1977 Indians Baseball

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'77 INDIANS' STATS (Through 10 Games)

(KEY: H-AB = Hits/At-Bats -- Avg. = Average)

H-AB/AVG.

Kuiper 10-42/.238
Bochte 11-42/.262
Ivie 15-40/.375
Lemon 12-38/.316
Grubb 6-28/.214
Carty 5-20/.250
Bell10-40/.250
Cox 6-32/.182
Duffy 4-35/.114
Dade 1-2/.500
Pruitt 1-3/.333
Lowenstein 2-4/.500
Nordhagen 1-20/.050
Spikes 0-1/.000

TEAM BATTING AVG.: 83-346/ .240

Runs

Kuiper - 4
Bochte - 8
Ivie - 6
Lemon - 6
Grubb - 2
Carty - 2
BBell - 3
Cox - 2
Duffy - 1
Dade - 1

Hits

Kuiper - 10
Bochte - 12
Ivie - 15
Lemon - 12
Grubb - 6
Carty - 5
Bell - 10
Cox - 6
Duffy - 4
Dade - 1
Lowenstein - 1
Pruitt - 1
Nordhagen - 1

2B

Kuiper - 1
Bochte - 4
Ivie - 1
Lemon - 3
Grubb - 2
Cox - 1
Duffy - 1

3B

Bochte - 1
Carty - 1

HR

Ivie - 3
Lemon - 3
Bell - 2
Cox - 2
Carty - 1

RBI

Kuiper - 1
Bochte - 2
Ivie - 6
Lemon - 8
Grubb - 4
Bell - 5
Carty - 3

SB/CS

Kuiper SB - 1

Defense

Errors

Bell - 3
Kuiper - 1
Duffy - 3
Garland - 1

Pitching

W-L

Garland - 1-2
Bibby - 1-1
Kravec - 0-2
Waits - 2-0
Tomlin 0-1


K/BB

Garland - K: 7 BB: 4
Bibby - K: 7 BB: 7
Kravec - K: 11 BB: 6
Waits - K: 9 BB: 8
Hood - K: 3 BB: 6
Kern - K: 4 BB: 0
Tomlin - K: 1 BB: 0
Laxton - K: 1 BB: 2
Twitchell K- K: 0 BB: 4

ERA

SP

Garland 22 IP/7 ER - 2.86
Bibby 9-2/3 IP/ 4 ER - 3.72
Kravec 14 IP/4 ER - 2.57
Waits 19 IP/4 ER - 1.89
Hood 7 IP/3 ER - 3.86

RP

Kern 3-2/3 IP/0 ER - 0.00
Twitchell 3-1/3 IP/6 ER - 16.20
Laxton 3 IP/6 ER - 18.00
Bair - 4 IP/1 ER - 2.25
Tomlin 2-1/3 IP/4 ER - 15.43

Starter ERA: 71-2/3 IP/22 ER - 2.76

Reliever ERA: 16-1/3 IP/17 ER - 9.37

Combined ERA: 88 IP/39 ER - 3.99

Save/Blown Save

Kern S: 1 BS: 0
Bair S: 0 BS: 1

HR Allowed (Team Stat) - 9

Shutouts

Garland - 1

Times Shutout: 0

Complete Games

Garland - 1
Waits - 1

Quality Starts (A QS is a start of 6+ innings allowing 3 runs or fewer.)

Garland - 2
Bibby - 1
Waits - 2
Hood - 1​

 

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SERIES 5

NEW YORK YANKEES AT CLEVELAND INDIANS

SAT./SUN. - APRIL 23-24

MUNICIPAL STADIUM - CLEVELAND, OHIO

Game 1

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 50

Starting Line-ups

NYY

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

Starting Pitcher: Don Gullett

CLE

Johnny Grubb CF
Bruce Bochte LF
Mike Ivie 1B
Chet Lemon CF
Rico Carty DH
Buddy Bell 3B
Paul Dade 2B
Ron Pruitt C
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Jim Bibby

NYY 200 100 000 - 3 6 0
CLE 001 040 10x - 6 10 1

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 1ST: Rivers singled. Rivers stole second. Munson homered. Rivers scored. NYY 2, CLE 0

BOT 3RD: Duffy walked. Grubb doubled. Duffy to third. Bochte sac fly to center. Duffy scored. NYY 2, CLE 1

TOP 4TH: Chambliss homered. NYY 3, CLE 1

BOT 5TH: Duffy doubled. Grubb homered. Duffy scored. Ivie doubled. Lemon homered. Ivie scored. Tidrow relieved Gullett after the 5th. NYY 3, CLE 5

BOT 7TH: Grubb singled. Bochte doubled. Grubb scored. NYY 3, CLE 6

WP: Bibby (2-1) SV: Kern (2) LP: Gullett

ATTENDANCE: 15,459



Game 2

(Daytime Doubled-Header)

DH 1

Game Time: 12:30pm

TEMP: 58

STARTING LINE-UPS

NYY

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

Starting Pitcher: Ron Guidry


CLE

Duane Kuiper 2B
Bruce Bochte LF
Mike Ivie 1B
Chet Lemon CF
Rico Carty DH
Johnny Grubb RF
Buddy Bell 3B
Ron Pruitt C
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Ken Kravec

NYY 101 400 200 - 8 16 1
CLE 000 000 000 - 0 6 2

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 1ST: Munson singled. Jackson reached on error by Duffy. Munson to second. Piniella singled. Munson scored. NYY 1, CLE 0

TOP 3RD: Munson homered. NYY 2, CLE 0

TOP 4TH: Nettles doubled. Chambliss walked. White doubled. Nettles and Chambliss scored. Dent homered. White scored. Twitchell relieved Kravec. NYY 6, CLE 0

TOP 7TH: Chambliss singled. White doubled. Chambliss to third. Dent walked. Bases loaded. Rivers doubled. Chambliss and White scored. NYY 8, CLE 0

WP: Rob Guidry (CG) LP: Ken Kravec (0-3)

DH 2

GAME TIME: 30 minutes after the completion of game 1.

STARTING LINE-UPS

NYY

Paul Blair CF
Willie Randolph 2B
Lou Piniella RF
Reggie Jackson DH
Graig Nettles 3B
Chris Chambliss 1B
Roy White LF
Fran Healy C
Bucky Dent SS

Starting Pitcher: Ed Figueroa

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Rick Waits

NYY 002 120 000 - 5 9 0
CLE 100 000 000 - 1 3 3

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 1ST: Kuiper singled. Grubb singled. Kuiper to third. Ivie grounded into a 5-4 forceout. Kuiper scored. NYY 0, CLE 1

TOP 3RD: Healy singled. Blair tripled. Healy scored. Randolph sac fly to center. Blair scored. NYY 2, CLE 1

TOP 4TH: Nettles singled. White grounded into a 5-4 forceout. White safe at first. Healy singled. White to second. Dent reached on a two-base error by Lemon. White scored. NYY 3, CLE 1

TOP 5TH: Piniella singled. Jackson homered. Piniella scored. NYY 5, CLE 1

WP: Figueroa LP: Waits (2-1)

DH ATTENDANCE: 22,963

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SERIES 6

TORONTO BLUE JAYS AT CLEVELAND INDIANS

WED./THU. - APRIL 27-28

MUNICIPAL STADIUM - CLEVELAND, OHIO

GAME 1

GAME TIME: 7:30pm

Temp: 55

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
Alan Ashby C

STARTING PITCHER: Jim Clancy

CLE

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

STARTING PITCHER: Wayne Garland

TOR 000 100 000 - 1 2 1
CLE 000 254 11X - 13 18 0

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 4TH: Velez homered. TOR 1, CLE 0

BOT 4TH: Lemon walked. Carty tripled. Lemon scored. Bell sac fly to left. Carty scored. TOR 1, CLE 2

BOT 5TH: Kuiper singled. Bochte grouned into a 4-6 forceout. Bochte safe at first. Ivie walked. Lemon singled. Bochte scored. Ivie to second. Carty singled. Ivie scored. Jackson relieved Clancy. Bell doubled. Carty scored. Nordhagen walked. Cox walked. Bases loaded. Duffy walked. Bell scored. TOR 1, CLE 7

