5/6/1959, RAL59-MAS59, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
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1959 Tarheels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 8 3
1959 Tigers 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 x 2 4 0 1 0
Tarheels AB R H BI AVG Tigers AB R H BI AVG
Strickland ss 3 0 0 0 .198 Blasingame 2b 2 0 0 0 .164
Freese 2b 4 0 0 0 .279 Kuenn cf 2 0 1 1 .353
Held cf 4 1 1 1 .178 Maye rf 2 0 0 0 .440
White B lf 4 0 2 0 .353 Covington lf 2 0 0 0 .308
Killebrew 3b 2 0 1 0 .236 Crowe ph 1 0 1 0 .167
Long 1b 3 0 0 0 .224 Nieman lf 0 0 0 0 .288
Lonnett c 2 0 0 0 .000 Power 1b 3 0 0 0 .178
McCovey ph 1 0 0 0 .265 Logan ss 2 1 0 0 .218
Griggs p 0 0 0 0 .000 Smith Hal R. c 3 0 0 0 .266
Dickson p 0 0 0 0 .000 O'Connell 3b 3 0 1 1 .250
Herzog ph 1 0 0 0 .323 Bell Gary p 2 1 1 0 .111
Busby rf 4 0 0 0 .289 Green P ph 1 0 0 0 .222
Purkey p 2 0 0 0 .154 Lown p 0 0 0 0 .000
Brown D ph 1 0 0 0 .217 23 2 4 2
31 1 4 1
Tarheels INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Purkey L 2-3 6.0 3 2 2 3 1 69 39 4.61
Griggs 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 7 5 2.41
Dickson 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 13 7 4.56
8.0 4 2 2 3 1 89 51
Tigers INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Bell Gary W 2-0 8.0 4 1 1 5 5 122 65 4.14
Lown S 7 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 18 11 2.92
9.0 4 1 1 5 7 140 76
RAL: McCovey batted for Lonnett in the 7th
Brown D batted for Purkey in the 7th
Brown D moved to c in the 7th
Herzog batted for Dickson in the 9th
MAS: Crowe batted for Covington in the 7th
Nieman inserted at lf in the 8th
Green P batted for Bell Gary in the 8th
2B-White B(11). HR-Held(5). RBI-Held(14), Kuenn(13), O'Connell(1). K-Held,
Busby 2, Purkey, McCovey, Brown D, Herzog, Bell Gary. BB-Strickland,
Killebrew 2, Long, Brown D, Kuenn, Maye, Logan. SH-Blasingame. WP-Purkey.
GWRBI: O'Connell
Hal Griggs was removed after a rain delay
Temperature: 56, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: left to right at 9 MPH,
Rain Delays: 89 minutes.
5/6/1959, RAL59-MAS59, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
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1959 Tarheels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 8 3
1959 Tigers 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 x 2 4 0 1 0
Tarheels -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Strickland ss 1>W 3>3 63 64/f
Freese 2b 3 7 6>9 8>8
Held cf 8 k 6 HR
White B lf 43 4>9 D S
Killebrew 3b 2>W S IW 8
Long 1b W.1-2 63.1-2 8 9
Lonnett c 6 1/g
McCovey ph 7>k
Griggs p
Dickson p 9>Lown
Herzog ph k
Busby rf 7.2-3 5>k k 53
Purkey p k 53
Brown D ph W k
Tigers -----A------ -----B------ -----C------ -----D------ -----E------
Blasingame 2b 1>43 4>4/fl 34/SH.1-2
Kuenn cf 13 W S.2-H
Maye rf 63 W.1-2 643/gdp
Covington lf 2>43 463/gdp 7>Griggs
Crowe ph S
Nieman lf
Power 1b 43 5>13 46/f.B-1
Logan ss 43 W 543/gdp
Smith Hal R. c 3>5/fl 8 8>Dickson
63
O'Connell 3b 63 wp.1-2 9
note 1
Bell Gary p k 6>S
Green P ph 31
Lown p
1: S.2-H;Bx2(754)
Tarheels IN OUT ER Tigers IN OUT ER
Purkey A1 C3 2 L 2-3 Bell Gary A1 D6 1 W 2-0
Griggs C4 C6 0 Lown D7 D9 0 S 7
Dickson C7 C9 0
5/6/1959, RAL59-MAS59, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
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1959 Tarheels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 8 3
1959 Tigers 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 x 2 4 0 1 0
Score O Rnr BS Event
----- - --- -- -----
************** Top of the 1st inning, Tarheels batting
0-0 0 --- 31 Strickland walked (BBBCB)
0-0 0 1-- 12 Freese popped out to first (BSCX)
0-0 1 1-- 10 Held flied out to center (BX)
0-0 2 1-- 11 White B grounded out to second (BCX)
************** Bottom of the 1st inning, Tigers batting
0-0 0 --- 21 Blasingame grounded out to second (CBBX)
0-0 1 --- 00 Kuenn grounded out to the mound (X)
Started raining
0-0 2 --- 10 Maye grounded out to short (BX)
************** Top of the 2nd inning, Tarheels batting
0-0 0 --- 30 Killebrew walked (BBBB)
0-0 0 1-- 32 Long walked, Killebrew to second (BFCFBFBFB)
