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Indians 8 @ Yankees 11
Yankee Stadium
August 16, 1944

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians, played on August 16, 1944 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees beat the visiting Indians with a score of 11 to 8.

Game Summary

DateAugust 16, 1944 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 8 H: 16 E: 2 LOB: 11
Runs: 8
Hits: 16
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 11 H: 19 E: 2 LOB: 10
Runs: 11
Hits: 19
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 10
Winning PitcherJim Turner  
Losing PitcherRay Poat  
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Game Winning RBIBud Metheny 

Game Info

DateAugust 16, 1944 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night 
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherEd Klieman  
Home Starting PitcherAtley Donald  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance4,651 
Time of Game0 hours 
UmpiresHP: Bill McGowan
1B: George Pipgras
2B: (none)
3B: Ernie Stewart

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Mickey Rocco  First Baseman 
Oris Hockett  Center Fielder 
Pat Seerey  Left Fielder 
Lou Boudreau  Shortstop 
Roy Cullenbine  Right Fielder 
Ken Keltner  Third Baseman 
Norm Schlueter  Catcher 
Rusty Peters  Second Baseman 
Ed Klieman  Pitcher 
Lou Boudreau  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Snuffy Stirnweiss  Second Baseman 
Bud Metheny  Right Fielder 
Russ Derry  Left Fielder 
Johnny Lindell  Center Fielder 
Nick Etten  First Baseman 
Rollie Hemsley  Catcher 
Frankie Crosetti  Shortstop 
Oscar Grimes  Third Baseman 
Atley Donald  Pitcher 
Joe McCarthy  Manager 

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Indians 8 @ Yankees 11
Yankee Stadium
August 16, 1944

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         Game of 8/16/1944 -- Cleveland at New York

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Rocco M, 1b           6  2  2  3   Stirnweiss S, 2b      5  1  2  1   
Hockett O, cf         4  2  3  1   Metheny B, rf         6  1  2  4   
Seerey P, lf          5  0  3  1   Derry R, lf           5  0  2  0   
Boudreau L, ss        5  0  1  1   Lindell J, cf         4  1  2  1   
Cullenbine R, rf      5  1  2  1   Etten N, 1b           5  2  2  1   
Keltner K, 3b         5  1  3  0   Hemsley R, c          5  0  2  1   
Schlueter N, c        2  0  0  0   Crosetti F, ss        5  3  2  0   
Reynolds A, pr        0  1  0  0   Grimes O, 3b          4  2  3  1   
Susce G, c            2  0  1  0   Donald A, p           3  0  1  1   
Peters R, 2b          4  1  1  1   Borowy H, p           0  0  0  0   
Klieman E, p          2  0  0  0   Martin H, ph          1  0  0  0   
Heving J, p           0  0  0  0   Johnson J, p          0  0  0  0   
Gromek S, ph          1  0  0  0   Turner J, p           0  0  0  0   
Poat R, p             2  0  0  0   Stainback T, ph       1  1  1  1   
Calvert P, p          0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     43  8 16  8                        44 11 19 11

Cleveland        200 005 010 --  8
New York         000 330 014 -- 11
  2 outs when winning run was scored.

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Klieman E*            4.0 10  4  4  2  0
Heving J              1.0  3  2  1  0  1
Poat R (L)            3.1  4  3  1  1  0
Calvert P             0.1  2  2  0  0  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Donald A+             5.0 10  6  6  1  2
Borowy H              2.0  3  1  1  1  0
Johnson J             0.2  2  1  1  1  0
Turner J (W)          1.1  1  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 5th
  + Pitched to 4 batters in 6th

E -- Etten N, Crosetti F, Peters R 2
DP -- Cleveland 1, New York 1
LOB -- Cleveland 11, New York 10
2B -- Hockett O, Grimes O, Seerey P
3B -- Rocco M, Keltner K, Hemsley R, Lindell J
HR -- Rocco M, Etten N, Cullenbine R, Metheny B
SB -- Crosetti F, Peters R, Stirnweiss S
CS -- Hemsley R
WP -- Donald A
PB -- Schlueter N
A -- 4651

    

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