4/23/1955, Det55-Cle55, Cleveland Municipal Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1955 Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 6 11 0 8 0 1955 Cleveland 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 x 10 13 1 6 1 Detroit AB R H BI AVG Cleveland AB R H BI AVG Kuenn ss 5 1 1 0 .317 Smith rf 4 1 2 0 .429 Hatfield 2b 4 1 2 0 .417 Avila 2b 4 1 2 0 .214 Kaline rf 5 1 2 2 .486 Doby cf 3 0 1 0 .200 Fain 1b 3 1 1 0 .158 Rosen 3b 5 1 1 1 .244 Boone 3b 3 0 1 0 .273 Kiner lf 3 1 1 2 .324 Cristante p 0 0 0 0 .000 Houtteman p 0 0 0 0 .000 Malmberg ph 1 1 1 3 1.000 Mossi p 0 0 0 0 .000 Aber p 0 0 0 0 .000 Narleski p 0 0 0 0 .000 Flowers p 0 0 0 0 .000 Altobelli 1b 4 2 2 1 .222 Phillips,B ph 1 0 0 0 .200 Strickland ss 4 1 1 0 .267 Delsing lf 4 0 1 1 .241 Hegan c 4 2 2 4 .520 Tuttle cf 4 0 1 0 .333 Foiles c 0 0 0 0 .000 Wilson c 4 0 0 0 .286 Garcia p 3 0 0 0 .000 Hoeft p 1 0 0 0 .000 Pope lf 1 1 1 2 .600 Belardi ph 1 0 0 0 .000 35 10 13 10 Phillips,J 3b 2 1 1 0 .333 38 6 11 6 Detroit INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Hoeft L 0-2 5.0 5 3 3 1 2 62 41 2.19 Cristante 2.0 4 4 4 1 0 42 21 18.00 Aber 0.2 4 3 3 0 1 26 18 20.25 Flowers 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 12 8 0.00 8.0 13 10 10 3 3 142 88 Cleveland INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Garcia W 3-0 7.1 5 3 3 2 3 113 66 4.29 Houtteman 0.0 1 1 1 0 0 5 4 3.38 Mossi 1.0 4 2 2 1 0 25 17 9.00 Narleski 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 13 8 0.00 9.0 11 6 6 3 4 156 95 Det: Belardi batted for Hoeft in the 6th Phillips,J inserted at 3b in the 6th Malmberg batted for Cristante in the 8th Phillips,B batted for Flowers in the 9th Cle: Pope inserted at lf in the 8th Foiles inserted at c in the 9th E-Avila. 2B-Smith 2, Kiner. 3B-Malmberg, Hegan. HR-Altobelli(1), Hegan(2), Pope(1). K-Hatfield, Kaline, Delsing 2, Strickland 2, Garcia. BB-Hatfield, Fain 2, Avila, Doby, Kiner. SH-Doby. HBP-Smith. HB-Cristante. GWRBI: Rosen Temperature: 58, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: right to left at 1 MPH, Rain Delays: 21 and 90 minutes. 4/23/1955, Det55-Cle55, Cleveland Municipal Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1955 Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 6 11 0 8 0 1955 Cleveland 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 x 10 13 1 6 1 Detroit -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Kuenn ss 1>8 4>e4.B-2 S 9 9>7 Hatfield 2b 5 k S.1-3 W.1-2 S Kaline rf 5/L 43.2-3 S.3-H;1-3 Houtteman Narleski S.2-H;1-3 k Fain 1b 2>53 53 W.1-2 Mossi S.1-2 W.1-2 Boone 3b 43 5>S 7 Cristante p Malmberg ph note 1 Aber p Flowers p Phillips,B ph 54/f Delsing lf 9 k 7>k S.3-H Tuttle cf 3>5 643/gdp 7 S.1-2 Wilson c 53 6>63 63 43.2-3;1-2 Hoeft p 2/fl Belardi ph 3/g Phillips,J 3b 8>S 53 1: T.3-H;2-H;1-H Cleveland -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Smith rf 1>D 3>43 D 7>HBP 6/L Avila 2b W S/b 4/L 64/f.B-1 S Doby cf note 1 8 6>Cristante S.1-2 Flowers 43 W.1-2 Rosen 3b S.3-H;2-3 64/f 8 7.2-3 64/f Kiner lf note 2 4>13 W 54/f Houtteman p Mossi p Narleski p Altobelli 1b 3 9 S.1-2 8>Aber HR Strickland ss 2>43 k S.2-3;1-2 k Hegan c 63 5>5/fl note 3 T Foiles c Garcia p k 53 6/fl Pope lf HR.3-H 1: 54/SH.2-3;1-2 2: D.3-H;1-H;Bx3(765) 3: HR.3-H;2-H;1-H Detroit IN OUT ER Cleveland IN OUT ER Hoeft A1 C2 3 L 0-2 Garcia A1 D2 