1977 Indians Baseball

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INDIANS' 42-GAME STATS

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

BATTING

Bruce Bochte - 51-173/.295
Johnny Grubb - 33-112/.295
Mike Ivie - 44-167/.263
Chet Lemon - 37-141/.262
Rico Carty - 20-65/.308
Buddy Bell - 25-153/.229
Duane Kuiper - 47-157/.299
Cox - 20-97/.206
Frank Duffy - 13-95/.137
Luis Gomez - 4-51/.078
Paul Dade - 7-32/.219
John Lowenstein - 3-18/.167
Wayne Nordhagen 22-109/.202
Rick Manning 6-23/.261
Ron Pruitt - 14-51/.275

TEAM AVERAGE: .247

OFFENSE

R

Bochte - 25
Grubb - 18
Ivie - 28
Lemon - 27
Carty - 9
Bell - 17
Kuiper - 14
Nordhagen - 12
Cox - 4
Pruitt - 3
Duffy - 6
Gomez - 3
Dade - 2
Lowenstein - 3

2B

Bochte - 12
Grubb - 9
Ivie - 9
Lemon - 11
Carty - 2
Bell - 8
Kuiper - 8
Nordhagen - 5
Cox - 4
Pruitt - 2
Duffy - 1
Dade - 2
Manning - 1

3B

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

HR

Ivie - 6
Lemon - 7
Nordhagen - 4
Bell - 6
Cox - 3
Carty - 2
Manning - 1

RBI

Bochte - 11
Grubb - 14
Ivie - 24
Lemon - 26
Carty - 8
Bell - 28
Kuiper - 15
Nordhagen - 11
Cox - 13
Duffy - 1
Gomez - 1
Dade - 1
Pruitt - 5
Manning - 3
Lowenstein - 1

SB/CS

Kuiper - SB: 5 CS: 2
Lemon - SB: 1 CS: 2
Bell - SB: 0 CS: 1
Duffy - SB: 1 CS: 0
Lowenstein - SB: 1 CS: 0
Manning - SB: 1 CS: 1

DEFENSE

ERRORS

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

OPP. SB/CS

vs. Cox - SB: 4 CS: 5
vs. Nordhagen - SB: 2 CS - 1
vs. Pruitt - SB: 11 CS - 3

PITCHING

ERA

Starters

Wayne Garland - 81 IP/29 ER - 3.22
Jim Bibby - 55 IP/19 ER - 3.11
Ken Kravec - 54 IP/25 ER - 4.17
Rick Waits - 70-1/3 IP/28 ER - 3.58
Don Hood - 27 IP/13 ER - 4.33

Relievers

Jim Kern - 15-1/3 IP/5 ER - 2.93
Doug Bair - 11-1/3 IP/6 ER - 4.76
Dave Tomlin -19-2/3 IP/7 ER - 3.20
Wilbur Wood - 6-2/3 IP/9 ER - 12.15
Wayne Twitchell - 23-1/3 IP/13 ER - 5.01

Starter ERA: 287-1/3 IP/114 ER - 3.57

Relief ERA: 76-1/3 IP/36 ER - 4.24

Team ERA: 363-2/3 IP/150 ER - 3.71

W-L

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

K/BB

Garland - K: 34 BB: 16
Bibby - K: 29 BB: 28
Kravec - K: 37 BB - 17
Waits - K: 29 BB: 26
Hood - K: 16 BB: 13
Kern - K: 10 BB: 1
Tomlin - K: 13 BB: 4
Bair - K: 5 BB: 4
Twitchell - K: 18 BB: 7
Wood- K: 1 BB: 8
*Laxton - K: 2 BB: 4

(* Has since been released.)

QUALITY STARTS (6+ innings allowing 3 or fewer runs.)

Garland - 8
Bibby - 5
Kravec - 5
Waits - 6
Hood - 3

CG

Garland - 5
Waits - 2

SHUTOUTS (* Combined)

Garland - 1
Kravec - 1*

TIMES SHUTOUT - 2

SAVES
Kern - 6
Wood - 1

HR ALLOWED (Team stat only.) - 48​

 

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SERIES 17

CLEVELAND INDIANS AT DETROIT TIGERS

WED.-THU. - JUNE 1-2

TIGER STADIUM - DETROIT, MICHIGAN

Game 1

Game Time: 7:30pm

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: Jim Bibby

DET

Ron LeFlore CF
Tito Fuentes 2B
Jason Thompson 1B
Rusty Staub DH
Steve Kemp LF
Ben Oglivie RF
Milt May C
Phil Mankowski 3B
Tom Veryzer SS

Starting Pitcher: Jack Morris

CLE 501 320 000 - 11 12 2
DET 200 211 200 - 8 11 3

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 1ST: Bochte singled. Grubb walked. Bochte to second. Lemon singled. Bases loaded. Bell singled. Bochte scored. Bases loaded. Kuiper singled. Grubb and Lemon scored. Bell to third. Cox doubled. Bell scored. Kuiper to third. Duffy walked. Bases loaded. Bochte reached on an error by Fuentes. Kuiper scored. CLE 5, DET 0

BOT 1ST: LeFlore singled. Thompson homered. LeFlore scored. CLE 5, DET 2

TOP 3RD: Bochte walked. Grubb doubled. Bochte scored. CLE 6, DET 2

TOP 4TH: Bell reached on an error by Thompson. Kuiper walked. Fernando Arroyo relieved Morris. Cox doubled. Bell scored. Kuiper to third. Duffy hit into a 5-2 fielder's choice. Kuiper out at home. Cox to third. Duffy safe at first. Bochte grounded out 1-3. Runners hold. Grubb tripled. Kuiper and Cox scored. CLE 9, DET 2

BOT 4TH: Staub walked. Kemp singled. May reached on a 2-base error by Lemon. Staub scored. Kemp to third. Mankowski singled. Kemp scored. CLE 9, DET 4

TOP 5TH: Lemon homered. Nordhagen reached on an error by Thompson. Bell grounded into a 1-6 force out. Nordhagen out. Bell safe at first. Kuiper singled. Bell to third. Cox sac fly to right. Bell scored. CLE 11, DET 4

BOT 5TH: Thompson homered. CLE 11, DET 5

DET Bruce Taylor relieved Arroyo to start the 6th.

BOT 6TH: Kemp singled. Wayne Twitchell relieved Jim Bibby. Oglivie flied out to center. Kemp to second. Mankowski singled. Kemp scored. CLE 11, DET 6

BOT 7TH: Fuentes walked. Thompson homered (again). Fuentes scored. Dave Tomlin relieved Twitchell. CLE 11, DET 8

WP: Bibby (5-2) SV: Tomlin LP: Morris

Key to the game: CLE RP Dave Tomlin shut down the Tigers over the last three innings and snuffed out a Tiger comeback.

ATTENDANCE: 14,707

Game 2

Game Time: 1:00pm

Temp: 78

Starting Line-ups

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
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Ken Kravec

DET

Ron LeFlore CF
Tito Fuentes 2B
Jason Thompson 1B
Rusty Staub DH
Steve Kemp LF
Ben Oglivie RF
Milt May C
Phil Mankowski 3B
Tom Veryzer SS

Starting Pitcher: John Hiller

CLE 100 020 001 - 4 8 0
DET 000 000 000 - 0 3 0

HOW THEY SCORED

CLE 1ST: Bochte walked. Grubb walked. Ivie grounded into a 5-4 force out at second. Grubb out. Bochte to third. Ivie safe at first. Lemon sac fly to center. Bochte scored. CLE 1, DET 0

TOP 5TH: Bochte walked. Grubb homered. Bochte scored. CLE 3, DET 0

DET Bob Sykes relived John Hiller in the top of the 7th.

TOP 9TH: Grubb homered. CLE 4, DET 0

WP: Kravec (3-5, CG) LP: Hitler

Key to the game: CLE SP Ken Kravec spun a three-hit shutout and struck out 9 in the complete game victory.