0-0 0 12- 32 Lonnett popped out to short (BbBbFSBFX)
Stopped raining
0-0 1 12- 12 Busby flied out to left, Killebrew to third (BSCX)
0-0 2 1-3 12 Purkey struck out (BCCS)
************** Bottom of the 2nd inning, Tigers batting
0-0 0 --- 10 Covington grounded out to second (BX)
0-0 1 --- 10 Power grounded out to second (BX)
0-0 2 --- 00 Logan grounded out to second (X)
************** Top of the 3rd inning, Tarheels batting
0-0 0 --- 31 Strickland popped out to first (BBBCX)
0-0 1 --- 00 Freese flied out to left (X)
0-0 2 --- 32 Held struck out (BBCFBS)
************** Bottom of the 3rd inning, Tigers batting
0-0 0 --- 21 Smith Hal R. popped out to third (BCBX)
0-0 1 --- 00 O'Connell grounded out to short (X)
0-0 2 --- 02 Bell Gary struck out (FSS)
************** Top of the 4th inning, Tarheels batting
0-0 0 --- 00 White B popped out to right (X)
0-0 1 --- 10 Killebrew lined a single to shallow center (BX)
0-0 1 1-- 10 Long grounded out to short, Killebrew to second (BX)
0-0 2 -2- 00 Lonnett grounded out to the mound (X)
************** Bottom of the 4th inning, Tigers batting
0-0 0 --- 00 Blasingame popped out to second (X)
0-0 1 --- 32 Kuenn walked (FFFFFBBBB)
0-0 1 1-- 32 Maye walked, Kuenn to second (CBCBBB)
0-0 1 12- 11 Covington grounded into a double play, Freese to
Strickland to Long (BCX)
************** Top of the 5th inning, Tarheels batting
0-0 0 --- 22 Busby struck out (BCBFS)
0-0 1 --- 11 Purkey grounded out to third (CBX)
0-0 2 --- 00 Strickland grounded out to short (X)
************** Bottom of the 5th inning, Tigers batting
0-0 0 --- 32 Power grounded out to the mound (BFFBBX)
0-0 1 --- 32 Logan walked (CBBSFBB)
0-0 1 1-- 10 Smith Hal R. flied out to center (BX)
0-0 2 1-- 01 Purkey threw a wild pitch, Logan to second (CB)
0-0 2 -2- 32 O'Connell lined a single to left, Logan scored, O'Connell
out at second (CB.BFBX)
************** Top of the 6th inning, Tarheels batting
0-1 0 --- 11 Freese lined out to right (BCX)
0-1 1 --- 21 Held popped out to short (BCBX)
0-1 2 --- 31 White B lined a double to right center (BBFBX)
0-1 2 -2- 30 Killebrew was walked intentionally (IIII)
0-1 2 12- 11 Long flied out to center (BFX)
************** Bottom of the 6th inning, Tigers batting
0-1 0 --- 00 Bell Gary lined a single to shallow left (X)
0-1 0 1-- 10 Blasingame sacrifice bunted to first, Bell Gary to second
(BbXb)
0-1 1 -2- 10 Kuenn lined a single to right center, Bell Gary scored
(BX)
0-2 1 1-- 12 Maye grounded into a double play, Strickland to Freese to
Long (BCF1X)
************** Top of the 7th inning, Tarheels batting
McCovey pinch hitting for Lonnett
0-2 0 --- 22 McCovey struck out (CFBBC)
0-2 1 --- 12 Busby struck out (CCBS)
Brown D pinch hitting for Purkey
0-2 2 --- 31 Brown D walked (BCBBB)
0-2 2 1-- 11 Strickland grounded to short, forcing Brown D at second
(SBX)
************** Bottom of the 7th inning, Tigers batting
Griggs now pitching
Brown D moved to catcher
Crowe pinch hitting for Covington
0-2 0 --- 11 Crowe lined a single to shallow right (BFX)
0-2 0 1-- 11 Power grounded to second, forcing Crowe at second, Power
to first (BCX)
0-2 1 1-- 00 Logan grounded into a double play, Killebrew to Freese to
Long (X)
************** Top of the 8th inning, Tarheels batting
Nieman now playing left field
0-2 0 --- 10 Freese flied out to center (BX)
0-2 1 --- 11 Held homered deep down the left-field line (BSX)
Game delayed by rain for 89 minutes
Griggs left the game after a rain delay
1-2 1 --- 11 White B grounded a single between third and short (BFX)
1-2 1 1-- 10 Killebrew flied out to center (BX)
1-2 2 1-- 32 Long flied out to right (CCBBB>F>X)
************** Bottom of the 8th inning, Tigers batting
Dickson now pitching
1-2 0 --- 11 Smith Hal R. grounded out to short (BFX)
1-2 1 --- 22 O'Connell flied out to right (BFBFX)
Green P pinch hitting for Bell Gary
1-2 2 --- 31 Green P grounded out to first (CBBBX)
************** Top of the 9th inning, Tarheels batting
Lown now pitching
Herzog pinch hitting for Dickson
1-2 0 --- 22 Herzog struck out (FBBSFS)
1-2 1 --- 22 Busby grounded out to third (CFFBBX)
1-2 2 --- 32 Brown D struck out (BBCSBS)