1966 AL Game: Det. at Clv.

May 10, 1966

The Detroit Tigers traveled to Cleveland hoping to put an end to their 4 game losing streak. Against great expectations for this season, the Indians have gotten off to a horrible 6-13 start and are having a very hard time scoring runs. The starting pitchers for tonight's game,  Mickey Lolich for Detroit and Gary Bell for Cleveland, were both at the top of their game and neither team was able to score through the 1st 10 innings. Al Kaline broke the deadlock in the top of the 11th inning for the Tigers when he hit a 2 run blast. Larry Sherry came on in the bottom of the 11th to close out the game for Detroit. After getting the first two outs, Duke Simms got to 2nd on a 2 base throwing error by Sherry. The next batter, pinch hitter Tony Martinez, hit a run scoring single making the score 2-1. Cleveland manager Birdie Tebbetts then sent up Rocky Colavito to hit for Davalillo and The Rock promptly hit a 2 run game winning homer that sent the hometown fans into a wild celebration. The Tiger players walked dejectedly off the field with their 5th loss in a row.

BOXSCORE: 1966 Detroit Tigers At 1966 Cleveland Indians             5/10/1966
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     Indians            AB  R  H RBI AVG
  D.McAuliffe SS      5  0  0  0 .254     V.Davalillo CF      5  0  0  0 .207  
  J.Lumpe 2B          6  1  1  0 .290   G-R.Colavito PH       1  1  1  2 .209  
  A.Kaline CF,RF      4  1  1  2 .284     J.Landis RF         5  0  1  0 .240  
  N.Cash 1B           4  0  2  0 .337     C.Hinton LF         5  0  1  0 .059  
A-J.Wood PR,1B        2  0  1  0 .214     M.Alvis 3B          4  0  1  0 .173  
  G.Brown LF          5  0  0  0 .261     F.Whitfield 1B      5  0  0  0 .286  
  L.Sherry P          0  0  0  0 .500     P.Gonzalez 2B       5  0  0  0 .270  
  J.Northrup RF,LF    4  0  0  0 .250     D.Howser SS         5  0  0  0 .136  
  D.Wert 3B           3  0  1  0 .309     D.Crandall C        4  0  1  0 .200  
  B.Freehan C         4  0  0  0 .118   C-C.Salmon PR         0  0  0  0 .667  
  M.Lolich P          2  0  0  0 .083   D-D.Sims C            1  1  0  0 .227  
B-D.Demeter PH        1  0  0  0 .267     G.Bell P            4  0  3  0 .250  
  F.Gladding P        0  0  0  0 .000     J.Kralick P         0  0  0  0 .000  
  J.Podres P          0  0  0  0 ----     T.Kelley P          0  0  0  0 .000  
E-M.Stanley PH,CF     1  0  0  0 .309   F-T.Martinez PH       1  1  1  1 .333  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      41  2  6  2                 Totals      45  3  9  3
 
A-Pinch Ran For Cash In 9th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Lolich In 9th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Crandall In 10th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Salmon In 11th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Podres In 12th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Kelley In 12th Inning
G-Pinch Hit For Davalillo In 12th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 2  -  2  6  1
Indians......... 0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 0  0 0 3  -  3  9  2
 
Tigers (13-10)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Lolich                  8       4   0   0   0   7   0   3.29
F.Gladding                0 2/3   0   0   0   1   0   0   3.09
J.Podres                  2 1/3   3   0   0   0   2   0   0.00
L.Sherry L(0-2) BS(2nd)   0 2/3   2   3   0   0   1   1   1.62
Totals                   11 2/3   9   3   0   1  10   1
 
Indians (7-13)           IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
G.Bell                   11       5   0   0   6   6   0   3.89
J.Kralick                 0 2/3   1   2   2   1   0   1   5.59
T.Kelley WIN(2-0)         0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   5.54
Totals                   12       6   2   2   7   6   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 10,162 DATE- Tuesday, May 10th 1966 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Lou Dimuro, Hank Soar, Nestor Chylak, Cal Drummond
T- 3:20
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers:11  Indians: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  Indians: 1
ERRORS- L.Sherry, P.Gonzalez, D.Howser
TRIPLES- J.Wood(1st)
HOME RUNS- A.Kaline(6th), R.Colavito(2nd)
SACRIFICE HITS- M.Lolich
WALKS- D.McAuliffe, A.Kaline-2, J.Northrup, D.Wert-2, B.Freehan, M.Alvis
STRIKE OUTS- D.McAuliffe, A.Kaline, N.Cash, G.Brown, J.Northrup, B.Freehan,
             J.Landis-2, C.Hinton, M.Alvis, F.Whitfield-3, D.Howser-2, G.Bell
GIDP- J.Lumpe
WILD PITCHES- G.Bell-2
2-out RBI- A.Kaline-2, T.Martinez, R.Colavito-2
RLISP 2-out- B.Freehan-3, N.Cash, J.Northrup-2, D.Demeter-2, V.Davalillo,
             D.Wert
 
The Cleveland Indians nipped the Detroit Tigers in 12 innings 3 to 2 at
Municipal Stadium in a hard fought contest.
 
Neither team managed to score in the first nine innings. Finally, Cleveland
pulled the game out in the 12th inning.  After two outs Duke Sims
jump-started the rally as he reached on an error.  Tony Martinez next to the
plate and he ripped a base-hit.  Rocky Colavito then blasted a two-run home
run.  Cleveland finished with 9 hits while Detroit ended up with 6.  
 
Tom Kelley(2-0) picked up the victory, allowing no runs in 1/3 of an inning.
Larry Sherry(0-2) suffered the loss in relief.  Wth the win Cleveland now has
a record of 7-13.  With the loss, the Detroit ballclub's record is 13-10.