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Indians
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
September 20, 1964
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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 September 20, 1964 at Tiger Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 20, 1964 |
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Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Home Team |
Detroit Tigers
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 20, 1964 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
Home Team | Detroit Tigers |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Luis Tiant |
Home Starting Pitcher | Dave Wickersham |
Ballpark | Tiger Stadium |
City | Detroit |
State | MI |
Attendance | 8,276 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 34 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Hank Soar 1B: Al Salerno 2B: Nestor Chylak 3B: Bill McKinley |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tito Francona | Right Fielder |
Dick Howser | Shortstop |
Bob Chance | First Baseman |
Leon Wagner | Left Fielder |
George Banks | Third Baseman |
John Romano | Catcher |
Vic Davalillo | Center Fielder |
Larry Brown | Second Baseman |
Luis Tiant | Pitcher |
Birdie Tebbetts | Manager |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
Name | Position |
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Dick McAuliffe | Shortstop |
Jerry Lumpe | Second Baseman |
Al Kaline | Right Fielder |
Norm Cash | First Baseman |
Gates Brown | Left Fielder |
Don Demeter | Center Fielder |
Bill Freehan | Catcher |
Don Wert | Third Baseman |
Dave Wickersham | Pitcher |
Chuck Dressen | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Indians
@ Tigers
Tiger Stadium
September 20, 1964
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Wickersham
Francona hits a popup, foul, towards third. Wert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howser vs. Wickersham
Howser hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chance vs. Wickersham
Chance hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Demeter. Chance reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wagner vs. Wickersham
Wagner takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Banks vs. Wickersham
Banks strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Tiant
McAuliffe hits a popup, foul, towards third. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Tiant
Lumpe hits a popup towards first. Chance settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Tiant
Kaline strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romano vs. Wickersham
Romano hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Davalillo vs. Wickersham
Davalillo hits a popup, foul, towards third. Wert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Wickersham
Brown hits a line drive into left field. That will be extra bases. Brown fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Brown. Romano goes all the way around to score. Brown moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Tiant vs. Wickersham
Freehandrops the ball. It gets behind him. There goes Brown. The throw to Wickersham covering the plate. The slide. Brown is out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tiant vs. Wickersham
Tiant hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Freehan fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Tiant
Cash strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Tiant
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tiant fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demeter vs. Tiant
Demeter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Howser. Demeter moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Freehan vs. Tiant
Freehan hits a fly ball into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Wickersham
Francona hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howser vs. Wickersham
Howser hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kaline. Howser reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Chance vs. Wickersham
Chance hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wagner vs. Wickersham
Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Tiant
Wert hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Brown scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wickersham vs. Tiant
Wickersham hits a ball on the ground towards third. Banks fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Tiant
McAuliffe takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lumpe vs. Tiant
Lumpe takes first base on ball four. McAuliffe moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kaline vs. Tiant
Kaline strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Wickersham
Banks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 1 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Romano vs. Wickersham
Romano hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davalillo vs. Wickersham
Davalillo hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 3 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Wickersham
Brown hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tiant vs. Seale
Johnnie Seale now pitching.
Tiant hits a fly ball into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. Seale
Francona hits a line drive into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Tiant
Cash hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Tiant
Brown hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Davalillo. Brown reaches second base with a double. Cash moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Demeter vs. Tiant
Demeter strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Freehan vs. Tiant
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cash scores. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wert vs. Tiant
Wert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howser vs. Seale
Howser hits a popup towards first. Cash settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chance vs. Seale
Chance hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Seale
Wagner hits a fly ball into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thomas vs. Tiant
George Thomas pinch hits for Johnnie Seale.
Thomas hits a popup towards short. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Tiant
McAuliffe hits a popup towards short. Howser settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Tiant
Lumpe hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tiant fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kaline vs. Tiant
Kaline hits a line drive into center field. Davalillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 4 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. McLain
Denny McLain now pitching.