BOT 6TH: Murphy relieved Jackson. Ivie singled. Lemon walked. Ivie to second. Carty walked. Bases loaded. Bell grand slam. Ivie, Lemon and Carty scored. TOR 1, CLE 11

BOT 7TH: Bochte walked. Ivie singled. Lemon grounded into a 6-4-3 double play. Bochte to third. CaRty walked. Bell walked. Bases loaded. Nordhagen reached on an error by Torres. Bochte scored. TOR 1, CLE 12

BOT 8TH: Duffy singled. Kuiper singled. Ivie doubled. Duffy scored. TOR 1, CLE 13

WP: Garland (2-2, CG) LP: Clancy

ATTENDANCE: 7,154

Game 2

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 57

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
Alan Ashby C

STARTING PITCHER: Dave Lemancyzk

CLE

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

STARTING PITCHER: Jim Bibby

TOR 000 001 100 - 2 8 1
CLE 000 020 001 - 3 7 1

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 5TH: Lemon walked. Carty singled. Lemon to second. Bell singled. Lemon scored. Carty to second. Nordhagen grounded into a 6-4-3 double play. Carty to third. Cox singled. Carty scored. TOR 0, CLE 2

TOP 6TH: Velez homered. TOR 1, CLE 2

TOP 7TH: Howell reached on a two-base error by Lemon. Staggs singled. Howell scored. TOR 2, CLE 2

Tomlin relieved Bibby in the top of the 8th.

Willis relieved Lemancyzk in the bottom of the 8th.

BOT 9TH: Nordhagen singled. Dade replaced Nordhagen as a pinch-runner. Pruitt (PH for Larry Cox) walked. Dade to second. Gomez (replaced Duffy) walked. Bases loaded. Kuiper hit a sac fly to center. Dade scored. TOR 2, CLE 3

WP: Tomlin (1-1) LP: Lemancyzk

ATTENDANCE: 7,648

 

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SERIES 7

CLEVELAND INDIANS AT MILWAUKEE BREWERS

COUNTY STADIUM - MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

FRI.-SUN. - APRIL 29-MAY 1

Game 1

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 63

Starting Line-ups

CLE

Duane Kuiper 2B
Bruce Bochte LF
Mike Ivie 1B
Chet Lemon CF
Rico Carty DH
Buddy Bell 3B
Wayne Nordhagen RF
Larry Cox C
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Ken Kravec

MIL

Robin Yount SS
Sal Bando 3B
Cecil Cooper 1B
Don Money 2B
Sixto Lezcano LF
Von Joshua RF
Steve Brye LF
Charlie Moore C
Ken McMullen DH

Starting Pitcher: Jerry Augustine

CLE 000 222 100 - 7 12 1
MIL 000 011 000 - 2 6 0

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 4TH: Lemon singled. Carty walked. Lemon to second. Bell grounded into a 3-6 forceout. Lemon to third. Bell safe at first. Nordhagen singled. Lemon scored. Bell to second. Cox singled. Bell scored. CLE 2, MIL 0

TOP 5TH: Kuiper singled. Bochte singled. Kuiper to second. Ivie singled. Kuiper scored. Bochte to third. Bell singled. Bochte scored. CLE 4, MIL 0

BOT 5TH: Moore reached on a 2-base error by Lemon. Yount doubled. Moore scored. CLE 4, MIL 1

TOP 6TH: Duffy walked. Kuiper singled. Duffy to second. Bochte doubled. Duffy and Kuiper scored. McClure relieved Augustine. CLE 6, MIL 0

BOT 6TH: Lezcano doubled. Joshua tripled. Lezcano scored. CLE 6, MIL 2

TOP 7TH: Carty singled. Nordhagen singled. Carty to third. Cox sac fly to right. Carty scored. CLE 7, MIL 2

WP: Kravec (1-3) LP: Jerry Augustine

ATTENDANCE: 10,032

Game 2

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 61

Starting Line-ups

CLE

Wayne Nordhagen RF
Bruce Bochte LF
Mike Ivie 1B
Chet Lemon CF
Rico Carty DH
Buddy Bell 3B
Duane Kuiper 2B
Larry Cox C
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Rick Waits

(Left game with injury in the 6th. Out 6 games. Replaced by Ron Pruitt.)

MIL

Robin Yount SS
Sal Bando 3B
Cecil Cooper 1B
Don Money 2B
Sixto Lezcano LF
Von Joshua RF
Steve Brye LF
Charlie Morre C
Ken McMullen DH

Starting Pitcher: Mike Caldwell

(Left game with injury. Out for 2 games. Replaced by Ed Fitzpatrick.)

CLE 100 030 000 - 4 8 0
MIL 000 110 30x - 5 7 1

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 1ST: Nordhagen doubled. Bochte walked. Lemon singled. Nordhagen scored. CLE 1, MIL 0

BOT 4TH: Bando doubled. Money singled. Bando scored. CLE 1, MIL 1

TOP 5TH: Duffy singled. Nordhagen doubled. Duffy scored. Nordhagen to third on the throw home. Bochte grounded into a 6-2 forceout at home. Bochte safe at first. Ivie homered. CLE 4, MIL 1

BOT 5TH: Brye hit by pitch. Brye left with injury. Fitzpatrick replaced Brye. Moore singled. Fitzpatrick to second. McMullen walked. Bases loaded. Yount grounded into a 5-4 force out. Fitzpatrick scored. CLE 4, MIL 2

Rodriguez relieved Caldwell after 5.

BOT 7TH: Moore walked. Bair relieved Waits. McMullen walked. Moore to second. Yount walked to load the bases. Cooper walked. Moore scored. Bases loaded. Money singled. McMullen and Yount scored. CLE 4, MIL 5

Castro relieved Rodriguez to start the 8th.

WP: Ed Rodriguez SV: Castro LP: Bair (BS)

ATTENDANCE: 12,598

GAME 3 (Game 1 of Daytime Double-Header)

Game Time: 12:30pm

Temp: 69

Starting Line-ups

CLE

Wayne Nordhagen RF
Bruce Bochte LF
Mike Ivie 1B
Chet Lemon DH
Buddy Bell 3B
Paul Dade CF
Duane Kuiper 2B
Larry Cox C
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Don Hood

(Left game with injury in the 9th. Out 3 games. Replaced by Ron Pruitt.)

MIL

Robin Yount SS
Sal Bando 3B
Cecil Cooper 1B
Don Money 2B
Sixto Lezcano LF
Von Joshua RF
Steve Brye LF
Charlie Morre C
Ken McMullen DH

Starting Pitcher: Larry Sorenson
CLE 001 000 000 - 1 8 0
MIL 000 010 10x - 2 8 0

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 3RD: Cox homered. CLE 1, MIL 0

BOT 5TH: Lezcano doubled. Joshua singled. Lezcano scored. CLE 1, MIL 1

BOT 7TH: Lezcano walked. Joshua singled. Lezcano to second. Fitzpatrick singled. Lezcano scored. Twitchell relieved Hood. CLE 1, MIL 2

WP: Larry Sorenson (CG) LP: Hood (0-1)

Game 2

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

Starting Line-ups

CLE

Wayne Nordhagen RF
Bruce Bochte LF
Mike Ivie 1B
Buddy Bell 3B
Ron Pruitt DH
Paul Dade CF
Duane Kuiper 2B
Larry Cox C
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Garland

MIL

Robin Yount SS
Sal Bando 3B
Cecil Cooper 1B
Don Money 2B
Sixto Lezcano LF
Von Joshua RF
Ed Fitzpatrick LF
Bill Haney C
Ken McMullen DH

Starting Pitcher: Moose Haas

CLE 000 000 000 - 0 4 0
MIL 000 300 01x - 4 5 0

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 4TH: Yount walked. Bando singled. Yount to second. Cooper singled. Yount scored. Money singled. Bases loaded. Lezcano walked. Bando scored. Joshua sac fly to center. Cooper scored. CLE 0, MIL 3

BOT 8TH: Bando homered. CLE 0, MIL 4

WP: Haas (CG) LP: Garland (2-3, CG)

DH ATTENDANCE: 20,215

CLE record after 19 games: 8-11

Indians' roster and links to all other AL rosters (rosters listed as teams come up on the schedule) listed in Post #5

