The Indians snapped their seven-game losing streak when pinch-hitter Gomer Hodge delivered a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, scoring John Lowenstein, to beat the Angels, 3-2. Lowenstein walked and reached third on a single by Graig Nettles. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 3, California Angels 2
Game Played on Wednesday, April     28, 1971 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Indians      1  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   3  7  2
Angels       0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  3


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Ford lf               5   1   1   0     0   1   .130      Alomar 2b             5   0   0   0     0   1   .186
Pinson cf,rf          4   0   3   0     0   0   .265      Spencer 1b            4   1   2   0     0   1   .211
Fosse c               4   0   0   1     0   1   .221        Repoz pr,1b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Harrelson 1b          4   1   0   0     0   0   .180        Cowan ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .167
  Bradford cf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .152      Johnson lf            5   1   2   0     0   2   .294
Hinton rf,1b          4   0   1   1     0   1   .091      Conigliaro rf         3   0   1   0     2   2   .244
Leon 2b               3   0   1   0     0   0   .182      Fregosi ss            4   0   0   0     1   0   .225
  Lowenstein ph       0   1   0   0     1   0   .194      McMullen 3b           2   0   2   1     1   0   .233
  Camilli 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Moses c               3   0   1   1     0   0   .211
Nettles 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .115        Ruiz ph             0   0   0   0     0   0   .400
Heidemann ss          4   0   0   0     0   2   .182        Torborg c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .077
McDowell p            3   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Berry cf              2   0   0   0     2   0   .123
  Pascual p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Wright p              3   0   0   0     0   3   .000
  Hodge ph            0   0   0   1     0   0   .462        Gonzalez ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Queen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .500

Totals               35   3   7   3     1   5             Totals               33   2   8   2     6  10

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance:  6,096
Left on Base: Indians 7, Angels 12
DP: Indians 1, Angels 0
Errors: Leon, Heidemann, Fregosi, Berry, Wright
Doubles: McMullen (4)
Stolen Bases: McMullen (1), Berry (1)
Caught Stealing: Repoz (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Ruiz (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Hodge (1), McMullen (2)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McDowell                7     7   2   2   5   8   0  32   3.77
Pascual W(2-2)          1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5   3.86
Mingori SV(1)           1     0   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.17
Totals                  9     8   2   2   6  10   0  41

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wright                  8     6   2   1   0   5   0  32   3.57
Queen L(0-1)            0.1   1   1   1   1   0   0   3   1.13
LaRoche                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.00
Totals                  9     7   3   2   1   5   0  37

Umpires: HP - Larry Napp, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Russ Goetz


INDIANS 1ST: Ford singled to left; Pinson singled to center
[Ford to third (error by Berry)]; Fosse grounded out (third to
first) [Pinson to second, Ford scored (unearned)]; Harrelson
grounded out (second to first) [Pinson to third]; Hinton popped
to second; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Alomar was called out on strikes; Spencer struck
out; Johnson singled to center; Conigliaro walked [Johnson to
second]; Fregosi flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 1, Angels 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Leon grounded out (first to pitcher); Nettles
grounded out (second to first); Heidemann flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: McMullen doubled to center; Moses grounded out
(shortstop to first); Berry walked; Wright struck out; Alomar
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Angels 0.

INDIANS 3RD: McDowell reached on an error by Wright; Ford forced
McDowell (second to shortstop); Pinson singled to left [Ford to
second]; Fosse struck out; Harrelson forced Pinson (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Spencer singled to right; Johnson singled to left
[Spencer to second]; Conigliaro was called out on strikes;
Fregosi walked [Spencer to third, Johnson to second]; McMullen
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Spencer scored]; Moses singled to
center [Fregosi to second, Johnson scored]; Berry forced Moses
(shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Angels
2.

INDIANS 4TH: Hinton grounded out (shortstop to first); Leon
grounded out (pitcher to first); Nettles grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Angels 2.

ANGELS 4TH: Wright struck out; Alomar popped to first in foul
territory; Spencer grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Angels 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Heidemann struck out; McDowell popped to shortstop;
Ford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Angels 2.

ANGELS 5TH: Johnson struck out; Conigliaro singled to center;
Fregosi forced Conigliaro (shortstop to second) [Fregosi to
second (error by Leon)]; McMullen was walked intentionally;
Moses popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 Indians 1, Angels 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Pinson grounded out (pitcher to first); Fosse flied
out to center; Harrelson reached on an error by Fregosi
[Harrelson to second]; Hinton singled to right [Harrelson
scored]; Leon singled to right [Hinton to third]; Nettles flied
out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Angels 2.

ANGELS 6TH: Berry flied out to center; Wright was called out on
strikes; Alomar flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Angels 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Heidemann was called out on strikes; McDowell
grounded out (pitcher to first); Ford grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Angels 2.

ANGELS 7TH: Spencer singled to first; REPOZ RAN FOR SPENCER;
Johnson struck out while Repoz was caught stealing second
(catcher to second to first); Conigliaro walked; Fregosi
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2,
Angels 2.

INDIANS 8TH: REPOZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Pinson singled
to left; Fosse flied out to right; Harrelson forced Pinson
(shortstop to second); Hinton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 2, Angels 2.

ANGELS 8TH: PASCUAL REPLACED MCDOWELL (PITCHING); McMullen
singled to left; RUIZ BATTED FOR MOSES; Ruiz out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to second) [McMullen to second]; Berry walked;
GONZALEZ BATTED FOR WRIGHT; McMullen stole third and Berry stole
second; Gonzalez was called out on strikes; Alomar popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Angels 2.

INDIANS 9TH: TORBORG REPLACED RUIZ (PLAYING C ); QUEEN REPLACED
GONZALEZ (PITCHING); LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR LEON; Lowenstein
walked; Nettles singled to right [Lowenstein to third];
Heidemann popped to third in foul territory; HODGE BATTED FOR
PASCUAL; LAROCHE REPLACED QUEEN (PITCHING); Hodge hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Nettles to second, Lowenstein scored];
Ford flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3,
Angels 2.

ANGELS 9TH: MINGORI REPLACED HODGE (PITCHING); CAMILLI REPLACED
LOWENSTEIN (PLAYING 2B); BRADFORD REPLACED HARRELSON (PLAYING
CF); PINSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); HINTON CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); COWAN BATTED FOR REPOZ; Cowan reached on
an error by Heidemann; Johnson flied out to center; Conigliaro
struck out; Fregosi grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Angels 2.