Banks hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romano vs. McLain
Romano hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davalillo vs. McLain
Davalillo hits a popup, foul, towards third. Wert settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. McLain
Brown hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cash vs. Tiant
Cash is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brown vs. Tiant
Brown hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Brown settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demeter vs. Tiant
Demeter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Freehan vs. Tiant
Freehan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Tiant fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tiant vs. McLain
Tiant hits a fly ball into center field. Demeter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Francona vs. McLain
Francona hits a fly ball into left field. Brown settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Howser vs. McLain
Howser hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chance vs. McLain
Chance hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Tiant
Tommie Agee now playing right field.
Wert hits a ball on the ground towards third. Banks fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bruton vs. Tiant
Bill Bruton pinch hits for Denny McLain.
Bruton strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McAuliffe vs. Tiant
McAuliffe hits a popup, foul, towards third. Banks settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wagner vs. Fox
Terry Fox now pitching.
Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first, with Fox covering, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Banks vs. Fox
Banks hits a fly ball into right field. Kaline settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Romano vs. Fox
Romano is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lumpe vs. Tiant
Lumpe strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kaline vs. Tiant
Kaline takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cash vs. Tiant
Cash hits a fly ball into center field. Davalillo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Tiant
Brown strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Davalillo vs. Fox
Davalillo takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brown vs. Fox
Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Wert fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Davalillo moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Tiant vs. Fox
Tiant hits a ball on the ground towards short. McAuliffe fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Davalillo moves to third. Brown moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Whitfield vs. Fox
Fred Whitfield pinch hits for Tommie Agee.
Whitfield is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 5 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Howser vs. Fox
Howser takes first base on ball four. Davalillo scores. Brown moves to third. Tiant moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Chance vs. Fox
Chance hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Brown scores. Tiant moves to third. Howser moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Wagner vs. Fox
Wagner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Lumpe scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Demeter vs. Tiant
Chico Salmon now playing right field.
Demeter hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Freehan vs. Tiant
Freehan hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wert vs. Tiant
Wert hits a ball on the ground towards short. Howser scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Tigers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Tiant
Jake Wood pinch hits for Terry Fox.
Wood strikes out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/20/1964, game 2 -- Cleveland at Detroit (D) Cleveland AB R H RBI Detroit AB R H RBI Francona T, rf 4 0 0 0 McAuliffe D, ss 3 0 0 0 Agee T, rf 0 0 0 0 Lumpe J, 2b 3 0 1 0 Whitfield F, ph 1 0 0 0 Kaline A, rf 3 0 0 0 Salmon C, rf 0 0 0 0 Cash N, 1b 4 1 1 0 Howser D, ss 4 0 2 1 Brown G, lf 4 0 1 0 Chance B, 1b 5 0 1 1 Demeter D, cf 4 0 2 0 Wagner L, lf 4 0 0 0 Freehan B, c 4 1 1 2 Banks G, 3b 4 2 2 1 Wert D, 3b 4 0 0 0 Romano J, c 4 2 2 2 Wickersham D, p 1 0 0 0 Davalillo V, cf 3 1 0 0 Seale J, p 0 0 0 0 Brown L, 2b 4 2 3 2 Thomas G, ph 1 0 0 0 Tiant L, p 4 0 1 0 McLain D, p 0 0 0 0 Bruton B, ph 1 0 0 0 Fox T, p 0 0 0 0 Wood J, ph 1 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 37 7 11 7 33 2 6 2 Cleveland 010 301 002 -- 7 Detroit 000 100 001 -- 2 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Tiant L (W) 9.0 6 2 2 3 9 Detroit IP H R ER BB SO Wickersham D (L) 3.1 7 4 4 1 1 Seale J 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 McLain D 2.0 2 1 1 0 0 Fox T 2.0 2 2 2 2 2 E -- Brown G, Howser D LOB -- Cleveland 6, Detroit 7 2B -- Chance B, Brown L, Howser D, Brown G HR -- Romano J, Brown L, Banks G, Freehan B CS -- Brown L T -- 2:34 A -- 8276
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