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Tigers
@ Indians
League Park
May 11, 1942
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers, played on May 11, 1942 at League Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 11, 1942 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Detroit Tigers
|
| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 11, 1942 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Mon |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Detroit Tigers |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dizzy Trout |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Vern Kennedy |
| Ballpark | League Park |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 2,500 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 11 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: George Pipgras 1B: Bill Summers 2B: (none) 3B: Art Passarella |
Detroit Tigers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Jimmy Bloodworth | Second Baseman |
| Doc Cramer | Center Fielder |
| Barney McCosky | Left Fielder |
| Rudy York | First Baseman |
| Ned Harris | Right Fielder |
| Pinky Higgins | Third Baseman |
| Birdie Tebbetts | Catcher |
| Billy Hitchcock | Shortstop |
| Dizzy Trout | Pitcher |
| Del Baker | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Oris Hockett | Right Fielder |
| Buster Mills | Center Fielder |
| Lou Boudreau | Shortstop |
| Jeff Heath | Left Fielder |
| Les Fleming | First Baseman |
| Ken Keltner | Third Baseman |
| Ray Mack | Second Baseman |
| Otto Denning | Catcher |
| Vern Kennedy | Pitcher |
| Lou Boudreau | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Tigers
@ Indians
League Park
May 11, 1942
Top 1
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Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bloodworth vs. Kennedy
Bloodworth takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cramer vs. Kennedy
Cramer takes first base on ball four. Bloodworth moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCosky vs. Kennedy
McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kennedy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bloodworth scores. Cramer moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
York vs. Kennedy
York hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hockett. York reaches second base with a double. Cramer scores. McCosky goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Harris vs. Gromek
Steve Gromek now pitching.
Harris hits a fly ball into center field. Mills settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. York moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Higgins vs. Gromek
Higgins hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Mills who is chasing the ball. Higgins reaches third base with a triple. York scores. View Play -
Tigers, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Tebbetts vs. Gromek
Tebbetts hits a fly ball into center field. Mills settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Higgins scores. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hitchcock vs. Gromek
Hitchcock hits a popup, foul, towards first. Fleming settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hockett vs. Trout
Hockett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mills vs. Trout
Mills hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trout fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Trout. Hockett moves to third. Mills moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Boudreau vs. Trout
Boudreau hits a fly ball towards right. Harris catches it and throws to home to double up Hockett. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heath vs. Trout
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the pitcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Mills moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fleming vs. Trout
Fleming hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trout vs. Gromek
Trout takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bloodworth vs. Gromek
Bloodworth strikes out. There goes Trout. Here's the throw, and he's safe. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cramer vs. Gromek
Cramer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McCosky vs. Gromek
McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau fields it and throws to second for the out. Trout moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
York vs. Gromek
York takes first base on ball four. McCosky moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Harris vs. Gromek
Harris hits a fly ball into right field. Hockett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Trout
Keltner hits a line drive into right field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mack vs. Trout
Mack hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Denning vs. Trout
Denning hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hitchcock fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gromek vs. Trout
Gromek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Denning moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hockett vs. Trout
Hockett hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Trout fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Higgins vs. Gromek
Higgins hits a fly ball into right field. Hockett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Gromek
Tebbetts hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hitchcock vs. Gromek
Hitchcock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mills vs. Trout
Mills hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boudreau vs. Trout
Boudreau hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hitchcock scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Trout
Heath hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trout vs. Gromek
Trout hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bloodworth vs. Gromek
Bloodworth hits a popup, foul, towards third. Keltner settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Gromek
Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Mack scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fleming vs. Trout
Fleming hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Trout
Keltner hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mack vs. Trout
Mack hits a fly ball into right field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Denning vs. Trout
Denning hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Tebbetts settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McCosky vs. Gromek
McCosky hits a ball on the ground towards second. Mack throws towards first. Fleming fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Fleming. McCosky moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
York vs. Gromek
York hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harris vs. Gromek
Harris hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. York moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Higgins vs. Gromek
Higgins hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it, steps on third, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dean vs. Trout
Chubby Dean pinch hits for Steve Gromek.
Dean hits a ball on the ground towards short. Hitchcock fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hockett vs. Trout
Hockett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mills vs. Trout
Mills hits a popup towards short. Hitchcock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boudreau vs. Trout
Boudreau hits a fly ball into right field. Harris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Milnar
Al Milnar now pitching.
Tebbetts hits a fly ball into center field. Mills settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hitchcock vs. Milnar
Hitchcock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boudreau scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trout vs. Milnar
Trout hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heath vs. Trout
Don Ross now playing right field.
