Game#2 - Tribe Sweep Browns

Larry Doby blasted 2 homeruns and had 4 RBI and Mike Garcia was able to finish what he started and was credited with a complete game as the Cleveland Indians bested the St. Louis Browns 7 to 3 at Municipal Stadium. Doby made sure the Cleveland fans enjoyed themselves. He smacked a three-run homer in the 1st inning, ripped a single in the 2nd inning and hit a bases-empty home run in the 8th inning. Cleveland managed 12 hits in their victory. Garcia(10-5) got the victory, allowing 3 runs for the game. Don Johnson(3-5) was charged with the loss. He allowed 5 hits and no walks without retiring a batter.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1950 St. Louis Browns At 1950 Cleveland Indians           8/16/1950
 
  Browns             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Lenhardt 1B       3  0  1  3 .331     D.Mitchell LF       2  1  1  1 .321  
  G.Stirnweiss 2B     3  0  1  0 .247     B.Avila 2B          5  1  1  0 .327  
  R.Coleman LF        4  0  0  0 .304     L.Doby CF           5  2  3  4 .331  
  J.Delsing CF        4  0  0  0 .170     L.Easter 1B         5  1  2  0 .290  
  K.Wood RF           4  0  1  0 .251     A.Rosen 3B          3  2  2  2 .277  
  L.Moss C            3  1  1  0 .291     R.Boone SS          4  0  0  0 .293  
  O.Friend 3B         3  1  0  0 .226     B.Kennedy RF        4  0  2  0 .321  
  T.Upton SS          4  1  2  0 .258     R.Murray C          2  0  0  0 .200  
  D.Johnson P         0  0  0  0 .053     M.Garcia P          4  0  1  0 .263  
  C.Marshall P        0  0  0  0 .000                                          
  J.Bruner P          0  0  0  0 .250                                          
A-B.Sommers PH        1  0  0  0 .277                                          
  C.Schanz P          0  0  0  0 .000                                          
B-S.Lollar PH         1  0  0  0 .258                                          
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         Totals      30  3  6  3                 Totals      34  7 12  7
 
A-Pinch Hit For Bruner In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Schanz In 9th Inning
 
Browns.......... 0 0 1  0 2 0  0 0 0  -  3  6  0
Indians......... 5 0 0  0 1 0  0 1    -  7 12  1
 
Browns (42-65)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Johnson LOSS(3-5)       0       5   5   5   0   0   2  18   6.38
C.Marshall                4       3   1   1   5   2   0  76   5.53
J.Bruner                  2       1   0   0   3   2   0  44   2.12
C.Schanz                  2       3   1   1   1   1   1  28   3.38
Totals                    8      12   7   7   9   5   3
 
Indians (75-38)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
M.Garcia WIN(10-5)        9       6   3   2   3   7   0 139   3.80
Totals                    9       6   3   2   3   7   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 25,255 DATE- Wednesday, August 16th 1950 TIME- Day 
UMPIRES- Art Passarella, Charlie Berry, Jim Boyer, Hank Soar
T- 2:30
LEFT ON BASE- Browns: 6  Indians:12
DOUBLE PLAYS- Browns: 2  Indians: 1
ERRORS- R.Murray
DOUBLES- B.Kennedy(16th)
HOME RUNS- L.Doby-2(13th), A.Rosen(27th)
SACRIFICE HITS- G.Stirnweiss, C.Marshall-2
WALKS- D.Lenhardt, L.Moss, O.Friend, D.Mitchell-3, A.Rosen-2, R.Boone,
       B.Kennedy, R.Murray-2
STRIKE OUTS- G.Stirnweiss, R.Coleman, J.Delsing, L.Moss, O.Friend-3, R.Boone,
             B.Kennedy, M.Garcia-3
GIDP- A.Rosen, R.Boone
2-out RBI- D.Lenhardt-2, D.Mitchell
WEB GEMS- Top 3rd: Mike Garcia robbed Don Lenhardt of a base hit.

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