ATTENDANCE: 8,593

CLE Record: 22-22

 

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SERIES 18

CLEVELAND INDIANS AT SEATTLE MARINERS

FRI.-SUN. - JUNE 3-5

KINGDOME (aka, The Concrete Masoleum) - SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Game 1

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: N/A

Starting Line-ups

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Rick Waits

SEA

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

Starting Pitcher: Dick Pole (Dick Pole?! Hahaha! His parents must have had an interesting sense of humor! Bet he caught a lot of shite in school from other kids with that name!)

CLE 000 010 001 - 2 8 1
SEA 000 000 000 - 0 4 0

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 5TH: Manning homered. CLE 1, SEA 0

TOP 9TH: Bell singled. Cox doubled. Bell to third. Kuiper sac fly to left. CLE 2, SEA 0

WP: Rick Waits (5-3, CG, ShO) LP: Dick Pole (LOL!)

Key to the game: CLE SP Rick Waits tossed a complete game 4-hit shutout as the Tribe downed the M's 2-0.

ATTENDANCE: 13,614

Game 2 (Bat Night Promotional Giveaway)

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: N/A

Starting Line-ups

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Twitchell

SEA

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

Starting Pitcher: Glenn Abbott

CLE 015 000 000 - 6 10 0
SEA 001 000 012 - 4 7 2

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 2ND: Bell homered. CLE 1, SEA 0

TOP 3RD: Manning singled. Manning stole second. Duffy singled. Manning scored. Bochte singled. Duffy to second. Grubb singled. Duffy scored. Bochte to third. Lemon tripled. Grubb and Bochte scored. Cox tripled. Lemon scored. Tom House relieved Abbott. CLE 6, SEA 0

BOT 3RD: Reynolds singled. Collins walked. Jones singled. Reynolds scored. CLE 6, SEA 1

BOT 8TH: Reynolds walked. Dave Tomlin relieved Wayne Twitchell. Collins singled. Reynolds to third. Lopez singled. Reynolds scored. CLE 6, SEA 2

SEA Enrique Romo relieved Tom House to start the 9th.

BOT 9TH: Stein doubled. Meyer tripled. Stein scored. Fosse sac fly to left. CLE 6, SEA 4

WP: Wayne Twitchell (1-0) LP: Glenn Abbott

Key to the game: CLE Chet Lemon and Larry Cox both tripled and drove in 3 combined runs in a 5-run third inning as the Indians beat the M's for the second straight game.

ATTENDANCE: 22,497

Game 3

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: N/A

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
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Garland

SEA

Dave Collins LF (Left game with injury in the 6th. Replaced by Steve Braun. Out 15 games.)
Ruppert Jones CF
Carlos Lopez RF
LeRoy Stanton DH
Bill Stein 3B
Dan Meyer 1B
Ray Fosse C
Craig Reynolds SS (Left game with injury in the 2nd. Replaced by Larry Milbourne. Out 8 games.)
Julio Cruz 2B

Starting Pitcher: John Montague

CLE 000 002 100 - 3 7 1
SEA 000 000 000 - 0 3 0

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 6TH: Grubb walked. Bochte singled. Grubb to third. Lemon grounded into a 6-2 fielder's choice. Grubb out at home. Bochte to second. Lemon safe at first. Nordhagen walked. Bases loaded. Kuiper doubled. Bochte and Lemon scored. CLE 2, SEA 0

TOP 7TH: Bochte doubled. Grubb singled. Bochte scored. CLE 3, SEA 0

SEA Rick Honeycutt relieved Montague to start the 8th.

WP: Wayne Garland (7-4, CG, ShO) LP: John Montague

Key to the game: CLE SP Wayne Garland fired a 3-hit complete game shuout and the Indians swept the M's.

ATTENDANCE: 15,239

CLE Record: 25-22

NEVER FORGET DICK POLE!!!

 

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(NOTE: I wrote this and it made me sign back in to post it and when I signed back in it erased the post. So, How They Scored will not be posted on these two games. It will just be a brief re-cap instead.)

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SERIES 19

CLEVELAND INDIANS AT OAKLAND A'S

TUE.-WED. - JUNE 7-8

OAKLAND-ALAMEDA COUNTY COLISEUM - OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA

Game 1

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 73

Starting Line-ups

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
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Jim Bibby

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

SP; Pablo Torrealba

CLE 011 510 120 - 11 17 0
OAK 000 200 004 - 6 13 1

RE-CAP: CLE OF Johnny Grubb went 4-for-6 with a homer, two doubles and four RBI's and the Tribe had a big 5-run fourth and withstood a late A's rally in the ninth for an 11-6 victory. Bruce Bochte hit his first homer of the year for the victors.

WP: Jim Bibby (6-2) LP: Pablo Torrealba

ATTENDANCE: 12,032

Game 2

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 71


CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Ken Kravec

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

SP; Rick Langford

CLE 000 010 000 - 1 6 1
OAK 000 020 000 - 2 3 0

RE-CAP: OAK 1B Mike Jorgensen hit a two-out two-run homer in the bottom of the 5th and A's starter Rick Langford and two relievers won a pitching duel over Ken Kravec and the Indians 2-1. Langford got into a bases loaded jam in the top of the seventh, but reliever Bob Lacey came in and struck out Bruce Bochte to end the Indian threat.

WP: Langford SV: Dave Giusti LP: Kravec (3-6, CG)

ATTENDANCE: 13,799

 

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(Forgot to post this earlier.)

MLB STANDINGS (As of 5-31-77)

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

American League

East

MIL 30--20-- --
BAL 25--19-- 2-1/2
NYY 25--21-- 3
CLE 20--22-- 6
BOS 19--25-- 8
TOR 19--27-- 9
DET 13--30-- 13-1/2

West

MIN 27--19-- --
CWS 24--20-- 2
KCR 23--20-- 2-1/2
OAK 24--21--2-1/2
CAL 24--22-- 3
SEA 25--26-- 4-1/2
TEX 16--25-- 8-1/2

National League

East

MTL 26--18-- --
PIT 25--20-- 1-1/2
PHI 24--21-- 2-1/2
CHC 23--20-- 2-1/2
STL 23--22-- 3-1/2
NYM 18--27-- 8-1/2

West

LAD 31--16-- --
SDP 24--26-- 8-1/2
SFG 22--25-- 9
HOU 22--25-- 9
CIN 20--24-- 9-1/2
ATL 17--32-- 15

 

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SERIES 20

CLEVELAND INDIANS AT CALIFORNIA ANGELS

FRI.-SUN. - JUNE 10-12

ANAHEIM STADIUM - ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA

Game 1

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 80

Starting Line-ups

CLE
Bruce Bochte LF
Duane Kuiper 2B
Mike Ivie 1B
Chet Lemon DH
Buddy Bell 3B
Wayne Nordhagen C
John Lowenstein RF
Rick Manning CF
Frank Duffy SS
Starting Pitcher: Rick Waits

CAL

Jerry Remy 2B
Dave Chalk 3B
Bobby Bonds RF (Barry's father.)
Don Baylor 1B
Dave Kingman DH
Joe Rudi LF
Bobby Grich SS
Gil Flores CF
Terry Humphrey C

Starting Pitcher: Paul Hartzell

CLE 000 310 130 - 8 11 1
CAL 000 100 112 - 5 10 0

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 4TH: Kuiper singled. Ivie grounded out 6-4. Kuiper out. Ivie safe at first. Bell singled. Ivie to second. Nordhagen homered. Ivie and Bell scored. CLE 3, CAL 0

BOT 4TH: Bonds singled. Bonds stole second. Kingman singled. Bonds scored. CLE 3, CAL 1

TOP 5TH: Manning homered. CLE 4, CAL 1

TOP 7TH: Lowenstein singled. Manning singled. Lowenstein to third. Dyar Miller relieved Hartzell. Duffy squeeze play 5-4 (second baseman was covering first as the corners would have been in). Lowenstein scored. CLE 5, CAL 1

BOT 7TH: Kingman homered. Dave Tomlin relieved Waits. CLE 5, CAL 2

TOP 8TH: Ivie singled. Lemon doubled. Ivie to third. Balor Moore relieved Miller. Bell tripled. Ivie and Lemon scored. Nordhagen sac fly to center. Bell scored. CLE 8, CAL 2

BOT 8TH: Chalk homered. CLE 8, CAL 3

BOT 9TH: Rudi singled. Grich tripled. Rudi scored. Jim Kern relieved Dave Tomlin. Remy singled. Grich scored. CLE 8, CAL 5

WP: Waits (6-3) LP: Hartzell

Key to the game: CLE C Wayne Nordhagen hit a 3-run homer and drove in 4 runs as the Indians downed the Angels.

