveland
Indians shutout the Detroit Tigers 1 to 0.
 
Cleveland scored the deciding run in the 9th inning.  After an out was
recorded, Rocky Colavito clubbed a solo home run.  Cleveland had 7 hits for
the night while Detroit had 4.  
 
Frank Lary(14-8) absorbed the loss.  Wth the win Cleveland now has a record of
a league leading 68-47.  With the loss Detroit now has a record of 65-51.