1977 Indians Baseball

[Raider Nation]

All '77 AL Rosters listed in Post #5.

Series 26

KANSAS CITY ROYALS AT CLEVELAND INDIANS

FRI.-SUN. - JULY 1-3

MUNICIPAL STADIUM - CLEVELAND, OHIO

Game 1

Start Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 76

Starting Line-ups

KC

Amos Otis CF
Hal McRae LF
Al Cowens RF
George Brett 3B
Darrell Porter C
John Mayberry 1B
Peter LaCock DH
Fred Patek SS
Frank White 2B

Starting Pitcher: Dennis Leonard

CLE

Duane Kuiper 2B
Bruce Bochte LF
Buddy Bell 3B
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Johnny Grubb RF
Larry Cox C
Rick Manning CF
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Jim Bibby

KCR 000 000 000 - 0 6 0
CLE 060 100 10x - 8 11 1

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 2ND: Lemon hit by pitch. Ivie singled. Lemon to second. Grubb singled. Lemon scored. Ivie to second. Cox singled. Ivie scored. Grubb to second. Manning singled. Grubb scored. Cox to second. Kuiper singled. Cox scored. Manning to second. Bochte singled. Manning scored. Lemon doubled. Kuiper scored. KC 0, CLE 6

KC Andy Hassler relieved Leonard to start the 3rd.

BOT 4TH: Duffy walked. Kuiper singled. Duffy to third. Bochte singled. Duffy scored. KC 0, CLE 7

BOT 7TH: Lemon walked. Grubb tripled. Lemon scored. KC 0, CLE 8

WP: Jim Bibby (9-4, CG) LP: Dennis Leonard

Key to the game: It was death by a thousand paper cuts as the Indians roughed up staff ace Dennis Leonard for six runs on six singles and a double and CLE SP Jim Bibby tossed a complete game as the Tribe blanked the Royals 8-0.

ATTENDANCE: 18,817

Game 2

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 74

Starting Line-ups

KC

Amos Otis CF
Hal McRae LF
Al Cowens RF
George Brett 3B
Darrell Porter C
John Mayberry 1B
John Wathan DH
Fred Patek SS (Left game with an injury in the 8th. Replaced by Bob Heise. Out 5 games.)
Frank White 2B

Starting Pitcher: Larry Gura

CLE

Duane Kuiper 2B
Bruce Bochte LF
Buddy Bell 3B
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Johnny Grubb RF (Left game with an injury in the 3rd. Replaced by Ron Pruitt. Out 5 games.)
Larry Cox C
Rick Manning CF
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Ken Kravec

KCR 010 010 010 - 3 10 1
CLE 040 000 01x - 5 9 1

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 2ND: Wathan singled. Patek doubled. Wathan to third. Otis reached on an error by Cox. Wathan scored. KC 1, CLE 0

BOT 2ND: Lemon doubled. Grubb reached on an error by Gura. Lemon to third. Dade singled. Lemon scored. Grubb to second. Duffy singled. Grubb scored. Dade to second. Kuiper walked. Bases loaded. Bochte singled. Dade and Duffy scored. KC 1, CLE 4

TOP 5TH: Brett doubled. Porter doubled. Brett scored. KC 2, CLE 4

TOP 8TH: Wathan singled. Patek hit by pitch (replaced by Heise). Wathan to second. Doug Bair relieved Kravec with 0 out. White walked. Bases loaded. Otis hit into a 1-6-3 double play. Wathan scored. KC 3, CLE 4

BOT 8TH: Pruitt (replaced Grubb) walked. Cox walked. Dade singled. Pruitt scored. KC 3, CLE 5

CLE Dave Tomlin relieved Bair to start the 9th

WP: Kravec (5-8) SV: Tomlin (3) LP: Gura (CG)

Key to the game: The Indians once again had a big second inning, this time off KC's best southpaw in Larry Gura, and CLE relievers Doug Bair and Dave Tomlin thwarted a late KC comeback attempt in a 5-3 thriller.

ATTENDANCE: 18,631

Game 3

Game Time: 1:00pm

Temp: 82

Starting Line-ups

KC

Amos Otis CF
Hal McRae LF
Al Cowens RF
George Brett 3B
Darrell Porter C
John Mayberry 1B
John Wathan DH
Bob Heise SS
Frank White 2B

Starting Pitcher: Paul Splittorff

CLE

Duane Kuiper 2B (Left game in the 5th with an injury. Replaced by Luis Gomez. Out 8 games.)
Bruce Bochte LF
Buddy Bell 3B (Left game with an injury in the 7th. Pruitt moved from right to third and John Lowenstein replaced Pruitt in right. Out 3 games.)
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Larry Cox C
Paul Dade CF
Ron Pruitt RF
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Rick Waits

KCR 012 022 100 - 8 13 1
CLE 320 000 04x - 9 12 0

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 1ST: Kuiper singled. Bochte singled. Kuiper to second. Lemon grounded out 5-4. Kuiper to third. Bochte out at second. Lemon safe at first. Ivie walked. Bases loaded. Cox walked. Kuiper scored. Dade doubled. Lemon and Ivie scored. KC 0, CLE 3

TOP 2ND: Porter homered. KC 1, CLE 3

BOT 2ND: Kuiper hit by pitch. Bochte doubled. Kuiper to third. Bell doubled. Kuiper and Bochte scored. KC 1, CLE 5

TOP 3RD: McRae singled. Cowens doubled. McRae scored. Porter doubled. Cowens scored. KC 3, CLE 5

TOP 5TH: Otis singled. McRae singled. Otis to second. Cowens singled. Otis scored. McRae to third. Porter sac fly to left. McRae scored. KC 5, CLE 5

CLE Don Hood relieved Waits to start the 6th.

