Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
September 21, 1958 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 21, 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 3, Detroit Tigers 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Avila 2b 4 0 1 0
Geiger rf 2 1 0 0
Vernon 1b 3 0 1 0
Power 3b 4 1 0 0
Minoso lf 3 1 1 3
  Bell p 0 0 0 0
Doby cf 4 0 1 0
Nixon c 3 0 0 0
Moran ss 3 0 0 0
Narleski p 2 0 0 0
  Grant p 1 0 0 0
  Held lf 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 4 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Kuenn cf 5 0 2 0
Veal ss 4 0 1 0
Kaline rf 4 0 1 0
Harris 1b 4 0 1 0
Maxwell lf 2 1 0 0
Bolling 2b 4 0 2 0
Bertoia 3b 1 0 0 0
  Francona ph 1 0 1 1
  Martin 3b 1 0 0 0
Lau c 3 0 0 0
Bunning p 1 0 0 0
  Hazle ph 1 0 0 0
  Cicotte p 0 0 0 0
  Zernial ph 1 0 0 0
  Moford p 0 0 0 0
  Osborne ph 1 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 8 1
Cleveland 300 000 000340
Detroit 000 001 000182
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Narleski  W (13-10) 5.1 8 1 1 3 6
  Grant   1.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Bell  SV (1) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
4
8
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bunning  L (13-11) 5.0 4 3 0 3 3
  Cicotte   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
  Moford   3.0 0 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
4
3
0
4
6

  E–Bertoia 2 (13).  DP–Cleveland 2. Avila-Moran-Vernon, Power-Vernon, Detroit 1. Veal-F. Bolling-Harris.  2B–Cleveland Avila (21,off Bunning), Detroit Francona (8,off Narleski).  HR–Cleveland Minoso (23,1st inning off Bunning 2 on 2 out).  HBP–Minoso (13,by Bunning); Vernon (2,by Moford)..  IBB–Nixon (4,by Bunning).  Team LOB–5.  Team–9.  CS–Doby (3,3rd base by Bunning/Lau); Vernon (4,2nd base by Moford/Lau).  U-HP–Frank Umont, 1B–Red Flaherty, 2B–Bill McKinley, 3B–Charlie Berry.  T–2:33.  A–11,628.
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