Opening Day 1951 Wednesday July 2.

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Opening Day 1951 Wednesday July 2.

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9 4.22 ERA Opening Day of the 1951 baseball season.

On this day the most viewed movie was ''Strangers On A Train'' directed by Alfred Hitchcock. The most popular book was ''The Foundling'' by Francis Cardinal Spellman an on television the American people were watching ''Front Page Detective'' starring Edmund Lowe.

Fantastic weather engulfed all four American league sites on this day and attendance around the league was impressive.

American League Champion Oakland 8 New York 2

1950 Cy Young Award winner Glenn Frey pitched a complete game giving up two runs on seven hits walking four and recording nine strikeouts.

Offensive support came in the first inning by Eric Clapton with one out off losing pitcher Cy Minahan.

Oakland added four runs in the thrid inning on a single by Keith Urban. Pitcher Glen Frey attempting to sacrifice beat out a bunt for a single. DocWatson followed with a single that sent Frey to third base. Trey then scored on a ground out to second by Clapton. Watson came in on a single by Lee Tettinour and Rettinour scored on a double by Jimmy Page.

Oakland blew the game open with three more runs in the sixth to build an 8-0 lead for Frey.

8-2 Final

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Minnesota 2 Baltimore 0

Watch out for Minnesota!!!

The 1950 Minnesota Maulers were celler dwellers with a 25-56 twenty seven games out of first place. They will not finish with that bad a record this year. The pitching was so much improved that their first round draft pick in the draft, pitcher Lesbon Cherino, did not make the opening day big league in their opening day victory over Baltimore the Maulers had two runs on nine hits.

Jim SutherlaND doubled with one out in the second inning, advanced to thrid base on a wild pitch by losing pitcher Paul Crowell, and scored on a ground out to third baseman Frank Scherman.

The Maulers were able to add on to their lead with a run in the sixth inning when Al Trillo doubloed, went to third on a ground out by Jimmy Burrell, and scored ona sacrifice fly by Sutherland.

Johnny Williamson (4-8 4.22 ERA in 1950) went nine innings akllowed six hits one run walked two and struck out eight.

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Los Angeles 8 Boston 1

Los Angeles starting pitcher Elmer Beckman (6-8 3.90 in 1950) went the distance giving up one run on six hits . Beckman allowed two walks and punched out eight.

Ralph McClain was an RBI machine driving in four of the eight runs. McClain drove in a run in the first inning with a sacrifice fly, had a RBI ground out in the fifth inning and drove in two runbs in the eighth inning with a single.

Los Angeles shortstop Ted Brito hit a lead off homerun in the fifth. Ofdell in the fifth inning with a double and another run in the eighth and another in the eight with a acrifice fly.

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Detroit 4 Tampa Bay 0

Detroit opened the season in tropical Tampa Bay with a 4-0 road victory. before a huge sell out crowd.

Brian Gerlock had the fans cheering for the fiorst three inning as he shutout the Tigers on just one hit, a lead off single in the third inning by first baseman Pumpsie Simpson.

The Tigers got going in the fourth when Al Scarsell and Matt Siebler hit back to back doubles for a 1-0 lead.Siebler added to that advantage in the sixth with a solo homerun off Gerlach, the 1950 American League Rookie of the Year.

Dave Colboorn made it 3-0 with a solo blast in the ninth with one out off JAack Wilson and DFave Santiago kepot things going with a singleannd he socred the final ruin on an erro by left fielder Tito Wilson.

Bill Ardoin went eight shutout innings for the Tigers (two hits and four walks with eight strikeouts.

Ardoin had only two 1-2-3 innings. He stranded two runners in the first inning when Wilson lead off with a single and Art Washburn reached on an error. He walked Tip Washington in the fourth, Kevin Manning with one out in the fifth, gave Ken Cook a lead off walk in the sixth, a single to Mike Samuel in the seventh and a two out walk to Washburn in the eight but none scored.

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