TOP 6TH: Heise walked. Otis doubled. Heise scored. McRae doubled. Otis scored. KC 7, CLE 5

TOP 7TH: Porter walked. Mayberry walked. Doug Bair relieved Hood. Wathan walked. Bases loaded. Heise grounded out 6-2. Porter thrown out at home. Bases loaded. White sac fly to right. Mayberry scored. KC 8, CLE 5

KC Steve Mingori relieved Splittorff to start the 7th.

BOT 8TH: Ivie singled. Cox singled. Mark Littell relieved Mingori. Dade singled. Bases loaded. Pruitt walked. Ivie scored. Bases loaded. Duffy doubled. Cox and Dade scored. Pruitt to third. Gomez (replaced Kuiper) reached on an error by Brett. Pruitt scored. KC 8, CLE 9

CLE Jim Kern relieved Bair to start the 9th.

WP: Bair (2-3) SV: Kern ( 9) LP: Littell

Key to the game: In a see-saw affair, the Indians bolted out to a five-run lead and then saw the Royals rip off the next eight runs, and then the Tribe rallied for four in the bottom of the 8th to come back and down the Royals 9-8 and sweep the three-game set. KC 3B George Brett's error in the bottom of the 8th allowed Ron Pruitt to scored the winning run for the Indians.

ATTENDACE: 24,348

CLE Record: 40-34

 

[Raider Nation]

(Forgot to post this earlier.)

MLB STANDINGS (As of 6-30-77)

(KEY: Wins...Losses...Games Behind)

American League

East
NYY 41...33... --
BAL 41...34... 1/2
CLE 37...34... 2-1/2
MIL 37...37... 4
BOS 34...37... 5-1/2
TOR 29...43... 11-1/2
DET 22...49... 17-1/2

West

CWS 44...28... --
MIN 40...34... 5
KCR 38...34... 6
OAK 38...34... 6
CAL 37...35... 7
TEX 34...37... 9-1/2
SEA 31...45... 15

National League

East

PIT 45...29... --
PHI 38...35... 6-1/2
MTL 36...36... 8
STL 36...37... 8-1/2
CHC 34...36... 9
NYM 27...46... 17-1/2

West

LAD 45...30... --
CIN 39...33... 4-1/2
SDP 40...36... 5-1/2
HOU 38...38... 7-1/2
SFG 32...41... 12
ATL 28...47... 17​

 

[Raider Nation]

It takes extreme dedication to make posts like this. But alas, it is folly, because the Boston Red Sox are far better than the Cleveland Indians (Guardians). What players have played for both Cleveland and Boston? Dennis Eckersley, Manny Ramirez, Ellis Burks. Can you think of anyone else?

Do you know why Eckersley was traded by the Indians to the Red Sox in '78? Eck should have been a mainstay in the Tribe's rotation for years to come.

For the answer answer to why he got traded to Boston, just Google 'Dennis Eckersley + Rick Manning'.

Thanks for the comments.

 

[Raider Nation]

INDIANS' 74-GAME STATS

(KEY: Hits-At-Bats/.Avg)

BATTING

Duane Kuiper - 84-298/.298
Bruce Bochte - 90-316/.285
Buddy Bell - 73-290/.252
Chet Lemon - 62-238/.261
Mike Ivie - 89-287/.303
Larry Cox - 44-191/.230
Johnny Grubb - 60-181/.331
Rick Manning - 31-103/.301
Frank Duffy - 34-200/.170
Rico Carty - 31-93/.333
Wayne Nordhagen - 29-151/.192
Ron Pruitt - 27-95/.284
Luis Gomez - 10-69/.145
John Lowenstein - 10-39/.256
Paul Dade - 20-71/.282

TEAM BATTING AVERAGE: 694-2622 - .265

OFFENSE

R

Kuiper - 29
Bochte - 46
Bell - 31
Lemon - 46
Ivie - 50
Cox - 23
Grubb - 34
Manning - 18
Duffy - 19
Dade - 9
Pruitt - 10
Nordhagen - 17
Carty - 12
Lowesnstein - 6
Gomez - 4

2B

Kuiper - 12
Bochte - 20
Bell - 16
Lemon - 18
Ivie - 18
Cox - 8
Grubb - 19
Manning - 3
Duffy -5
Dade - 6
Pruitt - 4
Nordagen - 6
Carty - 6
Lowensteing - 3

3B

Bochte - 2
Bell - 1
Lemon - 2
Ivie - 1
Cox - 2
Grubb - 4
Manning - 1
Duffy - 1
Carty - 2
Pruitt - 2
Gomez - 3

HR

Bochte - 3
Ivie - 8
Lemon - 9
Grubb - 6
Nordhagen - 6
Bell - 8
Cox - 8
Duffy - 1
Carty - 3
Manning - 4
Dade - 1

RBI

Kuiper - 31
Bochte - 29
Bell - 49
Lemon - 37
Ivie - 34
Cox - 35
Grubb - 34
Manning - 13
Duffy - 15
Nordhagen - 18
Carty - 15
Pruitt - 12
Dade - 12
Lowenstein - 3
Gomez - 3

