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Lineups and Summary
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Indians
@ Browns
Sportsman's Park
April 28, 1951
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the St. Louis Browns and the Cleveland Indians, played on April 28, 1951 at Sportsman's Park.
Game Summary
| Date | April 28, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Home Team |
St. Louis Browns
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 28, 1951 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Home Team | St. Louis Browns |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bob Lemon |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Lou Sleater |
| Ballpark | Sportsman's Park |
| City | St. Louis |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 3,528 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 24 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Eddie Hurley 1B: Larry Napp 2B: Art Passarella 3B: Charlie Berry |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dale Mitchell | Left Fielder |
| Bobby Avila | Second Baseman |
| Luke Easter | First Baseman |
| Al Rosen | Third Baseman |
| Larry Doby | Center Fielder |
| Bob Kennedy | Right Fielder |
| Ray Boone | Shortstop |
| Jim Hegan | Catcher |
| Bob Lemon | Pitcher |
| Al Lopez | Manager |
St. Louis Browns Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bobby Young | Second Baseman |
| Johnny Berardino | Third Baseman |
| Jim Delsing | Center Fielder |
| Ray Coleman | Left Fielder |
| Ken Wood | Right Fielder |
| Sherm Lollar | Catcher |
| Hank Arft | First Baseman |
| Tom Upton | Shortstop |
| Lou Sleater | Pitcher |
| Zack Taylor | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Indians
@ Browns
Sportsman's Park
April 28, 1951
Top 1
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Indians, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Sleater
Mitchell hits a popup, foul, towards third. Berardino settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Sleater
Avila hits a popup towards first. Arft settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Easter vs. Sleater
Easter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosen vs. Sleater
Rosen hits a popup, foul, towards third. Berardino settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Indians, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Lemon
Young hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Kennedy who is chasing the ball. Young reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Berardino vs. Lemon
Berardino hits a line drive into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Browns, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Delsing vs. Lemon
Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila misplays the ball. That's an error on Avila. Young scores. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Coleman vs. Lemon
Coleman hits a fly ball into right field. Kennedy settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wood vs. Lemon
Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boone fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Indians, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Sleater
Doby takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 0 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Sleater
Kennedy hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Sleater
Boone takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hegan vs. Sleater
Hegan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Upton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Sleater
Lemon takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mitchell vs. Sleater
Mitchell hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Indians, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lollar vs. Lemon
Lollar hits a fly ball into left field. Mitchell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arft vs. Lemon
Arft hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Upton vs. Lemon
Upton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 3
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Indians, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Sleater
Avila hits a popup, foul, towards first. Arft settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Easter vs. Sleater
Easter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Arft scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Easter for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Sleater
Rosen hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Indians, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sleater vs. Lemon
Sleater hits a popup towards short. Boone settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Lemon
Young takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berardino vs. Lemon
There goes Young. The throw from Hegan and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Berardino vs. Lemon
Berardino strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Delsing vs. Lemon
Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lemon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Indians, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Sleater
Doby takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kennedy vs. Sleater
Kennedy strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boone vs. Sleater
Boone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Doby moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hegan vs. Sleater
There go the runners. Both runners are safe. A double steal. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hegan vs. Sleater
Hegan takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Lemon vs. Sleater
Lemon hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Lollar settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 2 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mitchell vs. Sleater
Mitchell hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Sleater
Avila hits a line drive into left field. Coleman picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Coleman. Avila moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 6 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Easter vs. Kennedy
Bill Kennedy now pitching.
Easter hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Delsing who is chasing the ball. Easter reaches third base with a triple. Avila scores. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rosen vs. Kennedy
Rosen hits a popup towards third. Berardino settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Lemon
Minnie Minoso now playing first base.
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wood vs. Lemon
Wood takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lollar vs. Lemon
Lollar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wood moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Arft vs. Lemon
Arft is called out on strikes. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Upton vs. Lemon
Upton hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Boone fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doby vs. Kennedy
Doby strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Kennedy
Kennedy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Arft scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kennedy for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Boone vs. Kennedy
Boone hits a line drive into left field. Coleman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Lemon
Kennedy strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Lemon
Young hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Berardino vs. Lemon
Berardino takes first base on ball four. Young moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Delsing vs. Lemon
Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Young moves to third. Berardino moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Coleman vs. Lemon
Coleman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Wood vs. Lemon
Wood hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hegan vs. Kennedy
Hegan hits a fly ball into right field. Wood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Kennedy
Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Arft scoops it up and throws to first, with Kennedy covering, for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Kennedy
Mitchell is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 6
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Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lollar vs. Lemon
Lollar hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rosen fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arft vs. Lemon
Arft hits a ball on the ground towards first. Minoso scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Arft for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Upton vs. Lemon
Upton hits a popup, foul, towards first. Minoso settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Kennedy
Avila hits a fly ball into right field. Wood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Kennedy
Minoso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rosen vs. Kennedy
Rosen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Minoso moves to third. Rosen moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 7 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Doby vs. Kennedy
Doby hits a line drive into center field. Delsing picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Delsing. Minoso scores. Rosen scores. Doby moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kennedy vs. Kennedy
Kennedy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Doby moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Boone vs. Kennedy
Kennedy fires to first and has Kennedy trapped. There's the throw to Young who tags Kennedy for the out. View Play -
Indians, 9 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Boone vs. Kennedy
Boone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Doby scores. View Play -
Indians, 10 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hegan vs. Kennedy
Hegan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kennedy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Boone moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 10 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lemon vs. Kennedy
Lemon hits a fly ball into center field. Delsing settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Indians, 10 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sievers vs. Lemon
Roy Sievers pinch hits for Bill Kennedy.
