5/1/1959, RAL59-MAS59, Cleveland Municipal Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1959 Tarheels 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 8 8 1 7 0 1959 Tigers 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 9 13 4 8 2 Tarheels AB R H BI AVG Tigers AB R H BI AVG Strickland ss 4 2 1 0 .202 Blasingame 2b 5 0 1 0 .133 Freese 2b 3 1 0 1 .287 Kuenn cf 5 1 1 0 .343 Held cf 5 0 0 0 .179 Crowe 1b 3 0 0 0 .125 White B lf 5 1 2 0 .376 Power ph 2 2 2 1 .176 Killebrew 3b 4 0 0 1 .237 Covington lf 3 1 1 0 .345 Long 1b 5 1 2 3 .237 Nieman ph 1 1 0 0 .321 Lonnett c 2 0 0 0 .000 Maye rf 3 2 2 1 .444 Herzog ph 1 0 0 0 .360 Kaline ph 2 1 1 1 .245 Porter c 1 0 0 0 .000 Lopez 3b 5 1 2 3 .248 Busby rf 4 1 2 0 .309 Logan ss 4 0 1 1 .213 Griggs p 0 0 0 0 .000 Ginsberg c 2 0 1 0 .200 Dickson p 0 0 0 0 .000 Smith Hal R. ph 1 0 1 1 .266 Romonosky p 0 0 0 0 .000 Buhl p 1 0 0 1 .000 Purkey p 1 0 0 0 .182 Green P ph 0 0 0 0 .231 McCovey ph 1 1 1 0 .333 Miller S p 0 0 0 0 .000 Phillips B rf 0 1 0 0 .400 Fernandez ph 1 0 0 0 .000 36 8 8 5 Lown p 0 0 0 0 .000 38 9 13 9 Tarheels INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Purkey 7.0 7 4 4 1 1 98 66 4.82 Griggs BS 1 0.1 4 3 2 0 0 16 12 2.76 Dickson L 2-2 0.2 2 2 2 1 0 11 6 5.30 Romonosky 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 8.53 8.1 13 9 8 2 1 131 87 Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA Buhl 7.0 4 2 2 1 6 91 58 4.47 Miller S BS 1 1.0 3 5 4 3 2 42 24 6.43 Lown W 3-1 1.0 1 1 0 1 0 24 15 3.18 9.0 8 8 6 5 8 157 97 RAL: Herzog batted for Lonnett in the 7th Porter inserted at c in the 7th McCovey batted for Purkey in the 8th Phillips B inserted at rf in the 8th MAS: Green P batted for Buhl in the 7th Power batted for Crowe in the 8th Nieman batted for Covington in the 8th Kaline batted for Maye in the 8th Smith Hal R. batted for Ginsberg in the 8th Fernandez batted for Miller S in the 8th Power moved to 1b in the 9th Nieman moved to lf in the 9th Kaline moved to rf in the 9th Smith Hal R. moved to c in the 9th E-Strickland, Blasingame 3, Lopez. 2B-Strickland(4), Blasingame(3), Lopez(7), Power(3). HR-Long(4), Maye(1). RBI-Freese(15), Killebrew(26), Long 3(18), Maye(2), Lopez 3(19), Logan(8), Buhl(1), Power(10), Kaline(13), Smith Hal R.(7). K-Strickland, Held 3, White B, Lonnett, Busby, Herzog, Covington. BB-Strickland, Freese 2, Killebrew, Phillips B, Ginsberg, Nieman. SH-Purkey, Green P. SF-Buhl. WP-Buhl. GWRBI: Lopez Temperature: 71, Sky: clear, Wind: left to right at 7 MPH. 5/1/1959, RAL59-MAS59, Cleveland Municipal Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1959 Tarheels 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 8 8 1 7 0 1959 Tigers 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 9 13 4 8 2 Tarheels -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Strickland ss 1>k 53 6>D W.2-3;1-2 e4.1-2;B-1 Freese 2b 53 4>W 9.2-3 note 1 note 2 Held cf k 4 wp.3-H k e4.3-H;B-1 k White B lf 2>k S.1-2 43 note 3 S.1-2 Killebrew 3b 8 643/gdp 7>43 note 4 note 5 Long 1b 3/g 5>HR 31 note 6 7 Lonnett c 3>7 k Herzog ph k Porter c 53.2-3;1-2 Busby rf S 43 8>Miller S k S Griggs p Dickson p Romonosky p Purkey p 23/SH.1-2 63 McCovey ph S.1-2 Phillips B rf 9>Lown W 1: W.3-H;2-3;1-2 2: 543/gdp.2-3 3: e5.3-H;2-3;1-2;B-1 4: W.3-H;2-3;1-2 5: e4.2-3;1-2;B-1 6: S.3-H;2-H;1-2 Tigers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------ Blasingame 2b 1>63 7 D 43.2-3 7 Kuenn cf 7 3>43 63 43 9>S Crowe 1b 9 43 63 8>Griggs Power ph S D.1-H Covington lf 2>S 13 6>k Nieman ph e6.1-2;B-1 IW Maye rf S.1-2 4>9 HR Kaline ph S.2-H;1-2 Romonosky 8.2-3 Lopez 3b D.2-H;1-3 8 63 S.2-H;1-2 note 1 Logan ss note 2 S 53 note 3 Ginsberg c W 13 7>S Smith Hal R. ph S.3-H;1-2 Buhl p 8/SF.3-H 5>4 Green P ph 13/SH.1-2 Miller S p Fernandez ph Dickson note 4 Lown p 1: FC.3-H;1-2;B-1 2: 3/g.3-H;2-3 