SB-CS

Kuiper - SB: 9 CS: 3
Lemon - SB: 2 CS: 3
Bell - SB: 0 CS 1
Duffy - SB: 1 CS: 1
Lowenstein - SB: 1 CS: 0
Manning - SB: 4 CS: 1
Ivie - SB: 0 CS: 1
Bochte - SB: 1 CS: 0
Dade - SB: 1 CS: 0

DEFENSE

ERRORS

Bell - 10
Kuiper - 5
Duffy - 15
Garland - 1
Dade - 1
Lemon - 6
Ivie - 2
Nordhagen - 3
Bochte - 3
Gomez - 5
Grubb - 1
Kern - 1
Kravec - 1
Cox - 4
Waits - 1
Bibby - 2
Lowenstein - 1

PITCHING

ERA

STARTERS

Wayne Garland - 129-1/3 IP/41 ER - 2.85
Jim Bibby - 102 IP/37 ER - 3.26
Ken Kravec - 105-1/3 IP/41 ER - 3.50
Rick Waits - 113 IP/49 ER - 3.90
Twitchell - 57-2/3 IP/30 ER - 4.68

RELIEF

Jim Kern - 22-2/3 IP/10 ER - 4.03
Don Hood - 49 IP/22 ER - 4.04
Doug Bair - 22-2/3 IP/15 ER - 5.96
Dave Tomlin - 35-1/3 IP/13 ER - 3.31
Wilbur Wood - 13-2/3 IP/12 ER - 7.90

STARTER ERA: 507-1/3 IP/198 ER - 3.51

RELIEF ERA: 143-1/3 IP/72 ER - 4.52

TEAM ERA: 650-2/3 IP/270 ER - 3.73

W-L

Garland 9-6
Bibby 9-4
Kravec 5-8
Waits 8-5
Twitchell 3-1
Kern 1-3
Hood - 2-3
Bair - 2-3
Tomlin - 1-1

K-BB

Garland - K: 60 BB: 30
Bibby - K: 66 BB: 38
Kravec - K: 80 BB: 33
Waits - K: 49 BB: 44
Twitchell - K: 41 BB: 19
Kern - K: 18 BB: 6
Hood - K: 32 BB: 24
Bair - K: 12 BB: 8
Tomlin - K: 22 BB: 7
Wood - K: 2 BB: 11
* Laxton - K: 2 BB: 4

(* Released.)

SAVE-BLOWN SAVE

Kern - SV: 9 BS: 3
Bair - SV: 0 BS: 2
Wood - SV: 1 BS: 0
Tomlin - SV: 3 BS: 0

SHUTOUTS (* Combined)

Garland - 2
Kravec - 2* (1 combined)
Waits - 1
Bibby - 2

TIMES SHUTOUT - 4

QUALITY STARTS (Starter goes 6+ inning s and allows 3 or fewer runs.)

Garland - 10
Bibby - 8
Kravec - 9
Waits - 10
Hood - 3
Twitchell - 3

COMPLETE GAMES

Garland - 7
Bibby - 3
Kravec - 2
Waits - 3​

 

[Raider Nation]

All '77 AL rosters listed in Post #5.

Series 27

CLEVELAND INDIANS AT NEW YORK YANKEES

MON.-THU. - JULY 4-7

YANKEE STADIUM - BRONX, NEW YORK

Game 1

Game Time: 12:30pm (July 4 Day Game)

Temp: 91

Starting Line-ups

CLE

Rick Manning CF
Bruce Bochte LF
Ron Pruitt 3B
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Larry Cox C
John Lowenstein RF
Luis Gomez 2B
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Twitchell

NYY

Mickey Rivers CF
Willie Randolph 2B
Thurman Munson C
Reggie Jackson DH
Graig Nettles 3B
Lou Piniella RF
Chris Chambliss 1B
Roy White LF
Bucky Dent SS

Starting Pitcher: Mike Torrez

CLE 000 600 010 - 7 12 0
NYY 100 103 000 - 5 7 2

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 1ST: Munson singled. Jackson doubled. Munson to third. Nettles walked. Bases loaded. Piniella walked. Munson scored. CLE 0, NYY 1

TOP 4TH: Lemon doubled. Ivie doubled. Lemon scored. Cox reached on an error by Randolph. Ivie to third. Lowenstein singled. Ivie scored. Cox to second. Gomez walked. Bases loaded. Duffy grounded out 5-2. Cox out at home. Duffy safe at first. Bases loaded. Manning walked. Lowenstein scored. Bases loaded. Bochte singled. Gomez and Duffy scored. Manning to third. Dick Tidrow relieved Torrez with one out. Pruitt grounded out 4-2. Manning out at home. Bochte to second. Pruitt safe at first. Lemon singled. Bochte scored. CLE 6, NYY 1

BOT 4TH: Chambliss homered. CLE 6, NYY 2

BOT 6TH: Jackson singled. Piniella singled. Jackson to third. Chambliss hit into a 3-6 force out. Jackson scored. Piniella out at second. Chambliss safe at first. White homered. Chambliss scored. CLE 6, NYY 5

CLE Dave Tomlin relieved Twitchell to start the the 7th.

