Thursday, January 22, 2026

Cleveland Overcomes 7 Run Deficit To Win Wild One At Griffith

 GAME 2:

Game MVP:Tito Francona

Griffith Stadium    (01-22-2026 07:55:28)       Time 3:23, 85ø, Wind: 3 MPH Right to Left  Night Game

Aug 30, 1961                  1 2 3   4 5 6   7 8 9      R  H  E
1961 Cleveland 71-61          0 0 2   6 3 0   0 0 2     13 17  0
1961 Washington 55-74         4 3 0   0 1 0   0 0 4     12 13  0


Recap


Was  1st: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 4 runs on 4 hits and on one walk.

Was      Chuck Hinton scored on a PB by Romano to take the lead.  Cle  0 Was 1.

Was      Bob Johnson hit a 3 run HR(1).  Cle  0 Was 4.

Was  2nd: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 3 hits and on one walk.

Was      Chuck Hinton hit a 2 run HR(8).  Cle  0 Was 6.

Was      Bud Zipfel tripled scoring Woodling.  Cle  0 Was 7.

Cle  3rd: Sent 8 batters to the plate scoring 2 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks.

Cle      Johnny Temple singled scoring Held.  Cle  1 Was 7.

Cle      Tito Francona singled scoring Temple.  Cle  2 Was 7.

Cle  4th: Sent 12 batters to the plate scoring 6 runs on 4 hits and 4 walks.

Cle      Jim Piersall walked scoring Power.  Cle  3 Was 7.

Cle      Tito Francona hit a fly ball scoring 1.  Cle  4 Was 7.

Cle      Willie Kirkland singled scoring Temple.  Cle  5 Was 7.

Cle      Bubba Phillips singled scoring 2 to tie the score.  Cle  7 Was 7.

Cle      Woodie Held walked scoring Romano to take the lead.  Cle  8 Was 7.

Cle  5th: Sent 9 batters to the plate scoring 3 runs on 4 hits and 2 walks.

Cle      Jim Piersall tripled scoring Temple.  Cle  9 Was 7.

Cle      Tito Francona singled scoring Piersall.  Cle  10 Was 7.

Cle      Johnny Romano doubled scoring Francona.  Cle  11 Was 7.

Was  5th: Scored 1 run on a hit and 2 walks.

Was      Harry Bright doubled scoring Johnson.  Cle  11 Was 8.

Cle  9th: Scored 2 runs on 2 hits and on one walk.

Cle      Tito Francona tripled scoring Piersall.  Cle  12 Was 8.

Cle      Willie Kirkland hit a fly ball scoring 1.  Cle  13 Was 8.

Was  9th: Sent 7 batters to the plate scoring 4 runs on 3 hits and 2 walks.

Was      Bud Zipfel hit a solo HR(3).  Cle  13 Was 9.

Was      Chuck Cottier hit a grounder scoring 1.  Cle  13 Was 10.

Was      Dale Long singled scoring 2.  Cle  13 Was 12.


Cle  Johnny Romano: 3 for 5, double.

Cle  Johnny Temple: 2 for 3, 3 runs, 2 W.

Cle  Tito Francona: 4 for 5, double, triple, 4 RBI, 2 runs.

Cle  Jim Piersall: 2 for 4, triple, 2 RBI, 3 runs, 2 W.

Was  Marty Keough: 3 for 4.

Was  Chuck Hinton: 2 for 6, double, HR, 2 RBI, 2 runs, 3 K.

Was  Bob Johnson: 1 for 3, HR, 3 RBI, 3 runs, 2 W.

Was  Bud Zipfel: 2 for 5, triple, HR, 2 RBI, 3 K.


Cle  Gary Bell pitched 7 innings to earn the win: 8 earned runs, 10 hits, 5 BB, 7 K. He's now 12-9 on the season.

Cle  Bill Dailey got the save, his 1st of the year.

Was  Gabe Gabler pitched poorly for 3.2 innings and took the loss: 8 earned runs, 9 hits, 5 BB, 1 K. He's 1-8 on the year.


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Cleveland                      IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc

Bell W(12-9)                  7.0 10  8  8  2  5  7  137  91  46   4.41  35 145(143)       27

 Funk H(5)                    1.2  2  4  4  1  2  2   36  21  15   2.63   9   30(37)

 Dailey S(1)                  0.1  1  0  0  0  0  1    6   6   0   0.00   2   30(33)   -

                              9.0 13 12 12  3  7 10  179 118  61   3.82  46


Washington                     IP  H  R ER HR  W  K   Ct   S   B    ERA  BF     EPC  Stf  GSc

Gabler L(1-8)                 3.2  9  8  8  0  5  1   89  51  38   5.67  25 105(108)        7

 Klippstein                   2.1  6  3  3  0  3  1   70  41  29   6.32  15   60(60)s  -

 Garcia                       2.0  0  0  0  0  0  0   21  16   5   3.29   6   30(30)

 Kutyna                       0.0  1  2  2  0  1  0    9   5   4   4.50   2   80(75)   +

 Burnside                     0.1  0  0  0  0  0  0    3   1   2   4.29   1   40(40)s  -

 Sisler                       0.2  1  0  0  0  0  0   12  10   2   3.98   3   75(86)   +

                              9.0 17 13 13  0  9  2  204 124  80   4.09  52

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 2B-Romano(21), Power(31), Francona(23), Hinton(11), Cottier(7), Bright(9)

 3B-Francona(7), Piersall(7), Zipfel(6)

 HR-Was Johnson,B(1) off Bell(32) in the 1st with 2 on base, 260 feet

    Was Hinton(8) off Bell(33) in the 2nd with 1 on base, 291 feet

    Was Zipfel(3) off Funk(6) in the 9th with bases empty, 305 feet

 SB-Cle Temple(8) off Klippstein(5) + Bright(2), 5th

 CS-Cle Piersall(7) picked off by Gabler(1) in the 1st Inn

Pickoff(P)-Gabler(1)

RBI-Cle  - Romano(74), Temple(50), Phillips 2(73), Held(63), Francona 4(62), Kirkland 2(86), Piersall 2(52)

    Was  - Long 2(57), Hinton 2(34), Cottier(25), Johnson,B 3(16), Bright(26), Zipfel 2(12)

HBP-Romano(Cle) by Gabler(Was)

 SF-Francona(3), Kirkland(14)

 SH-Bell(8)

 WP-Klippstein(9), Gabler(7)

 PB-Romano (9)

Great-Johnson,B(8)

Poor-Held(22), Hinton(1), Johnson,B(8), Zipfel(3)

OfA-Keough(4)

LOB-Cleveland 12 Washington 7

 DP-Cleveland 1

GWRBI-Held

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