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Detroit Tigers @ Cleveland Guardians

1945-08-26 · Day game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 37459 · 1:48

Cleveland Indians defeated Detroit Tigers 5–4. Cleveland Indians put up 2 in the 4th. Steve Gromek earned the win. Rudy York went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Steve Gromek L: Jim Tobin SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill McGowan · 1B: Eddie Rommel · 2B: (none) · 3B: Art Passarella · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Joe Hoover	3	0	0	0	0	0
Eddie Mayo	4	1	1	0	0	0
Doc Cramer	4	0	1	0	0	0
Jimmy Outlaw	4	1	2	1	0	0
Roy Cullenbine	2	1	0	0	2	0
Rudy York	4	1	1	3	0	0
Bob Maier	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bob Swift	4	0	1	0	0	0
Al Benton	2	0	0	0	0	2
Jim Tobin	1	0	0	0	0	0
Red Borom	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Al Cihocki	2	0	0	0	0	1
Mickey Rocco	4	0	1	1	1	0
Les Fleming	3	1	0	0	0	0
Jeff Heath	4	1	1	0	0	0
Dutch Meyer	4	0	1	1	0	0
Don Ross	3	1	1	0	1	1
Pat Seerey	3	1	1	1	1	0
Frankie Hayes	2	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Gromek	4	1	1	1	0	0
Paul O'Dea	1	0	0	0	0	0
Elmer Weingartner	1	0	1	1	0	0
Felix Mackiewicz	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Al Benton	6.0	5	4	1
Jim Tobin	2.1	2	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Gromek	9.0	6	2	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Joe Hoover: 8
Eddie Mayo: S
Doc Cramer: 2/FL
Jimmy Outlaw: D.1-H
Roy Cullenbine: 63

Bot 1

Al Cihocki: K
Mickey Rocco: 3/G
Les Fleming: 3/P

Top 2

Rudy York: 7
Bob Maier: 31
Bob Swift: S
Al Benton: K

Bot 2

Jeff Heath: E5
Dutch Meyer: E1/TH.1-3
Don Ross: W.1-2
Pat Seerey: 7
Frankie Hayes: 52(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Steve Gromek: 46(1)/FO

Top 3

Joe Hoover: 7
Eddie Mayo: 63
Doc Cramer: 43

Bot 3

Al Cihocki: 53
Mickey Rocco: 9
Les Fleming: 8

Top 4

Jimmy Outlaw: 53
Roy Cullenbine: 3/G
Rudy York: 63

Bot 4

Jeff Heath: S
Dutch Meyer: 1/BP
Don Ross: S.1-2
Pat Seerey: D7.2-H;1-3
Frankie Hayes: IW
Steve Gromek: 7.3-H
Paul O'Dea: 53

Top 5

Bob Maier: 5/P
Bob Swift: 8
Al Benton: K

Bot 5

Mickey Rocco: W
Les Fleming: 46(1)/FO
Jeff Heath: 3/G.1-2
Dutch Meyer: S.2-H
Don Ross: 13

Top 6

Joe Hoover: 13
Eddie Mayo: 8
Doc Cramer: S
Jimmy Outlaw: 46(1)/FO

Bot 6

Pat Seerey: W
Frankie Hayes: 13/SH.1-2
Steve Gromek: 3/G.2-3
Elmer Weingartner: S.3-H
Mickey Rocco: 8

Top 7

Roy Cullenbine: W
Rudy York: 3/P
Bob Maier: 64(1)/FO
Bob Swift: 13

Bot 7

Felix Mackiewicz: 7
Jeff Heath: 4/P
Dutch Meyer: 8

Top 8

Jim Tobin: E6
Red Borom: 64(1)3/GDP
Eddie Mayo: 3/G

Bot 8

Don Ross: K
Pat Seerey: 6/P
Frankie Hayes: 6/P

Top 9

Doc Cramer: 3/G
Jimmy Outlaw: S
Roy Cullenbine: W.1-2
Rudy York: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Bob Maier: 63
Bob Swift: 63

Bot 9

Steve Gromek: S
Elmer Weingartner: 13/SH.1-2
Mickey Rocco: S.2-H

Notes & reviews

Throw beat Gromek by a wide margin, but he bowled over catcher, dislodging the the ball; Tigers argued that Gromek did not touch the plate, but the call was not changed

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