Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
April 15, 1954 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 15, 1954 at Cleveland Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 3, Cleveland Indians 2

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bolling 2b 4 1 2 0
Delsing lf 3 1 3 1
Kuenn ss 3 0 1 0
Boone 3b 3 0 0 0
Dropo 1b 3 1 1 1
Kaline rf 4 0 1 0
Tuttle cf 4 0 1 0
Lakeman c 2 0 0 0
  Pesky ph 1 0 0 0
  Batts c 1 0 0 1
Gray p 2 0 0 0
  Kress ph 1 0 0 0
  Branca p 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 9 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Avila 2b 3 1 0 0
Philley rf 3 0 0 0
Glynn 1b 4 0 2 0
Rosen 3b 3 1 2 2
Doby cf 2 0 0 0
Westlake lf 3 0 1 0
  Mitchell ph 1 0 0 0
  Kennedy lf 0 0 0 0
Strickland ss 3 0 1 0
Hegan c 2 0 0 0
  Easter ph 1 0 1 0
  Smith pr 0 0 0 0
Garcia p 2 0 0 0
  Nelson ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 28 2 7 2
Detroit 000 100 011390
Cleveland 100 001 000270
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Gray   7.0 4 2 2 5 1
  Branca  W(1-0) 2.0 3 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
6
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Garcia  L(0-1) 9.0 9 3 3 3 4
Totals
9.0
9
3
3
3
4

  E–None.  DP–Detroit 3. Kuenn-Dropo, Boone-Bolling-Dropo, Kuenn-Bolling-Dropo, Cleveland 1. Strickland-Avila-Glynn.  2B–Detroit Delsing (2,off Garcia), Cleveland Strickland (1,off Gray); Rosen (1,off Branca).  HR–Cleveland Rosen (1,6th inning off Gray 0 on 1 out).  SH–Kuenn (1,off Garcia); Garcia (1,off Gray).  Team LOB–6.  SF–Rosen (1,off Gray).  HBP–Doby (1,by Gray).  Team–8.  SB–Bolling (1,2nd base off Garcia/Hegan).  CS–Bolling (1,2nd base by Garcia/Hegan).  U-HP–Eddie Hurley, 1B–Frank Umont, 2B–Bill Grieve, 3B–Charlie Berry.  T–2:22.  A–40,421.
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