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Tigers 3 @ Indians 1
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
July 4, 1958

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Detroit Tigers, played on July 4, 1958 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The home team Indians were bested by the visiting Tigers with a score of 3 to 1.

Game Summary

DateJuly 4, 1958 
Visiting Team
Detroit Tigers
R: 3 H: 9 E: 2 LOB: 9
Runs: 3
Hits: 9
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 9
Home Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 1 H: 6 E: 0 LOB: 6
Runs: 1
Hits: 6
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 6
Winning PitcherHerm Wehmeier  
Losing PitcherMudcat Grant  
SaveHank Aguirre  
Game Winning RBIBilly Martin 

Game Info

DateJuly 4, 1958 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamDetroit Tigers 
Home TeamCleveland Indians 
Visiting Starting PitcherHerm Wehmeier  
Home Starting PitcherMudcat Grant  
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium 
CityCleveland 
StateOH 
Attendance18,523 
Time of Game2 hours 15 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Nestor Chylak
1B: Charlie Berry
2B: Red Flaherty
3B: Bill McKinley

Detroit Tigers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Harvey Kuenn  Center Fielder 
Ozzie Virgil  Third Baseman 
Al Kaline  Right Fielder 
Gail Harris  First Baseman 
Charlie Maxwell  Left Fielder 
Frank Bolling  Second Baseman 
Billy Martin  Shortstop 
Jim Hegan  Catcher 
Herm Wehmeier  Pitcher 
Bill Norman  Manager 

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Billy Hunter  Shortstop 
Bobby Avila  Second Baseman 
Vic Power  Third Baseman 
Larry Doby  Left Fielder 
Mickey Vernon  First Baseman 
JW Porter  Catcher 
Rocky Colavito  Right Fielder 
Woodie Held  Center Fielder 
Mudcat Grant  Pitcher 
Joe Gordon  Manager 

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2 Re: Cleveland Indians versus Detroit Tigers - July 4, 1958 - Regular Season Lineup and other Game Information
Posted by tony zaccardelli – 01/20/2015 at 1:00 AM
Anyone remeber this game? Any witnesses to Virgil breaking a bat?? Does anyone remember Ty Cobb at this game????
1 Re: Cleveland Indians versus Detroit Tigers - July 4, 1958 - Regular Season Lineup and other Game Information
Posted by tony zaccardelli – 04/21/2014 at 2:00 PM
Ty Cobb is in attendance. He accompanied the Detroit Tigers after the old timers game on June 28 in Detroit's Briggs field. Detroit's third baseman, Ozzie Virgil, breaks a bat. Ty Cobb autographs the bat for a Cleveland Transit Authority bus driver, Joseph Mizick.

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Tigers 3 @ Indians 1
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
July 4, 1958

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 7/4/1958, game 2 -- Detroit at Cleveland (D)

  Detroit            AB  R  H RBI    Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI
Kuenn H, cf           3  1  2  0   Hunter B, ss          3  0  1  0   
Virgil O, 3b          4  0  1  1   Geiger G, ph          1  0  0  0   
Kaline A, rf          5  0  3  1   Moran B, ss           0  0  0  0   
Harris G, 1b          4  0  0  0   Avila B, 2b           4  0  0  0   
Maxwell C, lf         3  0  0  0   Power V, 3b           4  0  1  0   
Groth J, ph-lf        1  0  0  0   Doby L, lf            3  1  1  0   
Bolling F, 2b         4  0  0  0   Vernon M, 1b          3  0  1  1   
Martin B, ss          4  1  1  1   Harrell B, ph         1  0  0  0   
Hegan J, c            4  1  1  0   Porter J, c           4  0  0  0   
Wehmeier H, p         2  0  0  0   Colavito R, rf        4  0  1  0   
Zernial G, ph         1  0  1  0   Held W, cf            3  0  1  0   
Bolling M, pr         0  0  0  0   Grant M, p            2  0  0  0   
Aguirre H, p          0  0  0  0   Minoso M, ph          1  0  0  0   
                                   Mossi D, p            0  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  3  9  3                        33  1  6  1

Detroit          000 001 101 --  3
Cleveland        010 000 000 --  1

  Detroit              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wehmeier H (W)        8.0  6  1  1  1  2
Aguirre H (S)         1.0  0  0  0  0  1

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Grant M (L)           7.0  5  2  2  3  3
Mossi D               2.0  4  1  1  0  1

E -- Martin B, Virgil O
LOB -- Detroit 9, Cleveland 6
2B -- Vernon M, Virgil O
HR -- Martin B
SF -- Virgil O
T -- 2:15
A -- 18523

    

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