ATTENDANCE: 24,275

Game 2

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 78

Starting Line-ups

Bruce Bochte LF
Johnny Grubb RF
Mike Ivie 1B
Chet Lemon DH (Left game with injury in the top of the 10th. Replaced by Rico Carty. Out 5 games.)
Buddy Bell 3B
Larry Cox C
Duane Kuiper 2B (Left game with injury in the top of the 4th. Replaced by Luis Gomez. Out 2 games.)
Rick Manning CF
Frank Duffy SS
Starting Pitcher: Wayne Garland

CAL

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

Starting Pitcher: Ken Brett

CLE 000 020 030 6 - 11 15 1
CAL 000 310 100 0 - 5 5 2

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 4TH: Bonds reached on an error by Gomez. Baylor homered. Bonds scored. Kingman homered. CLE 0, CAL 3

TOP 5TH: Grubb reached on an error by Grich. Ivie homered. CLE 2, CAL 3

BOT 5TH: Grich doubled. Bosley walked. Humphrey grounded out 5-4. Grich to third. Bosley out at second. Humphrey safe at first. Remy grounded out 4-6. Grich scored. CLE 2, CAL 4

BOT 7TH: Grich homered. CLE 2, CAL 5

TOP 8TH: Grubb reached on an error by Baylor. Ivie doubled. Grubb scored. Dyar Miller relieved Brett. Cox homered. Ivie scored. CLE 5, CAL 5

CAL Dave LaRoche relieved Miller to start the 9th.

TOP 10TH: Lemon singled. Bell doubled. Lemon scored. Bell to third on throw home. Cox grounded out 5-2. Bell out at home. Cox safe at first. Gomez tripled. Cox scored. Manning grounded out 5-2. Gomez out at home. Manning safe at first. Duffy homered. Manning scored. Bochte singled. Grubb doubled. Bochte to third. Ivie doubled. Bochte and Grubb scored. Lemon injured on HBP. CLE 11, CAL 5

WP: Garland (8-4) LP: LaRoche

Key to the game: CLE 1B Mike Ivie went 4-for-6 with a homer, three doubles and five RBI's and the Indians took advantage of two huge Angel errors to score four unearned runs en route to an 11-5 extra inning victory.

ATTENDANCE: 28,167

Game 3

Game Time: 1:05pm

Temp: 87

Starting Line-ups

Bruce Bochte LF
Johnny Grubb RF
Mike Ivie 1B
Rico Carty DH
Buddy Bell 3B
Larry Cox C
Luis Gomez 2B
Rick Manning CF
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Jim Bibby

CAL

Jerry Remy 2B
Dave Chalk 3B
Bobby Bonds RF
Don Baylor 1B
Dave Kingman DH
Joe Rudi LF
Bobby Grich SS (Left game in bottom of 2nd with injury. Replaced by Rance Mulliniks. Out 3 games.)
Thad Bosley CF
Terry Humphrey C

Starting Pitcher: John Caneira

CLE 100 000 000 - 1 4 0
CAL 100 100 00x - 2 5 0

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 1ST: Bochte doubled. Carty doubled. Bochte scored. CLE 1, CAL 0

BOT 1ST: Remy singled. Chalk singled. Remy to third. Bonds sac fly to center. Remy scored. CLE 1, CAL 1

BOT 4TH: Rudi homered. CLE 1, CAL 2

WP: Caneira (W, CG) LP: Bibby (6-3)

Key to the game: John Caneira pitched a 4-hit comlete game and struck out eight as the Angels averted the sweep wwith a 2-1 win.

ATTENDANCE: 27,496

CLE Record: 28-24

 

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Series 21

TEXAS RANGERS AT CLEVELAND INDIANS

MON.-WED. - JUNE 11-13

MUNICIPAL STADIUM - CLEVELAND, OHIO
Game 1

Game Time 7:30pm

Temp: 76

Starting Line-ups

TEX

Bump Wills 2B (Left game with an injury in the first. Sandy Alomar replaced him. Out for game.)
Toby Harrah 3B
Mike Hargrove 1B
Willie Horton DH
Claudell Washington LF
Jim Sundberg C
Juan Beniquez CF
Ken Henderson RF
Bert Campeneris SS

Starting Pitcher: Gaylord Perry

CLE

Bruce Bochte LF
Johnny Grubb RF
Mike Ivie 1B (Left game with an injury in the first. Bruce Bochte moved to first and John Lowenstein took over in left. Out 2 games.)
Rico Carty DH
Buddy Bell 3B
Wayne Nordhagen C
Luis Gomez 2B
Rick Manning CF
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Ken Kravec

TEX 000 000 070 - 7 11 0
CLE 000 000 000 - 0 3 1

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 8TH: Alomar doubled. Harrah doubled. Alomar scored. Hargrove singled. Harrah scored. Doug Bair relieved Kravec. Horton walked. Washington doubled. Hargrove scored. Horton to third. Beniquez intentionally walked. Bases loaded. Henderson singled. Horton and Washington scored. Beniquez to second. Campeneris grounded out 5-3. Beniquez to third. Henderson to second. Alomar singled. Beniquez and Henderson scored. Don Hood relieved Bair. TEX 7, CLE 0

WP: Perry (CG) LP: Kravec (3-7)

Key to the game: The Rangers erupted for seven runs in the 8th inning to break a scoreless tie and coast to victory. TEX SP Gaylord Perry hurled a 3-hit shutout.

ATTENDANCE: 18,556

Game 2

Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 82

Starting Line-ups

TEX

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

Starting Pitcher: Len Barker

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Rick Waits

TEX 104 103 100 - 10 14 1
CLE 000 120 000 - 3 10 2

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 1ST: Wills walked. Harrah HBP. Wills to second. Hargrove singled. Bases loaded. Horton sac fly to left. TEX 1, CLE 0

TOP 3RD: Harrah walked. Hargrove doubled. Harrah to third. Washington singled. Harrah scored. Hargrove to third. Sundberg sac fly to center. Hargrove scored. Beniquez singled. Washignton to second. Waits wild pitch. Washington to third. Beniquez to second. Henderson singled. Washington and Beniquez scored. TEX 5, CLE 0

CLE Wilbur Wood relieved Waits to start the 4th.

TOP 4TH: Wills singled. Hargrove doubled. Wills scored. TEX 6, CLE 0

BOT 4TH: Nordhagen homered. TEX 6, CLE 1

BOT 5TH: Duffy singled. Bochte walked. Duffy to second. Grubb doubled. Duffy scored. Bochte to third. Carty singled. Bochte scored. TEX 6, CLE 3

TOP 6TH: Wills singled. Wills stole second. Harrah singled. Wills to third. Hargrove grounded out 5-2. Wills out at home. Harrah to second. Hargrove safe at first. Horton walked. Bases loaded. Don Hood relieved Wood. Washington reached on an error by Kuiper. Harrah scored. Bases loaded. Sundberg sac fly to left. Hargrove scored. Beniquez singled. Horton scored. TEX 9, CLE 3

TOP 7TH: Campeneris doubled. Harrah singled. Campeneris scored. TEX 10, CLE 3

WP: Barker (CG) LP: Waits (6-4)

Key to the game: TEX SP Len Barker scattered 10 hits in a complete game victory and the Rangers offense exploded for 10 runs in manhandling the Indians. The Indians hit into five double plays.