TOP 8TH: Bochte doubled. Lemon tripled. Bochte scored. Sparky Lyle relieved Tidrow with 2 outs. CLE 7, NYY 5

WP: Twitchell (4-1) SV: Kern (10) LP: Torrez

Key to the game: The Indians provided their own fireworks on the fourth of July with a big six run 4th inning and made those runs stand up in a 7-5 win over the Pinstripes. CLE RP Dave Tomlin and Jim Kern pitched three innings of shutdown ball to thwart any chance of a Yankee comeback.

ATTENDANCE: 38,106

Game 2

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 83

Starting Line-ups

CLE

Paul Dade CF
Bruce Bochte LF
Ron Pruitt 3B
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Larry Cox C
Tom Shopay RF (Shopay is a free agent signing. Recent roster move due to injuries.)
Luis Gomez 2B
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Garland

NYY

Mickey Rivers CF
Willie Randolph 2B
Thurman Munson C
Reggie Jackson DH
Graig Nettles 3B
Lou Piniella RF
Chris Chambliss 1B
Roy White LF
Bucky Dent SS

Starting Pitcher: Don Gullett

CLE 030 003 000 - 6 7 0
NYY 110 000 200 - 4 9 2

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 1ST: Rivers doubled. Randolph singled. Rivers scored. CLE 0, NYY 1

TOP 2ND: Lemon doubled. Shopay reached on an error by Dent. Lemon to third. Gomez doubled. Lemon scored. Shopay to third. Duffy singled. Shopay and Gomez scored. CLE 3, NYY 1

BOT 2ND: Piniella homered. CLE 3, NYY 2

TOP 6TH: Pruitt walked. Lemon singled. Pruitt to second. Cox walked. Bases loaded. Shopay singled. Pruitt and Lemon scored. Cox to second. Ken Clay relieved Don Gullett with one out. Duffy singled. Cox scored. CLE 6, NYY 2

BOT 7TH: Jackson walked. Nettles singled. Jackson to second. Piniella singled. Jackson scored. Nettles to third. Chambliss grounded into a 4-6 force out. Nettles scored. CLE 6, NYY 4

CLE Don Hood relieved Garland with two outs in the 8th.

WP: Garland (10-6) SV: Hood (1) LP: Gullett

Key to the game: NYY SP Don Gullett was the victim of a huge error that allowed the Indians to score three unearned runs in the second en route to a 6-4 win over the Yankees.

ATTENDANCE: 35,014

Game 3 (Day Game)

Game Time: 12:30pm

Temp: 87

Starting Line-ups

CLE

Rick Manning CF (Left game in the 7th with an injury. Replaced by Paul Dade. Out 3 games.)
Bruce Bochte LF (Left game with an injury in the top of the 8th. Replaced by John Lowenstein. Out 5 games.)
Ron Pruitt 3B
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Larry Cox C
John Lowenstein RF
Luis Gomez 2B
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Jim Bibby

NYY

Mickey Rivers CF
Willie Randolph 2B
Thurman Munson C
Reggie Jackson DH
Graig Nettles 3B
Lou Piniella RF
Chris Chambliss 1B
Roy White LF
Bucky Dent SS

Starting Pitcher: Catfish Hunter

CLE 002 000 001 - 3 6 1
NYY 002 100 30x - 6 12 1

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 3RD: Duffy walked. Manning walked. Duffy to second. Bochte reached on an error by Nettles. Bases loaded. Pruitt singled. Duffy and Manning scored. CLE 2, NYY 0

BOT 3RD: Rivers singled. Rivers stole second. Randolph singled. Rivers scored. Munson singled. Randolph to third. Jackson sac fly to right. Randolph scored. CLE 2, NYY 2

BOT 4TH: White homered. CLE 2, NYY 3

BOT 7TH: Jackson walked. Nettles singled. Jackson to second. Piniella homered. Jackson and Nettles scored. Doug Bair relieved Jim Bibby with two outs. CLE 2, NYY 6

TOP 9TH: Lowenstein homered. Sparky Lyle relieved Hunter with two out in the 9th.

WP: Hunter SV: Lyle LP: Bibby (9-5)

Key to the game: NYY LF Roy White hit a solo homer, RF Lou Piniella blasted a three-run homer and veteran pitcher Catfish Hunter allowed only one earned run over 8-2/3 innings as the Yankees avoided the sweep with a 6-3 win over the Tribe.

ATTENDANCE: 29,653

CLE Record: 42-35

 

[Raider Nation]

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Series 28

TORONTO BLUE JAYS AT CLEVELAND INDIANS

FRI.-SUN. - JULY 8-10

MUNICIPAL STADIUM - CLEVELAND, OHIO

Game 1

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 81

Starting Line-ups

TOR

Bob Bailor CF
Al Woods LF
Otto Velez RF
Ron Fairly DH
Doug Ault 1B
Roy Howell 3B
Steve Staggs 2B
Hector Torres SS
Rick Cerone C

Starting Pitcher: Jerry Garvin

CLE

Paul Dade CF
Ron Pruitt LF
Buddy Bell 3B
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Larry Cox C
Tom Shopay RF
Luis Gomez 2B
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Ken Kravec

TOR 000 000 010 - 1 3 3
CLE 211 002 00x - 6 5 0

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 1ST: Pruitt reached on an error by Staggs. Lemon homered. Pruitt scored. TOR 0, CLE 2

BOT 2ND: Cox homered. TOR 0, CLE 3

BOT 3RD: Bell singled. Lemon doubled. Bell scored. TOR 0, CLE 4

BOT 6TH: Cox walked. Shopay homered. TOR 0, CLE 6

TOP 8TH: Ault walked. Howell doubled. Ault scored. TOR 1, CLE 6

WP: Kravec (6-8, CG) LP: Garvin (CG)

Key to the game: CLE SP Ken Kravec fired a three-hit complete game and DH Chet Lemon homered and drove in three runs as the Tribe downed the Jays 6-1.

