8/24 - 8/26 - Cleveland Municipal Stadium
GAME 1 - Indians 10, Blue Jays 2
Jim "Mudcat" Grant (1-1, 2.86) went 8 solid innings (2ER) and easily notched the victory as errors and poor pitching did in the Blue Jays Pete Walker (7R/4ER - 4IP). The Indians had 3 run innings in both the 1st and 3rd to put the game out of reach. Toronto's offense just couldn't negotiate that huge cavern nicknamed the "mistake by the lake". Preston Ward went 3 for 5 with his 2nd homer of the season. Larry Doby had 3 RBI and hit his 4th round tripper.
GAME 2 - Indians 3, Blue Jays 2
This time rain and lack of offense did in Toronto. They Blue Jays
got good pitching, but the Indians got better pitching. Ray Narleski had a 3 hit shutout going, but tired due to the rain delay. Don Mossi notched the rare 3 inning save, but did make it interesting by giving up 2 runs in the top of the 8th to cut Cleveland's lead to 1. Minnie Minoso went 2 for 3 and had an RBI. Vernon Wells hit the 2 run shot in the 8th to make the game really close.
GAME 3 - Indians 6, Blue Jays 1
Gary "Ding Dong" Bell went the distance and allowed only 1 run on 4 hits while fanning 8. Toronto once again lacked offense and pitching. Rocky Colavito went 3 for 4 with 2 RBI to increase his season average to .458. Vic Power also went 3-4 and boosted his average to .333. The top 4 guys in Cleveland's batting order are hitting over .325. Preston Ward sits at an unbelievable .538. Good pitching + Good hitting = Cleveland's 10-2 start and first place standing.
No comments:
Post a Comment