Although tagged for two homers, Sam McDowell allowed only two other hits and pitched the Indians to a 4-2 victory over the Tigers. Mickey Stanley led off the game with a circuit clout for the Bengals, but the Tribe got the matching run in the second on singles by Ray Fosse, Roy Foster and Chuck Hinton.

After a homer by Jim Northrup put the Tigers ahead again in the fifth, the Indians loaded the bases in their half on three walks issued by Mickey Lolich and scored two runs on a single by Eddie Leon. An insurance run followed in the sixth on singles by Tony Horton, Hinton and Graig Nettles. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 4, Detroit Tigers 2
Game Played on Friday, June      19, 1970 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Tigers       1  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   2  4  0
Indians      0  1  0    0  2  1    0  0  x  -   4  9  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stanley cf            4   1   1   1     0   0   .259      Heidemann ss          3   0   0   0     1   0   .219
McAuliffe 2b          3   0   0   0     1   1   .274      Leon 2b               4   0   1   2     0   1   .222
Kaline 1b             2   0   0   0     2   0   .310      Pinson cf,rf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .312
Horton lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .325      Fosse c               4   1   2   0     0   0   .302
Northrup rf           4   1   1   1     0   0   .303      Horton 1b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .248
Freehan c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .218      Foster lf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Maddox 3b             2   0   0   0     1   1   .216        Uhlaender cf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .244
Gutierrez ss          3   0   2   0     0   0   .218      Hinton rf,lf          3   1   3   1     1   0   .308
Lolich p              2   0   0   0     0   0   .083      Nettles 3b            3   1   1   1     1   1   .210
  Price ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .063      McDowell p            2   0   0   0     0   0   .208
  Niekro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .179

Totals               28   2   4   2     4   5             Totals               30   4   9   4     3   4

Time of Game: 2:14   Attendance: 17,156
Left on Base: Tigers 3, Indians 7
DP: Tigers 0, Indians 4
Errors: Nettles
Home Runs: Stanley (2), Northrup (11)
Sacrifice Hits: McDowell (4), Foster (1)
GIDP: Kaline (9), Lolich 2 (3), Horton (3)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich L(6-7)           7     7   4   4   3   4   0  30   3.64
Niekro                  1     2   0   0   0   0   0   5   3.59
Totals                  8     9   4   4   3   4   0  35

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McDowell W(9-4)         9     4   2   2   4   5   2  32   2.42
Totals                  9     4   2   2   4   5   2  32

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Marty Springstead


TIGERS 1ST: Stanley homered; McAuliffe walked; Kaline grounded
into a double play (second to first) [McAuliffe out at second];
Horton was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Heidemann lined to shortstop; Leon was called out
on strikes; Pinson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Northrup grounded out (second to first); Freehan was
called out on strikes; Maddox struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Fosse singled to left; Horton struck out; Foster
singled to center [Fosse to second]; Hinton singled to center
[Foster to third, Fosse scored]; Nettles struck out; McDowell
forced Hinton (shortstop to second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 1, Indians 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Gutierrez singled to left; Lolich grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Gutierrez out at
second]; Stanley grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Heidemann popped to first in foul territory; Leon
made an out to second; Pinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 1, Indians 1.

TIGERS 4TH: McAuliffe struck out; Kaline walked; Horton grounded
into a double play (second to first) [Kaline out at second]; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Fosse grounded out (third to first); Horton
grounded out (third to first); Foster flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Northrup homered; Freehan made an out to shortstop;
Maddox walked; Gutierrez singled to left [Maddox to second];
Lolich grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first)
[Gutierrez out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Indians 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Hinton walked; Nettles walked [Hinton to second];
McDowell out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Nettles to
second, Hinton to third]; Heidemann walked; Leon singled to
right [Heidemann to second, Nettles scored, Hinton scored];
Pinson flied out to right; Fosse grounded out (pitcher to
first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Stanley grounded out (pitcher to first); McAuliffe
made an out to shortstop; Kaline walked; Horton grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Horton singled to left; Foster out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Horton to second]; Hinton singled to
left [Horton to third]; Nettles singled to right [Nettles to
second (on throw), Hinton out at home (right to second to third
to catcher), Horton scored]; McDowell grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 4.

TIGERS 7TH: Northrup popped to third in foul territory; Freehan
grounded out (third to first); Maddox flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 4.

INDIANS 7TH: Heidemann grounded out (third to first); Leon
grounded out (shortstop to first); Pinson flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 4.

TIGERS 8TH: Gutierrez made an out to second; PRICE BATTED FOR
LOLICH; Price was called out on strikes; Stanley reached on an
error by Nettles [Stanley to second]; McAuliffe made an out to
first; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 4.

INDIANS 8TH: NIEKRO REPLACED PRICE (PITCHING); Fosse singled to
left; Horton made an out to second; Foster flied out to center;
Hinton singled to right [Fosse to third]; Nettles flied out to
left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 4.

TIGERS 9TH: UHLAENDER REPLACED FOSTER (PLAYING CF); HINTON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); PINSON CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING RF); Kaline flied out to left; Horton made an out to
shortstop; Northrup made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 4.