ATTENDANCE: 21,111

Game 2

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 77

Starting Line-ups

TOR

Bob Bailor CF
Al Woods LF
Otto Velez RF
Ron Fairly DH
Doug Ault 1B
Roy Howell 3B
Steve Staggs 2B
Hector Torres SS
Rick Cerone C

Starting Pitcher: Jim Clancy

CLE

Paul Dade CF
Johnny Grubb RF
Buddy Bell 3B
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Larry Cox C
John Lowenstein LF
Luis Gomez 2B
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Rick Waits

TOR 010 003 200 - 6 9 1
CLE 300 400 00x = 7 11 0

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 1ST: Dade singled. Grubb doubled. Dade scored. Ivie singled. Grubb scored. Cox doubled. Ivie scored. TOR 0, CLE 3

TOP 2ND: Howell doubled. Cerone singled. Howell scored. TOR 1, CLE 3

BOT 4TH: Gomez walked. Duffy singled. Gomex to second. Jim Johnson relieved Clancy with 0 out. Dade doubled. Gomez scored. Duffy to third. Grubb walked. Bases loaded. Bell grounded out 5-2. Duffy out at home. Bell safe at first. Bases loaded. Lemon singled. Dade and Grubb scored. Bell to third. Cox walked. Bases loaded. Lowenstein walked. Bell scored. TOR 1, CLE 7

TOP 6TH: Ault walked. Howell walked. Ault to second. Staggs grounded out 6-3. Runners advance. Torres singled. Ault and Howell scored. Cerone tripled. Torres scored. Don Hood relieved Waits with 1 out. TOR 4, CLE 7

TOP 7TH: Fairly walked. Ault homered. TOR 6, CLE 7

CLE Dave Tomlin relieved Hood to start the 8th.

WP: Waits (9-5) SV: Tomlin (4) LP: Clancy

Key to the game: The Indians blew out to a 7-1 lead and the bullpen staved off a furious Blue Jay comeback to win 7-6.

ATTENDANCE: 27,248

Game 3

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 88

Starting Line-ups

TOR

Bob Bailor CF
Sam Ewing LF
Otto Velez RF (Left game in the 8th with an injury. Replaced by Al Woods. Out 15 games.)
Ron Fairly DH
Doug Ault 1B
Roy Howell 3B
Steve Staggs 2B
Hector Torres SS
Alan Ashby C

Starting Pitcher: Dave Lemancyzk

CLE

Paul Dade CF
Johnny Grubb RF
Buddy Bell 3B
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Wayne Nordhagen C
John Lowenstein LF
Luis Gomez 2B
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Garland

TOR 000 000 022 - 4 10 1
CLE 000 201 002 - 5 14 1

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 4TH: Bell singled. Lemon homered. TOR 0, CLE 2

BOT 6TH: Ivie singled. Nordhagen singled. Ivie to third. Lowenstein sac fly to center. Ivie scored. TOR 0, CLE 3

TOP 8TH: Bailor singled. Ewing singled. Bailor to second. Velez hit by pitch. Left game with injury. Bases loaded. Fairly singled. Bailor and Ewing scored. TOR 2, CLE 3

TOP 9TH: Howell walked. Torres reached on an error by Bell. Howell to second. Cerone (who replaced C Ashby) walked. Bases loaded. Bailor singled. Howell and Torres scored. Dave Tomlin relieved Garland with one out. TOR 4, CLE 3

BOT 9TH: Dade doubled. Grubb singled. Dade to third. Bell tripled. Dade and Grubb scored. TOR 4, CLE 5

WP: Tomlin (2-1) LP: Lemancyzk (CG)

Key to the game: Buddy Bell hit a two-run triple with 0 out in the ninth to lead the Indians to come from behind win 5-4 over the Blue Jays. CLE RP Dave Tomlin picked up the win for the Tribe and Dave Lemancyzk went the distance in the tough loss for the Jays. Indians sweep the series. Now 10 games over .500.

ATTENDANCE: 31,853

 

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Series 29

BOSTON RED SOX AT CLEVELAND INDIANS

MON.-THU. - JULY 11-14

MUNICIPAL STADIUM - CLEVELAND, OHIO

Game 1

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 80

Starting Line-ups

BOS

Rick Burleson SS
Fred Lynn CF
Carl Yastrzemski LF (Known henceforth as 'Yaz' in this series re-cap)
Jim Rice DH
Carlton Fisk C
George Scott 1B
Butch Hobson 3B
Dwight Evans RF
Denny Doyle 2B

Starting Pitcher: Fergie Jenkins

CLE

Rick Manning CF
Johnny Grubb RF
Buddy Bell 3B
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Larry Cox C
John Lowenstein LF
Luis Gomez 2B
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Jim Bibby

BOS 001 011 041 - 8 14 1
CLE 201 000 000 - 3 6 2

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 1ST: Manning singled. Grubb doubled. Manning scored. Ivie singled. Grubb scored. BOS 0, CLE 2

