Five homers powered the Red Sox to 6-2 and 8-2 victories in a sweep of a doubleheader with the Indians. After the Red Sox took a 2-0 lead in the first inning of the opener on two hits, two passed balls and two walks, Tony Conigliaro homered with a man in base in the fifth. Ray Culp squeezed another run home in the sixth and Rico Petrocelli hit for the circuit in the eighth. Duke Sims and Tony Horton rapped back-to-hack homers for the Indians' runs in the sixth.

The nightcap was marked by a rhubarb in the first inning when Tony Conigliaro was hit on the left arm by a pitch and charged the mound to tangle with Frank Lasher. Conigliaro was thumbed from the game. Billy Conigliaro and Tom Satriano hit consecutive homers for the Red Sox in second inning and John Kennedy connected with a man on base in the third. Ted Uhlaender homered for the Indians. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 6, Cleveland Indians 2 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, July      12, 1970 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Red Sox      2  0  0    0  2  1    0  1  0  -   6  7  2
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   2  8  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Schofield 2b          4   0   0   0     1   1   .184      Pinson cf             5   0   2   0     0   0   .299
Smith cf              5   2   1   0     0   0   .300      Nettles 3b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .219
Yastrzemski 1b        4   1   1   0     0   1   .298      Foster lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .275
T. Conigliaro rf      4   1   1   2     0   1   .287      Fosse c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .309
Petrocelli ss         3   1   1   1     1   1   .252      Sims rf               3   1   2   1     0   0   .261
Scott 3b              2   1   0   0     2   0   .283      Horton 1b             4   1   2   1     0   0   .266
B. Conigliaro lf      3   0   1   1     1   1   .259      Heidemann ss          3   0   1   0     0   2   .205
Moses c               4   0   1   0     0   1   .278        Hinton ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .312
Culp p                4   0   1   1     0   2   .115        Brown 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .246
                                                          Leon 2b,ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .218
                                                          Dunning p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .083
                                                            Hennigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                            Klimchock ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .180
                                                            Higgins p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Paul p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .083
                                                            Uhlaender ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .232

Totals               33   6   7   5     5   8             Totals               35   2   8   2     1   6

Time of Game: 2:27
Left on Base: Red Sox 5, Indians 8
DP: Red Sox 0, Indians 1
Errors: Petrocelli, B. Conigliaro
Doubles: Moses (14), Horton (17)
Triples: Heidemann (2)
Home Runs: T. Conigliaro (17), Petrocelli (15), Sims (13), Horton (11)
GIDP: Schofield (7)
Hit by Pitch: Sims (4,by Culp)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Culp W(9-8)             9     8   2   2   1   6   2  37   2.75
Totals                  9     8   2   2   1   6   2  37

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dunning L(1-4)          5.1   5   5   5   5   7   1  26   5.09
Hennigan                1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   5   3.92
Higgins                 1     1   1   1   0   0   1   4   5.18
Paul                    1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   5.93
Totals                  9     7   6   6   5   8   2  38

Passed Balls: Fosse 2 (13)
Hit by Pitch: Culp (6)
Wild Pitches: Culp (7)

Umpires: HP - Emmett Ashford, 1B - Hank Soar, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


RED SOX 1ST: Schofield struck out; Smith singled to center;
Yastrzemski singled to right [Smith to third]; T. Conigliaro
made an out to second; Fosse allowed a passed ball [Smith
scored, Yastrzemski to second]; Fosse allowed a passed ball
[Yastrzemski to third]; Petrocelli walked; Scott walked
[Petrocelli to second]; B. Conigliaro walked [Yastrzemski
scored, Petrocelli to third, Scott to second]; Moses struck out;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Pinson singled to right; Nettles walked [Pinson to
second]; Foster struck out; Fosse struck out; Culp threw a wild
pitch [Pinson to third, Nettles to second]; Sims grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Culp struck out; Schofield flied out to center;
Smith flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Heidemann
tripled to left; Leon was called out on strikes; Dunning was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians
0.

RED SOX 3RD: Yastrzemski struck out; T. Conigliaro struck out;
Petrocelli struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians
0.

INDIANS 3RD: Pinson singled to right; Nettles flied out to left
[Pinson to third (error by B. Conigliaro)]; Foster flied out to
left; Fosse grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Red Sox 2, Indians 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Scott lined to first; B. Conigliaro singled to
left; Moses flied out to left; Culp flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Sims singled to center; Horton reached on an error
by Petrocelli [Sims to second]; Heidemann struck out; Leon
singled to left [Sims out at home (left to catcher), Horton to
second]; Dunning made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 Red Sox 2, Indians 0.

RED SOX 5TH: Schofield walked; Smith forced Schofield (second to
shortstop); Yastrzemski flied out to center; T. Conigliaro
homered [Smith scored]; Petrocelli flied out to center; 2 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Pinson flied out to right; Nettles popped to
catcher in foul territory; Foster made an out to first; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 4, Indians 0.

RED SOX 6TH: Scott walked; B. Conigliaro struck out; Moses
doubled to right [Scott to third]; HENNIGAN REPLACED DUNNING
(PITCHING); On a bunt Culp singled to pitcher [Scott scored,
Moses to third]; Schofield grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop to pitcher) [Culp out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 5, Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Fosse popped to catcher in foul territory; Sims
homered; Horton homered; Heidemann was called out on strikes;
Leon grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 5, Indians 2.

RED SOX 7TH: Smith lined to first; Yastrzemski grounded out
(second to pitcher); T. Conigliaro lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 5, Indians 2.

INDIANS 7TH: KLIMCHOCK BATTED FOR HENNIGAN; Klimchock grounded
out (second to first); Pinson made an out to third; Nettles
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox
5, Indians 2.

RED SOX 8TH: HIGGINS REPLACED KLIMCHOCK (PITCHING); Petrocelli
homered; Scott grounded out (third to first); B. Conigliaro
grounded out (shortstop to first); Moses flied to left in foul
territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Indians 2.

INDIANS 8TH: Foster grounded out (shortstop to first); Fosse
flied out to center; Sims was hit by a pitch; Horton doubled to
right [Sims to third]; HINTON BATTED FOR HEIDEMANN; Hinton
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red
Sox 6, Indians 2.

RED SOX 9TH: BROWN REPLACED HINTON (PLAYING 2B); LEON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); PAUL REPLACED HIGGINS (PITCHING); Culp
struck out; Schofield flied out to left; Smith made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 6, Indians 2.

INDIANS 9TH: Leon grounded out (second to first); UHLAENDER
BATTED FOR PAUL; Uhlaender popped to catcher in foul territory;
Pinson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 6, Indians 2.