Detroit Tigers vs Cleveland Indians
May 24, 1964 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 24, 1964 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 7, Cleveland Indians 5

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
Bruton cf 5 0 0 0
Brown lf 4 1 1 0
  Thomas lf 0 0 0 0
Kaline rf 5 3 3 2
Cash 1b 3 1 1 0
Freehan c 4 1 0 1
Lumpe 2b 4 0 1 2
McAuliffe ss 4 0 0 0
Wert 3b 3 1 2 1
Wickersham p 3 0 0 0
  Sherry p 1 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 8 6
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Howser ss 4 0 1 0
Brown 2b 5 0 1 1
Wagner lf 4 0 0 0
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Alvis 3b 4 0 1 0
Chance rf 3 1 1 0
  Smith pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Whitfield 1b 4 2 2 1
Romano c 3 0 0 0
Held cf 2 0 0 0
  Kelley p 0 0 0 0
  Francona ph,lf 2 1 1 1
Ramos p 1 1 1 1
  McMahon p 0 0 0 0
  Luplow ph,cf 3 0 1 1
Totals 35 5 9 5
Detroit 200 221 000780
Cleveland 011 000 300591
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Wickersham  W (6-3) 6.1 7 5 5 1 7
  Sherry  SV (5) 2.2 2 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
3
8
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Ramos  L (1-3) 4.2 6 6 5 3 4
  McMahon   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Kelley   2.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Abernathy   2.0 1 0 0 2 2
Totals
9.0
8
7
6
5
7

  E–Brown (2).  DP–Detroit 1.  PB–Romano (3).  2B–Detroit Cash (3,off Ramos).  HR–Detroit Kaline (3,1st inning off Ramos 1 on, 1 out); Wert (2,6th inning off Kelley 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Whitfield (3,2nd inning off Wickersham 0 on, 2 out); Ramos (1,3rd inning off Wickersham 0 on, 0 out).  IBB–Wert (2,by Ramos).  Team LOB–7.  Team–6.  SB–Freehan (3,2nd base off Ramos/Romano); Brown (1,2nd base off Abernathy/Romano).  IBB–Ramos (1,Wert).  U-HP–Larry Napp, 1B–John Rice, 2B–Bob Stewart, 3B–Johnny Stevens.  T–2:50.  A–12,981.
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