TOP 3RD: Lynn walked. Yaz singled. Lynn to third. Rice reached on an error by Cox. Lynn scored. BOS 1, CLE 2

BOT 3RD: Manning singled. Grubb walked. Manning to second. Bell grounded out 5-4. Manning to third. Grubb out at second. Bell safe at first. Ivie reached on an error by Scott. Manning scored. BOS 1, CLE 3

TOP 5TH: Yaz singled. Rice singled. Yaz to second. Fisk doubled. Yaz scored. BOS 2, CLE 3

TOP 6TH: Evans doubled. Doyle singled. Evans scored. BOS 3, CLE 3

TOP 8TH: Hobson homered. Burleson reached on an error by Bibby. Don Hood relieved Bibby with 2 outs. Lynn walked. Yaz singled. Bases loaded. Doug Bair relieved Hood. Rice walked. Burleson scored. Fisk walked. Lynn scored. Scott walked. Yaz scored. Jim Kern relieved Bair. BOS 7, CLE 3

TOP 9TH: Evans homered. BOS 8, CLE 3

WP: Jenkins (CG) LP: Bibby (9-6)

Key to the game: A big error and relief pitching wildness by CLE relievers opened the door to a four-run 8th inning and broke a 3-3 tie and the Red Sox beat the Tribe 8-3.

ATTENDANCE: 25,264

Game 2

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 77

Starting Line-ups

BOS

Rick Burleson SS
Fred Lynn CF
Carl Yastrzemski LF (Known henceforth as 'Yaz' in this series re-cap)
Jim Rice DH
Carlton Fisk C
George Scott 1B
Butch Hobson 3B
Dwight Evans RF
Denny Doyle 2B

Starting Pitcher: Luis Tiant

CLE

Rick Manning CF
Johnny Grubb RF
Buddy Bell 3B
Rico CartyDH
Mike Ivie 1B
Larry Cox C
John Lowenstein LF
Luis Gomez 2B
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Ken Kravec

BOS 101 051 000 - 8 6 0
CLE 400 000 000 - 4 9 0

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 1ST: Burleson singled. Lynn walked. Burleson to second. Rice walked. Bases loaded. Fisk sac fly to center. Burleson scored. BOS 1, CLE 0

BOT 1ST: Manning doubled. Grubb singled. Manning scored. Bell singled. Grubb to second. Cox homered. Bell and Grubb scored. BOS 1, CLE 4

TOP 3RD: Lynn homered. BOS 2, CLE 4

TOP 5TH: Lynn walked. Rice walked. Fisk walked. Bases loaded. Scott doubled. Lynn and Rice scored. Fisk to third. Hobson homered. Fisk and Scott scored. Wilbur Wood relieved Kravec with 1 out. BOS 7, CLE 4

TOP 6TH: Yaz walked. Rice singled. Fisk hit by pitch. Bases loaded. Scott singled. Yaz scored. Rice thrown out at home 8-2. BOS 8, CLE 4

CLE Dave Tomlin relieved Wood to start the 8th.

WP: Tiant (CG) LP: Kravec (6-9)

Key to the game: The Red Sox again took advantage of the wildness of CLE pitching and had a big inning for the second straight game, scoring five runs in the 5th, the key blow being a three-run blast by BOS 3B Butch Hobson, on the way to an 8-4 win over the Indians.

ATTANDANCE: 28,117

Game 3

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 76

Starting Line-ups

BOS

Rick Burleson SS
Fred Lynn CF
Carl Yastrzemski LF (Known henceforth as 'Yaz' in this series re-cap)
Jim Rice DH
Carlton Fisk C
George Scott 1B
Butch Hobson 3B
Dwight Evans RF
Denny Doyle 2B

Starting Pitcher: Reggie Cleveland

CLE

Duane Kuiper 2B
Bruce Bochte LF
Buddy Bell 3B
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Larry Cox C
Johnny Grubb RF
Rick Manning CF
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Rick Waits

BOS 020 000 010 - 3 6 2
CLE 000 040 20x - 6 9 1

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 2ND: Hobson homered. Evans homered. BOS 2, CLE 0

CLE Don Hood relieved Waits with 1 out in the top of the third.

BOT 5TH: Grubb singled. Manning singled. Grubb to second. Duffy doubled. Grubb scored. Manning to third. Kuiper sac fly to left. Manning scored. Bochte walked. Bell tripled. Duffy and Bochte scored. Mike Paxton relieved Cleveland with 1 out. BOS 2, CLE 4

BOT 7TH: Duffy singled. Kuiper reached on an error by Burleson. Duffy to second. Bochte singled. Duffy scored. Kuiper to second. Bob Stanley relieved Paxton with 0 out. Bell grounded out 6-3. Runners advance. Lemon singled. Kuiper scored. BOS 2, CLE 6

CLE Doug Bair relieved Don Hood to start the 8th.

TOP 8TH: Scott tripled. Hobson sac fly to left. Scott scored. BOS 3, CLE 6

CLE Jim Kern relieved Bair with 0 out in the 9th.

WP: Hood (3-3) SV: Kern (11) LP: Cleveland

Key to the game: The Indians got solid bullpen work from Don Hood, Doug Bair and Jim Kern and they scored four runs in the 5th en route to a 6-3 win over the Red sox.

