Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
April 20, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 20, 1958 at Briggs Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Cleveland Indians 4, Detroit Tigers 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Carrasquel ss 5 0 1 0
Avila 3b 3 0 0 0
  Ward ph 1 0 0 0
  Harrell 3b 0 0 0 0
Minoso lf 3 1 1 1
Maris rf 4 1 1 1
Nixon c 0 0 0 0
  Brown c 3 1 1 1
Colavito 1b 2 1 2 1
  Hardy pr 0 0 0 0
  Vernon 1b 0 0 0 0
Geiger cf 4 0 0 0
Moran 2b 4 0 1 0
Narleski p 3 0 0 0
  Score p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 7 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bolling 2b 4 0 0 0
Martin ss 4 0 0 0
Kuenn cf 3 1 0 0
Kaline rf 3 0 1 0
Boone 1b 4 1 1 2
Maxwell lf 4 0 1 0
Bertoia 3b 3 0 2 0
  Harris ph 1 0 1 0
  Hoeft pr 0 0 0 0
Thompson c 1 0 0 0
  Groth pr 0 0 0 0
Bunning p 3 0 0 0
  Spencer p 0 0 0 0
  Taylor ph 0 0 0 0
  Zernial ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilson pr 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Cleveland 010 100 011471
Detroit 000 002 000260
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Narleski  W (1-1) 8.1 6 2 2 6 4
  Score  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
6
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  L (1-1) 8.0 6 4 4 4 1
  Spencer   1.0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
4
2

  E–Maris (1).  DP–Cleveland 2. Avila-Moran-Colavito, Carrasquel-Moran-Colavito.  HR–Cleveland Maris (2,2nd inning off Bunning 0 on 0 out); Colavito (1,4th inning off Bunning 0 on 1 out); Minoso (1,8th inning off Bunning 0 on 2 out); Brown (1,9th inning off Bunning 0 on 0 out), Detroit Boone (2,6th inning off Narleski 1 on 1 out).  HBP–Brown (1,by Bunning).  Team LOB–6.  Team–8.  CS–Colavito (1,2nd base by Bunning/Thompson).  U-HP–Bill McKinley, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Nestor Chylak, 3B–Charlie Berry.  T–2:38.  A–19,063.
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