Doby Powers Tribe Over A's 11-2 (Game 1 of DH)

Larry Doby connected with a 'big fly' and had 6 RBI as the streaking Cleveland Indians topped the Philadelphia Athletics by a score of 11 to 2 at Municipal Stadium. Doby had a great day at the plate. He had the crowd cheering his every move. He lofted a three-run bomb (his 6th of the season) in the 1st inning, smacked a single scoring two baserunners in the 6th inning and doubled which scored a run in the 8th inning. Cleveland had 9 hits overall, while Philadelphia had 6. The winning pitcher was Bob Feller(8-4) who allowed 2 runs in 7 innings. Dick Fowler(0-5) ended up with the loss. 'I've spent a lot of time in the cage and made some adjustments and they've paid off,' Doby said. 'I just take the same approach up there. I don't overanalyze it. I go up there, see the ball and try to put a good swing on it.'

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1950 Philadelphia Athletics At 1950 Cleveland Indians     6/18/1950
 
  Athletics          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  B.Dillinger 3B      4  0  2  0 .316     D.Mitchell LF       3  2  1  2 .310  
  W.Moses RF          4  0  1  0 .256     S.Gromek P          0  0  0  0 .286  
  E.Valo LF           3  1  0  0 .275     B.Kennedy RF        5  1  1  0 .310  
  S.Chapman CF        4  1  1  2 .214     L.Easter 1B         3  2  1  0 .305  
  F.Fain 1B           4  0  1  0 .294     L.Doby CF           5  2  3  6 .323  
  E.Joost SS          2  0  0  0 .270     A.Rosen 3B          4  1  0  1 .325  
  P.Suder 2B          4  0  1  0 .243     J.Gordon 2B         4  2  1  2 .207  
  M.Guerra C          4  0  0  0 .286     R.Boone SS          3  1  1  0 .348  
  D.Fowler P          2  0  0  0 .000     J.Hegan C           2  0  0  0 .206  
A-P.Lehner PH         1  0  0  0 .291     B.Feller P          2  0  0  0 .167  
  M.Burtschy P        0  0  0  0 ----   B-T.Tucker PH,LF      1  0  1  0 .400  
C-B.McCosky PH        1  0  0  0 .308                                          
  J.Coleman P         0  0  0  0 .333                                          
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         Totals      33  2  6  2                 Totals      32 11  9 11
 
A-Pinch Hit For Fowler In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Feller In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Burtschy In 8th Inning
 
Athletics....... 0 0 0  0 0 0  2 0 0  -  2  6  0
Indians......... 3 0 0  2 0 4  0 2    - 11  9  0
 
Athletics (19-37)        IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Fowler LOSS(0-5)        5       2   5   5   6   1   2  97  11.45
M.Burtschy                2       5   4   4   4   1   0  54  18.00
J.Coleman                 1       2   2   2   0   0   0  15   4.31
Totals                    8       9  11  11  10   2   2
 
Indians (36-18)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Feller WIN(8-4)         7       5   2   2   8   4   1 135   2.86
S.Gromek                  2       1   0   0   0   0   0  29   6.75
Totals                    9       6   2   2   8   4   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 41,007 DATE- Sunday, June 18th 1950 TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Bill McKinley, Eddie Hurley, Jim Honochick, Bill McGowan
T- 2:48
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics:12  Indians: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 0  Indians: 0
DOUBLES- L.Doby(10th)
HOME RUNS- S.Chapman(9th), L.Doby(6th), J.Gordon(8th)
SACRIFICE HITS- J.Hegan
WALKS- B.Dillinger, W.Moses, E.Valo-2, S.Chapman, F.Fain, E.Joost-2,
       D.Mitchell-2, L.Easter-2, A.Rosen, J.Gordon, R.Boone-2, J.Hegan,
       B.Feller
STRIKE OUTS- S.Chapman-2, P.Suder, D.Fowler, A.Rosen, B.Feller

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