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Indians 12 @ Tigers 9
Briggs Stadium
July 4, 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 4, 1959 at Briggs Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Indians with a score of 12 to 9.

Game Summary

DateJuly 4, 1959 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 12 H: 19 E: 1 LOB: 9
Runs: 12
Hits: 19
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 9 H: 14 E: 2 LOB: 12
Runs: 9
Hits: 14
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 12
Winning Pitcher—Gary Bell  
Losing Pitcher—Bob Smith  
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Game Winning RBI—Tito Francona 

Game Info

DateJuly 4, 1959 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherBobby Locke  
Home Starting PitcherRay Narleski  
BallparkBriggs Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance35,799 
Time of Game3 hours 39 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Bill Summers
1B: Bill McKinley
2B: Hank Soar
3B: Nestor Chylak

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
George Strickland  Third Baseman 
Vic Power  First Baseman 
Minnie Minoso  Left Fielder 
Tito Francona  Center Fielder 
Rocky Colavito  Right Fielder 
Russ Nixon  Catcher 
Woodie Held  Shortstop 
Jim Baxes  Second Baseman 
Bobby Locke  Pitcher 
Joe Gordon  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Eddie Yost  Third Baseman 
Harvey Kuenn  Center Fielder 
Charlie Maxwell  Left Fielder 
Gus Zernial  First Baseman 
Lou Berberet  Catcher 
Neil Chrisley  Right Fielder 
Rocky Bridges  Second Baseman 
Coot Veal  Shortstop 
Ray Narleski  Pitcher 
Jimmy Dykes  Manager 

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Indians 12 @ Tigers 9
Briggs Stadium
July 4, 1959

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         Game of 7/4/1959, game 2 -- Cleveland at Detroit (D)

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Strickland G, 3b      4  1  1  0   Yost E, 3b            3  1  1  2   
Power V, 1b           5  2  1  0   Kuenn H, cf           5  1  2  1   
Minoso M, lf          5  0  2  0   Maxwell C, lf         4  1  1  3   
Francona T, cf        6  2  4  4   Zernial G, 1b         3  0  2  1   
Colavito R, rf        6  3  3  2   Osborne B, 1b         2  0  0  0   
Nixon R, c            3  0  0  0   Berberet L, c         6  1  2  0   
Valo E, ph            1  1  1  0   Chrisley N, rf        5  1  1  1   
Brown D, c            1  0  0  0   Bridges R, 2b         6  1  3  0   
Held W, ss            5  1  3  2   Veal C, ss            5  2  2  0   
Baxes J, 2b           5  1  1  1   Narleski R, p         0  0  0  0   
Locke B, p            3  0  2  0   Harris G, ph          1  0  0  0   
Grant M, p            1  1  1  3   Sisler D, p           0  0  0  0   
Perry J, p            0  0  0  0   Schultz B, p          0  0  0  0   
Hamner G, ph          1  0  0  0   Groth J, ph           0  0  0  0   
Brodowski D, p        0  0  0  0   Mossi D, pr           0  1  0  0   
Bell G, p             1  0  0  0   Smith B, p            1  0  0  0   
                                   Wilson R, ph          1  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     47 12 19 12                        42  9 14  8

Cleveland        000 220 050 03 -- 12
Detroit          000 112 050 00 --  9

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Locke B               5.2  7  4  3  4  2
Grant M*              1.1  4  4  4  2  2
Perry J               2.0  3  1  1  0  4
Brodowski D+          0.0  0  0  0  1  0
Bell G (W)            2.0  0  0  0  2  1

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Narleski R            5.0  5  4  3  3  3
Sisler D              2.2  9  5  5  0  0
Schultz B             0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Smith B (L)           3.0  5  3  3  0  1
  * Pitched to 4 batters in 8th
  + Pitched to 1 batter in 10th

E -- Berberet L, Baxes J, Yost E
DP -- Cleveland 3
LOB -- Cleveland 9, Detroit 12
2B -- Held W, Berberet L, Yost E
HR -- Colavito R, Chrisley N, Grant M, Maxwell C, Francona T, Baxes J
SB -- Strickland G
CS -- Minoso M, Zernial G, Bridges R
SH -- Narleski R, Power V, Minoso M, Sisler D, Baxes J, Kuenn H, Brown D
WP -- Grant M
T -- 3:39
A -- 35799

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