Easter Slams Tribe Past Browns 10-7

Luke Easter recorded 4 RBI with one swing when he ripped a grand slam as the Cleveland Indians bested the reeling St. Louis Browns 10 to 7 at Municipal Stadium. The Cleveland fans enjoyed the offense provided by Easter. He delivered a base-hit which brought home a run in the 5th inning and emptied the bases with a Grand Slam homerun in the 7th inning. Cleveland managed 15 hits in their victory. Marino Pieretti(2-1) was the winner allowing 1 run in 3 innings. Cuddles Marshall(1-5) was the loser in relief. He was touched for 8 hits and 2 walks in 2 innings.

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BOXSCORE: 1950 St. Louis Browns At 1950 Cleveland Indians           8/17/1950
 
  Browns             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.Lenhardt 1B       5  0  0  0 .326     D.Mitchell LF       5  2  2  0 .322  
  G.Stirnweiss 2B     5  2  2  0 .251     B.Avila 2B          4  2  1  0 .325  
  S.Lollar C          4  1  2  3 .261     T.Tucker CF         2  2  1  0 .286  
  J.Delsing CF        5  1  5  1 .210   B-L.Doby PH,CF        1  1  1  2 .332  
  K.Wood RF           4  1  1  1 .251     L.Easter 1B         5  1  2  5 .292  
  O.Friend 3B         5  0  1  0 .226     A.Rosen 3B          4  0  0  0 .274  
  D.Kokos LF          4  0  1  0 .252     R.Boone SS          5  1  3  0 .300  
  T.Upton SS          5  1  1  0 .257     B.Kennedy RF        5  1  3  0 .325  
  D.Starr P           3  1  2  1 .160     R.Murray C          4  0  1  1 .203  
  C.Marshall P        0  0  0  0 .000     B.Feller P          2  0  0  0 .195  
C-B.Sommers PH        1  0  1  0 .283   A-L.Boudreau PH       1  0  0  0 .297  
                                          M.Pieretti P        1  0  1  1 .500  
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         Totals      41  7 16  6                 Totals      39 10 15  9
 
A-Pinch Hit For Feller In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Tucker In 8th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Marshall In 9th Inning
 
Browns.......... 0 2 2  0 0 2  0 1 0  -  7 16  3
Indians......... 0 0 0  0 2 0  6 2    - 10 15  1
 
Browns (42-66)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
D.Starr                   6       7   4   3   3   1   0 108   6.33
C.Marshall L(1-5) BS(4th) 2       8   6   6   2   0   2  60   6.50
Totals                    8      15  10   9   5   1   2
 
Indians (76-38)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
B.Feller                  6      12   6   4   3   2   1 135   3.38
M.Pieretti WIN(2-1)       3       4   1   1   1   1   0  50   3.09
Totals                    9      16   7   5   4   3   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 40,053 DATE- Thursday, August 17th 1950 TIME- Night 
T- 2:24
LEFT ON BASE- Browns:12  Indians:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Browns: 2  Indians: 2
ERRORS- D.Lenhardt, G.Stirnweiss-2, R.Murray
DOUBLES- G.Stirnweiss(15th), K.Wood(14th), T.Tucker(1st)
HOME RUNS- S.Lollar(9th), L.Doby(14th), L.Easter(22nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Starr
WALKS- D.Lenhardt, S.Lollar, K.Wood, D.Kokos, B.Avila, T.Tucker-2, A.Rosen,
       R.Murray
STRIKE OUTS- G.Stirnweiss-2, D.Starr, B.Feller
GIDP- K.Wood, D.Kokos, D.Mitchell, L.Boudreau
2-out RBI- D.Starr, L.Easter, S.Lollar, J.Delsing

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Roberts Ends Phils Skid in Cincinnati 15-8

Andy Seminick hit a grand slam as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Cincinnati Reds by the score of 15 to 8 at Crosley Field. Robin Roberts(13-11) contributed a pedestrian performance to earn the win. He went 8 innings and surrended up 12 hits and 5 walks. Philadelphia provided plenty of action in the 4th inning which saw them plate 6 runs on 5 hits and the 9th inning which saw them score 5 runs on 6 hits. Philadelphia out-hit Cincinnati for the game, 18 hits to 12. Ken Raffensberger(9-16) took the loss. Philadelphia scored big getting 5 runs off him in 3 and 1/3 innings.

