1962 AL Game: Det. @ Clv.

May 18, 1962

  My Detroit Tigers lost their 5th game in a row tonight in Cleveland. The Tigers jumped on Indian starter Dick Donovan for 2 runs in the 1st inning and added a run in the 6th but Paul Foytack and the Tiger bullpen couldn't hold on to the lead, eventually losing the game 4-3. Donovan went the distance for Cleveland in gaining his 5th Win of the season. It's the longest losing streak of the year for Detroit. The 1st place Minnesota Twins also lost last night to New York 6-0, so the 2nd place Tigers didn't lose any ground to the Twins. Detroit still trails Minnesota by 1 game.

BOXSCORE: 1962 Detroit Tigers At 1962 Cleveland Indians             5/18/1962
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  C.Fernandez SS      5  1  4  0 .297     T.Francona 1B       4  1  1  0 .246  
  B.Bruton CF         3  1  1  1 .278     A.Luplow RF         2  0  1  1 .273  
  A.Kaline RF         4  0  0  0 .244     C.Essegian LF       4  0  1  0 .426  
  N.Cash 1B           3  1  1  0 .364     W.Kirkland CF       3  0  0  1 .240  
  R.Colavito LF       4  0  2  1 .311     J.Romano C          4  0  1  0 .245  
  D.McAuliffe 2B      4  0  0  0 .232     W.Held SS           3  1  1  0 .225  
  S.Boros 3B          3  0  1  0 .230     B.Phillips 3B       2  1  1  1 .291  
  D.Brown C           3  0  0  1 .253     J.Kindall 2B        3  0  1  1 .171  
  P.Foytack P         3  0  0  0 .143     D.Donovan P         2  1  0  0 .316  
  H.Aguirre P         0  0  0  0 ----                                          
A-C.Maxwell PH        1  0  0  0 .400                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  3  9  3                 Totals      27  4  7  4
 
A-Pinch Hit For Aguirre In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 2 0 0  0 0 1  0 0 0  -  3  9  0
Indians......... 0 0 1  0 0 2  1 0    -  4  7  1
 
Tigers (19-10)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
P.Foytack                 5 1/3   4   3   3   2   1   1   6.46
H.Aguirre L(1-1) BS(1st)  2 2/3   3   1   1   0   3   0   1.46
Totals                    8       7   4   4   2   4   1
 
Indians (18-12)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
D.Donovan WIN(5-3)        9       9   3   2   2   4   0   3.90
Totals                    9       9   3   2   2   4   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 13,217 DATE- Friday, May 18th 1962 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Larry Napp, Frank Umont, Cal Drummond, Bill McKinley
T- 2:13
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 8  Indians: 4
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 1  Indians: 2
ERRORS- W.Held
DOUBLES- C.Fernandez(2nd), C.Essegian(8th), J.Kindall(6th)
HOME RUNS- B.Phillips(4th)
RBIs- B.Bruton(15th), R.Colavito(34th), D.Brown(16th), A.Luplow(5th),
      W.Kirkland(17th), B.Phillips(14th), J.Kindall(7th)
SACRIFICE HITS- B.Bruton, B.Phillips
SACRIFICE FLIES- D.Brown, A.Luplow, W.Kirkland
WALKS- B.Bruton, S.Boros, A.Luplow, D.Donovan
HIT BY PITCH- N.Cash
STRIKE OUTS- A.Kaline-2, D.Brown, P.Foytack, T.Francona-2, W.Kirkland, J.Romano
GIDP- D.McAuliffe, W.Kirkland
RLISP 2-out- A.Kaline, P.Foytack, J.Romano, N.Cash, T.Francona
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 3 for 9  Indians: 1 for 4
 
Dick Donovan went the distance at Municipal Stadium as the Cleveland Indians
beat the Detroit Tigers 4 to 3.
 
Donovan(5-3) earned his pay with a solid performance for Cleveland.  He went 9
innings and surrended up 9 hits and 2 walks seeing his ERA drop from 4.25 to
3.90.  Detroit threatened in the 9th but their rally came up short.  
 
Hank Aguirre(1-1) was the losing pitcher in relief.  'Just one or two mistakes
were all it took to beat us tonight' Bob Scheffing said.  'We take these
games one day at a time, but this one was hard to take.'