Tribe ,Gromek Halt Yankees drive to the pennant,win 4-1

Steve Gromek pitched 7 2/3 of 3 hit ball,allowing only 1 Yankee run

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 1950 Cleveland Indians At 1950 New York Yankees           8/31/1950

 

  Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG     Yankees            AB  R  H RBI AVG

  J.Gordon 2B         3  1  0  0 .235     P.Rizzuto SS        2  0  0  0 .296  

  R.Boone SS          2  1  0  0 .285     B.Johnson 3B,1B     3  0  1  0 .277  

  L.Doby CF           4  0  3  0 .332     Y.Berra C           4  0  1  1 .340  

  A.Rosen 3B          4  1  1  2 .299     H.Bauer RF          3  0  0  0 .336  

  L.Easter 1B         4  0  1  0 .295     T.Henrich 1B        3  0  1  0 .282  

  A.Benton P          0  0  0  0 .250   A-B.Martin 3B         1  0  0  0 .263  

  B.Kennedy RF        3  0  0  0 .273     C.Mapes CF          4  0  0  0 .228  

  J.Hegan C           4  0  0  0 .223     G.Woodling LF       4  0  0  0 .306  

  T.Tucker LF         2  0  0  0 .275     B.Brown 2B          3  0  0  0 .243  

  S.Gromek P          1  1  1  0 .048     T.Byrne P           1  0  0  0 .393  

C-H.Conyers 1B        1  0  0  0 .236     F.Sanford P         0  0  0  0 .308  

                                        B-J.Lindell PH        0  1  0  0 .500  

                                          J.Page P            0  0  0  0 .600  

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         Totals      28  4  6  2                 Totals      28  1  3  1

 

A-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Henrich In 8th Inning

B-Pinch Hit For Sanford In 8th Inning

C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Gromek In 8th Inning

 

INJURY: Tommy Henrich INJURED (for 2 more games) in 7th inning

 

Indians......... 2 0 1  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  4  6  1

Yankees......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 1 0  -  1  3  1

 

Indians (79-49)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

S.Gromek WIN(7-4)         7 2/3   3   1   1   5   3   0 101   4.61

A.Benton SAVE(17th)       1 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0  15   3.21

Totals                    9       3   1   1   5   4   0

 

Yankees (89-37)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

T.Byrne LOSS(13-6)        5       5   4   3   4   6   1  81   4.22

F.Sanford                 3       1   0   0   0   1   0  29   5.87

J.Page                    1       0   0   0   0   2   0  12   2.38

Totals                    9       6   4   3   4   9   1

 

ATTENDANCE- 40,818 DATE- Thursday, August 31st 1950 TIME- Day WEATHER- Good

T- 2:20

LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 5  Yankees: 6

DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 2  Yankees: 2

ERRORS- J.Gordon, B.Brown

DOUBLES- L.Doby(25th), S.Gromek

HOME RUNS- A.Rosen(28th)

SACRIFICE HITS- R.Boone, S.Gromek-2, B.Johnson

WALKS- J.Gordon, R.Boone, B.Kennedy, T.Tucker, P.Rizzuto-2, H.Bauer, T.Byrne,

       J.Lindell

HIT BY PITCH- T.Tucker

STRIKE OUTS- J.Gordon, L.Doby, A.Rosen, L.Easter-2, J.Hegan-2, T.Tucker,

             H.Conyers, P.Rizzuto, H.Bauer, C.Mapes-2

GIDP- A.Rosen, J.Hegan, P.Rizzuto, B.Johnson

BALKS- T.Byrne

WILD PITCHES- T.Byrne

WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Gene Woodling robbed Luke Easter of an extra base hit.

 

At Yankee Stadium the spectacular Cleveland Indians halted a 5 game slide and

outscored the New York Yankees 4 to 1.

 

Cleveland claimed the early lead in the first inning scoring 2 runners on 1

hit.  That scoring would be all that was needed.  Cleveland had 6 hits

overall, while New York had 3.  

 

Steve Gromek(7-4) picked up the victory, allowing 1 run in 7 and 2/3 innings.

Gromek got help from Al Benton who was credited with his 17th save.  Tommy

Byrne(13-6) was charged with the loss.  

 

Lou Boudreau was just happy to get a win, 'We've had such a bad streak of

games -- boy, it's great to get the monkey off our back.  Now maybe we can

relax a little and play the kind of baseball of which we are capable.'

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