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Kansas City Athletics @ Cleveland Guardians

1960-09-16 · Night game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 6656 · 2:02

Cleveland Indians defeated Kansas City Athletics 4–2. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 3rd. Jim Perry earned the win and Johnny Klippstein picked up the save. Miguel de la Hoz went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KC1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	10
CLE	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0		4	6

W: Jim Perry L: Ned Garver SV: Johnny Klippstein

Umpires — HP: Red Flaherty · 1B: Bill Kinnamon · 2B: Al Smith · 3B: Harry Schwarts · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ken Hamlin	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Tuttle	4	1	1	1	0	0
Hank Bauer	4	1	2	0	0	1
Norm Siebern	3	0	1	0	1	0
Dick Williams	4	0	1	1	0	0
Andy Carey	4	0	1	0	0	1
Bob Johnson	4	0	2	0	0	1
Pete Daley	4	0	2	0	0	1
Ned Garver	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jim Delsing	1	0	0	0	0	0
Marv Throneberry	1	0	0	0	0	0
Danny Kravitz	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ken Aspromonte	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tito Francona	3	2	1	1	1	1
Ty Cline	4	0	2	0	0	0
Woodie Held	4	0	1	1	0	1
Walt Bond	2	0	0	0	1	0
Vic Power	3	0	0	0	0	0
Miguel de la Hoz	3	1	1	1	0	0
John Romano	2	1	1	1	1	1
Jim Perry	3	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Ned Garver	6.0	6	2	1
Bob Davis	2.0	0	1	2

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Perry	7.1	10	1	3
Johnny Klippstein	1.2	0	0	2

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ken Hamlin: 8
Bill Tuttle: HR/7D
Hank Bauer: 8
Norm Siebern: W
Dick Williams: 5/FL

Bot 1

Ken Aspromonte: 53
Tito Francona: 53
Ty Cline: 13

Top 2

Andy Carey: 7
Bob Johnson: S8
Pete Daley: S7.1-2
Ned Garver: 3/FL
Ken Hamlin: 64(1)/FO

Bot 2

Woodie Held: 4/L
Walt Bond: 7
Vic Power: 43

Top 3

Bill Tuttle: 4
Hank Bauer: S9
Norm Siebern: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Miguel de la Hoz: HR/7D
John Romano: HR/7D
Jim Perry: 3/G
Ken Aspromonte: 43
Tito Francona: HR/7D
Ty Cline: S9
Woodie Held: 8

Top 4

Dick Williams: 63
Andy Carey: S7
Bob Johnson: S8.1-2
Pete Daley: 9
Ned Garver: K

Bot 4

Walt Bond: W
Vic Power: 64(1)/FO
Miguel de la Hoz: 14(1)3/GDP

Top 5

Ken Hamlin: 6/L
Bill Tuttle: 43
Hank Bauer: K

Bot 5

John Romano: K
Jim Perry: 53
Ken Aspromonte: 5/L

Top 6

Norm Siebern: 7
Dick Williams: 4
Andy Carey: K

Bot 6

Tito Francona: W
Ty Cline: S1.1-3(E1);BX2(46)#
Woodie Held: S9.3-H
Walt Bond: 64(1)/FO
Vic Power: 8

Top 7

Bob Johnson: 53
Pete Daley: D7
Jim Delsing: 7
Ken Hamlin: 7

Bot 7

Miguel de la Hoz: 8
John Romano: W
Jim Perry: 26(1)/FO
Ken Aspromonte: 43

Top 8

Bill Tuttle: 63
Hank Bauer: S8
Norm Siebern: S6.1-2
Dick Williams: D7.2-H;1-3
Andy Carey: 3/FL
Bob Johnson: K

Bot 8

Tito Francona: K
Ty Cline: 43
Woodie Held: K

Top 9

Pete Daley: K
Marv Throneberry: 31
Danny Kravitz: 6

Notes & reviews

Indians pitcher Jim Grant and bullpen coach Ted Wilks got into a racial argument during the singing of the National Anthem; Grant left the stadium without notifying Indians manager Jimmy Dykes, who suspened Grant for the rest of the season without pay

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