3 W 3-0 Cristante C3 D5 4 Houtteman D3 D3 1 Aber D6 E2 3 Mossi D4 E2 2 Flowers E3 E4 0 Narleski E3 E5 0 4/23/1955, Det55-Cle55, Cleveland Municipal Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1955 Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 6 11 0 8 0 1955 Cleveland 3 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 x 10 13 1 6 1 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Detroit batting 0-0 0 --- 10 Kuenn flied out to center (BX) Game delayed by rain for 21 minutes 0-0 1 --- 01 Hatfield popped out to third (CX) 0-0 2 --- 21 Kaline lined out to third (SBBX) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Cleveland batting 0-0 0 --- 01 Smith doubled deep to right (CX) 0-0 0 -2- 32 Avila walked (CBBCBB) 0-0 0 12- 12 Doby sacrifice bunted to third, Smith to third, Avila to second (CSBXb) 0-0 1 -23 10 Rosen reached on an infield single to second, Smith scored, Avila to third (BX) 0-1 1 1-3 12 Kiner lined a double to left center, Avila scored, Rosen scored, Kiner out at third (FBFX) 0-3 2 --- 02 Altobelli popped out to first (SFX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Detroit batting 0-3 0 --- 21 Fain grounded out to third (FBBX) 0-3 1 --- 32 Boone grounded out to second (BBFBCX) 0-3 2 --- 22 Delsing flied out to right (BCSBX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Cleveland batting 0-3 0 --- 11 Strickland grounded out to second (CBX) 0-3 1 --- 21 Hegan grounded out to short (BBFX) 0-3 2 --- 02 Garcia struck out (CCS) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Detroit batting 0-3 0 --- 01 Tuttle popped out to third (CX) 0-3 1 --- 21 Wilson grounded out to third (BFBX) Started raining 0-3 2 --- 21 Hoeft popped out to the catcher (BBCX) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Cleveland batting 0-3 0 --- 31 Smith grounded out to second (BBBCX) Game delayed by rain for 90 minutes 0-3 1 --- 10 Avila bunted for a single (BXb) 0-3 1 1-- 00 Doby lined out to center (X) 0-3 2 1-- 11 Rosen grounded to short, forcing Avila at second (BSX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Detroit batting 0-3 0 --- 10 Kuenn to second on an error by the second baseman Avila (BX) 0-3 0 -2- 22 Hatfield struck out (CBBCS) 0-3 1 -2- 00 Kaline grounded out to second, Kuenn to third (X) 0-3 2 --3 21 Fain grounded out to third (BBSX) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Cleveland batting 0-3 0 --- 22 Kiner grounded out to the mound (FBBFX) 0-3 1 --- 01 Altobelli flied out to right (CX) 0-3 2 --- 12 Strickland struck out (FFBS) Started raining ************** Top of the 5th inning, Detroit batting 0-3 0 --- 32 Boone grounded a single between third and short (FBBFBFX) 0-3 0 1-- 02 Delsing struck out (FFS) 0-3 1 1-- 22 Tuttle grounded into a double play, Strickland to Avila to Altobelli (FBCBX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Cleveland batting 0-3 0 --- 11 Hegan popped out to third (CBX) 0-3 1 --- 21 Garcia grounded out to third (BBFX) 0-3 2 --- 00 Smith lined a double to right center (X) 0-3 2 -2- 00 Avila lined out to second (X) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Detroit batting 0-3 0 --- 11 Wilson grounded out to short (BFX) Belardi pinch hitting for Hoeft 0-3 1 --- 21 Belardi grounded out to first (SBBX) 0-3 2 --- 20 Kuenn reached on an infield single to first (BBX) 0-3 2 1-- 22 Hatfield grounded