Cleveland Indians vs Detroit Tigers
May 17, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 17, 1964 at Tiger Stadium. The Detroit Tigers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 1, Detroit Tigers 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Howser ss 4 0 1 0
Brown 2b 4 0 0 0
Wagner lf 4 0 2 0
Alvis 3b 4 0 1 0
Whitfield 1b 4 0 0 0
Azcue c 3 0 1 0
Francona rf 3 0 1 0
Held cf 3 0 0 0
Grant p 2 1 1 1
  Bell p 0 0 0 0
  Davalillo ph 1 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 1
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 4 0 2 1
McAuliffe ss 3 2 1 1
Brown lf 4 1 2 1
Cash 1b 4 0 2 1
Lumpe 2b 4 0 0 0
Demeter rf 3 0 0 0
Wert 3b 3 0 0 0
Roarke c 3 0 0 0
Lolich p 2 1 0 0
Totals 30 4 7 4
Cleveland 000 001 000170
Detroit 000 201 10x470
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Grant  L (2-3) 6.0 6 3 3 1 4
  Bell   1.0 1 1 1 1 0
  Abernathy   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
7
4
4
2
4
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Lolich  W (4-1) 9.0 7 1 1 0 6
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
0
6

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1, Detroit 2.  3B–Detroit Brown (1,off Grant); Bruton (2,off Bell).  HR–Cleveland Grant (2,6th inning off Lolich 0 on, 2 out), Detroit McAuliffe (3,6th inning off Grant 0 on, 0 out).  Team LOB–4.  Team–4.  WP–Grant (4).  U-HP–Al Smith, 1B–Bill Kinnamon, 2B–Jim Honochick, 3B–Ed Runge.  T–1:51.  A–22,260.
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