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Tigers 14 @ Indians 15
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
September 7, 1959
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers, played on September 7, 1959 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The home team Indians beat the visiting Tigers with a score of 15 to 14.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 7, 1959 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 14 H: 13 E: 0 LOB: 4
Runs: 14
Hits: 13
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 4
Home Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 15 H: 16 E: 0 LOB: 6
Runs: 15
Hits: 16
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 6
Winning Pitcher—Bobby Locke  
Losing Pitcher—Jim Bunning  
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Game Winning RBI—Jim Piersall 

Game Info

DateSeptember 7, 1959 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamCleveland Indians 
Visiting Starting PitcherPaul Foytack  
Home Starting PitcherMike Garcia  
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium 
CityCleveland 
StateOH 
Attendance 
Time of Game3 hours 20 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Johnny Stevens
1B: Frank Umont
2B: Charlie Berry
3B: Eddie Hurley

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Yost  Third Baseman 
Gail Harris  First Baseman 
Harvey Kuenn  Right Fielder 
Al Kaline  Center Fielder 
Charlie Maxwell  Left Fielder 
Frank Bolling  Second Baseman 
Lou Berberet  Catcher 
Ted Lepcio  Shortstop 
Paul Foytack  Pitcher 
Jimmy Dykes  Manager 

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Jim Piersall  Center Fielder 
Minnie Minoso  Left Fielder 
Tito Francona  First Baseman 
Rocky Colavito  Right Fielder 
Woodie Held  Shortstop 
Vic Power  Second Baseman 
George Strickland  Third Baseman 
Ed Fitz Gerald  Catcher 
Mike Garcia  Pitcher 
Joe Gordon  Manager 

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Tigers 14 @ Indians 15
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
September 7, 1959

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         Game of 9/7/1959, game 1 -- Detroit at Cleveland (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI
Yost E, 3b            5  2  2  3   Piersall J, cf        5  2  3  4   
Harris G, 1b          4  1  1  2   Minoso M, lf          5  2  2  2   
Kuenn H, rf           4  1  1  1   Francona T, 1b        5  2  4  3   
Kaline A, cf          4  0  1  0   Colavito R, rf        4  1  1  2   
Maxwell C, lf         4  2  1  0   Held W, ss            4  1  2  2   
Bolling F, 2b         5  3  3  3   Power V, 2b           4  2  2  0   
Berberet L, c         4  2  1  3   Strickland G, 3b      1  1  0  0   
Lepcio T, ss          4  1  0  1   Score H, p            0  0  0  0   
Foytack P, p          3  1  2  1   Valo E, ph            1  0  0  1   
Morgan T, p           0  0  0  0   Ferrarese D, p        0  0  0  0   
Sisler D, p           2  1  1  0   Bell G, p             0  0  0  0   
Bunning J, p          0  0  0  0   Nixon R, ph           1  0  1  0   
                                   Grant M, pr           0  0  0  0   
                                   Locke B, p            0  0  0  0   
                                   Harshman J, ph        0  1  0  0   
                                   Fitz Gerald E, c      4  1  1  1   
                                   Webster R, pr         0  1  0  0   
                                   Garcia M, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   McLish C, p           0  0  0  0   
                                   Perry J, p            1  0  0  0   
                                   Cicotte A, p          0  0  0  0   
                                   Baxes J, ph-3b        2  1  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     39 14 13 14                        37 15 16 15

Detroit          141 600 200 -- 14
Cleveland        220 053 003 -- 15
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Foytack P*            4.0  7  7  7  4  1
Morgan T+             1.0  4  5  5  1  0
Sisler D#             3.0  3  2  2  2  4
Bunning J (L)         0.1  2  1  1  0  0

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Garcia M**            1.0  3  5  5  2  0
McLish C              0.1  2  0  0  1  0
Perry J               0.2  0  0  0  0  0
Cicotte A             2.0  5  7  7  2  1
Score H               1.0  0  0  0  0  0
Ferrarese D           1.0  0  0  0  1  0
Bell G                1.0  2  2  2  0  1
Locke B (W)           2.0  1  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 5th
  + Pitched to 3 batters in 6th
  # Pitched to 2 batters in 9th
  ** Pitched to 3 batters in 2nd

DP -- Detroit 2, Cleveland 1
LOB -- Detroit 4, Cleveland 6
2B -- Piersall J, Foytack P, Kuenn H, Minoso M, Nixon R
3B -- Power V
HR -- Yost E 2, Colavito R, Bolling F, Berberet L, Francona T, Held W
SH -- Held W, Baxes J
T -- 3:20
A -- 0

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