 

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SERIES 8

MINNESOTA TWINS AT CLEVELAND INDIANS

TUE.-WED. - MAY 3-4

MUNICIPAL STADIUM - CLEVELAND, OHIO

Game 1

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 67

Starting Line-ups

MIN

Lyman Bostock CF
Glenn Adams DH
Rod Carew 1B
Larry Hisle LF
Dan Ford RF
Mike Cubbage 3B
Butch Wynegar C
Roy Smalley SS
Bob Randall 2B

Starting Pitcher: Geoff Zahn

CLE

Wayne Nordhagen DH
Bruce Bochte LF
Mike Ivie 1B
Buddy Bell 3B
Johnny Grubb RF
Paul Dade RF
Duane Kuiper 2B
Ron Pruitt C
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Jim Bibby

MIN 010 001 010 - 3 6 0
CLE 310 000 00x - 4 9 2

HOW THEY SCORED:

BOT 1ST: Bochte singled. Ivie walked. Bell homered. Bochte and Ivie scored. MIN 0, CLE 3

TOP 2ND: Hisle singled. Ford doubled. Hisle scored. MIN 1, CLE 3

BOT 2ND: Kuiper doubled. Nordhagen singled. Kuiper to third. Bochte doubled. Kuiper scored. MIN 1, CLE 4

TOP 6TH: Adams doubled. Carew walked. Hisle singled. Adams scored. MIN 2, CLE 4

Tomlin relieved Bibby to start the 8th.

TOP 8TH: Adams walked. Carew singled. Adams to third. Hisle sac fly to right. Adams scored. MIN 3, CLE 4

Kern relieved Tomlin to start the 9th.

Key stat of the game: CLE closer Jim Kern struck out the side in the 9th to pick up the save.

WP: Jim Bibby (3-1) SV: Kern (3) LP: Zahn (CG)

ATTENDANCE: 6,481

Game 2

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 65

MIN

Lyman Bostock CF
Glenn Adams DH
Rod Carew 1B
Larry Hisle LF
Dan Ford RF
Mike Cubbage 3B
Butch Wynegar C
Roy Smalley SS
Bob Randall 2B

Starting Pitchers: Ron Scheuler

(Left game with injury in the 7th. Out 3 games. Replaced by Rich Chiles.)

CLE

Wayne Nordhagen DH
Bruce Bochte LF
Mike Ivie 1B
Buddy Bell 3B
Johnny Grubb RF
Paul Dade RF
Duane Kuiper 2B
Ron Pruitt C
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Ken Kravec

MIN 000 000 000 - 0 5 0
CLE 000 000 01x - 1 5 0

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 8TH: Nordhagen singled. Bochte doubled. Nordhagen to third. Ivie sac fly to left. MIN 0, CLE 1

Key stat of the game: CLE's Kravec 11 K's.

WP: Kravec (2-3) SV: Kern (4) LP: Scheuler (CG)

ATTENDANCE: 6,319

CLE record: 10-11

Indians' roster and all other AL rosters posted/will be posted as they come up on the schedule in post #5.

NEXT POST: Detailed 21-game stats.

 

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INDIANS' 21-GAME STATS

BATTING

(Hits/At-Bats/Avg.)

Nordhagen 10-56/.179
Bochte 25-80/.313
Ivie 24-84/.286
Lemon 18-67/.269
Carty 14-46/.304
Grubb 11-44/.250
Bell 19-84/.226
Kuiper 20-77/.260
Cox 12-58/.207
Duffy 9-59/.153
Pruitt 3-17/.176
Dade 4-20/.200
Lowenstein 1-8/.125
Manning 0-3/.000
Gomez 0-5/.000

Team Batting Average: 170-708/ Avg. .240

R

Nordhagen - 2
Bochte - 13
Ivie - 11
Lemon - 12
Carty - 7
Bell - 7
Grubb - 4
Kuiper - 8
Cox - 3
Duffy - 6
Dade - 2

2B

Nordhagen - 3
Bochte - 8
Ivie - 3
Lemon - 4
Grubb - 3
Bell - 3
Cox - 1
Carty - 1
Dade - 2

3B

Carty - 2
Bochte - 1

HR

Ivie - 4
Lemon - 4
Grubb - 1
Bell - 4
Carty - 3
Cox - 1

RBI

Nordhagen - 2
Bochte - 6
Ivie - 12
Lemon - 12
Grubb - 6
Bell - 16
Cox - 10
Duffy - 1
Carty - 5
Kuiper - 3

SB/CS

Kuiper SB - 3 CS - 1
Lemon - SB - 0 CS - 1
Bell SB - 0 CS - 1

DEFENSE

Errors

Bell - 4
Kuiper - 1
Duffy - 5
Garland - 1
Dade - 1
Lemon - 4
Ivie - 1
Nordhagen - 1

PITCHING

ERA

Starters

Garland 39 IP/12 ER - 2.77
Bibby 30-2/3 IP/ 10 ER - 2.93
Kravec 33 IP/10 ER - 2.73
Waits 33-1/3 IP/11 ER - 2.97
Hood 13-1/3 IP/5 ER - 3.38

Relievers

Tomlin 6-2/3 IP/5 ER - 6.75
Twitchell 9 IP/6 ER - 6.00
Bair 5-1/3 IP/3 ER - 5.06
Kern 7-2/3 IP/0 ER - 0.00
Laxton 6 IP/8 ER - 12.00

Starter ERA: 149-1/3 IP/48 ER - 2.89

Reliever ERA: 34-2/3 IP/22 ER - 5.71

Combined ERA: 184 IP/70 ER - 3.42


W/L

Garland 2-3
Bibby 3-1
Kravec 2-3
Waits 2-1
Hood 0-1
Tomlin 1-1
Bair 0-1

K/BB

Garland K - 16 BB - 8
Bibby K - 22 BB - 16
Kravec K - 28 BB - 9
Waits K - 17 BB - 11
Hood K - 7 BB - 7
Kern K - 6 BB - 0
Tomlin K - 6 BB - 1
Bair K - 3 BB - 4
Laxton K - 2 BB - 4
Twitchell K - 4 BB - 4

Save/Blown Save

Kern SV - 4 BS - 0
Bair SV - 0 BS - 2

Quality Starts ( A QS is a start that goes 6+ innings and 3 runs or less are allowed.)

Garland - 4
Bibby - 3
Kravec - 4
Waits - 3
Hood - 2

Complete Games

Garland - 3
Waits - 1

Shutouts (* Combined)

Garland - 1
Kravec - 1*

Times Shutout - 2

HR Allowed - 17​

 

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Indians' roster and all other AL rosters posted/will be posted as they come up on the schedule in post #5.

SERIES 9

CHICAGO WHITE SOX AT CLEVELAND INDIANS

FRI.-SUN. - MAY 6-8

MUNICIPAL STADIUM - CLEVELAND, OHIO

Game 1

Game Time 7:30pm

Temp: 66

Starting Line-ups

CWS

Jim Norris CF
Lamar Johnson DH
Oscar Gamble LF
Richie Zisk RF
Eric Soderholm 3B
Jim Spencer 1B
Jim Essian C
Jorge Orta 2B
Alan Bannister SS

Starting Pitcher: Dennis Eckersley

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Rick Waits

(Left game with injury in the 3rd. Replaced by John Lowenstein. Manning out 1 game.)

CWS 000 010 000 - 1 5 2
CLE 000 005 00x - 5 11 1

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 5TH: Zisk homered. CWS 1, CLE 0

BOT 6TH: Bochte singled. Ivie doubled. Bochte to third. Bell doubled. Bochte and Ivie scored. Cox singled. Bell to third. Kuiper singled. Bell scored. Cox to second. Lowenstein doubled. Cox scored. Nordhagen singled. Lowenstein scored. CWS 1, CLE 5

WP: Waits (3-1, CG) LP: Eckersley

Key stat of the game: CLE SP Waits goes the distance for the Indians pitching a 5-hitter.

Attendance: 18,909 (Ticket sales driven by the return of former Indian Dennis Eckersley.)

