Indians Win Opener

Bob Lemon struck out 9 Tigers en route to a 6-1 complete game victory.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1950 Detroit Tigers At 1950 Cleveland Indians             4/18/1950
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  J.Lipon SS          5  0  0  0 .000     D.Mitchell LF       4  1  2  0 .500  
  J.Priddy 2B         4  0  0  0 .000     L.Doby CF           3  1  0  1 .000  
  G.Kell 3B           4  0  0  0 .000     M.Vernon 1B         4  1  1  0 .250  
  V.Wertz CF          3  0  2  0 .667     L.Easter RF         2  1  2  21.000  
  P.Mullin LF         4  0  1  0 .250   A-B.Kennedy RF        0  0  0  0 ----  
  J.Groth RF          2  1  0  0 .000     J.Gordon 2B         4  0  1  1 .250  
  D.Kryhoski 1B       4  0  0  0 .000     L.Boudreau SS       4  0  1  0 .250  
  A.Robinson C        3  0  0  0 .000     A.Rosen 3B          4  1  2  0 .500  
  F.Hutchinson P      3  0  1  1 .333     J.Hegan C           3  1  0  0 .000  
B-C.Keller PH         0  0  0  0 ----     B.Lemon P           4  0  2  1 .500  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      32  1  4  1                 Totals      32  6 11  5
 
A-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Easter In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hutchinson In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  1 0 0  -  1  4  2
Indians......... 0 1 0  1 0 0  4 0    -  6 11  2
 
Tigers (0-1)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
F.Hutchinson LOSS(0-1)    8      11   6   5   1   3   1 128   5.63
Totals                    8      11   6   5   1   3   1
 
Indians (1-0)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Lemon WIN(1-0)          9       4   1   1   5   9   0 145   1.00
Totals                    9       4   1   1   5   9   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 17,851 DATE- Tuesday, April 18th 1950 TIME- Day 
T- 1:57
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 9  Indians: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 3  Indians: 1
ERRORS- J.Groth, F.Hutchinson, J.Hegan-2
DOUBLES- L.Easter(1st), A.Rosen(1st)
HOME RUNS- L.Easter(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Hegan
SACRIFICE FLIES- L.Easter
WALKS- V.Wertz, J.Groth-2, A.Robinson, C.Keller, L.Doby
HIT BY PITCH- L.Easter
STRIKE OUTS- J.Lipon-2, J.Priddy, P.Mullin-2, D.Kryhoski, A.Robinson,
             F.Hutchinson-2, D.Mitchell, L.Doby, B.Lemon
GIDP- J.Groth, M.Vernon, J.Hegan
 
Bob Lemon completed the game without help from the bullpen at Municipal
Stadium as the Cleveland Indians beat the Detroit Tigers by the count of 6 to
1.
 
Cleveland went ahead for good in the 2nd inning plating an isolated run on 2
hits.  Cleveland managed 11 hits in their victory.  
 
Lemon(1-0) lasted until the end allowing 1 run for the win. Fred
Hutchinson(0-1) ended up with the loss.  He pitched 8 innings giving up 11
hits and 1 walk.

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