Game Logs - April 11, 1963

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April 11, 1963

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Baltimore Orioles

New York Yankees

Yankee Stadium

Attendance: 30,374

Starting Lineups
ORIOLES Luis Aparicio ss Jackie Brandt cf Brooks Robinson 3b Jim Gentile 1b Al Smith rf Boog Powell lf Jerry Adair 2b Dick Brown c Milt Pappas p	YANKEES Tony Kubek ss Bobby Richardson 2b Tom Tresh lf Mickey Mantle cf Joe Pepitone 1b Elston Howard c Hector Lopez rf Ken Boyer 3b Whitey Ford p

The O's struck first when Jerry Adair hit a lead-off double in the 3rd and then scored on a Dick Brown single. Mickey Mantle's solo homer in the Yankees 4th tied the game, but Baltimore went back out in front in their next frame when Boog Powell jacked a two-run blast out of the park to make it 3-1. Orioles starter Milt Pappas got into trouble on several occasions; he hit Ellie Howard with a pitch and walked Hector Lopez to start the Yankees 5th, and in the 6th the Yankees juiced the bases. But New York always failed to capitalize, and the O's turned a couple of crucial twin-killings.Powell's second homer of the night, a solo shot in the 7th, made it 4-1, and so it would remain.

	R	H	E	LOB
ORIOLES	4	8	1	4
YANKEES	1	5	0	8

HRs: Powell 2 (2), Mantle (2)

WP: Pappas (1-0) 9 ip, 5 h, 1 r, 1 er, 5 bb, 4 k

LP: Ford (0-1) 5 ip, 6 h, 3 r, 3 er, 0 bb, 3 so

Powell (BAL) 4 ab, 3 h, 2 r, 3 rbi, 0 bb, 0 so

Adair (BAL) 4 ab, 2 h, 1 r, 0 rbi, 0 bb, 1 so

Brown (BAL) 4 ab, 2 h, 0 r, 1 rbi, 0 bb, 2 so

Mantle (NYY) 3 ab, 2 h, 1 r, 1 rbi, 1 bb, 0 so

Boston Red Sox

Washington Senators

D.C. Stadium

Attendance: 4,939

Starting Lineups
RED SOX Chuck Schilling 2b Eddie Bressoud ss Carl Yastrzemski lf Dick Stuart 1b Roman Mejias cf Lou Clinton rf Frank Malzone 3b Bob Tillman c Ike Delock p	SENATORS Marv Breeding 2b Chuck Hinton rf Minnie Minoso lf Don Lock cf Bobo Osborne 3b Don Leppert c Tom Brown 1b Ed Brinkman ss Tom Cheney p

Washington starter Tom Cheney fanned ten in a complete game shutout of the Red Sox. (Cheney's all-time record was 21 K's in a 12 September 1962 game with Baltimore.) The Bosox managed just one hit -- by Eddie Bressoud -- in the 4th. Washington's Don Leppert had a big day, going 3 for 4 with 3 runs and 5 ribbies, hitting a solo home run in the 4th and a two-run dinger in the 6th. In the 8th he hit yet another homer, making three for the day. (He would hit just three more home runs in all of 1963, his All-Star year.)

	R	H	E	LOB
RED SOX	0	1	1	2
SENATORS	8	8	0	3

HRs: Leppert 3 (3)

WP: Cheney (1-0) 9 ip, 1 h, 0 r, 0 er, 1 bb, 10 k

LP: Delock (0-1) 5 ip, 2 h, 2 r, 1 er, 1 bb, 5 k

Leppert (WSH) 4 ab, 3 h, 3 r, 5 rbi, 0 bb, 0 so (3 hr)

Chicago White Sox

Los Angeles Angels

Dodger Stadium

Attendance: 10,003

Starting Lineups
WHITE SOX Jim Landis cf Nellie Fox 2b Floyd Robinson rf Dave Nicholson lf Joe Cunningham 1b Ron Hansen ss Pete Ward 3b Cam Carreon c Joe Horlen p	ANGELS Albie Pearson cf Billy Moran 2b Lee Thomas 1b Leon Wagner lf Buck Rodgers c George Thomas rf Felix Torres 3b Jim Fregosi ss Bo Belinsky p

The Chisox drew first blood -- a Floyd Robinson lead-off homer in the 4th. Albie Pearson singled in the Angels 5th, reached second on a Moran groundout, and scored when Lee Thomas hit a two-bagger to center. The game remained tied until the 6th, when two walks issied by Angels starter Bo Belinsky, a passed ball, and a single by Robinson made it 3-1 White Sox. Chicago's Pete Ward hit two triples (leading off the 3rd and the 9th) but didn't score either time.