Game 2

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 71

Starting Line-ups

CWS

Jim Norris CF
Lamar Johnson DH
Oscar Gamble LF
Richie Zisk RF
Eric Soderholm 3B
Jim Spencer 1B
Jim Essian C
Jorge Orta 2B
Alan Bannister SS

Starting Pitcher: Francisco Barrios

CLE

Wayne Nordhagen RF
Bruce Bochte LF
Mike Ivie 1B
Chet Lemon DH
Buddy Bell 3B
John Lowenstein CF
Duane Kuiper 2B
Larry Cox C
Frasnk Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Garland

CWS 000 002 100 - 3 10 1
CLE 401 210 00x - 8 12 0

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 1ST: Nordhagen singled. Bochte walked. Nordhagen to second. Ivie singled. Bases loaded. Lemon grand slam homer. Nordhagen, Bochte and Ivie scored. CWS 0, CLE 4

BOT 3RD: Lowqenstein singled. Lowenstein stole second. Kuiper singled. Lowenstein scored. CWS 0, CLE 5

BOT 4TH: Duffy walked. Nordhagen grounded into a forceout at second. Nordhagen safe at first. Bochte singled. Nordhagen to second. Ivie grounded out 4-3. Nordhagen and Bochte advanced. Lemon singled. Nordhagen and Bochte scored. CWS 0, CLE 7

BOT 5TH: Kuiper singled. Cox singled. Nordhagen doubled. Kuiper scored. Cox thrown out at home 8-2. CWS 0, CLE 8

TOP 6TH: Zisk homered. Soderholm homered. CWS 2, CLE 8

TOP 7TH: Norris walked. Zisk singled. Soderholm singled. Norris sscored. CWS 3, CLE 8

WP: Garland (3-3) LP: Barrios

Key stat of the game: CLE OF Chet Lemon hit a grand slam and drove in 6 runs.

ATTENDANCE: 14,622

Game 3

Game Time: 1:00pm

Temp: 74

Starting Line-ups

CWS

Jim Norris CF
Lamar Johnson DH
Oscar Gamble LF
Richie Zisk RF
Eric Soderholm 3B
Jim Spencer 1B
Jim Essian C
Jorge Orta 2B
Alan Bannister SS

Starting Pitcher: Steve Renko

(Left game with injury in the third. Out 6 games. Replaced by Brian Downing.)

CLE

Wayne Nordhagen RF
Bruce Bochte LF
Mike Ivie 1B
Chet Lemon DH
Buddy Bell 3B
John Lowenstein CF
Duane Kuiper 2B
Ron Pruitt C
Frasnk Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Jim Bibby

(Left game with injury in the 8th. Replaced by Luis Gomez. Bell out 3 games.)

CWS 000 006 100 - 7 8 1
CLE 100 003 000 - 4 6 1

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 1ST: Nordhagen homered. CWS 0, CLE 1

TOP 6TH: Zisk singled. Soderhom doubled. Zisk to third. Spencer walked. Bases loaded. Orta singled. Zisk and Soderholm scored. Specncer to third. Kendall sac fly to center. Spencer scored. Bannister singled. Orta to third. Wayne Twitchell relieved Bibby. Norris walked. Bases loaded. Garr grounded into a 4-2 force play at home. Orta out. Garr safe at first. Bases loaded. Downing doubled. Bannister, Norris and Garr scored. CWS 6, CLE 1

BOT 6TH: Ivie walked. Lemon doubled. Ivie to third. Lowenstein walked. Bases loaded. Kuiper doubled. Ivie, Lemon and Lowenstein scored. CWS 7, CLE 4

TOP 7TH: Soderholm homered. CWS 7, CLE 4

WP: Steve Renko SV: LaGrow LP: Jim Bibby (3-2)

Key stat of the game: CWS OF Brian Downing replaced the injured Oscar Gamble and hit a key 3-run double in the 6th.

ATTENDANCE: 15,483

CLE RECORD: 12-12

 

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SERIES 10

MILWAUKEE BREWERS AT CLEVELAND INDIANS

FRI.-SAT./MAY 10-11

MUNICIPAL STADIUM - MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

Twi-Night Double-Header

Game 1

Game Time: 5:00pm

Temp: 68

Starting Line-ups

MIL

Robin Yount SS
Sal Bando 3B
Cecil Cooper 1B
Don Money 2B
Sixto Lezcano RF
Von Joshua CF
Steve Brye LF
Charlie Moore C
Ken McMullen DH

Starting Pitcher: Larry Sorenson

(Left game with injury in the 9th. Replaced by Jim Wohlford. Out 3 games.)

CLE

Wayne Nordhagen RF
Bruce Bochte LF
Mike Ivie 1B
Chet Lemon DH
Paul Dade CF
Larry Cox C
Duane Kuiper 2B
Luis Gomez 3B
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Ken Kravec

MIL 203 012 320 - 13 17 1
CLE 200 000 000 - 2 7 3

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 1ST: Yount doubled. Money singled. Yount scored. Lezcano doubled. Money scored. MIL 2, CLE 0

BOT 1ST: Nordhagen singled. Bochte tripled. Nordhagen scored. Lemon singled. Bochte scored. MIL 2, CLE 2

TOP 3RD: Yount singled. Bando singled. Yount to third. Cooper sac fly to center. Yount scored. Bando to second. Lezcano homered. Bando scored. MIL 5, CLE 2

Paxton relieved Kravec in the top of the 4th.

TOP 5TH: Money singled. Lezcano reached on a 2-base error by Lemon. Money to third. Joshua sac fly to left. Money scored. MIL 6, CLE 2

TOP 6TH: Money doubled. Lezcano homered. Money scored. MIL 8, CLE 2

TOP 7TH: Brye singled. Moore grounded into a 1-6 force out. Moore safe at first. McMullen singled. Moore to second. Yount homered. McMullen and Moore scored. MIL 11, CLE 2

TOP 8TH: Joshua reached on an error by Gomez. Brye doubled. Joshua scored. Moore singled. Brye scored. MIL 13, CLE 2

WP: Sorenson (CG) LP: Kravec (2-4)

Key stat of the game: MIL Sixto Lezcano hit 2 homers and drove in 5 runs.

Game 2 (DH 2)

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

Starting Line-ups

MIL

Robin Yount SS
Steven Brye LF
Cecil Cooper 1B
Don Money 2B
Sixto Lezcano RF
Von Joshua CF
Dan Thomas DH
Charlie Moore C
Ken McMullen 3B

Starting Pitcher: Moose Haas

CLE

Wayne Nordhagen RF
Bruce Bochte LF
Mike Ivie 1B
Chet Lemon DH
Ron Pruitt C
Rick Manning CF
Duane Kuiper 2B
Luis Gomez 3B
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Rick Waits

(Left game with injury in the 4th. Replaced by John Lowenstein. Out 1 game.)

MIL 010 001 000 2 - 4 9 1
CLE 100 000 001 0 - 2 6 1

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 1ST: Ivie doubled. Lemon doubled. MIL 0, CLE 1

TOP 2ND: Money homered. MIL 1, CLE 1

TOP 6TH: Yount singled. Brye walked. Cooper hit into a 3-6-3 double play. Yount to third. Lezcano singled. Yount scored. MIL 2 CLE 1

Tomlin relieved Waits in the top of the 7th.

BOT 9TH: PH Nordhagen tripled. Kuiper sac fly to center. MIL 2, CLE 2

Kern relieved Tomlin in the top of the 9th.

TOP 10TH: Yount reached on an error by Duffy. Brye tripled. Yount scored. Cooper singled. Brye scored. MIL 4, CLE 2

WP: Haas SV: McClure LP: Kern (0-1)

Key stat of the game: MIL McClure shuts down potential Tribe rally in the 9th to save the game for the Brewers.