ATTENDANCE: 26,225

Game 4

Game Time: 12:30pm

Temp: 87

Starting Line-ups

BOS

Rick Burleson SS
Fred Lynn CF
Carl Yastrzemski LF (Known henceforth as 'Yaz' in this series re-cap)
Jim Rice DH
Carlton Fisk C
George Scott 1B
Butch Hobson 3B
Dwight Evans RF
Denny Doyle 2B

Starting Pitcher: Rick Wise

CLE

Duane Kuiper 2B
Bruce Bochte LF
Buddy Bell 3B
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Wayne Nordhagen C
Johnny Grubb RF
Rick Manning CF
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Twitchell

BOS 000 200 040 - 6 8 1
CLE 000 200 210 - 5 11 1

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 4TH: Lynn hit by pitch. Yaz walked. Lynn to second. Rice singled. Bases loaded. Scott walked. Lynn scored. Bases loaded. Hobson grounded out 4-2. Yaz out at home. Bases loaded. Evans reached on an error by Kuiper. Rice scored. BOS 2, CLE 0

BOT 4TH: Bell singled. Lemon doubled. Bell to third. Ivie singled. Bell and Lemon scored. BOS 2, CLE 2

CLE Dave Tomlin relieved Wayne Twitchell with 1 out in the 7th.

BOT 7TH: Manning singled. Duffy singled. Manning to second. Jim Willoughby relieved Wise with 1 out. Kuiper grounded out 4-3. Runners advanced. Bochte singled. Manning scored. Duffy to third. Bell singled. Duffy scored. Bob Stanley relieved Willoughby with 2 out. BOS 2, CLE 4

TOP 8TH: Yaz walked. Rice walked. Fisk hit into a 4-6-3 double play. Yaz to third. Scott doubled. Yaz scored. Hobson singled. Scott scored. Evans singled. Hobson to second. Doyle singled. Hobson scored. Evans to second. Burleson doubled. Evans scored. Doyle thrown out at home 8-2. BOS 6, CLE 4

BOS Bill Campbell relieved Bob Stanley to start the 8th.

BOT 8TH: Ivie reached on an error by Scott. Grubb walked. Manning walked. Bases loaded. PH Ron Pruitt (batting for Duffy) walked. Ivie scored. BOS 6, CLE 5

CLE Jim Kern relieved Tomlin to start the 9th.

WP: Stanley SV: Campbell LP: Tomlin (2-2)

Key to the game: Control problems again afflicted the Indian staff, they allowed eight walks, and the Red Sox took advantage en route to a 6-5 win over the Tribe. The Sox took 3 of 4 in the series.

ATTENDANCE: 23,199

CLE Record: 46-38

 

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Series 30

CLEVELAND INDIANS AT TEXAS RANGERS

FRI.-SUN. - JULY 15-17

ARLINGTON STADIUM - ARLINGTON, TEXAS

Game 1 (Twi-Night Double-Header)

Game Time: 5:05pm

Temp: 92

Starting Line-ups

CLE

Duane Kuiper 2B
Bruce Bochte LF (Left game in the 7th with an injury. Out 1 game. Replaced by John Lowenstein.)
Buddy Bell 3B
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Larry Cox C
Johnny Grubb RF
Rick Manning CF
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Garland

TEX

Bump Wills 2B
Toby Harrah 3B (Left game with an injury in the 8th. Out for game. Replaced by Sandy Alomar.)
Mike Hargrove 1B
Claudell Washington LF
Willie Horton DH
Jim Sundberg C
Juan Beniquez CF
Ken Henderson RF (Left game in the 8th wIth injury. Out for 5 games. Replaced by Kurt Bevacqua.)
Bert Campeneris SS

Starting Pitcher: Bert Blyleven

CLE 101 020 000 - 4 8 0
TEX 002 301 00x - 6 9 0

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 1ST: Kuiper singled. Bochte walked. Kuiper to second. Bell walked. Bases loaded. Lemon grounded into a 5-4 force out. Kuiper scored. CLE 1, TEX 0

TOP 3RD: Kuiper singled. Bochte walked. Kuiper to second. Bell singled. Kuiper scored. CLE 2, TEX 0

BOT 3RD: Campeneris hit by pitch. Harrah homered. Campeneris scored. CLE 2, TEX 2

BOT 4TH: Sundberg doubled. Beniquez walked. Henderson walked. Bases loaded. Wills singled. Sundberg and Beniquez scored. Henderson to third. Hargrove singled. Henderson scored. CLE 2, TEX 5

TOP 5TH: Kuiper walked. Bochte tripled. Kuiper scored. Bell walked. Ivie grounded out 5-3. Bochte scored. CLE 4, TEX 5

BOT 6TH: Harrah homered. CLE 4, TEX 6

TEX RP Adrian Devine relieved Blyleven with 2 out in the 9th.

WP: Blyleven SV: Devine LP: Garland (10-7)

Key to the game: TEX 3B Toby Harrah bashed two homers and drove in three runs to pace the Rangers past the Indians 6-4.

DH Game 2

Game Time: 30-minutes after the completion of the first game

Starting Line-ups

CLE

Duane Kuiper 2B
Rick Manning CF
Buddy Bell 3B
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Wayne Nordhagen C
Johnny Grubb RF
John Lowenstein LF
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Jim Bibby

TEX

Bump Wills 2B
Toby Harrah 3B
Mike Hargrove 1B
Claudell Washington LF
Willie Horton DH
Juan Beniquez CF
Kurt Bevacqua RF
John Ellis C
Bert Campeneris SS

Starting Pitcher: Doyle Alexander (Left game with an injury in the 8th. Out 20 games. Replaced by Darold Knowles.)