	R	H	E	LOB
WHITE SOX	3	5	1	8
ANGELS	1	8	0	10

WP: Horlen (1-0) 5 ip, 6 h, 1 r, 1 er, 4 bb, 2 k

LP: Belinsky (0-1) 6 ip, 4 h, 3 r, 2 er, 4 bb, 5 k

Robinson (CHW) 3 ab, 1 h, 2 r, 1 rbi, 1 bb, 1 so

Ward (CHW) 4 ab, 2 h, 0 r, 1 rbi, 0 bb, 0 so

L. Thomas (LAA) 3 ab, 2 h, 0 r, 1 rbi, 1 bb, 0 so

Detroit Tigers

Cleveland Indians

Cleveland Stadium

Attendance: 25,812

Starting Lineups
TIGERS Bubba Phillips 3b Bill Bruton cf Al Kaline rf Rocky Colavito lf Norm Cash 1b Dick McAuliffe 2b Gus Triandos c Chico Fernandez ss Don Mossi p	INDIANS Vic Davalillo cf Tony Martinez ss Tito Francona lf Joe Adcock 1b Johnny Romano c Ellis Burton rf Max Alvis 3b Mike de la Hoz 2b Dick Donovan p

Tigers starter Don Mossi pitched three complete games in '63, and this was one of them. He held the Tribe to just two hits. In fact, the Cleveland lineup went three-up, three-down in each of the first six innings. The Tigers scored two runs on four singles in the 1st and added another pair in the 4th on a two-run single by Mossi himself. In the 6th Mossi hit a one-out single and later scored. The Indians got their (unearned) run in the 9th -- too little, too late.

	R	H	E	LOB
TIGERS	6	12	1	10
INDIANS	1	2	0	2

WP: Mossi (1-0) 9 ip, 2 h, 1 r, 0 er, 0 bb, 6 k

LP: Donovan (0-1) 3.1 ip, 7 h, 4 r, 4 er, 1 bb, 1 k

Colavito (DET) 5 ab, 2 h, 0 r, 2 rbi, 0 bb, 1 so

Mossi (DET) 4 ab, 2 h, 1 r, 2 rbi, 0 bb, 1 so

Los Angeles Dodgers

Chicago Cubs

Wrigley Field

Attendance: 3,735

Starting Lineups
DODGERS Willie Davis cf Gene Oliver 2b Tommy Davis lf Bill Skowron 1b Frank Howard rf Ken McMullen 3b Johnny Roseboro c Bill Tracewski ss Johnny Podres p	CUBS Lou Brock rf Andre Rodgers ss Billy Williams lf Ron Santo 3b Ernie Banks 1b Nelson Mathews cf Ken Hubbs 2b Dick Bertell c Dick Ellsworth p

Yet another complete game by one of today's winning pitchers. In this one, Chicago's Dick Ellsworth shut out a Dodgers lineup that included Willie Davis, Frank "Hondo" Howard and Bill "Moose" Skowron, holding Los Angeles to just three hits. Dodgers starter Johnny Podres did well, too, allowing eight hits and two runs. The first Cubs score came in the 3rd when Ron Santo hit a two-bagger that plated Lou Brock. In the Cubs 6th Santo led off with a single, reached second on a Dodgers error, got to third when Nelson Mathews made an out to right, then scored when Ken Hubbs singled, making it 2-0.