DH ATTENDANCE: 9,791

Game 3

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 70

Starting Line-ups

MIL

Robin Yount SS
Steve Brye LF
Cecil Cooper 1B
Don Money 2B
Sixto Lezcano RF
Von Joshua CF
Dan Thomas DH
Charlie Moore C
Ken McMullen 3B

Starting Pitcher: Jim Slaton

CLE

Wayne Nordhagen RF
Bruce Bochte LF
Mike Ivie 1B
Rico Carty DH
Paul Dade CF
Larry Cox C
Duane Kuiper 2B
Luis Gomez 3B
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Don Hood

MIL 003 400 000 - 7 7 0
CLE 003 001 000 - 4 7 1

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 3RD: McMullen homered. Yount singled. Brye flyout to senter. Yount moved to second. Cooper singled. Yount scored. Cooper to second on a passed ball. Money reached on a 2-base error by Bochte. Cooper scored. MIL 3, CLE 0

BOT 3RD: Bochte walked. Grubb tripled. Bochte scored. Ivie doubled. Grubb scored. Carty singled. Ivie scored. MIL 3, CLE 3

TOP 4TH: Joshua walked. Thomas singled. Moore doubled. Twitchell relieved Hood. Joshua scored. Thomas to third. McMullen homered. Moore and Thomas scored. MIL 7, CLE 3

BOT 6TH: Carty singled. Dade singled. Carty to third. Cox grounded out 4-3. Carty scored. MIL 7, CLE 4

WP: Slaton SV: Castro LP: Hood (0-2)

Key stat of the game: MIL McMullen hit 2 homers and drove in 4 runs.

ATTENDANCE: 7,301

CLE Record: 12-15

 

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(Forgot to post this earlier.)

MLB STANDINGS (As of 5-1-77)

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

American League

East

BAL 13---5--- --
BOS 11---8--- 2-1/2
MIL 10---9---3-1/2
NYY 11---10---3-1/2
CLE 8---11---5-1/2
TOR 9---13---6
DET 7---13---7

West

KCR 13---7--- --
MIN 14---9--- 1
CWS 11---8--- 1-1/2
OAK 11---11--- 3
SEA 11---14--- 4-1/2
CAL 9---14--- 5-1/2
TEX 7---12--- 5-1/2

National League

East

STL 10---9--- --
MTL 9---8--- --
PHI 9---9--- 1/2
CHC 7---10---2
NYM 7---11---2-1/2
PIT 7---11---2-1/2

West

HOU 14---7--- --
LAD 12---8--- 1-1/2
CIN 11---8--- 2
SDP 12---11--- 3
SFG 10---9--- 3
ATL 8---12---5-1/2

 

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SERIES 11

CLEVELAND INDIANS AT CHICAGO WHITE SOX

FRI.-SUN. - MAY 13-15

COMISKEY PARK - CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Game 1

Game Time 7:30pm

Temp: 68

Starting Line-ups

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Garland

CWS

Jim Norris CF
Ralph Garr DH
Oscar Gamble LF
Richie Zisk RF
Eric Soderholm 3B
Jim Spencer 1B
Jim Essian C
Jorge Orta 2B
Alan Bannister SS

Starting Pitcher: Francisco Barrios

CLE 000 000 030 - 3 6 2
CWS 001 001 000 - 2 9 3

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 3RD: Garr homered. CLE 0, CWS 1

BOT 6TH: Essian singled. Orta singled. Essian to second. Bannister singled. Essian scored. CLE 0, CWS 2

TOP 8TH: Grubb singled. Ivie tripled. Grubb scored. Lerrin LaGrow relieved Barrios. Lemon walked. Nordhagen walked. Bases loaded. Bell walked. Ivie scored. Bases loaded. Kuiper sac fly to center. Lemon scored. CLE 3, CWS 2

CLE - Dave Tomlin relieved Garland in the 9th. Jim Kern relieved Tomlin in the the 9th.

WP: Garland (4-3) SV: Kern (5) LP: LaGrow (BS)

Key stat of the game: Indians rally for three in the 8th to earn the victory.

ATTENDANCE: 17,611

Game 2

Game Time: 7:30pn

Temp: 70

Starting Line-ups

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Jim Bibby

CWS

Jim Norris CF
Ralph Garr DH
Oscar Gamble LF
Richie Zisk RF
Eric Soderholm 3B
Jim Spencer 1B
Jim Essian C
Jorge Orta 2B
Alan Bannister SS

Starting Pitcher: Steve Renko

CLE 100 202 000 02 - 7 16 0
CWS 001 300 100 00 - 5 11 1

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 1ST: Ivie doubled. Lemon singled. Ivie scored. CLE 1, CWS 0

BOT 3RD: Bannister walked. Bannister stole second. Garr singled. Bannister scored. CLE 1, CWS 1

TOP 4TH: Nordhagen doubled. Kuiper singled. Nordhagen scored. Pruitt doubled. Kuiper scored. CLE 3, CWS 1

BOT 4TH: Soderholm singled. Essian walked. Soderholm to second. Orta walked. Bases loaded. Bannister walked. Soderholm scored. Norris singled. Essian and Orta scored. CLE 3, CWS 4

Wayne Twitchell relived Bibby in the 4th.

TOP 6TH: Kuiper singled. Pruitt singled. Duffy gounded out 6-3. Kuiper and Pruitt advanced. Bochte singled. Kuiper and Pruitt scored. Jack Kucek relieved Renko. CLE 5, CWS 4

BOT 7TH: Gamble homered. Dave Tomlin relieved Wayne Twitchell. CLE 5, CWS 5

CWS - Darryl Hamilton relieved Jack Kucek to start the 9th.

CLE - Doug Bair relieved Tomlin to start the 9th.

CWS - Dave Frost relieved Hamilton in the 11th.

CLE - Wilbur Wood relieved Doug Bair to start the 11th.

TOP 11TH: Grubb singled. Ivie homered. CLE 7, CWS 5

WP: Bair (1-1) SV: Wood (1) LP: Darryl Hamilton

Key stat of the game: Indians' bullpen allows only one run over 7 innings.

ATTENDANCE: 16,284

Game 3

Game Time: 1:00pm

Temp: 76

Starting Line-ups

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Ken Kravec

CWS

Jim Norris CF
Lamar Johnson DH
Oscar Gamble LF
Richie Zisk RF
Eric Soderholm 3B
Jim Spencer 1B
Jim Essian C
Jorge Orta 2B
Alan Bannister SS

Starting Pitcher: Chris Knapp

CLE 015 000 000 - 6 9 3
CWS 400 000 04X - 8 11 2

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 1ST: Norris singled. Gamble homered. Norris scored. Zisk singled. Spencer homered. CLE 0, CWS 4

TOP 2ND: Bell walked. Kuiper singled. Bell to third. Cox sac fly to center. Bell scored. CLE 1, CWS 4

TOP 3RD: Bochte walked. Grubb singled. Bochte to third. Ivie reached on an error by Orta. Bochte scored. Grubb to seond. Lemon doubled. Grubb scored. Ivie to third. Nordhagen homered. Lemon and Ivie scored. Dave Frost relieved Knapp. CLE 6, CWS 4

BOT 8TH: Jim Kern relieved Kravec to start the 8th. Zisk homered. Soderholm singled. Spencer singled. Soderholm to second. Essian reached on an error by Kern. Bases loaded. Norris singled. Soderholm scored. Bases loaded. Johnson reached on a 2-base error by Lemon. Spencer and Essian scored. CLE 6, CWS 8

WP: Dal Canton SV: LaGrow LP: Kern (0-2, BS)

Key stat of the game: The Indians commit two big errors in the 8th that led to 3 unearned runs which provided the margin of victory for the White Sox.

ATTENDANCE: 21,532

CLE Record: 14-16

 

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SERIES 12

CLEVELAND INDIANS AT MINNESOTA TWINS

MON.-TUE. - MAY 16-17

METROPOLITAN STADIUM - BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA

Game 1

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 78

Starting Line-ups

CLE
Bruce Bochte LF
Johnny Grubb RF
Mike Ivie 1B
Wayne Nordhagen DH
Buddy Bell 3B
Larry Cox C
Duane Kuiper 2B
Luis Gomez SS
Rick Manning CF

Starting Pitcher: Rick Waits

MIN

Lyman Bostock CF
Craig Kusick DH
Rod Carew 1B
Larry Hisle LF
Dan Ford RF
Mike Cubbage 3B
Butch Wynegar C
Roy Smalley SS
Bob Randall 2B

Starting Pitcher: Ron Schueler

CLE 000 000 001 - 1 3 0
MIN 300 001 00x - 4 7 1

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 1ST: Kusick singled. Hisle walked. Kusick to second. Ford homered. Kusick and Hisle scored. CLE 0, MIN 3

BOT 6TH: Ford walked. Wynegar grounded into a 6-4 force out. Ford out. Wynegar safe at first. Smalley singled. Wynegar to second. Randall singled. Wynegar scored. CLE 0, MIN 4

CLE Dave Tomlin relieved Waits to start the 8th inning.

