Indians Beat Browns 3-2

3,724 fans watched an exciting game at Sportsman's Park. The Cleveland Indians topped the St. Louis Browns by the slimmest of margins, 3 to 2. Cleveland came up with all the runs they needed in the 3rd inning when they scored 3 runs on 2 hits. That was all the runs Steve Gromek(3-2) needed. St. Louis threatened in the 9th but Cleveland was able to put down the rally. Jesse Flores recorded his 3rd save. Duane Pillette(1-1) was the losing pitcher. Lou Boudreau was in a talkative mood in the clubhouse, 'Great game! If only we could win all of the close ones - wouldn't that be nice! Since that's not going to happen, I think I'll savor this one for a little while.'

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1950 Cleveland Indians At 1950 St. Louis Browns           6/29/1950
 
  Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Browns             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Mitchell LF       5  1  2  0 .330     D.Lenhardt 1B       3  0  0  0 .351  
  B.Kennedy RF        4  0  3  0 .345     J.Delsing CF        4  0  1  0 .184  
  L.Easter 1B         4  0  2  1 .303     S.Lollar C          4  0  0  0 .291  
  L.Doby CF           3  1  1  0 .335     D.Kokos LF          3  2  2  0 .301  
  A.Rosen 3B          4  0  2  2 .331     K.Wood RF           3  0  0  1 .279  
  R.Boone SS          3  0  0  0 .374     O.Friend 2B,3B      4  0  0  0 .223  
  J.Gordon 2B         4  0  0  0 .200     G.Stirnweiss 3B     2  0  1  1 .306  
  J.Hegan C           4  0  1  0 .228   A-B.Sommers PH,2B     1  0  0  0 .286  
  S.Gromek P          2  1  0  0 .235   E-L.Moss PH           0  0  0  0 .167  
  S.Zoldak P          1  0  0  0 .125     T.Upton SS          2  0  0  0 .221  
  A.Benton P          0  0  0  0 ----   B-R.Coleman PH        1  0  0  0 .267  
  J.Flores P          0  0  0  0 .000   C-B.Demars SS         1  0  0  0 .258  
                                          D.Pillette P        2  0  0  0 .143  
                                        D-H.Arft PH           1  0  0  0 .236  
                                          D.Johnson P         0  0  0  0 .000  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      34  3 11  3                 Totals      31  2  4  2
 
A-Pinch Hit For Stirnweiss In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Upton In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Coleman In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Pillette In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Sommers In 9th Inning
 
Indians......... 0 0 3  0 0 0  0 0 0  -  3 11  1
Browns.......... 0 1 0  0 0 0  0 0 1  -  2  4  0
 
Indians (45-20)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
S.Gromek WIN(3-2)         6 2/3   3   1   1   1   6   0  99   6.27
S.Zoldak HOLD(2nd)        1 1/3   0   0   0   1   0   0  20   5.33
A.Benton HOLD(1st)        0 2/3   1   1   1   1   0   0  17   4.70
J.Flores SAVE(3rd)        0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   5.11
Totals                    9       4   2   2   3   6   0
 
Browns (24-39)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Pillette LOSS(1-1)      8      10   3   3   5   3   0 130   2.45
D.Johnson                 1       1   0   0   0   0   0  13   6.29
Totals                    9      11   3   3   5   3   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 3,724 DATE- Thursday, June 29th 1950 TIME- Night 
T- 2:24
LEFT ON BASE- Indians:11  Browns: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 0  Browns: 1
ERRORS- J.Gordon
DOUBLES- D.Mitchell(11th), L.Doby(15th), A.Rosen(18th), D.Kokos(14th),
         G.Stirnweiss(4th)
TRIPLES- D.Kokos(3rd)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Kennedy
SACRIFICE FLIES- L.Easter, K.Wood
WALKS- L.Doby-2, A.Rosen, R.Boone, S.Gromek, D.Lenhardt, D.Kokos, L.Moss
STRIKE OUTS- L.Easter, J.Gordon, S.Gromek, D.Lenhardt, J.Delsing, O.Friend-2,
             B.Sommers, T.Upton
GIDP- R.Boone
BALKS- A.Benton
WILD PITCHES- S.Gromek
WEB GEMS- Top 4th: Sherm Lollar blocked the plate, saving a run!

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