ATTENDANCE: 20,358

Game 3

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 79

Starting Line-ups

TEX

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

Starting Pitcher: Bert Blyleven

CLE

Bruce Bochte 1B
Johnny Grubb RF
Paul Dade LF
Rico Carty DH
Buddy Bell 3B
Larry Cox C
Duane Kuiper 2B
Rick Manning CF
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Twitchell

TEX 001 030 040 - 8 12 1
CLE 000 002 000 - 2 8 1

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 3RD: Wills walked. Wills stole second. Hargrove singled. Wills scored. TEX 1, CLE 0

TOP 5TH: Campeneris doubled. Harrah singled. Campeneris to third. Hargrove homered. Campeneris and Harrah scored. Dave Tomlin relieved Twitchell. TEX 4, CLE 0

BOT 6TH: Bochte singled. Grubb tripled. Bochte scored. Carty doubled. Grubb scored. TEX 4, CLE 2

OAK Doug Bair relieved Tomlin to start the 8th.

TOP 8TH: Sundberg singled. Beniquez singled. Sundberg to second. Henderson grounded out 4-3. Sundberg to third. Beniquez to second. Campeneris walked. Bases loaded. Wills walked. Sundeberg scored. Bases loaded. Harrah singled. Beniquez scored. Bases loaded. Hargrove singled. Campeneris and Wills scored. TEX 8, CLE 2

WP: Blyleven (CG) LP: Twitchell (1-1)

Key to the game: TEX 1B Mike Hargrove went 3-for-5 with a 3-run homer and drove in six runs total and ace SP Bert Blyleven completed the complete game trifecta for the Rangers as they drubbed the Indians 8-2 to sweep the series. The Ranger bullpen never saw an inning of action.

The Indians never led in the series and were outscored by Texas 25-5 in the series sweep.

ATTENDANCE: 18,302

CLE Record: 28-27

 

[Raider Nation]

(NOTE: The stats for the previous series will be posted with the next series of stats.)

INDIANS' 52-GAME STATS

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

BATTING

Bruce Bochte - 60-219/.274
Johnny Grubb - 48-144/.333
Mike Ivie - 63-310/.300
Chet Lemon - 46-180/.256
Buddy Bell - 48-194/.247
Larry Cox - 31-130/.238
Duane Kuiper - 57-188/.303
Ric Manning - 11-51/.216
Frank Duffy - 18-131/.137
Paul Dade - 7-37/.189
John Lowenstein - 4-22/.182
Luis Gomez - 8-58/.138
Wayne Nordhagen - 23-119/.193
Ron Pruitt - 14-52/.269
Rico Carty 21-69/.304

TEAM BATTING: 459-1804 AVERAGE : .254

OFFENSE

RUNS

Kuiper - 16
Bochte - 34
Ivie - 35
Lemon - 34
Grubb - 27
Nordhagen - 13
Bell - 24
Cox - 9
Duffy - 11
Carty - 9
Lowenstein - 4
Pruitt - 3
Gomez - 3
Manning - 6

2B

Kuiper - 11
Bochte - 14
Ivie - 12
Lemon - 12
Grubb - 14
Nordhagen - 5
Bell - 12
Cox - 7
Duffy - 2
Dade - 2
Lowenstein - 1
Pruitt - 2
Manning - 2

3B

Bochte - 2
Ivie - 1
Lemon - 2
Grubb - 3
Nordhagen - 2
Bell - 1
Cox - 1
Carty - 2
Pruitt - 1
Manning - 2

HR

Bochte - 1
Ivie - 8
Lemon - 8
Grubb - 6
Nordhagen - 5
Bell - 7
Cox - 4
Duffy - 1
Carty - 2
Manning - 3

RBI

Kuiper - 20
Bochte - 12
Ivie - 31
Lemon - 30
Grubb - 26
Nordhagen - 15
Bell - 33
Cox - 21
Duffy - 6
Carty - 9
Lowenstein - 1
Pruitt - 5
Gomez - 2
Dade - 1
Manning - 6

SB-CS

Kuiper - SB: 7 CS: 2
Lemon - SB: 1 CS: 3
Bell - SB: 0 CS: 1
Duffy - SB: 1 CS: 0
Manning SB: 1 CS: 1
Ivie - SB: 0 CS: 1

DEFENSE

OPP. SB-CS

vs. Cox SB: 6 CS: 5
vs. Nordhagen SB: 3 CS: 1
vs. Pruitt SB: 11 CS: 3

ERRORS

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

PITCHERS

ERA

STARTERS

Wayne Garland - 99 IP/31 ER - 2.82
Jim Bibby - 76-1/3 IP/29 ER - 3.42
Ken Kravec - 71 IP/27 ER - 3.42
Rick Waits - 85-1/3 IP/30 ER - 3.16
Wayne Twitchell 31-2/3 IP/17 ER - 4.83

STARTERS ERA: 363-1/3 IP/134 ER - 3.32

RELIEVERS

Don Hood 27 IP/13 ER - 4.33
Jim Kern - 17 IP/5 ER - 2.65
Dave Tomlin - 25-2/3 IP/12 ER - 4.21
Doug Bair - 12-1/3 IP/6 ER - 4.38
Wilbur Wood - 7-1/3 IP/11 ER - 13.50

RELIEF ERA: 89-1/3 IP/47 ER - 4.74

TEAM ERA: 452-2/3 IP/181 ER - 3.60

W-L

Garland - 8-4
Bibby - 6-3
Kravec - 3-6
Waits - 6-3
Hood - 1-3
Twitchell - 1-0
Kern - 1-2
Bair - 1-2
Tomlin - 1-1

K/BB

Garland - K: 44 BB :21
Bibby - K: 50 BB: 34
Kravec - K: 53 BB: 22
Waits - K - 36 BB: 30
Hood - K: 16 BB: 13
Twitchell - K: 22 BB: 10
Bair - K: 6 BB: 4
Wood - K: 1 BB: 8
Tomlin - K: 18 BB: 5
* Laxton - K: 2 BB: 4

(* Released.)

SV/BS

Kern - SV: 7 BS: 2
Bair - SV: 0 BS: 2
Wood - SV: 1 BS: 0​

 

[Raider Nation]

All '77 AL rosters listed in Post #5.

Series 22

DETROIT TIGERS AT CLEVELAND INDIANS

FRI.-SUN. - JUNE 15-17

MUNICIPAL STADIUM - CLEVELAND, OHIO

Game 1

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 82

Starting Line-ups

DET

Ron LeFlore CF
Tito Fuentes 2B
Jason Thompson 1B
Rusty Staub DH
Steve Kemp LF
Ben Oglivie RF
Milt May C
Phil Mankowski 3B
Tom Veryzer SS

Starting Pitcher: Jack Morris

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Garland

DET 000 000 103 - 4 8 0
CLE 000 000 020 - 2 3 0

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 7TH: May homered. DET 1, CLE 0

BOT 8TH: Kuiper doubled. Rico Carty PH homer. Kuiper scored. DET 1, CLE 2

CLE Dave Tomlin relieved Garland to start the 9th.

TOP 9TH: Oglivie walked. May singled. Oglivie to second. Mankowski struck out. Jim Kern relieved Tomlin. PH Tim Corcoran walked. Bases loaded. LeFlore grounded into a 6-2 force out. Oglivie out at home. LeFlore safe at first. Bases loaded. Fuentes tripled. May, Corcoran and LeFlore scored. DET 4, CLE 2

WP: Jack Morris SV: Steve Foucault LP: Jim Kern (1-3, BS)

Key to the game: DET 2B Tito Fuentes hit a two-out bases clearing triple and the Tigers came back to down the Tribe 4-2.