TOP 9TH: PH Carty homered. CLE 1, MIN 4

WP: Schueler (CG) LP: Waits (3-2)

Key stat of the game: MIN SP Ron Schueler twirled a 3-hit complete game, allowing only a 2-out homer to Carty in the 9th.

ATTENDANCE: 16,003

Game 2

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 75

Starting Line-ups

CLE
Bruce Bochte LF
Johnny Grubb RF
Mike Ivie 1B
Rico Carty DH
Buddy Bell 3B
Wayne Nordhagen CF
Duane Kuiper 2B
Ron Pruitt C
Luis Gomez SS

Starting Pitcher: Don Hood

MIN

Lyman Bostock CF
Craig Kusick DH
Rod Carew 1B
Larry Hisle LF
Dan Ford RF
Mike Cubbage 3B
Butch Wynegar C
Roy Smalley SS
Bob Randall 2B

Starting Pitcher: Paul Thormodsgard

CLE 000 010 020 - 3 6 0
MIN 000 000 100 - 1 5 0

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 5TH: Nordhagen homered. CLE 1, MIN 0

BOT 7TH: Hisle doubled. Wynegar doubled. Hisle scored. CLE 1, MIN 1

TOP 8TH: Kuiper walked. Pruitt doubled. Kuiper scored. Gomez singled. Pruitt scored. CLE 3, MIN 1

Kern relieved Hood in the bottom of the 8th.

WP: Hood (1-2) SV: Kern (6) LP: Thormodsgard

Key stat of the game: CLE RP Jim Kern shut down a potential Twins in the bottom of the 8th.

ATTENDANCE: 14,784

CLE Record: 15-17

 

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CLEVELAND INDIANS AT KANSAS CITY ROYALS

FRI.-SUN./MAY 20-22

KAUFMAN STADIUM - KANSAS CITY, MO

Series 13

Game 1

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 73

Starting Line-ups

CLE

Bruce Bochte LF
Johnny Grubb RF
Mike Ivie 1B
Rico Carty DH
Chet Lemon CF
Buddy Bell 3B
Duane Kuiper 2B
Ron Pruitt C
Luis Gomez SS

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Garland

KC

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

Starting Pitcher: Jim Colburn

CLE 000 000 003 - 3 6 1
KCR 000 020 000 - 2 7 1

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 5TH: Mayberry homered. LaCock doubled. Patek singled. LaCock to third. White sac fly to left. LaCock scored. CLE 0. KC 2

TOP 9TH: Grubb singled. Lemon doubled. Grubb scored. Doug Bird relieved Jim Colburn. Bell doubled. Lemon scored. Kuiper singled. Bell to third. Pruitt reached on an error by Patek. Bell scored. CLE 3, KC 2

WP: Garland (5-3, CG) LP: Doug Bird (BS)

Key to the game: Indians rally for three in the ninth. Patek's error allowed Bell to score the winning run.

ATTENDANCE: 27,142

Game 2

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 72

Starting Line-ups

CLE

Bruce Bochte LF
Johnny Grubb RF
Mike Ivie 1B
Chet Lemon DH
Buddy Bell 3B
Ron Pruitt C
Duane Kuiper 2B
Rick Manning CF
Luis Gomez SS

Starting Pitcher: Jim Bibby

KC

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

Starting Pitcher: Marty Pattin

CLE 020 002 200 - 6 11 0
KCR 000 200 000 - 2 6 1

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 2ND: Bell doubled. Pruitt tripled. Bell scored. Manning singled. Pruitt scored. CLE 2, KC 0

BOT 4TH: Porter homered. Mayberry homered. CLE 2, KC 2

TOP 6TH: Lemon singled. Bell homered. Lemon scored. CLE 4, KC 2

TOP 7TH: Manning singled. Gomez walked. Steve Mingori relieved Pattin. Bochte doubled. Manning scored. Gomez to third. Grubb sac fly to center. CLE 6, KC 2

KC Mark Littell relieved Mingori to start the 8th.

CLE Dave Tomlin relieved Bibby in the 8th.

WP: Jim Bibby (4-2) LP: Pattin

Key to the game: Buddy Bell had two hits, one a homer, scored twice and drove in a pair to pace the Tribe.

ATTENDANCE: 28,378

Game 3

Game Time: 1:05pm

Temp: 81

Starting Line-ups

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Ken Kravec

KC

Amos Otis CF
Hal McRae LF
Al Cowens RF
George Brett 3B
John Wathan C
John Mayberry 1B
Joe Zdeb DH
Fred Patek SS
Frank White 2B

Starting Pitcher: Dennis Leonard

CLE 010 000 000 - 1 7 0
KCR 014 000 20x - 7 11 0

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 2ND: Lemon homered. CLE 1, KC 0

BOT 2ND: Brett homered. CLE 1, KC 1

BOT 3RD: Otis walked. Otis stole second. McRae walked. Cowens doubled. Otis and McRae scored. Brett singled. Cowens to third. Wathan grounded out 6-3. Cowens to third. Brett to second. Mayberry walked. Bases loaded. Zdeb sac fly to right. Cowens scored. Patek doubled. Brett scored. CLE 1, KC 5

CLE Wilbur Wood relieved Kravec to start the 4th.

CLE Wayne Twitchell relieved Wood to start the 7th.

BOT 7TH: Otis singled. Otis stole second. Cowens singled. Otis scored. Brett singled. Cowens to third. Wathan sac fly to center. Cowens scored. CLE 1, KC 7

WP: Leonard (CG) LP: Kravec (2-5)

Key to the game: KC SP Dennis Leonard pitched a complete game to help the Royals avoid being swept by the Indians.

ATTENDANCE: 31,463

CLE Record: 17-18

(NOTE: The next post is out of order as it will be the detailed 32-game stats for the Indians even though 35 game results are now posted.)

 

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INDIANS' 32-GAME STATS

(Key: Hits-AB/Avg.)

BATTING

Bruce Bochte 36-126/.286
Johnny Grubb 17-73/.233
Mike Ivie 35-130/.269
Chet Lemon 28-101/.277
Rico Carty 18-55/.327
Wayne Nordhagen 20-95/.211
Bell 25-122/.223
Kuiper 32-117/.274
Larry Cox 17-84/.202
Frank Duffy 13-90/.144
Luis Gomez 2-22/.091
Paul Dade 6-29/.207
John Lowenstein 3-17/.176
Rick Manning 0-9/.000
Ron Pruitt 8-34/.235

TEAM BATTING: 260-1086 Avg. - .239

R

Kuiper-13
Bochte - 19
Ivie - 20
Lemon - 17
Grubb - 8
Nordhagen - 10
Bell - 9
Cox - 3
Duffy - 6
Dade - 2
Carty - 9
Lowenstein - 3
Pruitt - 2

2B

Kuiper - 7
Bochte - 9
Ivie - 9
Lemon - 8
Grubb - 3
Nordhagen - 5
Bell - 5
Cox - 2
Duffy - 1
Carty - 2
Dade - 2
Lowenstein - 1
Pruitt - 1

3B

Carty - 2
Bochte - 2
Ivie - 1
Grubb - 1
Nordhagen - 1

HR

Ivie - 5
Lemon - 5
Bell - 4
Cox - 3
Nordhagen - 3
Carty - 2
Grubb - 1

RBI

Kuiper - 11
Bochte - 9
Ivie - 22
Lemon - 16
Carty - 7
Nordhagen - 9
Grubb - 7
Bell - 19
Cox - 12
Duffy - 1
Lowenstein - 1
Pruitt - 2
Gomez - 1

SB/CS

Kuiper - SB - 3 CS - 1
Lemon SB - 1 CS - 2
Bell SB - 0 CS - 1
Duffy SB - 1 CS - 0
Lowenstein SB - 0 CS - 1

DEFENSE

Errors

Bell - 4
Kuiper - 1
Duffy - 8
Garland - 1
Dade - 1
Lemon - 5
Ivie - 1
Nordhagen - 3
Bochte - 2
Gomez - 2
Grubb - 1
Kern - 1

OPP. SB/CS

vs. Cox SB - 3 CS - 4
vs. Nordhagen SB - 0 CS - 1
vs. Pruitt SB - 6 CS - 1

PITCHING

ERA

STARTERS

Wayne Garland - 53-1/3 IP/17 ER - 2.85
Jim Bibby - 39 IP/17 ER - 3.92
Ken Kravec - 43 IP/19 ER - 3.98
Rick Waits - 55-1/3 IP/18 ER - 2.93
Don Hood - 24 IP/11 ER - 4.13

RELIEVERS

Dave Tomlin 15-2/3 IP/5 ER - 2.87
Wayne Twitchell - 18-1/3 IP/11 ER - 5.40
Doug Bair - 9-1/3 IP/3 ER - 2.89
Wilbur Wood - 1 IP/0 ER - 0.00
Jim Kern - 12-1/3 IP/3 ER - 2.19
* Bill Laxton - 12 IP/15 ER - 11.25

(* Released.)

