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Detroit Tigers @ Cleveland Guardians

1965-08-04 · Night game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 17796 · Wind to LF · 2:51

Cleveland Indians defeated Detroit Tigers 4–1. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 4th. Sonny Siebert earned the win. Max Alvis went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Sonny Siebert L: Joe Sparma SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Kinnamon · 1B: Johnny Stevens · 2B: Larry Napp · 3B: Cal Drummond · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Don Wert	3	0	1	0	1	1
Jerry Lumpe	4	0	0	0	0	1
Norm Cash	3	0	1	0	1	1
Al Kaline	4	0	1	0	0	1
Willie Horton	4	0	0	0	0	1
Don Demeter	3	1	1	1	0	1
Dick McAuliffe	3	0	0	0	0	1
Bill Freehan	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Sparma	2	0	0	0	0	2
Gates Brown	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Larry Brown	2	1	0	1	2	0
Chuck Hinton	4	0	0	0	0	3
Leon Wagner	2	0	2	0	1	0
Rocky Colavito	3	0	1	1	1	0
Fred Whitfield	4	0	1	0	0	1
Max Alvis	4	1	1	1	0	1
Pedro Gonzalez	3	1	1	0	1	0
Duke Sims	1	1	0	0	3	0
Sonny Siebert	4	0	1	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Sparma	6.0	4	6	4
Larry Sherry	2.0	3	2	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sonny Siebert	9.0	4	2	9

Play-by-play

Top 1

Don Wert: K
Jerry Lumpe: K/C
Norm Cash: S9
Al Kaline: 13

Bot 1

Larry Brown: W
Chuck Hinton: K
Leon Wagner: HP.1-2
Rocky Colavito: WP.1-2;2-3
Rocky Colavito: W
Fred Whitfield: 6(B)6(2)/LDP

Top 2

Willie Horton: E6
Don Demeter: HP.1-2
Dick McAuliffe: PO2(E1).2-3
Dick McAuliffe: K
Bill Freehan: FC.3XH(62);1-2
Joe Sparma: K

Bot 2

Max Alvis: 6
Pedro Gonzalez: 43
Duke Sims: W
Sonny Siebert: 9/FL

Top 3

Don Wert: S9
Jerry Lumpe: 46(1)3/GDP
Norm Cash: W
Al Kaline: S9.1XH(92)

Bot 3

Larry Brown: 7
Chuck Hinton: K
Leon Wagner: S7
Rocky Colavito: 43

Top 4

Willie Horton: K
Don Demeter: HR/7
Dick McAuliffe: 7
Bill Freehan: 63

Bot 4

Fred Whitfield: 6
Max Alvis: HR/7
Pedro Gonzalez: W
Duke Sims: W.1-2
Sonny Siebert: S7.1-2;2-3
Larry Brown: 43.3-H;2-H(NR);1-2
Chuck Hinton: FC.2X3(6)

Top 5

Joe Sparma: K
Don Wert: W
Jerry Lumpe: 3/G.1-2
Norm Cash: 7

Bot 5

Leon Wagner: W
Rocky Colavito: 54(1)3/GDP
Fred Whitfield: K/C

Top 6

Al Kaline: K
Willie Horton: 53
Don Demeter: 2/FL

Bot 6

Max Alvis: K
Pedro Gonzalez: D9
Duke Sims: 8
Sonny Siebert: 63

Top 7

Dick McAuliffe: 7
Bill Freehan: 3
Gates Brown: 2/FL

Bot 7

Larry Brown: W
Chuck Hinton: K
Leon Wagner: S9.1-3;BX2(96)
Rocky Colavito: S7.3-H
Fred Whitfield: S9.1XH(9632)

Top 8

Don Wert: 4
Jerry Lumpe: 63
Norm Cash: K/C

Bot 8

Max Alvis: 8
Pedro Gonzalez: 4
Duke Sims: W
Sonny Siebert: 3/G

Top 9

Al Kaline: 63
Willie Horton: 63
Don Demeter: K

Notes & reviews

Siebert trapped off base... Sims scores during botched rundown

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