ATTENDANCE: 15,847

Game 2

Start Time: 7:00pm

Temp: 84

Starting Line-ups

DET

Ron LeFlore CF
Tito Fuentes 2B
Jason Thompson 1B
Rusty Staub DH
Steve Kemp LF
Ben Oglivie RF
Milt May C
Phil Mankowski 3B
Tom Veryzer SS

Starting Pitcher: John Hiller

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Jim Bibby

DET 410 002 140 - 12 16 1
CLE 000 000 000 - 0 6 1

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 1ST: Fuentes singled. Thompson doubled. Fuentes scored. Staub walked. Kemp singled. Thompson scored. Staub to second. Don Hood relieved Bibby. May walked. Bases loaded. Mankowski singled. Staub and Kemp scored. DET 4, CLE 0

TOP 2ND: LeFlore tripled. Fuentes sac fly to left. Le Flore scored. DET 5, CLE 0

TOP 6TH: Thompson walked. Staub singled. Kemp walked. Bases loaded. Oglivie singled. Thompson and Staub scored. DET 7, CLE 0

TOP 7TH: Fuentes singled. Staub singled. Fuentes to second. Kemp singled. Fuentes scored. DET 8, CLE 0

TOP 8TH: May singled. Mankowski reached on an error by Duffy. May to second. Veryzer singled. May scored. Mankowski to second. LeFlore singled. Bases loaded. Fuentes grounded out 5-4. Mankowski scored. LeFlore out at second. Fuentes safe at first. Veryzer to third. Thompson singled. Veryzer scored. Fuentes to third. Staub grounded into a 6-4 force out. Fuentes scored. Thompson out at second. Staub safe at first. DET 12, CLE 0

WP: John Hiller LP: Jim Bibby (6-4)

Key to the game: DET SP John Hiller scattered six hits and struck out 11 in a complete game shutout over the Indians 12-0. CLE SP Jim Bibby lasted 1/3 of an inning. The Indians have lost six in a row to drop one game under .500.

ATTENDANCE: 13,169

Game 3 (Game 1 of Daytime Double-Header)

Time: 12:30pm

Temp: 87

Starting Line-ups

DET

Ron LeFlore CF
Tito Fuentes 2B
Jason Thompson 1B
Rusty Staub DH
Steve Kemp LF
Ben Oglivie RF
Milt May C
Phil Mankowski 3B
Tom Veryzer SS

Starting Pitcher: Dave Rozema

CLE

Johnny Grubb RF (Left game with injury in the bottom of the third. Replaced by Paul Dade. Out 8 games.)
Bruce Bochte LF
Mike Ivie 1B
Wayne Nordhagen DH
Buddy Bell 3B
Wayne Nordhagen C
Duane Kuiper 2B
Rick Manning CF
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Ken Kravec

DET 104 000 110 - 7 13 1
CLE 100 134 00x - 9 12 2

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 1ST: Le Flore singled. Staub doubled. LeFlore scored. DET 1, CLE 0

BOT 1ST: Grubb walked. Bochte doubled. Grubb to third. Bell grounded out 4-3. Grubb scored. DET 1, CLE 1

TOP 3RD: LeFlore doubled. Staub reached on an error by Duffy. LeFlore to third. Kemp doubled. LeFlore scored. Staub to third. Oglivie homered. Kemp and Staub scored. DET 5, CLE 1

BOT 4TH: Bell homered. DET 5, CLE 2

BOT 5TH: Maning singled. Duffy singled. Manning to seond. Paul Dade doubled. Manning scored. Duffy to third. Bochte reached on an error by Fuentes.
Duffy scored. Dade to third. Dade scored on a wild pitch by Rozema. DET 5, CLE 5

BOT 6TH: Ivie singled. Cox tripled. Ivie scored. Manning singled. Cox scored. Manning stole second and went to third on a throwing erro by Milt May. Dade singled. Manning scored. Bruce Taylor relieved Rozema. Bochte singled. Dade to seond. Bell singled. Dade scored. DET 5, CLE 9

TOP 7TH: Thompson doubled. Oglivie doubled. Thompson scored. DET 6, CLE 9

TOP 8TH: LeFlore singled. Fuentes doubled. LeFlore scored. DET 7, CLE 9

CLE RP Dave Tomlin relieved Kravec with one out in the top of the 9th.

Key to the game: The Indians rallied from a 5-1 deficit against Detroit staff ace Dave Rozema and CLE RP Dave Tomlin shut down a Tiger threat in the top of the 9th to preserve a 9-7 win for the Indians.

Game 4 (DH Game 2)

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

Starting Line-ups

DET

Ron LeFlore CF
Tito Fuentes 2B
Jason Thompson 1B
Rusty Staub DH
Steve Kemp LF
Ben Oglivie RF
John Wockenfuss C
Phil Mankowski 3B
Tom Veryzer SS

Starting Pitcher: Mark Fidrych

CLE

Bruce Bochte LF
Duane Kuiper 2B
Buddy Bell 3B
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Ron Pruitt C
Paul Dade RF
Rick Manning CF
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Rick Waits

DET 001 020 000 - 3 7 1
CLE 300 612 11 x - 14 20 0

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 1ST: Kuiper singled. Kuiper stole second. Bell singled. Kuiper scored. Lemon singled. Bell to third. Ivie doubled. Bell and Lemon scored. DET 3, CLE 0

TOP 3RD: LeFlore walked. Fuentes singled. LeFlore to second. Thompson singled. Bases loaded. Staub hit into a 4-6-3 double play. LeFlore scored. DET 1, CLE 3

BOT 4TH: Dade singled. Manning singled. Dade to second. Duffy singled. Bases loaded. Bochte singled. Dade and Manning scored. Duffy to second. Kuiper reached on an error by Veryzer. Bases loaded. Bell doubled. Duffy, Bochte and Kuiper scored. Bob Sykes relieved Fidrych. Pruitt singled. Bell to third. Dade singled. Bell scored. DET 1, CLE 9

TOP 5TH: Veryzer walked. LeFlore tripled. Veryzer scored. Thompson sac fly center. LeFlore scored. DET 3, CLE 9

BOT 5TH: Duffy tripled. Bochte walked. Kuiper grounded out 1-2. Duffy out at home. Bochte to second. Kuiper safe at first. Lemon walked. Bases loaded. Ivie singled. Bochte scored. DET 3, CLE 10

BOT 6TH: Dade walked. Manning homered. Dade scored. Fernando Arroyo relieved Bob Sykes with one out. DET 3, CLE 12

BOT 7TH: Lemon doubled. Pruitt doubled. Lemon scored. DET 3, CLE 13

CLE Wilbur Wood relieved Waits to start the 8th.

BOT 8TH: Manning tripled. Bochte singled. Manning scored. DET 3, CLE 14

WP: Waits (7-4) LP: Fidrych

Key to the game: Buddy Bell knocked in four runs and C Ron Pruitt added three more as the Indians bombewd one of the best pitchers in MLB in Mark Fidrych to route the Tigers 14-3 and sweep the double-header. The Indians split the 4-game set with the boys from the Motor City after losing the first two. The Indians are back over .500

DH ATTENDANCE: 23,006

CLE Record: 30-29

 

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ALL '77 AL ROSTERS LISTED IN POST #5

Series 23

CLEVELAND INDIANS AT TORONTO BLUEJAYS

MON.-THU. - JUNE 20-23

EXHIBITION STADIUM - TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA

Game 1

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 84

Starting Line-ups

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Twitchell

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: Jesse Jefferson

CLE 000 041 000 - 5 9 0
TOR 000 410 001 - 6 9 0

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 4TH: Fairly singled. Ault singled. Fairly to second. Howell singled. Fairly scored. Ault to third. Torres homered. Ault and Howell scored. CLE 0, TOR 4

TOP 5TH: Manning singled. Duffy doubled. Manning scored. Kuiper singled. Duffy to third. Bocthe doubled. Duffy and Kuiper scored. Bochte to third on the throw home. Bell singled. Bochte scored. CLE 4, TOR 4

BOT 5TH: Ault walked. Howell singled. Ault to second. Staggs singled. Ault scored. CLE 4, TOR 5

TOP 6TH: Cox homered. CLE 5, TOR 5

CLE Doug Bair relieved Twitchell with two outs in the 8th.

BOT 9TH: Fairly homered. CLE 5, TOR 6

WP: Jefferson (CG) LP: Bair (1-3)

Key to the game: TOR DH Ron Fairly belted a two-out homer in the bottom of the 9th to give the Blue Jays a thrlling 6-5 win.