CLE 000 000 200 - 2 5 0
TEX 000 000 000 - 0 4 0

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 7TH: Lemon singled. Nordhagen tripled. Lemon scored. Grubb singled. Nordhagen scored. CLE 2, TEX 0

TEX Darold Knowles relieved Alexander with two out in the 8th.

CLE Dave Tomlin relieved Jim Bibby to start the 9th.

WP: Jim Bibby (10-6) SV: Tomlin (5) LP: Alexander

Key to the game: CLE SP Jim Bibby allowed just three hits over eight innings and C Wayne Nordhagen tripled in Chet Lemon for the only run needed in the Tribe's 2-0 win over the Rangers. The win gave CLE a double-header split.

DH ATTENDANCE: 28,416

Game 3

Game Time: 7:00pm

Game Time Temp: 89

Starting Line-ups

CLE

Duane Kuiper 2B
Bruce Bochte LF
Buddy Bell 3B
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Larry Cox C
Johnny Grubb RF
Rick Manning CF
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Ken Kravec

TEX

Bump Wills 2B
Toby Harrah 3B
Mike Hargrove 1B
Claudell Washington LF
Willie Horton DH
Jim Sundberg C
Juan Beniquez CF
Kurt Bevacqua RF
Bert Campeneris SS

Starting Pitcher: Dock Ellis

CLE 100 200 000 - 3 13 2
TEX 002 500 02x - 9 11 1

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 1ST: Kuiper singled. Bochte singled. Kuiper to third. Bell grounded into a 1-6 force out. Kuiper scored. CLE 1, TEX 0

BOT 3RD: Campeneris walked. Campeneris stole second. Wills singled. Campeneris scored. Horton singled. Wills to second. Washington singled. Wills scored. CLE 1, TEX 2

TOP 4TH: Grubb reached on a two-base error by Bevacqua. Manning singled. Grubb to third. Kuiper singled. Grubb scored. Bochte singled. Manning scored. CLE 3, TEX 2

BOT 4TH: Beniquez homered. Bevacqua singled. Campeneris reached on a two-base error by Manning. Bevacqua to third. Wills singled. Bevacqua scored. Campenris to third. Harrah sac fly to left. Campeneris scored. Hargrove reached on an error by Duffy. Wills to second. Washington singled. Wills scored. Hargrove to second. Sundberg walked. Bases loaded. Beniquez walked. Hargrove scored. CLE 3, TEX 7

TEX Paul Lindblad relieved Ellis with 0 outs in the 7th.

TEX Darold Knowles relieved Lindblad with 0 outs in the 8th.

BOT 8TH: Wills walked. Harrah grounded into a 5-4 force out. Wills out. Harrah safe at first. Hargrove walked. Washington tripled. Harrah and Hargrove scored. CLE 3, TEX 9

WP: Ellis LP: Kravec (6-10, CG)

Key to the game: TEX LF Claudell Washington drove in four runs and CLE SP Ken Kravec was the victim of two big errors in a five-run fourth as the Rangers downed the Indians 9-3. Four of the nine runs Kravec allowed were unearned. The Indians left 13 men on base.

ATTENDANCE: 24,359

Game 4

Game Time: 7:00pm

Temp: 88

Starting Line-ups

CLE

Duane Kuiper 2B
Bruce Bochte LF (Left game with an injury in the 1st. Out 2 games. Replaced by John Lowenstein.)
Buddy Bell 3B
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Wayne Nordhagen C
Johnny Grubb RF
Rick Manning CF
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Rick Waits

TEX

Bump Wills 2B
Toby Harrah 3B
Mike Hargrove 1B
Willie Horton DH
Claudell Washington LF
Jim Sundberg C
Juan Beniquez CF
Kurt Bevacqua RF
Bert Campeneris SS

Starting Pitcher: Gaylord Perry

CLE 010 100 000 - 2 7 2
TEX 103 100 01x - 6 9 0

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 1ST: Wills doubled. Horton singled. Wills scored. CLE 0, TEX 1

TOP 2ND: Nordhagen reached on a two-base error by Bevacqua. Manning doubled. Nordhagen scored. CLE 1, TEX 1

BOT 3RD: Campeneris reached on an error by Nordhagen. Campeneris stole second and went to third on a throwing error by Nordhagen. Harrah homered. Campeneris scored. Horton homered. CLE 1, TEX 4

TOP 4TH: Ivie doubled. Manning singled. Ivie scored. CLE 2, TEX 4

BOT 4TH: Bevacqua tripled. Campeneris scored. CLE 2, TEX 5

CLE Don Hood relieved Waits with 0 outs in the 5th.

CLE Jim Kern relieved Hood with two outs in the 8th.

BOT 8TH: Sundeberg tripled. Beniquez singled. Sundberg scored. CLE 2, TEX 6

WP: Perry (CG) LP: Waits (9-6)

Key to the game: TEX SP Gaylord Perry went the distance, scattering seven hits and two runs, and 3B Toby Harrah and DH Willie Horton went deep to propel the Rangers to a 6-2 win over the Tribe. Texas took three of four in the series.

ATTENDANCE: 27,006

CLE Record: 47-41

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