Tribe sweeps A's

In the clash between the two teams with the ugliest stadiums the Tribe sweeps Oakland.

Herb Score, W ( 2 - 3) demonstrated why he was rookie of the year as he threw a brilliant, eight and two third inning shutout against the A's in game one allowing only two hits and fanning 14.  Don Mossi, S ( 2 ) came in the bottom of the ninth with two on and struck out both hitters he faced to earn the save.  Hard luck loser Mulder, L ( 1 - 2) made just one mistake as he served a home run to Larry Doby (3) for the game's only run.

Game two was the antithesis of game one as the Indians hit the A's with an 8 run fifth inning to coast to a 15 - 6 win.  Bobby Avila, Ralph Kiner and Larry Doby each banged out three hits in a 20 - hit attack.  Both Avila (3) and Kiner (5) hit homers.  The A's did all they could to assist the Tribe committing 4 errors.  Mike Garcia, W (3 - 1) was the beneficiary of the offensive outburst as he was not that effective yielding six runs and 12 hits in seven innings.  Bob Feller shut out the A's in the final two frames.

Game three went extra innings as the Indians eked out a 10 inning, 5 - 4 win on a squeeze bunt by George Strickland.  Fain scored the winning run as he led off the inning with a walk and went to third on a double by Gene Woodling.  Santiago, W (1 - 0) got the win with 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief and Sal "the Barber" picked up the save retiring Chavez and Dye with a runner on first.  Giambi (5) homered with one on in the first off Indian starter Art Houtteman to give the A's an early lead but Evers doubled home two runners in the fourth to tie the game and Larry Doby (4) homered off Zito in the sixth to give the Tribe a 4 - 3 lead.  
A Giambi single with two out in the ninth off Don Mossi to tie the score but McMillon struck out to end the inning.  After a scoreless 10th the Indians scored to record the sweep.  --submitted by Jim Clouser--