ATTENDANCE: 14,902

Game 2

Game Time: 7:30

Temp: 82

Starting Line-ups

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Garland

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: Jerry Garvin

CLE 000 000 300 0 - 3 6 2
TOR 201 000 000 1 - 4 9 2

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 1ST: Woods singled. Velez homered. Woods scored. CLE 0, TOR 2

BOT 3RD: Velez reached on an error by Cox. Fairly walked. Velez to second. Ault grounded into a 6-4 force out. Velez to third. Fairly out at second. Ault safe at first. Staggs reached on an error by Cox. Velez scored. CLE 0, TOR 3

TOP 7TH: Cox singled. Pruitt singled. PH Rico Carty (batting for Duffy) doubled. Cox scored. Pruitt to third. Kuiper singled. Pruitt and Carty scored. CLE 3, TOR 3

BOT 10TH: Howell doubled. Staggs singled. Howell scored. CLE 3, TOR 4

WP: Garvin (CG) LP: Garland (8-5, CG)

Key to the game: The Blue Jays celebrate their second straight walk-off win when Steve Staggs hit a two-out single to score Roy Howell with the winning run.

ATTENDANCE: 16,007

Game 3

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 80

Starting Line-ups

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Jim Bibby

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 018 000 001 - 10 13 1
TOR 000 000 000 - 0 3 1

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 2ND: Pruitt tripled. Manning doubled. Pruitt scored. CLE 1, TOR 0

TOP 3RD: Kuiper reached on an error by Staggs. Bochte walked. Kuiper to second. Bell singled. Kuiper scored. Bochte to second. Lemon doubled. Bochte scored. Bell to third. Ivie walked. Bases loaded. Cox sac fly to left. Bell scored. Lemon to third. Ivie to second. Pruitt singled. Lemon and Ivie scored. Joe Johnson relieved Clancy with one out. Manning walked. Pruitt to second. Duffy grounded out 4-3. Pruitt to third. Manning to second. Kuiper walked. Bases loaded. Bochte singled. Pruitt and Manning scored. Kuiper to second. Bell singled. Kuiper scored. CLE 9, TOR 0

TOP 9TH: Cox homered. CLE 10, TOR 0

WP: Bibby (7-4, CG) LP: Clancy

Key to the game: CLE SP Jim Bibby tossed a three-hit shutout and the Indians erupted for 8-runs in the third inning to salt the game away early in a 10-0 drubbing of the expansion Jays.

ATTENDANCE: 15,321

Game 4

Game Time: 12:30pm

Temp: 89

Starting Line-ups

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

Starting Pitcher: Ken Kravec

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: Dave Lemancyzk

CLE 100 000 045 - 10 18 1
TOR 005 030 000 - 8 12 1

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 1ST: Kuiper singled. Bochte grounded out 4-3. Kuiper to second. Bell grounded out 6-3. Kuiper to third. Lemon walked. Ivie singled. Kuiper scored. CLE 1, TOR 0

TOP 3RD: Cerone doubled. Bailor singled. Cerone to third. Velez singled. Cerone scored. Bailor to second. Fairly walked. Bases loaded. Ault grand slam homer. Bailor, Velez and Fairly scored. Bases now unloaded. CLE 1 TOR 5

BOT 5TH: Velez tripled. Ault reached on an error by Bell. Velez scored. Staggs doubled. Ault scored. Torres doubled. Staggs scored. CLE 1, TOR 8

CLE Don Hood relieved Kravec to start the 6th.

TOP 8TH: Lemon singled. Ivie singled. Lemon to second. Cox singled. Lemon scored. Ivie to second. Pruitt grounded into a 6-4 force out. Ivie to third. Cox out at second. Pruitt safe at first. Manning walked. Bases loaded. PH Wayne Nordhagen (batting for Duffy) singled. Ivie scored. Bases loaded. Mike Willis relieved Lemancyzk. Kuiper singled. Pruitt and Manning scored. CLE 5, TOR 8

TOP 9TH: Lemon singled. Ivie doubled. Lemon to third. Cox singled. Lemon scored. Ivie to third. PH Rico Carty (batting for Manning) singled. Ivie scored. Cox to second. Gomez (replaced Duffy at SS) singled. Cox scored. Carty to second. Bochte walked. Bases loaded. Bell singled. Gomez and Carty scored. CLE 10, TOR 8

CLE Jim Kern relieved Don Hood to start the 9th.

WP: Don Hood (2-3) SV: Jim Kern (8) LP: Willis (BS)

Key to the game: The Blue Jays blew out to an 8-1 lead and appeared to be coasting to victory when the Indians exploded for nine runs over the final two innings for a thrilling 10-8 win over Toronto. The Jays got a grand slam from 1B Doug Ault during a five-run third inning. CLE relievers Don Hood and Jim Kern came in and pitched four innings of shutout baseball.

ATTENDANCE: 11,443

CLE Record: 32-31

 

[Raider Nation]

'77 INDIANS' 63-GAME STATS

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

BATTING

Bruce Bochte - 73-265/.275
Johnny Grubb - 52-164/.317
Buddy Bell - 62-240/.258
Chet Lemon - 52-206/.252
Mike Ivie - 71-242/.293
Larry Cox - 37-161/.230
Duane Kuiper - 67-233/.288
Rick Manning - 26-86/.302
Frank Duffy - 25-162/.154
Paul Dade - 11-52/.212
Wayne Nordhagen - 26-136/.191
Luis Gomez - 10-65/.154
John Lowenstein - 5-26/.192
Rico Carty - 28-85/.329
Ron Pruitt - 22-74/.297

TEAM BATTING AVERAGE: 567-2197/.258

OFFENSE

RUNS

Kuiper - 21
Bochte - 40
Ivie - 39
Lemon - 39
Grubb - 29
Nordhagen - 14
Bell - 28
Cox - 16
Duffy - 15
Dade - 5
Carty - 11
Lowenstein - 4
Pruitt - 7
Gomez - 4
Manning - 15

2B

Kuiper - 12
Bochte - 16
Ivie - 15
Lemon - 15
Grubb - 16
Nordhagen - 5
Bell - 14
Cox - 7
Duffy - 2
Carty - 6
Dade - 4
Lowenstein - 2
Pruitt - 4
Manning - 3

3B

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

HR

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

RBI

Kuiper - 24
Bochte - 18
Ivie - 33
Lemon - 31
Grubb - 28
Nordhagen - 17
Bell - 45
Cox - 27
Duffy - 8
Carty - 14
Lowenstein - 1
Pruitt - 10
Gomez - 3
Dade - 4
Manning - 11

SB-CS

Kuiper - SB: 8 CS: 2
Lemon - SB: 1 CS: 3
Bell - SB: 0 CS: 1
Duffy - SB: 1 CS: 0
Lowenstein - SB: 1 CS: 0
Manning - SB: 4 CS: 1
Ivie - SB: 0 CS: 1

DEFENSE

ERRORS

Bell - 7
Kuiper - 5
Duffy - 12
Garland - 1
Dade - 1
Lemon - 6
Ivie - 2
Bochte - 3
Gomez - 5
Grubb - 2
Kern - 1
Kravec - 1
Cox - 3
Waits - 1
Bibby - 1

OPP. SB-CS

Vs. Cox - SB: 13 CS: 5
vs. Pruitt - SB: 12 CS: 3
vs. Nordhagen - SB: 5 CS - 1

PITCHING

ERA

STARTERS

Wayne Garland - 116-2/3 IP/35 ER - 2.70
Jim Bibby - 85-2/3 IP/33 ER - 3.47
Ken Kravec - 91-1/3 IP/38 ER - 3.74
Rick Waits - 95-1/3 IP/38 ER - 3.59
Wayne Twitchell - 43-2/3 IP/26 ER - 5.36

RELIEF

Don Hood - 44 IP/18 ER - 3.68
Jim Kern - 18-2/3 IP/7 ER - 3.38
Dave Tomlin - 29-1/3 IP/12 ER - 3.68
Doug Bair - 15-2/3 IP/15 ER - 8.62
Wilbur Wood - 11-2/3 IP/12 ER - 9.26

STARTER ERA - 432-2/3 IP/170 er - 3.54

RELIEF ERA - 117 IP/64 ER - 4.92

TEAM ERA - 549-2/3 IP/234 ER - 3.83

W-L

Garland - 8-5
Bibby - 7-4
Kravec - 4-7
Waits - 7-4
Hood - 2-3
Twitchell - 1-1
Kern 1-3
Bair - 1-3
Tomlin - 1-1

K-BB

Garland - K: 53 BB: 27
Bibby - K: 55 BB: 38
Kravec - K: 73 BB: 27
Waits - K: 37 BB: 36
Twitchell - K: 27 BB - 17
Kern - K: 14 BB: 2
Tomlin - K: 19 BB: 6
Bair - K: 2 BB: 2
Wood - K: 1 BB: 11
Hood - K: 29 BB: 19
*Laxton - K: 2 BB: 4

(* Released.)

