| In a thrilling finish the Cleveland Indians won in dramatic fashion coming back to beat the Philadelphia Athletics by the count of 8 to 7. Cleveland came up with the deciding runs in the bottom of the 9th inning with 3 runs using 5 hits. Dale Mitchell led off and started the rally when he stroked a single. Mitchell stole second with some aggressive base running. Lou Boudreau then stroked a one-base hit. Larry Doby followed and he doubled. Al Rosen stepped into the box and lined a single. Luke Easter added his contribution to the rally and tripled. Cleveland dominated offensively as they scored in 6 different innings. The winning pitcher was Al Benton(1-2) who allowed no runs in 1 inning. Carl Scheib(1-9) was the losing pitcher in relief. 'We just wouldn't give up,' Joe Gordon said. 'Much of the credit goes to our fans - they were with us the whole way.' |
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 1950 Philadelphia Athletics At 1950 Cleveland Indians 7/25/1950
Athletics AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG
E.Joost SS 4 2 1 1 .266 D.Mitchell LF 4 1 2 0 .318
W.Moses RF 4 1 1 0 .247 L.Boudreau SS 5 2 3 0 .315
P.Lehner LF 5 1 2 0 .306 A.Clark RF 2 0 0 2 .202
S.Chapman CF 3 2 2 2 .235 A-L.Doby PH,CF 2 1 1 0 .330
F.Fain 1B 5 1 1 1 .266 A.Rosen 3B 5 2 1 2 .300
B.Hitchcock 2B 3 0 1 2 .293 L.Easter 1B 5 0 1 1 .305
K.Wahl 3B 3 0 0 1 .273 J.Gordon 2B 3 2 2 1 .238
M.Guerra C 4 0 1 0 .323 B.Kennedy CF,RF 4 0 2 2 .329
A.Kellner P 4 0 1 0 .178 J.Hegan C 2 0 0 0 .207
C.Scheib P 0 0 0 0 .385 B-B.Avila PH 0 0 0 0 .354
J.Murray P 0 0 0 0 .000 D-R.Murray C 0 0 0 0 .218
B.Feller P 3 0 0 0 .203
C-R.Boone PH 1 0 0 0 .327
A.Benton P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 35 7 10 7 Totals 36 8 12 8
A-Pinch Hit For Clark In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Hegan In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Feller In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Avila In 9th Inning
Athletics....... 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 - 7 10 2
Indians......... 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 - 8 12 1
Athletics (29-62) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
A.Kellner 7 2/3 7 5 4 4 4 1 117 4.82 A1 D8
C.Scheib L(1-9) BS(4th) 0 2/3 4 3 3 0 0 0 18 8.77 D9 E4
J.Murray 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 12.27 E5
Totals 8 1/3 12 8 7 4 4 1
Indians (62-29) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Feller 8 10 7 5 5 1 1 151 2.98 A1 E2
A.Benton WIN(1-2) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 3.60 E3
Totals 9 10 7 5 5 2 1
ATTENDANCE- 29,498 DATE- Tuesday, July 25th 1950 TIME- Night
UMPIRES- Eddie Hurley, Jim Honochick, Bill McGowan, Bill McKinley
T- 2:19
LEFT ON BASE- Athletics: 7 Indians: 7
DOUBLE PLAYS- Athletics: 1 Indians: 2
ERRORS- E.Joost-2, L.Boudreau
DOUBLES- S.Chapman(7th), F.Fain(18th), M.Guerra(10th), L.Doby(20th),
B.Kennedy(12th)
TRIPLES- L.Boudreau(3rd), L.Easter(1st), B.Kennedy(6th)
HOME RUNS- E.Joost(14th), J.Gordon(16th)
STOLEN BASES- D.Mitchell(3rd)
SACRIFICE FLIES- K.Wahl, A.Clark
WALKS- E.Joost, W.Moses, S.Chapman-2, B.Hitchcock, D.Mitchell, J.Gordon,
J.Hegan, B.Avila
STRIKE OUTS- S.Chapman, K.Wahl, A.Rosen-2, L.Easter-2
GIDP- K.Wahl, B.Kennedy