3: 46/f.2-3;B-1 4: 46/f.2-3;B-1 Tarheels IN OUT ER Tigers IN OUT ER Purkey A1 D2 4 Buhl A1 C7 2 Griggs D3 D8 2 BS 1 Miller S C8 D8 4 BS 1 Dickson D9 E4 2 L 2-2 Lown D9 E6 0 W 3-1 Romonosky E5 E6 0 5/1/1959, RAL59-MAS59, Cleveland Municipal Stadium 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP 1959 Tarheels 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 1 8 8 1 7 0 1959 Tigers 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 9 13 4 8 2 Score O Rnr BS Event ----- - --- -- ----- ************** Top of the 1st inning, Tarheels batting 0-0 0 --- 12 Strickland struck out (CBFS) 0-0 1 --- 31 Freese grounded out to third (BBCBX) 0-0 2 --- 12 Held struck out (BCCS) ************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Tigers batting 0-0 0 --- 11 Blasingame grounded out to short (BFX) 0-0 1 --- 00 Kuenn flied out to left (X) 0-0 2 --- 01 Crowe flied out to right (CX) ************** Top of the 2nd inning, Tarheels batting 0-0 0 --- 22 White B struck out (FBSBS) 0-0 1 --- 12 Killebrew lined out to center (BSFX) 0-0 2 --- 20 Long grounded out to first (BBX) ************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Tigers batting 0-0 0 --- 00 Covington grounded a single up the middle (X) 0-0 0 1-- 01 Maye lined a single to center, Covington to second (FX) 0-0 0 12- 31 Lopez lined a double down the left field line, Covington scored, Maye to third (BCBBX) 0-1 0 -23 22 Logan grounded out to first, Maye scored, Lopez to third (CCBFBFX) 0-2 1 --3 30 Ginsberg walked (BBBB) 0-2 1 1-3 01 Buhl lined out to center, Lopez scored (CX) 0-3 2 1-- 32 Blasingame flied out to left (BCBFFFB>X) ************** Top of the 3rd inning, Tarheels batting 0-3 0 --- 31 Lonnett flied out to left (BBBCX) 0-3 1 --- 12 Busby lined a single down the left field line (BCCX) 0-3 1 1-- 01 Purkey sacrifice bunted to the catcher, Busby to second (SbXb) 0-3 2 -2- 00 Strickland grounded out to third (X) ************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Tigers batting 0-3 0 --- 00 Kuenn grounded out to second (X) 0-3 1 --- 00 Crowe grounded out to second (X) 0-3 2 --- 32 Covington grounded out to the mound (CBBFFFFFBX) ************** Top of the 4th inning, Tarheels batting 0-3 0 --- 31 Freese walked (BSBBB) 0-3 0 1-- 01 Held popped out to second (FX) 0-3 1 1-- 11 White B reached on an infield single to second, Freese to second (BCX) 0-3 1 12- 00 Killebrew grounded into a double play, Logan to Blasingame to Crowe (X) ************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Tigers batting 0-3 0 --- 32 Maye flied out to right (BSFBBX) 0-3 1 --- 10 Lopez flied out to center (BX) 0-3 2 --- 21 Logan reached on an infield single to the pitcher (CBBX) 0-3 2 1-- 10 Ginsberg grounded out to the mound (BX) ************** Top of the 5th inning, Tarheels batting 0-3 0 --- 12 Long homered deep to right center (CBFX) 1-3 0 --- 32 Lonnett struck out (CSBFBBS) 1-3 1 --- 21 Busby grounded out to second (BBFX) 1-3 2 --- 01 Purkey grounded out to short (CX) ************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Tigers batting 1-3 0 --- 02 Buhl popped out to second (CCX) 1-3 1 --- 22 Blasingame lined a double to right center (BCFBX) 1-3 1 -2- 11 Kuenn grounded out to short (BFX) 1-3 2 -2- 11 Crowe grounded out to short (BFX) ************** Top of the 6th inning, Tarheels batting 1-3 0 --- 00 Strickland lined a double to left center (X) 1-3 0 -2- 22 Freese flied out to right, Strickland to third (FBSFBX) 1-3 1 --3 00 Buhl threw a wild pitch, Strickland scored (B) 2-3 1 --- 22 Held struck out (B.CBFS) 2-3 2 --- 12 White B grounded out to second (CBFX) ************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Tigers batting 2-3 0 --- 12 Covington struck out (CBFS) 2-3 1 --- 01 Maye homered deep to left center (FX) 2-4 1 --- 02 Lopez grounded out to short (CFFFX) 2-4 2 --- 10 Logan grounded out to third (BX) ************** Top of the 7th inning, Tarheels batting 2-4 0 --- 12 Killebrew grounded out to second (BSFX) 2-4 1 --- 20 Long grounded out to first (BBX) Herzog pinch hitting for Lonnett 2-4 2 --- 02 Herzog struck out (CCS) ************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Tigers batting Porter now playing catcher 2-4 0 --- 10 Ginsberg grounded a single between third and short (BX) Green P pinch hitting for Buhl 2-4 0 1-- 11 Green P sacrifice bunted to the mound, Ginsberg to second (FbBb1Xb) 2-4 1 -2- 02 Blasingame grounded out to second, Ginsberg to third (CCX) 2-4 2 --3 10 Kuenn grounded out to second (BX) ************** Top of the 8th inning, Tarheels batting Miller S now pitching 2-4 0 --- 02 Busby lined a single to right (CFX) McCovey pinch hitting for Purkey 2-4 0 1-- 11 McCovey grounded a single up the middle, Busby to second (BFX) 2-4 0 12- 32 Strickland walked, Busby to third, McCovey to second (CBBSBB) 2-4 0 123 32 Freese walked, Busby scored, McCovey to third, Strickland to second (CBCFFBFFBB) 3-4 0 123 12 Held struck out (FCBS) 3-4 1 123 00 McCovey scored, Strickland to third, Freese to second, White B to first on an error by the third baseman Lopez (X) 4-4 1 123 31 Killebrew walked, Strickland scored, Freese to third, White B to second (CBBBB) 5-4 1 123 21 Long grounded a single between third and short, Freese scored, White B scored, Killebrew to second (FBBX) 7-4 1 12- 10 Porter grounded out to third, Killebrew to third, Long to second (BX) 7-4 2 -23 12 Busby struck out (BCFS) ************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Tigers batting Phillips B now playing right field Griggs now pitching Power pinch hitting for Crowe 7-4 0 --- 00 Power grounded a single up the middle (X) Nieman pinch hitting for Covington 7-4 0 1-- 10 Power to second, Nieman to first on an error by the shortstop Strickland (BX) Kaline pinch hitting for Maye 7-4 0 12- 01 Kaline grounded a single up the middle, Power scored, Nieman to second (CX) 7-5 0 12- 11 Lopez lined a single to shallow center, Nieman scored, Kaline to second (BSX) 7-6 0 12- 21 Logan grounded to second, forcing Lopez at second, Kaline to third, Logan to first (BCBX) Smith Hal R. pinch hitting for Ginsberg 7-6 1 1-3 02 Smith Hal R. reached on an infield single to second, Kaline scored, Logan to second (FFFX) Fernandez pinch hitting for Miller S Dickson now pitching 7-7 1 12- 01 Fernandez grounded to second, forcing Smith Hal R. at second, Logan to third, Fernandez to first (SX) 7-7 2 1-3 10 Blasingame flied out to left (BX) ************** Top of the 9th inning, Tarheels batting Power moved to first base Nieman moved to left field Kaline moved to right field Smith Hal R. moved to catcher Lown now pitching 7-7 0 --- 32 Phillips B walked (CFBFBFBB) 7-7 0 1-- 11 Phillips B to second, Strickland to first on an error by the second baseman Blasingame (BFX) 7-7 0 12- 10 Freese grounded into a double play, Lopez to Blasingame to Power, Phillips B to third (BX) 7-7 2 --3 20 Phillips B scored, Held to first on an error by the second baseman Blasingame (BBX) 8-7 2 1-- 00 White B grounded a single between third and short, Held to second (X) 8-7 2 12- 12 Held to third, White B to second, Killebrew to first on an error by the second baseman Blasingame (FFFBFX) 8-7 2 123 00 Long flied out to left (X) ************** Bottom of the 9th inning, Tigers batting 8-7 0 --- 01 Kuenn lined a single down the right field line (FX) 8-7 0 1-- 00 Power lined a double to left center, Kuenn scored (>X) 8-8 0 -2- 30 Nieman was walked intentionally (IIII) Romonosky now pitching 8-8 0 12- 10 Kaline flied out to center, Power to third (BX) 8-8 1 1-3 21 Lopez reached on a fielder's choice to second, Power scored, Nieman to second, Lopez to first (FBBX)