a single between first and second, Kuenn to third (BCFFFBX) 0-3 2 1-3 12 Kaline singled to right center, Kuenn scored, Hatfield to third (CCB1X) 1-3 2 1-3 30 Fain walked, Kaline to second (BBBB) 1-3 2 123 02 Boone flied out to left (FFX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Cleveland batting Phillips,J now playing third base Cristante now pitching 1-3 0 --- 10 Doby grounded out to second (BX) 1-3 1 --- 10 Rosen lined out to center (BX) 1-3 2 --- 30 Kiner walked (BBBB) 1-3 2 1-- 21 Altobelli reached on an infield single to short, Kiner to second (BBFX) 1-3 2 12- 20 Strickland lined a single to shallow center, Kiner to third, Altobelli to second (BBX) 1-3 2 123 32 Hegan homered deep down the left-field line, Kiner scored, Altobelli scored, Strickland scored (BBBCF>F>X) 1-7 2 --- 11 Garcia popped out to short (BCX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Detroit batting 1-7 0 --- 32 Delsing struck out (SFBBBS) 1-7 1 --- 02 Tuttle flied out to left (CFX) 1-7 2 --- 22 Wilson grounded out to short (BCCFBX) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Cleveland batting 1-7 0 --- 12 Smith was hit by a pitch (FBCFFH) 1-7 0 1-- 21 Avila grounded to short, forcing Smith at second, Avila to first (CBBX) 1-7 1 1-- 10 Doby grounded a single up the middle, Avila to second (BX) 1-7 1 12- 11 Rosen flied out to left, Avila to third (SBX) 1-7 2 1-3 10 Kiner grounded to third, forcing Doby at second (BX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Detroit batting 1-7 0 --- 01 Phillips,J lined a single to left (CX) 1-7 0 1-- 21 Kuenn flied out to right (BBSX) 1-7 1 1-- 30 Hatfield walked, Phillips,J to second (BBBB) Pope now playing left field Houtteman now pitching 1-7 1 12- 12 Kaline lined a single to right center, Phillips,J scored, Hatfield to third (BFFFX) Mossi now pitching 2-7 1 1-3 31 Fain walked, Kaline to second (BBBCB) Malmberg pinch hitting for Cristante 2-7 1 123 32 Malmberg tripled deep to right center, Hatfield scored, Kaline scored, Fain scored (CBBBSFX) 5-7 1 --3 11 Delsing reached on an infield single to short, Malmberg scored (BCX) 6-7 1 1-- 01 Tuttle reached on an infield single to second, Delsing to second (CX) 6-7 1 12- 00 Wilson grounded out to second, Delsing to third, Tuttle to second (>X) 6-7 2 -23 02 Phillips,J grounded out to third (SSX) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Cleveland batting Aber now pitching 6-7 0 --- 00 Altobelli homered deep to right (X) 6-8 0 --- 32 Strickland struck out (BBBCFFFFS) 6-8 1 --- 22 Hegan grounded a triple down the first base line (CFBBX) 6-8 1 --3 02 Pope homered deep to right, Hegan scored (CCX) 6-10 1 --- 22 Smith lined out to short (BCBFX) 6-10 2 --- 11 Avila reached on an infield single to third (CBX) Flowers now pitching 6-10 2 1-- 32 Doby walked, Avila to second (SCBFBB>F>B) 6-10 2 12- 02 Rosen grounded to short, forcing Doby at second (FCFX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Detroit batting Foiles now playing catcher 6-10 0 --- 01 Kuenn flied out to left (CX) 6-10 1 --- 01 Hatfield reached on an infield single to third (CX) Narleski now pitching 6-10 1 1-- 32 Kaline struck out (BBCBFS) 6-10 2 1-- 12 Fain grounded a single between first and second, Hatfield to second (FBFX) Phillips,B pinch hitting for Flowers 6-10 2 12- 11 Phillips,B grounded to third, forcing Fain at second (BFX)