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Detroit Tigers @ Cleveland Guardians

1965-08-05 · Night game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 13639 · night · 2:27

Cleveland Indians defeated Detroit Tigers 5–2. Cleveland Indians put up 3 in the 1st. Sam McDowell earned the win. Leon Wagner went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Sam McDowell L: Dave Wickersham SV: (none)

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

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Jake Wood	5	1	3	0	0	0
Don Wert	5	0	3	1	0	1
Don Demeter	5	0	2	0	0	0
Al Kaline	3	0	1	0	1	1
Willie Horton	4	0	0	0	0	4
Bill Freehan	2	0	0	0	1	0
Norm Cash	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ray Oyler	4	0	0	0	0	1
Dave Wickersham	2	0	0	0	0	2
George Thomas	1	0	0	0	0	1
Gates Brown	1	1	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Larry Brown	4	2	2	0	0	1
Chuck Hinton	2	0	0	0	1	0
Leon Wagner	4	2	2	2	0	0
Rocky Colavito	4	1	2	2	0	1
Fred Whitfield	4	0	2	1	0	0
Max Alvis	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pedro Gonzalez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Azcue	3	0	0	0	0	1
Sam McDowell	3	0	1	0	0	1

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Wickersham	6.0	7	1	3
Ron Nischwitz	2.0	2	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sam McDowell	9.0	10	2	10

Play-by-play

Top 1

Jake Wood: S7
Don Wert: K
Don Demeter: S9.1-2
Al Kaline: K/C
Willie Horton: K

Bot 1

Larry Brown: S7
Chuck Hinton: 13/SH.1-2
Leon Wagner: D8.2-H
Rocky Colavito: S7.2-H;B-2(THH)
Fred Whitfield: S9.2-H
Max Alvis: 43.1-2
Pedro Gonzalez: 6

Top 2

Bill Freehan: W
Norm Cash: 54(1)/FO
Ray Oyler: K
Dave Wickersham: K

Bot 2

Joe Azcue: 63
Sam McDowell: K
Larry Brown: K

Top 3

Jake Wood: 43
Don Wert: S8
Don Demeter: S7.1-3
Al Kaline: 7
Willie Horton: K

Bot 3

Chuck Hinton: 63
Leon Wagner: HR/9
Rocky Colavito: 9
Fred Whitfield: 4

Top 4

Bill Freehan: HP
Norm Cash: 64(1)/FO
Ray Oyler: 64(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Max Alvis: 7
Pedro Gonzalez: 53
Joe Azcue: K

Top 5

Dave Wickersham: K23
Jake Wood: 9
Don Wert: S8
Don Demeter: 3

Bot 5

Sam McDowell: 43
Larry Brown: D7
Chuck Hinton: W
Leon Wagner: 4
Rocky Colavito: S7.1-2;2-H
Fred Whitfield: 43

Top 6

Al Kaline: S7
Willie Horton: K
Bill Freehan: 8
Norm Cash: 43

Bot 6

Max Alvis: 7
Pedro Gonzalez: 8
Joe Azcue: 13

Top 7

Ray Oyler: 63
George Thomas: K
Jake Wood: D7
Don Wert: S7.2-H
Don Demeter: 9

Bot 7

Sam McDowell: S8
Larry Brown: 64(1)/FO
Chuck Hinton: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 8

Al Kaline: W
Willie Horton: K
Bill Freehan: 54(1)/FO
Norm Cash: S9.1-3
Ray Oyler: 64(1)/FO

Bot 8

Leon Wagner: 3/G
Rocky Colavito: K
Fred Whitfield: S8
Max Alvis: 64(1)/FO

Top 9

Gates Brown: E6
Jake Wood: S9.1-3
Don Wert: 4(1)3/GDP.3-H(UR)
Don Demeter: 5/FL