CLEVELAND (65-56) @ DETROIT (68-52) game 2
STARTING PITCHERS
8XYW (8-13 3.80) 9XZ (1-1 2.21)
After spotting the visitors an early run, the Bengal bats erupted in the 4th off Sam McDowell, sending 8 to the dish plating 4 runs. After McDowell was pinch hit for, Ed Connolly coughed up four more curtosy of long balls by Willie Horton and Bill Freehan providing the firepower to sweep the invading Indians.
CLE 100 001 000 2 8 1
DET 000 440 00x 8 12 1
2B CLE C. Hinton 11 Demeter 8
DET Freehan 10 Tracewski 3 L. Green 7
HR DET Kaline 18 (4th off McDowell) W. Horton 14 ( 5th off Connolly) Freehan 12 (5th off Connolly)
RBI CLE T. Horton 33 Demeter 20
DET Kaline 2(64) W. Horton 3(50) Freehan 37 Price 5 Tracewski 5 Oyler 31
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
McDowell 4 7 1 0 4 4 4 18 38
J. Hiller 6 7 0 1 3 2 2 24 52
WP J. Hiller 2-1 2.40 LP McDowell 8-14 3.92 SV Wickersham 1
SCORING PLAYS
TOP 1 .. Hinton doubled. T. Horton singled scoring a run. CLE 1 DET 0
BOTTOM 4 .. McAuliffe singled. Kaline homered scoring two runs. Freehan doubled. Price singled scoring a run. Tracewski doubled. Oyler singled scoring a run. CLE 1 DET 4
BOTTOM 5 .. Stanley singled. McAuliffe walked. W. Horton homered scoring three runs. Freehan homered scoring a run. CLE 1 DET 8
TOP 6 .. Alvis singled. Demeter doubled scoring a run. CLE 2 DET 8
NOTES: First stinker of the month for McDowell who was throwing gas and posting zeroes. John Hiller came out of the pen to pitch a very nice game to secure the sweep.
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