1963 EDCS, Game 1: Detroit Penguins At Cleveland Buckeyes 10/5/1963
Penguins AB R H RBI AVG Buckeyes AB R H RBI AVG
H.Kuenn 3B 3 2 1 0 .333 T.Davis LF 5 1 1 3 .200
D.Radatz P 0 0 0 0 ---- D.Blasingame 2B 4 1 2 0 .500
D.Groat SS 5 0 2 1 .400 W.Mays CF 3 1 1 0 .333
R.Rollins 2B,3B 3 0 1 3 .333 B.White 1B 4 0 0 0 .000
L.Wagner RF,LF 5 0 1 0 .200 E.Howard C 4 0 1 1 .250
J.Torre C 5 0 1 0 .200 P.Ward 3B 4 0 1 1 .250
N.Cash 1B 4 1 1 0 .250 S.Musial RF 3 0 1 0 .333
F.Thomas LF 4 1 1 0 .250 P.Ramos P 0 0 0 0 ----
A-B.Bruton CF 0 0 0 0 ---- E-G.Kolb PH 1 0 0 0 .000
J.Hall CF,RF 4 1 1 0 .250 T.Kubek SS 4 1 1 0 .250
D.Drysdale P 2 1 1 1 .500 D.Ellsworth P 2 0 0 0 .000
C-Y.Berra PH 1 0 0 0 .000 B-D.Landrum PH,RF 1 1 0 0 .000
D-P.Linz 2B 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 36 6 10 5 Totals 35 5 8 5
A-Subbed Defensively (CF) For Thomas In 7th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Ellsworth In 7th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Drysdale In 8th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Berra In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Ramos In 9th Inning
Penguins........ 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 - 6 10 0
Buckeyes........ 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 - 5 8 3
Penguins (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Drysdale WIN(1-0) 7 5 2 2 1 2 0 89 2.57
D.Radatz 2 3 3 3 2 2 1 48 13.50
Totals 9 8 5 5 3 4 1
Buckeyes (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
D.Ellsworth LOSS(0-1) 7 10 6 4 3 5 0 133 5.14
P.Ramos 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 21 0.00
Totals 9 10 6 4 3 7 0
ATTENDANCE- 45,157 DATE- Saturday, October 5th 1963 TIME- Day
T- 2:54
LEFT ON BASE- Penguins: 8 Buckeyes: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Penguins: 0 Buckeyes: 0
ERRORS- W.Mays, P.Ward, D.Ellsworth
DOUBLES- R.Rollins(1st), F.Thomas(1st)
HOME RUNS- T.Davis(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- D.Drysdale
SACRIFICE FLIES- R.Rollins
WALKS- H.Kuenn-2, R.Rollins, D.Blasingame, W.Mays, D.Landrum
STRIKE OUTS- H.Kuenn, L.Wagner, J.Torre-2, N.Cash, J.Hall-2, B.White, E.Howard,
G.Kolb, D.Landrum
WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Don Landrum robbed Yogi Berra of a Homerun!
Shortstop Dick Groat had 2 base hits as the Detroit Penguins defeated the
Cleveland Buckeyes by a score of 6 to 5 at Mistake by the Lake.
Detroit tallied 3 runs in the top of the 4th inning with the help of 4 hits.
They would prove to be the difference in the contest. Cleveland had a chance
in the 9th but they came up short.
The victory was credited to Don Drysdale(1-0) who went 7 innings, allowing 2
runs. The loss was charged to Dick Ellsworth(0-1). He was touched for 10
hits and 3 walks in 7 innings.