Heath hits a ball on the ground for an out with unknown description. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fleming vs. Trout
Fleming hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops it up and throws to first, with Trout covering, for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Keltner vs. Trout
Keltner hits a line drive into right field. Ross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bloodworth vs. Milnar
Bloodworth hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cramer vs. Milnar
Cramer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Milnar fields it and throws to first for the out. Bloodworth moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McCosky vs. Milnar
McCosky takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
York vs. Milnar
York hits a fly ball into right field. Hockett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ross vs. Milnar
Ross takes first base on ball four. Bloodworth moves to third. McCosky moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Higgins vs. Milnar
Higgins hits a fly ball into right field. Hockett settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mack vs. Trout
Mack hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Denning vs. Trout
Denning hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Peters vs. Trout
Rusty Peters pinch hits for Al Milnar.
Peters hits a fly ball into left field. McCosky settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tebbetts vs. Ferrick
Tom Ferrick now pitching.
Tebbetts strikes out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hitchcock vs. Ferrick
Hitchcock hits a popup towards short. Boudreau settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Trout vs. Ferrick
Trout hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bloodworth vs. Ferrick
Denning fires to first and picks off Trout. View Play
Bottom 8
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Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hockett vs. Trout
Hockett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mills vs. Trout
Mills hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hockett moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Boudreau vs. Trout
Boudreau hits a line drive into right field. Ross settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Heath vs. Trout
Heath hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hockett scores. Mills moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fleming vs. Trout
Fleming hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mills scores. Heath moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Keltner vs. Fuchs
Charlie Fuchs now pitching.
Keltner hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cramer. Keltner reaches second base with a double. Heath scores. Fleming moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gaffke vs. Fuchs
Fabian Gaffke pinch hits for Ray Mack.
Gaffke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Higgins fields it and throws to home. Tebbetts drops the ball. Fleming scores. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Denning vs. Fuchs
There's a wild pitch. Keltner moves to third. Gaffke moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Denning vs. Fuchs
Denning hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Bloodworth scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Keltner scores. Gaffke moves to third. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Grimes vs. Fuchs
Oscar Grimes pinch hits for Tom Ferrick.
Grimes hits a ball on the ground towards first. York scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Grimes for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Tigers, 5 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bloodworth vs. Heving
Oscar Grimes now playing second base. Joe Heving now pitching.
Bloodworth hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Grimes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cramer vs. Heving
Cramer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McCosky vs. Heving
McCosky takes first base on ball four. Cramer moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
York vs. Heving
York hits a fly ball into left field. Heath settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Ross vs. Heving
Ross hits a ball on the ground towards third. Keltner fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Tigers, 5 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hockett vs. Fuchs
Hockett bunts towards third. Higgins picks it up and throws it away. That's a base hit and an error on Higgins. Hockett moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mills vs. Fuchs
Mills bunts towards the mound. Fuchs fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boudreau vs. Fuchs
Boudreau bunts towards the mound. Fuchs fields it and throws to first for the out. Mills moves to second. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heath vs. Fuchs
Heath is walked intentionally. View Play -
Tigers, 5 - Indians, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fleming vs. Fuchs
Fleming hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/11/1942 -- Detroit at Cleveland (D)
Detroit AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Bloodworth J, 2b 4 1 1 0 Hockett O, rf 5 1 3 0
Cramer D, cf 2 1 0 0 Mills B, cf 5 2 1 0
McCosky B, lf 3 1 2 1 Boudreau L, ss 4 0 0 0
York R, 1b 4 1 1 2 Heath J, lf 4 2 1 1
Harris N, rf 3 0 1 0 Fleming L, 1b 5 2 2 4
Ross D, rf 1 0 0 0 Keltner K, 3b 4 1 2 1
Higgins P, 3b 4 1 1 1 Mack R, 2b 3 0 1 0
Tebbetts B, c 4 0 0 1 Gaffke F, ph 1 0 0 0
Hitchcock B, ss 4 0 0 0 Heving J, p 0 0 0 0
Trout D, p 3 0 1 0 Denning O, c 4 0 0 1
Fuchs C, p 0 0 0 0 Kennedy V, p 0 0 0 0
Gromek S, p 1 0 1 0
Dean C, ph 1 0 1 0
Milnar A, p 0 0 0 0
Peters R, ph 1 0 0 0
Ferrick T, p 0 0 0 0
Grimes O, ph-2b 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 5 7 5 39 8 12 7
Detroit 500 000 000 -- 5
Cleveland 000 000 053 -- 8
2 outs when winning run was scored.
Detroit IP H R ER BB SO
Trout D 7.1 9 4 3 0 0
Fuchs C (L) 1.1 3 4 4 1 0
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Kennedy V* 0.0 2 4 4 2 0
Gromek S 5.0 3 1 1 3 1
Milnar A 2.0 1 0 0 2 0
Ferrick T 1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Heving J (W) 1.0 0 0 0 2 0
* Pitched to 4 batters in 1st
E -- Trout D, Fleming L, Tebbetts B, Higgins P
DP -- Detroit 1, Cleveland 1
LOB -- Detroit 9, Cleveland 7
2B -- York R, Keltner K
3B -- Higgins P
HR -- Fleming L
SB -- Trout D
SH -- Boudreau L
WP -- Fuchs C
T -- 2:11
A -- 2500
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