Shutouts (* Combined)

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

QUALITY STARTS (Goes 6+ innings allowing 3 or fewer runs.)

Garland - 9
Bibby - 7
Kravec - 8
Waits - 9
Hood - 3
Twitchell - 1

CG

Garland - 7
Bibby - 2
Kravec - 2
Waits - 2

SV-BS

Kern - SV: 8 BS: 3
Woods - SV: 1 BS: 0
Tomlin - SV: 1 BS: 0
Bair - SV: 0 BS: 2

HR ALLOWED - 64

TIMES SHUTOUT - 4​

 

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AL '77 AL ROSTERS LISTED IN POST #5.

Series 24

CLEVELAND INDIANS AT DETROIT TIGERS

FRI.-SUN. - JUNE 24-26

TIGER STADIUM - DETROIT, MI

CLE Record: 36-31

Game 1

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 79

Starting Line-ups

CLE

Duane Kuiper 2B
Bruce Bochte LF
Buddy Bell 3B
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Larry Cox C
John Lowenstein RF
Rick Manning CF (Left game with an injury in the 6th. Replaced by Paul Dade. Out 3 games.)
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Rick Waits

DET

Ron LeFlore CF
Tito Fuentes 2B
Jason Thompson 1B
Rusty Staub DH
Steve Kemp LF
Ben Oglivie RF
Milt May C
Phil Mankowski 3B
Tom Veryzer SS

Starting Pitcher: Mark Fidrych

CLE 100 141 000 - 7 16 0
DET 100 000 000 - 1 3 3

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 1ST: Kuiper reached on a two-base error by LeFlore. Bochte singled. Kuiper scored. CLE 1, DET 0

BOT 1ST: LeFlore doubled. Thompson singled. LeFlore scored. CLE 1, DET 1

TOP 4TH: Ivie singled. Cox singled. Ivie to second. Lwenstein singled. Ivie scored. CLE 2, DET 1

TOP 5TH: Lemon singled. Ivie reached on a two-base error by Oglivie. Lemon to third. Cox singled. Lemon scored. Ivie to third. Lowenstein grounded out 6-3. Cox to second. Ivie held at third. Manning singled. Ivie scored. Cox to third. Duffy singled. Cox scored. Manning to second. Kuiper singled. Manning scored. Duffy to second. Fernando Arroyo relieved Fidrych. CLE 6, DET 1

TOP 6TH: Ivie doubled. Lowenstein singled. Ivie scored. CLE 7, DET 1

WP: Waits (8-4, CG) LP: Fidrych

Key to the game: CLE SP Rick Waits spun a three-hitter and allowed no hits after the third inning as the Indians got to All-Star pitcher Mark Fidrych for six runs en route to a 7-1 win.

ATTENDANCE: 17,184

Game 2

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 77

Starting Line-ups


CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Twitchell

DET

Ron LeFlore CF
Tito Fuentes 2B
Jason Thompson 1B
Rusty Staub DH
Steve Kemp LF
Ben Oglivie RF
Milt May C
Phil Mankowski 3B
Tom Veryzer SS

Starting Pitcher: Jack Morris

CLE 102 003 000 - 6 9 0
DET 000 000 101 2 6 0

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 1ST: Bochte doubled. Bell doubled. CLE 1, DET 0

TOP 3RD: Kuiper walked. Bochte homered. CLE 3, DET 0

TOP 6TH: Nordhagen walked. Ivie walked. Cox homered. Nordhagen and Ivie scored. CLE 6, DET 0

DET Bruce Taylor relieved Morris to start the 7th.

BOT 7TH: Staub homered. CLE 6, DET 1

CLE Dave Tomlin relieved Twitchell to start the 8th.

BOT 9TH: PH Mickey Stanley (batting for Veryzer) singled. LeFlore singled. Stanley to second. Fuentes singled. Stanley scored. CLE 6, DET 2

WP: Twitchell (2-1) LP: Morris

Key to the game: The Indians rode homers by Bruce Bochte and Larry Cox and the strong starting pitching of Wayne Twitchell to a 6-2 win over the Tigers.

ATTENDANCE: 14,096

Game 3 (Daytime Double-Header - Gm 1)

Game Time: 12:30pm

Temp: 84

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Garland

DET

Ron LeFlore CF
Tito Fuentes 2B
Jason Thompson 1B
Rusty Staub DH
Steve Kemp LF
Ben Oglivie RF
Milt May C
Phil Mankowski 3B
Tom Veryzer SS

Starting Pitcher: Milt Wilcox

CLE 200 300 001 - 6 9 1
DET 000 001 000 - 1 6 1

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 1ST: Kuiper singled. Bochte singled. Kuiper to second. Double steal. Kuiper to third. Bochte to second. Lemon singled. Kuiper and Bochte scored. CLE 2, DET 0

TOP 4TH: Cox walked. Lowenstein singled. Cox to second. Duffy doubled. Cox scored. Lowenstein to third. Kuiper singled. Lowenstein and Kuiper scored. CLE 5, DET 0

BOT 6TH: Thompson doubled. Staub singled. Thompson scored. CLE 5, DET 1

CLE Jim Kern relieved Garland with two-out in the 8th.

TOP 9TH: Lowenstein doubled. Duffy doubled. Lowenstein scored. Steve Foucault relieved Wilcox with one-out in the 9th. CLE 6, DET 1

WP: Garland (9-5) LP: Wilcox

Key to the game: Duane Kuiper, Chet Lemon and Frank Duffy drove in two runs each and SP Wayne Garland pitched five-hit ball over 7-2/3 innings to lead the Indians to a 6-1 win in game one of a double-header.

Game 4 (DH Game 2)

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

Starting Line-ups

CLE

Duane Kuiper 2B
Bruce Bochte LF
Buddy Bell 3B
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Wayne Nordhagen C
Ron Pruitt RF
Paul Dade CF
Luis Gomez SS

Starting Pitcher: Jim Bibby

DET

Ron LeFlore CF
Tito Fuentes 2B
Jason Thompson 1B
Rusty Staub DH
Steve Kemp LF
Ben Oglivie RF
Milt May C
Aurelio Rodriguez 3B (Left game in the 2nd with injury. Replaced by Phil Mankowski. Out 4 games.)
Tom Veryzer SS

Starting Pitcher: Dave Rozema

CLE 200 000 500 - 7 14 2
DET 000 002 022 - 6 10 0

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 1ST: Bell singled. Lemon homered. Bell scored. CLE 2, DET 0

BOT 6TH: Thompson homered. Oglivie homered. CLE 2, DET 2

TOP 7TH: Nordhagen doubled. Pruitt singled. Nordhagen to third. Dade singled. Nordhagen scored. Pruitt to second. Gomez grounded out 4-3. Pruitt to third. Dade to second. Kuiper singled. Pruitt and Dade scored. Bruce Taylor relieved Rozema with one out. Bochte homered. Kuiper scored. CLE 7, DET 2

BOT 8TH: Thompson doubled. Staub homered. Jim Kern relieved Bibby with one out.

BOT 9TH: LeFlore walked. Fuentes singled. LeFlore to second. Dave Tomlin relieved Kern with no outs in the 9th. Thompson grounded out 4-3. LeFlore to third. Fuentes to second. Staub singled. LeFlore and Fuentes scored. Kemp hit into a 4-6-3 double play to end the game. CLE 7, DET 6

WP: Bibby (8-4) SV: Tomlin (2) LP: Rozema

Key to the game: CLE RP Dave Tomlin held off a furious Tiger rally in the 9th to preseve the win for the Indians by a scored of 7-6. The Indians swept the four-game set from the lowly Tigers.