STARTER ERA - 215 IP/82 ER - 3.43

RELIEVER ERA - 67 IP/37 ER - 4.97

TEAM ERA - 282 IP/119 ER - 3.80

W-L

Garland 4-3
Bibby 3-2
Kravec 2-4
Waits 3-2
Hood 1-2
Kern 0-2
Tomlin 1-1
Bair 1-1

K/BB

Garland K - 24 BB - 10
Bibby K - 21 BB- 23
Kravec K - 31 BB - 11
Waits K - 23 BB - 20
Don Hood K - 15 BB - 11
Jim Kern K - 9 BB - 0
Tomlin K - 11 BB - 4
Bair K - 4 BB - 4
Twitchell K-11 BB-7
* Bill Laxton K - 2 BB - 4

SV/BS

Kern SV - 6 BS - 1
Bair SV - 0 BB - 2
Wood SV - 1 BS - 0

HR ALLOWED (Team stat only) - 33

SHUTOUTS (* Combined)

Garland - 1
Kravec - 1*

TIMES SHUTOUT - 2

QUALITY STARTS (A QS is when a starter goes 6+ innings and allows 3 runs or less.)

Garland - 6
Bibby - 3
Kravec - 4
Waits - 5
Hood - 3

COMPLETE GAMES

Garland - 3
Waits - 2

 

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SERIES 14

SEATTLE MARINERS AT CLEVELAND INDIANS

TUE.-WED. - MAY 24-25

MUNICIPAL STADIUM - CLEVELAND, OHIO

Game 1

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 72

Starting Line-ups

SEA
Dick Davis LF
Ruppert Jones CF
Carlos Lopez RF
LeRoy Stanton DH
Bill Stein 3B
Dan Meyer 1B
Bob Stinson C
Craig Reynolds SS
Julio Cruz 2B

Starting Pitcher: Dick Pole (Who would name their kid Dick Pole? *L*)

CLE

Bruce Bochte LF
Johnny Grubb RF
Mike Ivie 1B
Chet Lemon DH
Buddy Bell 3B
Ron Pruitt C
Duane Kuiper 2B
Rick Manning CF
Luis Gomez SS

Starting Pitcher: Rick Waits

SEA 060 000 020 - 8 11 0
CLE 010 004 100 - 6 7 0

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 2ND: Stein singled. Meyer singled. Stein to second. Stinson singled. Stein scored. Meyer to second. Cruz doubled. Meyer scored. Stinson to third. Davis singled. Stinson scored. Cruz scored. Jones homered. Davis and Cruz scored. SEA 6, CLE 0

TOP 2ND: Lemon doubled. Kuiper doubled. Lemon scored. SEA 6, CLE 1

BOT 6TH: Bochte doubled. Grubb walked. Ivie walked. Bases loaded. Lemon tripled. Bochte, Grubb and Ivie scored. Honeycutt relieved Pole. Pruitt singled. Lemon scored. SEA 6, CLE 5

BOT 7TH: Grubb homered. SEA 6, CLE 6

TOP 8TH: Lopez singled. Stanton homered. SEA 8, CLE 6

SEA Enrique Romo relieved Honeycutt to start the 8th.

CLE Jim Kern relieved Waits to start the 9th.

WP: Honeycutt SV: Romo LP: Waits (3-3)

Key to the game: SEA DH LeRoy Stanton hit a tie-breaking 2-run homer in the top of the 8th to propel the M's to victory.

ATTENDANCE: 4,206

Game 2

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 70

Starting Line-up

SEA
Dave Collins LF
Ruppert Jones CF
Carlos Lopez RF
LeRoy Stanton DH
Bill Stein 3B
Dan Meyer 1B
Bob Stinson C
Craig Reynolds SS
Julio Cruz 2B

Starting Pitcher: Glenn Abbott

CLE

Bruce Bochte LF
Johnny Grubb RF
Mike Ivie 1B
Chet Lemon DH
Buddy Bell 3B
Ron Pruitt C
Duane Kuiper 2B
Rick Manning CF
Luis Gomez SS

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Garland

SEA 200 000 000 - 2 9 1
CLE 410 532 00x - 15 18 1

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 1ST: Jones homered. Lopez doubled. Stanton reached on an error by Duffy. Lopez to third. Stein singled. Lopez scored. SEA 2, CLE 0

BOT 1ST: Bochte singled. Grubb doubled. Bochte scored. Ivie walked. Lemon homered. Grubb and Ivie scored. SEA 2, CLE 4

TOP 2ND: Bochte singled. Grubb doubled. Bochte scored. SEA 2, CLE 5

BOT 4TH: Bochte singled. Grubb singled. Ivie singled. Bochte scored. Grubb to second. Lemon reached on a two-base error by Lopez. Grubb scored. Ivie to third. Tom House relieved Abbott. Bell singled. Ivie and Lemon scored. Pruitt walked. Bell to second. Kuiper grounded out to first. Bell and Pruitt moved up. Manning sac fly to right. Bell scored. SEA 2, CLE 10

BOT 5TH: Bochte singled. Grubb homered. Bochte scored. Ivie homered. SEA 2, CLE 13

BOT 6TH: Kuiper singled. Manning homered. Kuiper scored. SEA 2, CLE 15

WP: Wayne Garland (6-3, CG) LP: Abbott

Key to the game: CLE OF Johnny Grubb went 5-for-5 with a homer and two doubles, scored three times and drove in four to lead the Indians.

ATTENDANCE: 3,721

CLE Record: 18-19

 

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SERIES 15

OAKLAND A'S AT CLEVELAND INDIANS

FRI.-SUN. - MAY 27-29

MUNICIPAL STADIUM - CLEVELAND, OHIO

Game 1

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 74

OAK

Bill North CF
Mike Jorgensen 1B
Tony Armas RF
Mitchell Page LF
Earl Williams DH
Wayne Gross 3B
Jeff Newman C
Larvell Blanks SS
Marty Perez 2B

Starting Pitcher: Vida Blue

CLE

Bruce Bochte LF
Johnny Grubb RF
Mike Ivie 1B
Chet Lemon DH
Buddy Bell 3B
Paul Dade CF
Duane Kuiper 2B
Larry Cox C
Luis Gomez SS

Starting Pitcher: Jim Bibby

OAK 000 000 000 03 - 3 6 1
CLE 000 000 000 01 - 1 11 0

HOW THEY SCORED

OAK Doug Bair relieved Bibby to start the 10th.

TOP 11TH: Blanks singled. Perez singled. Blanks to third. North grounded out out 1-2. Blanks out at home. North safe at first. Perez to second. Armas homered. North and Perez scored. OAK 3, CLE 0

BOT 11TH: Bell doubled. Kuiper singled. Bell scored. OAK 3, CLE 1

WP: Blue LP: Bair (1-2)

Key to the game: OAK SP Vida Blue goes the full 11 to earn the win.