	R	H	E	LOB
DODGERS	0	3	3	2
CUBS	2	8	0	7

WP: Ellsworth (1-0) 9 ip, 3 h, 0 r, 0 er, 2 bb, 5 k

LP: Podres (0-1) 8 ip, 8 h, 2 r, 2 er, 3 bb, 2 k

Rodgers (CHC) 3 ab, 2 h, 0 r, 0 rbi, 1 bb, 0 so

Santo (CHC) 4 ab, 2 h, 1 r, 1 rbi, 0 bb, 0 so

Hubbs (CHC) 3 ab, 3 h, 0 r, 1 rbi, 0 bb, 0 so

New York Mets

Milwaukee Braves

County Stadium

Attendance: 26,120

Starting Lineups
METS Larry Burright 2b Charlie Neal 3b Cliff Cook rf Frank Thomas lf Duke Snider cf Marve Throneberry 1b Norm Sherry c Al Moran ss Jay Hook p	BRAVES Ty Cline cf Frank Bolling 2b Hank Aaron rf Eddie Mathews 3b Norm Larker 1b Mack Jones lf Joe Torre c Roy McMillan ss Warren Spahn p

Braves ace Warren Spahn pitched a complete game, allowing just one run -- a solo homer off the bat of Duke Snider in the Mets 2nd. In the Braves 3rd, Frank Bolling tripled in Ty Cline and then scored when Mets hurler Jay Hook threw a wild pitch, making it 2-1 Braves. Joe Torre led off the Braves 5th with a double, Roy McMillan singled, and Cline doubled to score Torre, while Hank Aaron followed to single in McMillan and Cline. Aaron's solo dinger in the 7th made it 6-1, the final score.

	R	H	E	LOB
METS	1	6	0	3
BRAVES	6	11	0	7

WP: Spahn (1-0) 9 ip, 6 h, 1 r, 1 er, 0 bb, 5 k

LP: Hook (0-1) 6 ip, 8 h, 5 r, 5 er, 2 bb, 4 k

Aaron (MIL) 4 ab, 2 h, 1 r, 3 rbi, 0 bb, 0 so

Cline (MIL) 5 ab, 2 h, 2 r, 1 rbi, 0 bb, 0 so

McMillan (MIL) 4 ab, 3 h, 1 r, 0 rbi, 0 bb, 0 so

San Francisco Giants

Houston Colt 45's

Colt Stadium

Attendance: 8,827

Starting Lineups
GIANTS Chuck Hiller 2b Jim Davenport 3b Willie Mays cf Willie McCovey lf Orlando Cepeda 1b Tom Haller c Felipe Alou rf Jose Pagan ss Billy O'Dell p	COLT 45's Bob Lillis ss Johnny Temple 2b Carl Warwick rf Carroll Hardy lf Bob Aspromonte 3b Howie Goss cf Rusty Staub 1b Jim Campbell c Ken Johnson p

Another dominant pitching performance today was Billy O'Dell's complete game handling of the Colt 45's, in which he allowed just three hits -- two of them by Carl Warwick -- and one (unearned) run courtesy of two Giants fielding errors in the Houston 1st. Three hits, a walk, and a Houston error resulted in a three-run second for San Francisco. Houston reliever Conrad Cardinal debuted in the 6th and gave up one run in three innings. Fellow reliever Chris Zachary -- also making his debut -- issued a walk to Willie Mays to open the Giants 9th; Willie McCovey singled and Orlando Cepeda homered to make it 7-1.

	R	H	E	LOB
GIANTS	7	12	2	10
COLT 45s	1	3	2	3

WP: O'Dell (1-0) 9 ip, 3 h, 1 r, 0 er, 2 bb, 6 k

LP: Johnson (0-1) 5 ip, 7 h, 3 r, 0 er, 3 bb, 3 k

Alou (SFG) 5 ab, 3 h, 0 r, 0 rbi, 1 bb, 1 so

Cepeda (SFG) 5 ab, 3 h, 2 r, 3 rbi, 0 bb, 0 so

McCovey (SFG) 4 ab, 3 h, 2 r, 0 rbi, 1 bb, 0 so

Warwick (HOU) 3 ab, 2 h, 0 r, 0 rbi, 1 bb, 1 so