Tribe Beat A's in 9th Inning Rally!

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

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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 ----  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         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

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