Sievers strikes out. View Play -
Indians, 10 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Young vs. Lemon
Young hits a fly ball into center field. Doby settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 10 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Berardino vs. Lemon
Berardino strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Indians, 10 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mitchell vs. Fannin
Cliff Fannin now pitching.
Mitchell hits a fly ball into left field. Coleman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 10 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Avila vs. Fannin
Avila hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 10 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Minoso vs. Fannin
Fannin fires to first and picks off Avila. View Play -
Indians, 10 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Minoso vs. Fannin
Minoso hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Indians, 10 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Delsing vs. Lemon
Delsing hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 10 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Coleman vs. Lemon
Coleman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Avila fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Indians, 10 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wood vs. Lemon
Wood hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Hegan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 10 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lollar vs. Lemon
Lollar hits a fly ball into left field. Mitchell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Indians, 10 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rosen vs. Fannin
Rosen hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 10 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Doby vs. Fannin
Doby hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Indians, 12 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kennedy vs. Fannin
Kennedy takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Indians, 12 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Boone vs. Fannin
Boone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Upton fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Indians, 12 - Browns, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hegan vs. Fannin
Hegan hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Young settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Indians, 12 - Browns, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Arft vs. Lemon
Arft hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Lemon fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Indians, 12 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bero vs. Lemon
Johnny Bero pinch hits for Tom Upton.
Bero hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Indians, 12 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lutz vs. Lemon
Joe Lutz pinch hits for Cliff Fannin.
Lutz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Bero moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 12 - Browns, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Young vs. Lemon
Young hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Doby. Young reaches second base with a double. Bero scores. Lutz moves to third. View Play -
Indians, 12 - Browns, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Berardino vs. Lemon
Berardino hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lutz scores. Young scores. View Play -
Indians, 12 - Browns, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Delsing vs. Lemon
Delsing hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Berardino moves to second. View Play -
Indians, 12 - Browns, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Coleman vs. Lemon
Coleman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Avila settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Indians, 12 - Browns, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wood vs. Lemon
Wood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Boone fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/28/1951 -- Cleveland at St.Louis (D)
Cleveland AB R H RBI St.Louis AB R H RBI
Mitchell D, lf 5 1 1 4 Young B, 2b 4 2 3 1
Avila B, 2b 5 1 2 0 Berardino J, 3b 4 0 1 2
Easter L, 1b 3 0 2 1 Delsing J, cf 5 0 1 1
Minoso M, 1b 2 1 1 0 Coleman R, lf 4 0 1 0
Rosen A, 3b 5 2 2 0 Wood K, rf 4 0 0 0
Doby L, cf 3 4 2 4 Lollar S, c 4 0 1 0
Kennedy B, rf 4 1 2 2 Arft H, 1b 4 0 0 0
Boone R, ss 4 1 2 1 Upton T, ss 3 0 0 0
Hegan J, c 4 1 1 0 Bero J, ph 1 1 1 0
Lemon B, p 3 0 0 0 Sleater L, p 1 0 0 0
Kennedy B, p 1 0 0 0
Sievers R, ph 1 0 0 0
Fannin C, p 0 0 0 0
Lutz J, ph 1 1 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 12 15 12 37 4 9 4
Cleveland 020 500 302 -- 12
St.Louis 100 000 003 -- 4
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Lemon B (W) 9.0 9 4 4 4 5
St.Louis IP H R ER BB SO
Sleater L (L) 3.2 5 7 7 5 1
Kennedy B 3.1 7 3 3 0 2
Fannin C 2.0 3 2 2 1 0
E -- Avila B, Easter L, Hegan J, Coleman R, Delsing J
DP -- Cleveland 1, St.Louis 2
LOB -- Cleveland 5, St.Louis 10
2B -- Young B
3B -- Young B, Easter L
HR -- Kennedy B, Mitchell D, Doby L
SB -- Young B, Boone R, Doby L
T -- 2:24
A -- 3528
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