ATTENDANCE: 26,002

 

[Raider Nation]

All '77 AL rosters listed in Post #5

Series 25

BALTIMORE ORIOLES AT CLEVELAND INDIANS

MON.-THU. - JUNE 27-30

MUNICIPAL STADIUM - CLEVELAND, OHIO

Game 1

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 83

Starting Line-ups

BAL

Al Bumbry CF
Rich Dauer 2B
Ken Singleton RF
Eddie Murray 1B
Lee May DH
Doug DeCinces 3B
Andres Mora LF
Mark Belanger SS
Rick Dempsey C

Starting Pitcher: Dennis Martinez

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Ken Kravec

BAL 030 000 020 - 5 7 1
CLE 000 201 000 - 3 11 2

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 2ND: May singled. Mora reached on an error by Duffy. May to second. Belanger walked. Bases loaded. Dempsey singled. May scored. Bases loaded. Dauer singled. Mora scored. Bases loaded. Singleton walked. Belanger scored. BAL 3, CLE 0

BOT 4TH: Bell singled. Lemon hit by pitch. Bell to second. Ivie singled. Bases loaded. Cox reached on an error by Murray. Bell scored. Bases loaded. Pruitt sac fly to right. Lemon scored. BAL 3, CLE 2

BOT 6TH: Cox doubled. Duffy singled. Cox scored. BAL 3, CLE 3

TOP 8TH: May singled. DeCinces doubled. May to third. Doug Bair relieved Kravec with 0 out. Mora sac fly to left. May scored. Belanger reached on an error by Duffy. DeCinces to third. Bumbry singled. DeCinces scored. BAL 5, CLE 3

BAL Tippy Martinez relieved D. Martinez to start the 9th.

WP: D. Martinez SV: T. Martinez LP: Kravec (4-8)

Key to the game: The Orioles took advantage of two huge errors by SS Frank Duffy to plate four unearned runs against Ken Kravec as the O's downed the Tribe 5-3.

ATTENDANCE: 23,636

Game 2

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 81

Starting Line-ups

BAL

Al Bumbry CF
Rich Dauer 2B
Ken Singleton RF
Eddie Murray 1B
Lee May DH
Doug DeCinces 3B
Andres Mora LF
Mark Belanger SS
Rick Dempsey C

Starting Pitcher: Jim Palmer

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Rick Waits

BAL 002 121 001 - 7 15 1
CLE 000 010 030 - 4 8 0

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 3RD: Dempsey tripled. Bumbry singled. Dempsey scored. Dauer grounded out 5-4. Bumbry out at second. Dauer safe at first. Singleton singled. Dauer to second. Murray singled. Bases loaded. May sac fly to left. Dauer scored. BAL 2, CLE 0

TOP 4TH: Mora homered. BAL 3, CLE 0

TOP 5TH: Singleton singled. Murray homered. Don Hood relieved Waits with 0 out. BAL 5, CLE 0

BOT 5TH: Manning singled. Duffy singled. Manning to third. Kuiper grounded into a 3-6 force out. Manning scored. BAL 5, CLE 1

TOP 6TH: Bumbry singled. Dauer singled. Bumbry to second. Singleton singled. Bumbry scored. BAL 6, CLE 1

BOT 8TH: Ivie singled. Grubb doubled. Ivie to third. Cox homered. Ivie and Grubb scored. BAL 6, CLE 4

CLE Jim Kern relieved Don Hood to start the 9th.

TOP 9TH: Mora homered. BAL 7, CLE 4

BAL Tippy Martinez relieved Palmer to start the 9th.

WP: Palmer SV: T. Martinez LP: Waits (8-5)

Key to the game: BAL OF Andres Mora went deep twice and 1B Eddie Murray also homered and the pair combined to drive in four runs in the O's 7-4 win.

ATTENDANCE: 27,335

Game 3

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 81

Starting Line-ups


BAL

Al Bumbry CF
Rich Dauer 2B
Ken Singleton RF
Eddie Murray 1B
Lee May DH
Doug DeCinces 3B
Andres Mora LF
Mark Belanger SS
Dave Skaggs C

Starting Pitcher: Mike Flanagan

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Twitchell

BAL 000 120 000 - 3 8 0
CLE 000 000 72x - 9 14 1

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 4TH: Murray walked. May walked. Murray to second. Belanger singled. Murray scored. BAL 1, CLE 0

TOP 5TH: Singleton singled. Murray homered. Singleton scored. BAL 3, CLE 0

BOT 7TH: Carty singled. Ivie singled. Carty to second. Grubb doubled. Carty and Ivie scored. PH Paul Dade (Batting for Manning. Replaced Manning in center.) singled. Grubb scored. Duffy grounded out 1-6. Dade out at second. Duffy safe at first. Kuiper singled. Duffy to second. Scott Macgregor relieved Flanagan. Bochte singled. Duffy scored. Kuiper to second. Bell singled. Kuiper scored. Bochte to second. Carty singled. Bochte scored. Bell to third. Dick Drago relieved MacGregor. Ivie singled. Bell scored. BAL 3, CLE 7

BAL Nelson Briles relieved Drago to start the 8th.

BOT 8TH: Nordhagen singled. Dade homered. Nordhagen scored. BAL 3, CLE 9

WP: Twitchell (3-1) LP: Flanagan

Key to the game: CLE OF Paul Dade came off the bench to hit an RBI single in the 7th and a 2-run homer in the 8th as the Indians rallied from three down to beat the O's 9-3.

ATTENDANCE: 26,820

Game 4

Game Time: 12:30pm

Temp: 86

Starting Line-ups

BAL

Al Bumbry CF (Left game with an injury in the top of the 2nd. Replaced by Elliott Maddox. Out 6 games.)
Rich Dauer 2B
Ken Singleton RF
Eddie Murray 1B
Lee May DH
Doug DeCinces 3B (Left game with an injury in the top of the 1st. Replaced by Dauer at third and Billy Smith came in at second. Out 10 games.)
Andres Mora LF
Mark Belanger SS
Rick Dempsey C

Starting Pitcher: Rudy May

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Garland

BAL 110 031 100 - 7 9 1
CLE 020 001 001 - 4 12 1

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 1ST: Singleton doubled. Murray reached on an error by Bell. Singleton to third. May walked. Bases loaded. DeCinces hit by pitch. Singleton scored. BAL 1, CLE 0

TOP 2ND: Belanger singled. Bumbry hit by pitch. Belanger to second. Dauer grounded out 6-4. Belanger to third. Maddox out at second. Dauer safe at first. Singleton singled. Belanger scored. BAL 2, CLE 0

BOT 2ND: Ivie singled. Grubb doubled. Ivie scored. Nordhagen singled. Grubb scored. BAL 2, CLE 2

TOP 4TH: Dempsey walked. Maddox homered. Dempsey scored. Singleton homered. BAL 5, CLE 2

TOP 5TH: Mora homered. BAL 6, CLE 2

CLE Wilbur Wood relieved Garland to start the 6th.

BOT 6TH: Ivie doubled. Grubb singled. Ivie scored. BAL 6, CLE 3

TOP 7TH: Murray homered. BAL 7, CLE 3

CLE Dave Tomlin relieved Wood to start the 8th.

BOT 9TH: PH Pruitt (batting for Duffy) singled. Kuiper singled. Pruitt to third. Bochte sac fly to right. Pruitt scored. BAL 7, CLE 4

WP: May (CG) LP: Garland (9-6)

Key to the game: BAL 1B Eddie Murray and OF Andres Mora continued their homer barrage in the series and OF Ken Singleton and OF Elliott Maddox, who replaced an injured Al Bumbry, also went downtown as the Orioles beat the Tribe 7-4 to take three out of four games in the series.

ATTEDANCE: 21,157

CLE Record: 37-34

 

[POLAR_BEAR]

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?