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Indians 5 @ Tigers 4
Briggs Stadium
July 5, 1959

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians, played on July 5, 1959 at Briggs Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Indians with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateJuly 5, 1959 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 5 H: 13 E: 0 LOB: 6
Runs: 5
Hits: 13
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 4 H: 8 E: 2 LOB: 7
Runs: 4
Hits: 8
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherGary Bell  
Losing PitcherTom Morgan  
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Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateJuly 5, 1959 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherMike Garcia  
Home Starting PitcherPaul Foytack  
BallparkBriggs Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance16,676 
Time of Game2 hours 49 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill McKinley
1B: Hank Soar
2B: Nestor Chylak
3B: Bill Summers

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
George Strickland  Shortstop 
Vic Power  First Baseman 
Minnie Minoso  Left Fielder 
Tito Francona  Center Fielder 
Rocky Colavito  Right Fielder 
Granny Hamner  Third Baseman 
Jim Baxes  Second Baseman 
Dick Brown  Catcher 
Mike Garcia  Pitcher 
Joe Gordon  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Yost  Third Baseman 
Harvey Kuenn  Center Fielder 
Charlie Maxwell  Left Fielder 
Lou Berberet  Catcher 
Neil Chrisley  Right Fielder 
Bobo Osborne  First Baseman 
Rocky Bridges  Second Baseman 
Coot Veal  Shortstop 
Paul Foytack  Pitcher 
Jimmy Dykes  Manager 

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Indians 5 @ Tigers 4
Briggs Stadium
July 5, 1959

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 7/5/1959 -- Cleveland at Detroit (D)

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Strickland G, ss      5  1  2  0   Yost E, 3b            2  1  1  0   
Power V, 1b           5  1  2  0   Kuenn H, cf           5  0  1  1   
Minoso M, lf          5  1  2  0   Maxwell C, lf         4  0  1  0   
Francona T, cf        4  1  4  0   Berberet L, c         5  0  0  0   
Colavito R, rf        5  0  1  1   Chrisley N, rf        5  0  0  0   
Hamner G, 3b          4  0  0  0   Osborne B, 1b         3  1  2  0   
Baxes J, 2b           4  0  0  0   Bridges R, 2b         4  1  1  0   
Brown D, c            4  1  2  1   Veal C, ss            4  1  2  2   
Garcia M, p           3  0  0  0   Foytack P, p          2  0  0  0   
Score H, p            0  0  0  0   Morgan T, p           1  0  0  0   
Valo E, ph            1  0  0  0   Bunning J, p          0  0  0  0   
Bell G, p             0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     40  5 13  2                        35  4  8  3

Cleveland        011 001 010 1 --  5
Detroit          000 200 200 0 --  4

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Garcia M              6.2  7  4  4  3  3
Score H               1.1  1  0  0  1  1
Bell G (W)            2.0  0  0  0  1  0

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Foytack P             7.1 11  4  3  1  4
Morgan T (L)          2.0  2  1  1  0  0
Bunning J             0.2  0  0  0  0  0

E -- Osborne B 2
DP -- Cleveland 1, Detroit 3
LOB -- Cleveland 6, Detroit 7
2B -- Yost E, Strickland G
HR -- Brown D
SB -- Power V, Francona T
CS -- Power V
SH -- Foytack P
WP -- Score H
T -- 2:49
A -- 16676

    

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