Sam McDowell became a 20-game winner for the first time in his career when the Indians' lefthander scattered seven hits and beat the Tigers, 6-2. Roy Foster led the Indians' 11-hit attack, driving in three runs with a single and homer. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 6, Detroit Tigers 2
Game Played on Thursday, September 17, 1970 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Tigers       0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  2
Indians      1  0  2    3  0  0    0  0  x  -   6 11  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Stanley cf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .257      Uhlaender cf,lf       4   2   1   0     1   0   .268
I. Brown 2b           3   0   1   0     0   2   .293      Nettles 3b            3   1   2   0     2   0   .235
Kaline 1b             3   0   2   2     1   0   .278      Pinson rf             5   0   2   2     0   0   .286
Northrup rf           4   0   0   0     0   3   .269      Foster lf             4   1   2   3     0   0   .268
Price c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .176        Bradford cf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .205
Wert 3b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .215      Sims c                2   0   0   0     2   1   .253
Maddox lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .228      Hinton 1b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .329
Gutierrez ss          4   0   1   0     0   0   .245      Lowenstein 2b         4   1   1   1     0   1   .192
Niekro p              1   1   1   0     0   0   .203      Leon ss               3   0   0   0     1   0   .257
  Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      McDowell p            4   0   1   0     0   2   .130
  Collins ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .188
  Patterson p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hosley ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  McRae p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   2   7   2     1   9             Totals               33   6  11   6     6   4

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance:  4,005
Left on Base: Tigers 6, Indians 9
DP: Tigers 0, Indians 1
Errors: Gutierrez, McRae, Leon
Doubles: Pinson (25), Lowenstein (1)
Home Runs: Foster (22)
Caught Stealing: Foster (3)
Sacrifice Hits: I. Brown (4)
GIDP: Northrup (10)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Niekro L(12-13)         3     7   5   5   1   1   1  16   3.96
Scherman                1     1   1   1   2   1   0   5   3.18
Patterson               2     0   0   0   1   1   0   7   5.22
McRae                   2     3   0   0   2   1   0  11   2.84
Totals                  8    11   6   6   6   4   1  39

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McDowell W(20-10)       9     7   2   2   1   9   0  35   2.68
Totals                  9     7   2   2   1   9   0  35

Umpires: HP - Red Flaherty, 1B - Merle Anthony, 2B - Bob Stewart, 3B - Ron Luciano


TIGERS 1ST: Stanley grounded out (third to first); I. Brown
singled to left; Kaline walked [I. Brown to second]; Northrup
struck out; Price flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Uhlaender singled to center; Nettles flied out to
left; Pinson doubled to left [Uhlaender to third]; Foster
singled to left [Pinson to third, Uhlaender scored]; Sims struck
out; Foster was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Wert grounded out (second to first); Maddox flied
out to center; Gutierrez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Hinton made an out to second; Lowenstein flied out
to center; Leon walked; McDowell flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Niekro singled to left; Stanley singled to right
[Niekro to second]; I. Brown out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Stanley to second, Niekro to third]; Kaline singled to
right [Stanley scored, Niekro scored]; Northrup struck out;
Price made an out to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Indians 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Uhlaender flied out to right; Nettles singled to
right; Pinson flied out to left; Foster homered [Nettles
scored]; Sims made an out to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 2, Indians 3.

TIGERS 4TH: Wert made an out to second; Maddox flied out to
right; Gutierrez grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Hinton singled to center; Lowenstein doubled to
left [Hinton scored, Lowenstein to third (error by Gutierrez)];
SCHERMAN REPLACED NIEKRO (PITCHING); Leon grounded out
(shortstop to first); McDowell was called out on strikes;
Uhlaender walked; Nettles walked [Uhlaender to second]; Pinson
singled to center [Nettles to third, Uhlaender scored,
Lowenstein scored, Pinson out at second (center to second)]; 3
R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 6.

TIGERS 5TH: COLLINS BATTED FOR SCHERMAN; Collins was called out
on strikes; Stanley flied out to right; I. Brown struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 6.

INDIANS 5TH: PATTERSON REPLACED COLLINS (PITCHING); Foster flied
out to right; Sims walked; Hinton flied out to right; Lowenstein
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 6.

TIGERS 6TH: Kaline flied out to center; Northrup struck out;
Price made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Indians 6.

INDIANS 6TH: Leon flied out to center; McDowell struck out;
Uhlaender grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Tigers 2, Indians 6.

TIGERS 7TH: Wert reached on an error by Leon [Wert to second];
Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Gutierrez singled to
shortstop [Wert stayed at second]; HOSLEY BATTED FOR PATTERSON;
Hosley struck out; Stanley flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 6.

INDIANS 7TH: MCRAE REPLACED HOSLEY (PITCHING); Nettles singled
to left; Pinson forced Nettles (first to shortstop); Pinson was
picked off first but was safe on an error by McRae [Pinson to
second]; Foster popped to third in foul territory; Sims walked;
Hinton singled to left [Sims to second, Pinson to third];
Lowenstein struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians
6.

TIGERS 8TH: UHLAENDER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BRADFORD
REPLACED FOSTER (PLAYING CF); I. Brown struck out; Kaline
singled to left; Northrup grounded into a double play (third to
shortstop to first) [Kaline out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 6.

INDIANS 8TH: Leon grounded out (shortstop to first); McDowell
singled to left; Uhlaender forced McDowell (shortstop to
second); Nettles walked [Uhlaender to second]; Pinson made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 6.

TIGERS 9TH: Price struck out; Wert was called out on strikes;
Maddox singled to left; Gutierrez lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 6.