Friday, April 14, 2006

Saturday 9/18/54: Bertoia homers for another Tiger win

The always pesky and surprising Detroit Tigers stunned the pennant-bound Cleveland Indians as Reno Bertoia homered in the bottom of the ninth to break a 4-4 tie in the replay game of Saturday, September 18, 1954. The Indians had come into the series winners of nine in a row, their magic number down to three over the now-struggling White Sox. But the Tigers have had something to say about it as they beat the Tribe for the the second straight day in their three-game series at Briggs Stadium. Just as Steve Souchock did the day before, Bertoia socked a solo blast to break a tie to win the game. The little-used Bertoia had been inserted as a pinch runner in the late innings and stayed in the game to play second base. He had only 37 at bats in real life in 1954, hitting 1 home run and batting .162. But in my Strat-O-Matic replay he is hitting .323 with, now, 2 home runs. The Tigers have now won three straight one-run games, the first against the Yankees and now these two against the Indians. They definitely get the "overachievement" award in this replay. Their actual record was 64-83 at this point in real life, but in my replay they are now 76-71.

Strat-O-Matic Report




BOXSCORE: 1954 Cleveland Indians At 1954 Detroit Tigers             9/18/1954
Bertoia's HR wins game for Tigers after Indians battled back in 9th to tie
 
  Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  A.Smith LF          4  1  3  1 .255     H.Kuenn SS          5  0  1  0 .347  
  B.Avila 2B          5  0  0  0 .310     F.Hatfield 2B       2  0  1  0 .239  
  L.Doby CF           5  1  1  2 .272   A-R.Bertoia PR,2B     1  2  1  1 .323  
  A.Rosen 3B          4  0  0  0 .295     J.Delsing LF        4  0  1  1 .234  
  V.Wertz 1B          4  1  1  1 .279     R.Boone 3B          4  0  0  0 .312  
  D.Philley RF        4  0  0  0 .203     W.Belardi 1B        4  1  2  0 .181  
  G.Strickland SS     3  0  0  0 .243     A.Kaline RF         4  0  0  0 .254  
B-D.Mitchell PH       1  1  1  0 .255     B.Tuttle CF         3  1  2  0 .251  
E-S.Dente SS          0  0  0  0 .327     F.House C           3  1  1  3 .244  
  J.Hegan C           3  0  2  0 .244     S.Gromek P          2  0  0  0 .160  
C-D.Pope PH           1  0  1  0 .220     B.Hoeft P           1  0  0  0 .190  
F-H.Naragon C         0  0  0  0 .242                                          
  E.Wynn P            2  0  0  0 .152                                          
  D.Mossi P           0  0  0  0 .118                                          
D-H.Majeski PH        0  0  0  0 .176                                          
  R.Narleski P        0  0  0  0 .429                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      36  4  9  4                 Totals      33  5  9  5
 
A-Pinch Ran For Hatfield In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Strickland In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Hegan In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Mossi In 9th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Mitchell In 9th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Pope In 9th Inning
 
Indians......... 2 0 0  1 0 0  0 0 1  -  4  9  0
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  3 0 0  0 1 1  -  5  9  3
 
Indians (100-47)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
E.Wynn                    7 2/3   7   4   4   2   2   1 136   2.74
D.Mossi                   0 1/3   0   0   0   1   1   0   3   3.21
R.Narleski LOSS(9-3)      0 2/3   2   1   1   0   0   1   9   2.82
Totals                    8 2/3   9   5   5   3   3   2
 
Tigers (76-71)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
S.Gromek                  8 1/3   9   4   4   1   2   2 143   3.36
B.Hoeft WIN(12-9) BS(2nd) 0 2/3   0   0   0   0   0   0  12   4.57
Totals                    9       9   4   4   1   2   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 16,858 DATE- Saturday, September 18th 1954 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Ed Hurley, Frank Umont, Bill Grieve, Charlie Berry
T- 2:49
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 8  Tigers: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 0  Tigers: 0
ERRORS- H.Kuenn-2, S.Gromek
DOUBLES- A.Smith(20th), F.Hatfield(15th)
TRIPLES- B.Tuttle(10th)
HOME RUNS- L.Doby(35th), V.Wertz(17th), R.Bertoia(2nd), F.House(8th)
STOLEN BASES- A.Kaline(14th)
CAUGHT STEALING- H.Kuenn
SACRIFICE HITS- E.Wynn, S.Gromek
WALKS- H.Majeski, F.Hatfield, B.Tuttle, F.House
HIT BY PITCH- A.Smith, F.Hatfield
STRIKE OUTS- A.Rosen, E.Wynn, A.Kaline, F.House, S.Gromek
 
Bill Tuttle had 2 base hits at Briggs Stadium as the Detroit Tigers won in
their last at-bat beating the Cleveland Indians by the count of 5 to 4.
 
The deciding run was scored by Detroit in the bottom of the 9th.  After an out
was recorded, Harvey Kuenn stroked a base-hit.  One out later, Reno Bertoia
stepped in and he smashed a bases-empty 'big-fly' (his 2nd of the season)
resulting in an exciting win for Detroit and a wild post-game celebration by
the home town fans.  Detroit and Cleveland each finished the afternoon with 9
hits.  
 
The victory went to Billy Hoeft(12-9) who went 2/3 of an inning, allowing no
runs. Ray Narleski(9-3) was hit with the loss in relief.  He surrendered 1
run and 2 hits in 2/3 of an inning.



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