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BOXSCORE: 1950 Philadelphia Phillies At 1950 Cincinnati Reds        8/22/1950
 
  Phillies           AB  R  H RBI AVG     Reds               AB  R  H RBI AVG
  E.Waitkus 1B        6  2  4  2 .258     L.Merriman CF       5  0  1  0 .209  
  R.Ashburn CF        5  3  2  2 .301     G.Hatton 3B         4  2  3  1 .273  
  W.Jones 3B          6  0  1  0 .285     J.Wyrostek RF       4  2  1  1 .308  
  D.Ennis RF          5  2  4  2 .336     T.Kluszewski 1B     4  1  2  2 .323  
  D.Sisler LF         5  2  2  3 .298   B-B.Adams PR          0  0  0  0 .226  
  G.Hamner SS         6  2  1  0 .260   C-B.Usher 1B          0  0  0  0 .264  
  A.Seminick C        5  1  2  4 .267     J.Adcock LF         5  0  1  2 .294  
  M.Goliat 2B         4  2  1  0 .237     J.Pramesa C         5  1  3  1 .386  
  R.Roberts P         3  0  0  0 .101     C.Ryan 2B           5  0  1  1 .253  
D-S.Lopata PH         1  1  1  1 .261     V.Stallcup SS       4  1  0  0 .234  
  K.Johnson P         0  0  0  0 .200     K.Raffensberger P   1  0  0  0 .108  
                                          J.Hetki P           1  0  0  0 .000  
                                        A-D.Litwhiler PH      0  1  0  0 .317  
                                          H.Perkowski P       1  0  0  0 .000  
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         Totals      46 15 18 14                 Totals      39  8 12  8
 
A-Pinch Hit For Hetki In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Ran For Kluszewski In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Adams In 9th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Roberts In 9th Inning
 
Phillies........ 0 0 0  6 2 2  0 0 5  - 15 18  1
Reds............ 0 0 3  0 0 4  1 0 0  -  8 12  3
 
Phillies (62-54)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
R.Roberts WIN(13-11)      8      12   8   4   5   1   0 142   3.50
K.Johnson                 1       0   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.76
Totals                    9      12   8   4   5   1   0
 
Reds (42-70)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA
K.Raffensber LOSS(9-16)   3 1/3   5   5   4   0   3   1  66   4.78
J.Hetki                   2 2/3   6   5   5   3   0   1  67   4.54
H.Perkowski               3       7   5   4   1   3   0  73   5.52
Totals                    9      18  15  12   4   6   2
 
ATTENDANCE- 8,137 DATE- Tuesday, August 22nd 1950 TIME- Night 
T- 2:42
LEFT ON BASE- Phillies: 9  Reds: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Phillies: 1  Reds: 0
ERRORS- D.Sisler, T.Kluszewski, J.Adcock, C.Ryan
DOUBLES- E.Waitkus(20th), R.Ashburn(17th), D.Ennis(28th), T.Kluszewski(36th)
TRIPLES- J.Pramesa-2(3rd)
HOME RUNS- D.Sisler(7th), A.Seminick(17th)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.Roberts
WALKS- R.Ashburn, D.Ennis, D.Sisler, M.Goliat, G.Hatton, J.Wyrostek,
       T.Kluszewski, V.Stallcup, D.Litwhiler
STRIKE OUTS- R.Ashburn, W.Jones, G.Hamner, A.Seminick, M.Goliat, R.Roberts,
             K.Raffensberger
2-out RBI- E.Waitkus, D.Ennis-2, G.Hatton, J.Wyrostek, T.Kluszewski-2

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