Four Indians players had two RBI each, and Chico Salmon drove in three runs for the Tribe.
Tigers starter Joe Sparma (6-8) saw his ERA rise to 4.96, giving up six runs in 5.1 innings. Sparma also walked five and recorded no strikeouts.
The Tigers (37-32) were playing their first game since losing Al Kaline to a broken hand. Kaline is expected to miss 4-6 weeks.
Detroit fell to 6.5 games behind first-place Chicago.
Johnny Podres fared even worse than Sparma, giving up five runs (one earned) in the seventh inning. Lefty hitters went 5-for-5 against the southpaw Podres, which is not surprising as lefties are batting over .500 against him.
Leon Wagner and Max Alvis each slammed solo homers for the Indians.
John O'Donoghue went 7.1 strong innings for Cleveland to earn the victory.
| Game 69 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| CLE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 0 |
| DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 |
WP- O'Donoghue
LP- Sparma (6-8)
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