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kenyan_cheena · 06-07-2008, 12:56 AM

THE OHIO EXPRESS

Wednesday, 21 July, 1959

SCORE INJURES BACK,
GONE FOR A MONTH

Story by Grady McCallum

The Cleveland Blues have been dealt a mighty blow in their quest for the American League pennant with Cy Young candidate Herb Score suffering a back injury during yesterday's important 9-4 win over the Detroit Tigers. Score went down during the 3rd inning with the Blues leading 4-0 and two men on base, reliever Cal McLish giving up a three-run homer to Ken Boyer in the very next at-bat. However, Cleveland's bullpen did a good job to hold Detroit to just six hits for the remainder of the game. Score had been struggling with his control before the injury, walking four of the eleven batters he faced.

At the plate Rocky Colavito, Willie Mays and Preston Ward all had good games for the Blues, Colavito hammering a three-run home run in the 3rd (his 30th of the season) for the first score of the game while Mays and Ward both collected a pair of hits. Chico Carrasquel contributed an important two-out two-RBI double in the 7th that pushed Cleveland's lead out to four runs. 3rd baseman Billy Harrell was 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI while Roger Maris hit a two-run home run in the 4th in his only plate appearance, pinch hitting for McLish.

While Score's injury will do a deal of damage to his chances of claiming the Cy Young award, it makes the Blues' task of staying at the top of the standings even more difficult. He'll be out for at least four weeks meaning he'll miss about seven starts. He's been close to a guaranteed win for the Ohio ballclub for most of the season so his absence will certainly be felt.

"It's been frustrating," said manager Joe Gordon in relation to his club's injury woes. "We just got Willie and Minnie back and now we lose Herb. We'll just have to tough it out. That's all we can do."

After splitting a four-game set in Baltimore to start the second half yesterday's win improved Cleveland's record to 52-41. By contrast Detroit have struggled out of the break, winning just one of five to fall to 53-40 and surrender the league lead to the Yankees, who are now 53-39 after defeating the Red Sox 8-4 at Fenway yesterday...

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kenyan_cheena Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia Posts: 4,684	*THE OHIO EXPRESS* Wednesday, 21 July, 1959 SCORE INJURES BACK, GONE FOR A MONTH Story by Grady McCallum The Cleveland Blues have been dealt a mighty blow in their quest for the American League pennant with Cy Young candidate Herb Score suffering a back injury during yesterday's important 9-4 win over the Detroit Tigers. Score went down during the 3rd inning with the Blues leading 4-0 and two men on base, reliever Cal McLish giving up a three-run homer to Ken Boyer in the very next at-bat. However, Cleveland's bullpen did a good job to hold Detroit to just six hits for the remainder of the game. Score had been struggling with his control before the injury, walking four of the eleven batters he faced. At the plate Rocky Colavito, Willie Mays and Preston Ward all had good games for the Blues, Colavito hammering a three-run home run in the 3rd (his 30th of the season) for the first score of the game while Mays and Ward both collected a pair of hits. Chico Carrasquel contributed an important two-out two-RBI double in the 7th that pushed Cleveland's lead out to four runs. 3rd baseman Billy Harrell was 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI while Roger Maris hit a two-run home run in the 4th in his only plate appearance, pinch hitting for McLish. While Score's injury will do a deal of damage to his chances of claiming the Cy Young award, it makes the Blues' task of staying at the top of the standings even more difficult. He'll be out for at least four weeks meaning he'll miss about seven starts. He's been close to a guaranteed win for the Ohio ballclub for most of the season so his absence will certainly be felt. "It's been frustrating," said manager Joe Gordon in relation to his club's injury woes. "We just got Willie and Minnie back and now we lose Herb. We'll just have to tough it out. That's all we can do." After splitting a four-game set in Baltimore to start the second half yesterday's win improved Cleveland's record to 52-41. By contrast Detroit have struggled out of the break, winning just one of five to fall to 53-40 and surrender the league lead to the Yankees, who are now 53-39 after defeating the Red Sox 8-4 at Fenway yesterday... __________________ MLB: 1958 and Beyond... The Greatest Prize in Sports Last edited by kenyan_cheena : 06-07-2008 at 01:02 AM.