Two wild pitches decided a battle of nine homers and enabled the Angels to defeat the Indians, 10-9. Alex Johnson, Jay Johnstone, Bill Voss, Sandy Alomar and Ken McMullen rapped round-trippers for the Angels, while the Indians had circuit clouts by Chuck Hinton, Graig Nettles, Vada Pinson and Ray Fosse. California Angels 10, Cleveland Indians 9Game Played on Sunday, August 30, 1970 (Day game) at Cleveland StadiumAngels 3 1 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 - 10 13 1 Indians 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 1 - 9 14 0 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Alomar 2b 4 3 3 2 1 0 .265 Nettles 3b 5 2 2 2 0 1 .230 Repoz 1b 2 2 1 0 2 0 .249 Foster lf 4 2 2 0 1 1 .275 Fregosi ss 4 0 0 0 1 1 .285 Pinson rf 4 1 3 2 0 0 .286 Johnson lf 5 1 2 4 0 2 .317 Fosse c 4 1 1 2 0 1 .310 Johnstone cf 5 1 3 1 0 2 .240 Hinton 1b 5 2 3 2 0 1 .341 McMullen 3b 3 1 2 1 2 0 .235 Leon 2b 5 0 3 0 0 0 .260 Voss rf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .243 Bradford cf 1 1 0 0 1 1 .200 Bradley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Uhlaender ph,cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .258 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Heidemann ss 3 0 0 1 0 1 .214 Messersmith p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .159 Hargan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Azcue c 5 0 0 0 0 1 .230 Austin p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .118 Wright p 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Brown ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .278 K. Tatum p 1 1 1 0 0 0 .182 Colbert p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Reynolds rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sims ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .262 Higgins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Camilli ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 10 13 9 6 6 Totals 38 9 14 9 3 9 Time of Game: 3:27 Attendance: 7,885 Left on Base: Angels 7, Indians 9 DP: Angels 0, Indians 0 Errors: Alomar Doubles: Foster 2 (22) Home Runs: Johnson (11), Johnstone (10), Voss (3), Alomar (2), McMullen (14), Hinton (5), Nettles (20), Pinson (17), Fosse (18) Sacrifice Hits: Messersmith 2 (5), Repoz (6), Heidemann (4) Sacrifice Flies: Pinson (6), Fosse (3), Heidemann (9) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wright 2.2 6 4 4 0 2 1 14 3.01 K. Tatum 1.2 4 4 4 1 1 3 10 3.30 Bradley 0.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 4.11 LaRoche 0.1 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 4.22 Messersmith W(11-10) 3.2 3 1 1 0 3 0 15 3.07 Totals 9 14 9 9 3 9 4 45 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hargan 1.2 3 4 4 2 0 3 10 3.13 Austin 2.1 3 2 2 1 1 1 11 5.53 Colbert L(1-1) 1.2 5 3 3 1 1 1 10 10.02 Mingori 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 5.87 Higgins 2 2 1 1 1 3 0 8 4.26 Totals 9 13 10 10 6 6 5 44 Wild Pitches: Higgins 2 (5) Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Marty Springstead ANGELS 1ST: Alomar grounded out (second to first); Repoz walked; Fregosi flied out to left; Johnson homered [Repoz scored]; Johnstone homered; McMullen grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Nettles singled to right; Foster doubled to left [Nettles to third]; Pinson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Nettles scored]; Fosse popped to first; Hinton singled to left [Foster scored]; Leon singled to right [Hinton to second]; Bradford struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 3, Indians 2. ANGELS 2ND: Voss homered; Azcue grounded out (pitcher to first); Wright grounded out (pitcher to first); Alomar walked; AUSTIN REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING); Repoz walked [Alomar to second]; Fregosi forced Repoz (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 4, Indians 2. INDIANS 2ND: Heidemann grounded out (shortstop to first); Austin struck out; Nettles grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 4, Indians 2. ANGELS 3RD: Johnson flied out to center; Johnstone was called out on strikes; McMullen singled to center; Voss flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 4, Indians 2. INDIANS 3RD: Foster doubled to left; Pinson flied out to center [Foster to third]; Fosse hit a sacrifice fly to center [Foster scored]; Hinton homered; K. TATUM REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Leon grounded out (first to pitcher); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 4, Indians 4. ANGELS 4TH: Azcue flied out to center; K. Tatum singled to shortstop; Alomar homered [K. Tatum scored]; Repoz flied out to right; Fregosi popped to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 6, Indians 4. INDIANS 4TH: Bradford walked; Heidemann out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Bradford to second]; BROWN BATTED FOR AUSTIN; Brown grounded out (third to first); Nettles homered [Bradford scored]; Foster grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 6, Indians 6. ANGELS 5TH: COLBERT REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Johnson struck out; Johnstone singled to shortstop [Johnstone out at second (shortstop to second)]; McMullen homered; Voss grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 7, Indians 6. INDIANS 5TH: Pinson homered; Fosse homered; Hinton was called out on strikes; Leon singled to center; UHLAENDER BATTED FOR BRADFORD; BRADLEY REPLACED VOSS (PITCHING); REYNOLDS REPLACED K. TATUM (PLAYING RF); Uhlaender walked [Leon to second]; Heidemann was called out on strikes; Colbert struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 7, Indians 8. ANGELS 6TH: UHLAENDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Azcue flied out to center; Reynolds grounded out (catcher to first); Alomar singled to left; Repoz singled to right [Alomar to third]; Fregosi walked [Repoz to second]; Johnson singled to center [Alomar scored, Repoz scored, Fregosi to second]; MINGORI REPLACED COLBERT (PITCHING); Johnstone struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 9, Indians 8. INDIANS 6TH: LAROCHE REPLACED BRADLEY (PITCHING); Nettles was called out on strikes; Foster walked; Pinson singled to left [Foster to second]; MESSERSMITH REPLACED LAROCHE (PITCHING); Fosse struck out; Hinton flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 9, Indians 8. ANGELS 7TH: McMullen walked; Messersmith out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [McMullen to second]; Azcue flied out to center [McMullen to third]; Reynolds popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 9, Indians 8. INDIANS 7TH: Leon popped to first in foul territory; Uhlaender reached on an error by Alomar [Uhlaender to first]; Heidemann popped to first in foul territory; SIMS BATTED FOR MINGORI; Sims was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Angels 9, Indians 8. ANGELS 8TH: HIGGINS REPLACED SIMS (PITCHING); Alomar singled to right; Repoz out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Alomar to second]; Higgins threw a wild pitch [Alomar to third]; Higgins threw a wild pitch [Alomar scored]; Fregosi struck out; Johnson struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 10, Indians 8. INDIANS 8TH: Nettles popped to shortstop; Foster struck out; Pinson singled to left; Fosse grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 10, Indians 8. ANGELS 9TH: Johnstone singled to first; McMullen walked [Johnstone to second]; Messersmith out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Johnstone to third, McMullen to second]; Azcue struck out; Johnstone was out trying to advance to home (catcher to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 10, Indians 8. INDIANS 9TH: Hinton singled to center; Leon singled to right [Hinton to second]; Uhlaender forced Leon (second to shortstop) [Hinton to third]; Heidemann hit a sacrifice fly to center [Hinton scored]; CAMILLI BATTED FOR HIGGINS; Camilli grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 10, Indians 9. |
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