ATTENDANCE: 7,505

Game 2

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 74

Starting Line-ups

OAK

Bill North CF
Mike Jorgensen 1B
Tony Armas RF
Mitchell Page LF
Earl Williams DH
Wayne Gross 3B
Jeff Newman C
Larvell Blanks SS
Marty Perez 2B

Starting Pitcher: Pablo Torrealba

CLE

Bruce Bochte LF
Johnny Grubb RF
Mike Ivie 1B
Chet Lemon CF
Buddy Bell 3B
Rico Carty DH
Duane Kuiper 2B
Larry Cox C
Luis Gomez SS

Starting Pitcher: Ken Kravec

OAK 000 010 001 - 2 9 0
CLE 010 010 001 - 3 13 1

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 2ND: Bell doubled. Carty walked. Kuiper singled. Bell scored. OAK 0, CLE 1

TOP 5TH: Blanks hit by pitch. Perez singled. Blanks to second. Jorgensen singled. Blanks scored. OAK 1, CLE 1

OAK Joe Coleman relieved Torrealba in the 7th.

CLE Jim Kern relieved Ken Kravec to start the 9th.

TOP 9TH: Jorgensen doubled. Page doubled. Jorgensen scored. OAK 2, CLE 2

BOT 9TH: Grubb singled. Ivie singled. Grubb to second. Lemon walked. Bases loaded. Bell singled. Grubb scored. OAK 2, CLE 3

WP: Kern (1-2, BS) LP: Coleman

ATTENDANCE: 11,296

Game 3

Game Time: 1:00pm

Temp: 81

Starting Line-ups

OAK

Bill North CF
Mike Jorgensen 1B
Tony Armas RF
Mitchell Page LF
Earl Williams DH
Wayne Gross 3B
Jeff Newman C
Larvell Blanks SS
Marty Perez 2B

Starting Pitcher: Rick Langford

CLE

Bruce Bochte LF
Johnny Grubb RF
Mike Ivie 1B
Chet Lemon CF
Buddy Bell 3B
Rico Carty DH (Left game with injury in the 4th. Replaced by Wayne Nordhagen. Out 3 games.)
Duane Kuiper 2B
Larry Cox C
Luis Gomez SS

Starting Pitcher: Rick Waits

OAK 000 000 020 - 2 7 3
CLE 240 200 03x - 11 13 1

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 1ST: Bochte singled. Grubb tripled. Bochte scored. Lemon doubled. Grubb scored. OAK 0, CLE 2

BOT 2ND: Juiper singled. Cox grounded into a 5-4 force out. Kuiper out. Cox safe at first. Gomez singled. Cox to third. Bochte singled. Cox scored. Grubb walked. Bases loaded. Ivie reached on a 2-base error by Page. Gomez and Bochte scored. Grubb to third. Carty singled. Grubb scored. Gerald Hannahs replaced Rick Langford. OAK 0, CLE 6

BOT 4TH: Grubb doubled. Ivie walked. Lemon reached on an error by Blanks. Bases loaded. Carty grouned into a 4-2 force out at home. Grubb out. Carty safe at first. Carty replaced by Nordhagen. Bases loaded. Bell walked. Ivie scored. Bases loaded. Kuiper reached on an error by Gross. Lemon scored. OAK 0, CLE 8

TOP 8TH: Jorgensen walked. Page homered. Wilbur Wood relieved Rick Waits. OAK 2, CLE 8

BOT 8TH: Ivie walked. Lemon walked. Nordhagen hit into a 6-4-3 double play. Ivie to third. Bell homered. Ivie scored. Kuiper singled. Cox doubled. Kuiper scored. OAK 2, CLE 11

WP: Waits (4-2) LP: Langford

Key to the game: Buddy Bell went 2-fior-4 with a homer and three RBI's to lead the Indians.

ATTENDANCE: 16,113

 

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SERIES 16

CALIFORNIA ANGELS AT CLEVELAND INDIANS

MON.-TUE. - MAY 30-31

MUNICIPAL STADIUM - CLEVELAND, OHIO

Game 1

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 73

Starting Line-ups

CAL

Jerry Remy 2B
Dave Chalk 3B
Bobby Bonds RF
Don Baylor 1B (Left game with an injury in the 1st. Replaced by Tony Solaita. Out 1 game.)
Dave Kingman DH
Joe Rudi LF
Bobby Grich SS
Gil Flores CF
Terry Humphrey C

Starting Pitcher: John Caniera

CLE

Bruce Bochte LF
Johnny Grubb RF
Mike Ivie 1B
Chet Lemon CF
Wayne Nordhagen DH
Buddy Bell 3B
Duane Kuiper 2B
Larry Cox C
Luis Gomez SS

Starting Pitcher: Don Hood

CAL 000 300 110 - 5 6 0
CLE 000 000 103 - 4 7 2

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 4TH: Solaita reached on an error by Cox. Kingman singled. Rudi homered. Solaita and Kingman scored. Wayne Twitchell relieved Hood in the 4th. CAL 3, CLE 0

CLE Dave Tomlin relieved Twitchell to start the 7th.

TOP 7TH: Bonds homered. CAL 4, CLE 0

BOT 7TH: Nordhagen homered. CAL 4, CLE 1

TOP 8TH: Rudi homered. CAL 5, CLE 1

CLE Jim Kern relieved Tomlin to start the 9th.

BOT 9TH: Lemon walked. Nordhagen tripled. Lemon scored. Dave LaRoche relieved Caneira. Bell walked. PH Ron Pruitt (batting for Cox) singled. Nordhagen scored. Kuiper to second. PH Paul Dade (batting for SS Frank Duffy, who had replaced Luis Gomez) singled. Bell scored. Bochte grounded into a 3-6-3 double play to end the game. CAL 5, CLE 4

WP: Caneira SV: LaRoche LP: Don Hood

Key to the game: Joe Rudi hit 2 homers and drove in 4 runs to lead the Angels.

ATTENDANCE: 9,628

Game 2

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 76


CAL

Jerry Remy 2B
Dave Chalk 3B
Bobby Bonds RF
Dave Kingman DH
Joe Rudi LF
Bobby Grich SS
Tony Solaita 1B
Thad Bosley CF
Terry Humphrey C

Starting Pitcher: Nolan Ryan

CLE

Bruce Bochte LF
Johnny Grubb RF
Mike Ivie 1B
Chet Lemon CF
Wayne Nordhagen DH
Buddy Bell 3B
Duane Kuiper 2B
Ron Pruitt C (Left game with an injury in the 8th. Replaced by Larry Cox. Out 8 games.)
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Garland

CAL 300 200 039 - 17 18 1
CLE 100 000 002 - 3 2 1

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 1ST: Remy singled. Chalk singled. Remy to second. Bonds doubled. Remy and Chalk scored. Kingman singled. Bonds scored. CAL 3, CLE 0

BOT 1ST: Grubb walked. Ivie grounded into a 6-4 force out at second. Grubb out. Ivie safe at first. Lemon doubled. Ivie scored. CAL 3, CLE 1

TOP 4TH: Chalk singled. Bonds homered. Chalk scored. CAL 5, CLE 1

TOP 8TH: Bonds doubled. Kingman walked. Rudi homered. Bonds and Kingman scored. CAL 8, CLE 1

CLE Wilbur Wood relieved Garland to start the 9th.

TOP 9TH: Solaita singled. Bosley walked. Humphreay sacrfice 1-4. Solaita to third. Bosley to seecond. Remy walked. Bases loaded. Chalk homered (GS). Solaita, Bosley and Remy scored. Bonds singled. Kingman singled. Grich walked. Bases loaded. Solaita walked. Bonds scored. Bases loaded. Bosley walked. Kingman scored. Bases loaded. Humphrey singled. Grich scored. Bases loaded. Remy walked. Solaita scored. Bases loaded. Chalk singled. Bosley scored. CAL 17, CLE 1

BOT 9TH: Ivie singled. Lemon reached on an error by Ryan. Ivie to second. Nordhagen walked. Bases loaded. Kuiper walked. Ivie scored. Bases loaded. Lemon scored on a wild pitch. CAL 17, CLE 3

WP: Ryan (CG) LP: Garland

Key to the game: The Battle of Aces turned out to be a big bust. CAL SP Nolan Ryan pitched a complete game 2-hitter, allowing only a hit in the 1st and one in the 9th and only 1 earned run as the Angels trounced the Tribe 17-3.

ATTENDANCE: 19,124

CLE Record: 20-22