Monday, May 01, 2006
Sunday 9/19/54: Indians hold on to beat Tigers, can clinch flag vs. White Sox in next game
| The Indians beat the battling Detroit Tigers 6-5 and reduced their magic number down to one. They can clinch the pennant with a win tomorrow night at home against the White Sox. Ray Narleski struck out Steve Souchock with the bases loaded to end the game at Detroit today. Souchock had tied the game in the bottom of the eighth with yet another dramatic home run. He had won the Friday night game with a walk-off homer in the 11th to give the Tigers a 1-0 win. In today's game, the Indians plated the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth on a single, a wild pitch, a sacrifice bunt, and a sacrifice fly. The Tigers very nearly tied it in the bottom of the ninth as Tribe relievers Hal Newhouser and Ray Narleski walked three batters before Narleski finally closed the deal. |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1954 Cleveland Indians At 1954 Detroit Tigers 9/19/1954
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Tigers AB R H RBI AVG
A.Smith LF 3 1 1 1 .255 H.Kuenn SS 5 0 0 0 .345
B.Avila 2B 4 2 2 1 .311 F.Hatfield 2B 4 1 2 0 .244
L.Doby CF 5 1 3 0 .275 J.Delsing LF 5 1 2 0 .236
H.Majeski 3B 4 0 2 2 .194 R.Boone 3B 4 1 1 1 .312
V.Wertz 1B 3 0 0 1 .277 W.Dropo 1B 4 0 1 1 .253
A-R.Regalado PH 0 0 0 0 .224 A.Kaline RF 4 1 3 1 .258
C-D.Mitchell PH 1 0 0 0 .250 R.Herbert P 0 0 0 0 .286
D-B.Glynn 1B 0 0 0 0 .252 G-W.Belardi PH 0 0 0 0 .181
D.Philley RF 4 1 1 0 .204 H-F.Bolling PH 0 0 0 0 .231
G.Strickland SS 3 0 1 0 .243 B.Tuttle CF 4 0 1 0 .251
M.Grasso C 1 1 1 1 .500 R.Wilson C 2 0 0 1 .297
M.Garcia P 4 0 0 0 .108 E-B.Nieman PH 1 0 0 0 .259
D.Mossi P 1 0 0 0 .111 F-F.House C 0 0 0 0 .244
A.Houtteman P 0 0 0 0 .232 I-C.King PH 0 0 0 0 .130
H.Newhouser P 0 0 0 0 .333 J-R.Bertoia PH 0 0 0 0 .323
R.Narleski P 0 0 0 0 .429 T.Gray P 3 0 1 0 .063
B-S.Souchock RF 2 1 1 1 .265
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Totals 33 6 11 6 Totals 38 5 12 5
A-Pinch Hit For Wertz In 8th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Gray In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Regalado In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Mitchell In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Wilson In 8th Inning
F-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Nieman In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Herbert In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Belardi In 9th Inning
I-Pinch Hit For House In 9th Inning
J-Pinch Hit For King In 9th Inning
Indians......... 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 - 6 11 0
Tigers.......... 0 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 - 5 12 1
Indians (101-47) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Garcia 7 11 4 4 2 2 0 136 1.81
D.Mossi WIN(8-6) BS(4th) 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 19 3.29
A.Houtteman HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4.31
H.Newhouser 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 12 3.41
R.Narleski SAVE(9th) 0 1/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 2.80
Totals 9 12 5 5 6 3 1
Tigers (76-72) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
T.Gray 7 2/3 10 5 5 7 4 0 140 5.63
R.Herbert LOSS(5-5) 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 1 0 21 4.33
Totals 9 11 6 6 7 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 13,016 DATE- Sunday, September 19th 1954 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
T- 3:27
LEFT ON BASE- Indians:12 Tigers:13
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 0 Tigers: 1
ERRORS- F.Hatfield
DOUBLES- A.Smith(21st), M.Grasso(1st), J.Delsing-2(27th), R.Boone(12th)
HOME RUNS- S.Souchock(4th)
STOLEN BASES- A.Kaline(15th)
SACRIFICE HITS- G.Strickland-2
SACRIFICE FLIES- V.Wertz, M.Grasso, R.Wilson
WALKS- A.Smith-2, B.Avila, H.Majeski, D.Philley, M.Grasso-2, F.Hatfield,
R.Boone, W.Dropo, F.Bolling, B.Tuttle, R.Bertoia
HIT BY PITCH- M.Grasso
STRIKE OUTS- L.Doby, V.Wertz, D.Philley, M.Garcia, D.Mossi, B.Tuttle, T.Gray,
S.Souchock
GIDP- B.Avila
WILD PITCHES- R.Herbert
WEB GEMS- Bot 3rd: Bobby Avila robbed Jim Delsing of a base hit.
The Cleveland Indians edged the Detroit Tigers at Briggs Stadium by the score
of 6 to 5.
The deciding run was scored by Cleveland in the 9th. Dave Philley laced a
base-hit. Ray Herbert then let loose a wild pitch. George Strickland then
laid down a sacrifice bunt. Mickey Grasso was up next and he hit a sacrifice
fly scoring the run. Cleveland banged out 11 on the afternoon.
The victory went to Don Mossi(8-6) who went 1 inning, allowing 1 run. Ray
Narleski was credited with his 9th save. Herbert(5-5) was the loser in
relief.
# posted by Paul D : 8:20 PM
