Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
August 21, 1960 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1960 at Briggs 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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Cleveland Indians 4, Detroit Tigers 6

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Temple 2b 4 1 1 0
Aspromonte 3b 5 0 4 1
Kuenn rf 5 0 3 0
Francona 1b 3 0 0 0
Piersall cf 4 1 2 0
  Phillips cf 1 0 0 0
Keough lf 5 0 1 0
Romano c 4 1 1 1
de la Hoz ss 3 1 1 1
Bell p 2 0 0 0
  Newcombe p 0 0 0 0
  Klippstein p 0 0 0 0
  Wilson ph 1 0 1 0
Totals 37 4 14 3
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Yost 3b 5 2 2 2
  Virgil pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Fernandez ss 4 0 0 0
Cash 1b 4 1 1 0
Maxwell lf 4 1 3 4
Kaline cf 4 0 2 0
Colavito rf 3 0 0 0
Bolling 2b 4 1 3 0
Chiti c 3 0 0 0
  Chrisley ph 1 1 1 0
  Foiles c 0 0 0 0
Lary p 2 0 0 0
  Sisler p 0 0 0 0
  Regan p 0 0 0 0
  Burnside p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 12 6
Cleveland 011 110 0004142
Detroit 100 210 02x6123
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Bell   4.0 6 4 3 2 3
  Newcombe  L (1-2) 3.1 5 2 2 2 2
  Klippstein   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
12
6
5
4
5
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lary   5.0 10 4 3 3 2
  Sisler   2.0 1 0 0 2 0
  Regan   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Burnside  W (7-7) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
14
4
3
6
2

  E–Aspromonte (17), Francona (3), Fernandez (26), Colavito (4), Lary (3).  DP–Cleveland 1, Detroit 2.  PB–Romano (4).  2B–Detroit Yost (16,off Bell); Cash (13,off Bell); Maxwell (11,off Newcombe).  3B–Cleveland Piersall (4,off Sisler).  HR–Cleveland Romano (12,2nd inning off Lary 0 on, 1 out), Detroit Maxwell (19,4th inning off Bell 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Bell (8,off Lary); Francona (3,off Burnside); Burnside (5,off Newcombe).  SF–de la Hoz (4,off Lary).  IBB–Francona (7,by Lary).  Team LOB–15.  Team–9.  IBB–Lary (3,Francona).  U-HP–Cal Drummond, 1B–Charlie Berry, 2B–Larry Napp, 3B–Frank Umont.  T–3:15.  A–28,891.
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