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Cleveland Guardians @ Detroit Tigers

1943-05-02 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 22040 · 2:07

Cleveland Indians defeated Detroit Tigers 5–2. Cleveland Indians put up 2 in the 1st. Mel Harder earned the win and Mike Naymick picked up the save. Ray Mack went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	5	11
DET	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8

W: Mel Harder L: Johnny Gorsica SV: Mike Naymick

Umpires — HP: Joe Rue · 1B: George Pipgras · 2B: (none) · 3B: Hal Weafer · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB
Oris Hockett	4	0	2	1	1
Lou Boudreau	4	1	0	0	1
Ken Keltner	4	1	2	0	0
Jeff Heath	4	1	2	1	0
Hank Edwards	3	0	1	0	1
Otto Denning	4	0	0	0	0
Buddy Rosar	4	0	2	0	0
Ray Mack	4	2	2	1	0
Mel Harder	3	0	0	0	0
Mike Naymick	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Hoover	4	0	0	0	1	0
Ned Harris	4	1	1	0	1	1
Dick Wakefield	5	0	2	1	0	1
Rudy York	5	0	0	0	0	2
Pinky Higgins	4	0	3	1	0	1
Jimmy Bloodworth	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rip Radcliff	3	0	2	0	1	0
Dixie Parsons	2	0	0	0	0	1
Johnny Gorsica	1	1	0	0	1	0
Don Ross	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Wood	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mel Harder	6.1	8	4	4
Mike Naymick	2.2	0	0	2

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB
Johnny Gorsica	6.0	6	2
Hal Newhouser	2.0	3	1
Roy Henshaw	1.0	2	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Oris Hockett: 8
Lou Boudreau: 4/P
Ken Keltner: S8/L
Jeff Heath: S9/L.1-3
Hank Edwards: WP.3-H;1-2
Hank Edwards: E4/TH.2-H(NR)(UR)
Otto Denning: CS2(24)

Bot 1

Joe Hoover: 7
Ned Harris: W
Dick Wakefield: SB2
Dick Wakefield: K
Rudy York: K

Top 2

Otto Denning: 13
Buddy Rosar: S
Ray Mack: 64(1)/FO
Mel Harder: 5/L

Bot 2

Pinky Higgins: S
Jimmy Bloodworth: 54(1)3/GDP
Rip Radcliff: S
Dixie Parsons: 6/L

Top 3

Oris Hockett: 5/P
Lou Boudreau: W
Ken Keltner: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Johnny Gorsica: W
Joe Hoover: 13.1-2
Ned Harris: S7.2-3
Dick Wakefield: S7.3-H;1-2
Rudy York: 6/L
Pinky Higgins: S.2-H;1-2
Jimmy Bloodworth: 8

Top 4

Jeff Heath: 43
Hank Edwards: 3
Otto Denning: 7

Bot 4

Rip Radcliff: S
Dixie Parsons: 23/SH.1-2
Johnny Gorsica: 43.2-3
Joe Hoover: 63

Top 5

Buddy Rosar: S8/L
Ray Mack: CS2(24)
Ray Mack: HR/7
Mel Harder: 3/L
Oris Hockett: W
Lou Boudreau: 6(1)/FO

Bot 5

Ned Harris: K
Dick Wakefield: D
Rudy York: E3.2-3
Pinky Higgins: K/C
Jimmy Bloodworth: 8

Top 6

Ken Keltner: 53
Jeff Heath: 3/G
Hank Edwards: S
Otto Denning: 43

Bot 6

Rip Radcliff: W
Dixie Parsons: 14/SH.1-2
Don Ross: 63.2-3
Joe Hoover: W
Ned Harris: 6(1)/FO

Top 7

Buddy Rosar: 43
Ray Mack: 3/FL
Mel Harder: 63

Bot 7

Dick Wakefield: 13
Rudy York: E4/G
Pinky Higgins: S.1-2
Jimmy Bloodworth: 3/P
Rip Radcliff: 9

Top 8

Oris Hockett: S
Lou Boudreau: 46(1)/FO
Ken Keltner: S.1-3
Jeff Heath: S7.3-H;1-3;BX2(74)
Hank Edwards: W
Otto Denning: 6(1)/FO

Bot 8

Dixie Parsons: K
Joe Wood: 13
Joe Hoover: 163

Top 9

Buddy Rosar: 8
Ray Mack: S7/L
Mike Naymick: 31/SH.1-2
Oris Hockett: S.2-H
Lou Boudreau: 4/P

Bot 9

Ned Harris: 3/L
Dick Wakefield: 6/P
Rudy York: K