October 2, 1959
The Cleveland Indians held home field advantage and won Game 2 today against the Milwaukee Braves 7-4. Both teams came out swinging the bats on another bleak, overcast, rainy day. Gary Bell started for the Indians while Lew Burdette got the ball for Milwaukee. The Braves scored single runs in each of the first 3 innings while Cleveland got 2 in the 1st.
In the bottom of the 4th inning, trailing 3-2, the Indians scored 4 runs chasing Burdette from the mound. 2 of the runs came on Rocky Colavito's first homerun in the Series. The Braves got another run in the 6th on Del Crandall's leadoff homer making the score 6-4. After the next batter singled, Cleveland manager Joe Gordon had seen enough from Bell and replaced him on the mound.
Both teams had numerous chances to score throughout the game, but only Cleveland picked up another run, in the 8th inning. In the top of the 8th, Milwaukee had put runners on 1st and 2nd when lefty Herb Score was brought in to face hot hitter Billy Bruton and power slugger Eddie Mathews, both lefthand batters. Score got Bruton to popout and got Mathews to hit into a force play. Dick Brodowski pitched the last 1 1/3 innings for the Save.
The Series will now move to Milwaukee for the next 3 games (if necessary) after a day off, with Cleveland holding a 2-0 advantage in the best of 7 Series.
BOXSCORE: 1959 Milwaukee Braves At 1959 Cleveland Indians 10/2/1959
Braves AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG
B.Bruton CF 4 1 2 0 .556 M.Minoso LF 5 2 5 2 .714
E.Mathews 3B 5 1 2 1 .250 V.Power 1B 5 1 4 1 .625
H.Aaron RF 5 0 2 1 .429 T.Francona CF 5 1 2 1 .429
J.Adcock 1B 5 0 1 0 .111 F-J.Piersall CF 0 0 0 0 .500
L.Maye LF 5 1 1 0 .222 R.Colavito RF 4 1 1 2 .143
D.Crandall C 4 1 1 1 .125 W.Held SS 5 0 1 1 .125
J.Logan SS 4 0 3 0 .500 B.Martin 2B 4 0 2 0 .500
F.Mantilla 2B 2 0 0 1 .000 R.Nixon C 4 0 0 0 .000
B.Rush P 0 0 0 0 ---- H.Score P 0 0 0 0 ----
B-F.Torre PH 1 0 0 0 .000 D.Brodowski P 0 0 0 0 ----
C.Willey P 0 0 0 0 ---- G.Strickland 3B 3 2 1 0 .333
D-A.Pafko PH 1 0 1 01.000 G.Bell P 1 0 1 01.000
J.Jay P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Ferrarese P 0 0 0 0 ----
J.Pizarro P 0 0 0 0 ---- C-E.Valo PH 1 0 0 0 .000
L.Burdette P 1 0 0 0 .000 B.Locke P 0 0 0 0 ----
A-B.Avila 2B 2 0 0 0 .000 E-D.Brown C 1 0 0 0 .500
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Totals 39 4 13 4 Totals 38 7 17 7
A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Burdette In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Rush In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Ferrarese In 6th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Willey In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Locke In 8th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Francona In 9th Inning
Braves.......... 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 4 13 0
Indians......... 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 - 7 17 0
Braves (0-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
L.Burdette LOSS(0-1) 3 2/3 12 6 6 0 1 2 14.73
B.Rush 1 1/3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
C.Willey 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0.00
J.Jay 0 1/3 2 1 1 1 1 0 4.50
J.Pizarro 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Totals 8 17 7 7 2 5 2
Indians (2-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
G.Bell WIN(1-0) 5 11 4 4 0 5 2 7.20
D.Ferrarese HOLD(1st) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00
B.Locke HOLD(2nd) 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0.00
H.Score HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
D.Brodowski SAVE(1st) 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Totals 9 13 4 4 3 7 2
ATTENDANCE- 63,257 DATE- Friday, October 2nd 1959 TIME- Day WEATHER- Bad
T- 3:03
LEFT ON BASE- Braves:11 Indians:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Braves: 1 Indians: 1
DOUBLES- H.Aaron(1st), V.Power-2(3rd)
HOME RUNS- E.Mathews(1st), D.Crandall(1st), M.Minoso(1st), R.Colavito(1st)
RBIs- E.Mathews(1st), H.Aaron(2nd), D.Crandall(1st), F.Mantilla(1st),
M.Minoso-2(2nd), V.Power(4th), T.Francona(3rd), R.Colavito-2(2nd),
W.Held(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- G.Bell
WALKS- B.Bruton, D.Crandall, B.Avila, R.Colavito, G.Strickland
STRIKE OUTS- E.Mathews, H.Aaron-2, J.Adcock, L.Maye, L.Burdette, B.Avila,
T.Francona, R.Colavito-2, R.Nixon, D.Brown
GIDP- J.Adcock, R.Nixon
2-out RBI- W.Held, R.Colavito-2
RLISP 2-out- L.Burdette, V.Power, R.Nixon, L.Maye-2, E.Mathews, R.Colavito,
J.Logan, H.Aaron, W.Held-2
TEAM RISP- Braves: 2 for 13 Indians: 5 for 13
Minnie Minoso had 5 hits and 2 RBI and Dick Brodowski shut Milwaukee down at
Cleveland Stadium where the Cleveland Indians beat the Milwaukee Braves 7 to
4.
In the bottom of the 4th inning Cleveland scored 4 runs when they had 5 base
hits. The key offensive moment was provided by Rocky Colavito who made the
crowd come alive when he lifted one out of the park for a two run home run.
The Milwaukee batters didn't put up a fight in the 9th.
The win was credited to Gary Bell(1-0) who went 5 innings allowing 4 runs.
Brodowski gained credit for his 1st save. Lew Burdette(0-1) absorbed the
loss. He allowed Cleveland 6 runs in 3 and 2/3 innings of work.
CONDENSED PLAY LOG TOP 1- Bruton-Si, Mathews-G, Aaron-Si, Adcock-G-DP BOT 1- Minoso-HR, Power-Do, Francona-P, Colavito-K, Held-Si, Martin-L TOP 2- Maye-Si, Crandall-P, Logan-Si, Mantilla-G, Burdette-K BOT 2- Nixon-P, Strickland-F, Bell-Si, Minoso-Si, Power-P TOP 3- Bruton-G, Mathews-HR, Aaron-K, Adcock-L BOT 3- Francona-Si, Colavito-P, Held-F, Martin-Si, Nixon-P TOP 4- Maye-G, Crandall-F, Logan-Si, Mantilla-G BOT 4- Strickland-Si, Bell-Sac, Minoso-Si, Power-Do, Francona-Si, Colavito-HR Held-L TOP 5- Avila-K, Bruton-Si, Mathews-Si, Aaron-K, Adcock-Si, Maye-K BOT 5- Martin-Si, Nixon-G-DP, Strickland-G TOP 6- Crandall-HR, Logan-Si, Torre-L, Avila-Force, Bruton-W, Mathews-K BOT 6- Valo-F, Minoso-Si, Power-Si, Francona-K, Colavito-K TOP 7- Aaron-Do, Adcock-K, Maye-F, Crandall-W, Logan-P BOT 7- Held-F, Martin-F, Nixon-K TOP 8- Pafko-Si, Avila-W, Bruton-P, Mathews-Force, Aaron-F BOT 8- Strickland-W, Brown-K, Minoso-Si, Power-Si, Francona-G, Colavito-IW Held-F TOP 9- Adcock-G, Maye-G, Crandall-G