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Indians 7 @ Tigers 3
Briggs Stadium
July 4, 1949

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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, 1949 at Briggs Stadium. The home team Tigers were bested by the visiting Indians with a score of 7 to 3.

Game Summary

DateJuly 4, 1949 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 7 H: 14 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 7
Hits: 14
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 3 H: 7 E: 1 LOB: 4
Runs: 3
Hits: 7
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 4
Winning PitcherSam Zoldak  
Losing PitcherFred Hutchinson  
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Game Winning RBIDale Mitchell 

Game Info

DateJuly 4, 1949 
Day of WeekMon 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamDetroit Tigers 
Visiting Starting PitcherGene Bearden  
Home Starting PitcherHal Newhouser  
BallparkBriggs Stadium 
CityDetroit 
StateMI 
Attendance49,985 
Time of Game2 hours 16 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Eddie Hurley
1B: Bill McKinley
2B: (none)
3B: Red Jones

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Dale Mitchell  Left Fielder 
Ray Boone  Shortstop 
Mickey Vernon  First Baseman 
Larry Doby  Center Fielder 
Joe Gordon  Second Baseman 
Lou Boudreau  Third Baseman 
Bob Kennedy  Right Fielder 
Jim Hegan  Catcher 
Gene Bearden  Pitcher 
Lou Boudreau  Manager 

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Lipon  Shortstop 
George Kell  Third Baseman 
Johnny Groth  Center Fielder 
Vic Wertz  Right Fielder 
Hoot Evers  Left Fielder 
Don Kolloway  Second Baseman 
Bob Swift  Catcher 
Sam Vico  First Baseman 
Hal Newhouser  Pitcher 
Red Rolfe  Manager 

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Indians 7 @ Tigers 3
Briggs Stadium
July 4, 1949

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 7/4/1949, game 2 -- Cleveland at Detroit (D)

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    Detroit            AB  R  H RBI
Mitchell D, lf        5  1  2  3   Lipon J, ss           4  1  1  0   
Boone R, ss           4  1  2  1   Kell G, 3b            4  0  2  1   
Vernon M, 1b          5  0  0  0   Groth J, cf           4  0  1  2   
Doby L, cf            5  2  2  2   Wertz V, rf           4  0  0  0   
Gordon J, 2b          5  0  2  0   Evers H, lf           4  0  0  0   
Boudreau L, 3b        3  0  2  1   Kolloway D, 2b        4  0  0  0   
Kennedy B, rf         4  1  1  0   Swift B, c            4  0  2  0   
Hegan J, c            4  1  2  0   Vico S, 1b            2  1  0  0   
Bearden G, p          1  0  0  0   Newhouser H, p        2  1  1  0   
Garcia M, p           0  0  0  0   Hutchinson F, p       0  0  0  0   
Clark A, ph           1  0  1  0   Overmire S, p         0  0  0  0   
Avila B, pr           0  0  0  0                                      
Zoldak S, p           1  1  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     38  7 14  7                        32  3  7  3

Cleveland        001 000 114 --  7
Detroit          002 010 000 --  3

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Bearden G             4.1  6  3  3  1  0
Garcia M              1.2  0  0  0  0  1
Zoldak S (W)          3.0  1  0  0  0  1

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Newhouser H           7.2 10  3  3  2  2
Hutchinson F (L)      0.2  3  3  3  0  0
Overmire S            0.2  1  1  1  0  0

E -- Kell G, Boone R
DP -- Cleveland 1, Detroit 2
LOB -- Cleveland 7, Detroit 4
2B -- Hegan J, Kell G, Doby L
3B -- Boudreau L, Mitchell D
HR -- Doby L
SB -- Hegan J
SH -- Bearden G, Vico S
T -- 2:16
A -- 49985

    

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