The Brewers spoiled Gaylord Perry's A. L. debut by defeating the Indians, 5-1, before an opening-day crowd of 22,831. With the score tied, 1-1, the Brewers broke away with two runs off the former Giants' righthander in the fifth inning. Milwaukee Brewers 5, Cleveland Indians 1Game Played on Saturday, April 15, 1972 (Day game) at Cleveland StadiumBrewers 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 - 5 10 0 Indians 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Auerbach ss 5 1 1 0 0 1 .200 Unser cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .500 May cf 5 1 2 1 0 1 .400 Leon 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Briggs 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .250 A. Johnson lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .333 Sanders p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nettles 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Scott 3b,1b 4 0 0 1 0 1 .000 Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lahoud lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .500 Fosse c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Voss rf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .250 Bell rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ratliff c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .333 Riddleberger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rodriguez ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Duffy ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .333 Theobald 2b 2 1 1 1 2 0 .500 Perry p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Parsons p 3 0 1 1 0 2 .333 McCraw ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ferraro 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 5 10 5 2 7 Totals 31 1 7 1 0 4 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 22,831 Left on Base: Brewers 6, Indians 5 DP: Brewers 1, Indians 0 Doubles: Briggs (1), Unser (1) Triples: Lahoud (1) Home Runs: May (1), Theobald (1) Sacrifice Hits: Leon (1) Sacrifice Flies: A. Johnson (1) GIDP: Chambliss (1) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Parsons W(1-0) 6 6 1 1 0 3 0 24 1.50 Sanders SV(1) 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 0.00 Totals 9 7 1 1 0 4 0 33 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry L(0-1) 7 9 4 4 2 5 1 31 5.14 Riddleberger 2 1 1 1 0 2 1 7 4.50 Totals 9 10 5 5 2 7 2 38 Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Jim Evans BREWERS 1ST: Auerbach flied out to left; May grounded out (third to first); Briggs doubled; Scott struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Unser doubled; Leon out on a sacrifice bunt (second to first) [Unser to third]; A. Johnson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Unser scored]; Nettles flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 0, Indians 1. BREWERS 2ND: Lahoud singled; Voss flied out to left; Ratliff singled [Lahoud to second]; Theobald walked [Lahoud to third, Ratliff to second]; Parsons singled [Lahoud scored, Ratliff out at home (center to second to catcher), Theobald to third, Parsons to second]; Auerbach made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 1. INDIANS 2ND: Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Fosse flied out to right; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Debut game for Buddy Bell; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 1. BREWERS 3RD: May grounded out (pitcher to first); Briggs flied out to right; Scott grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 1. INDIANS 3RD: Duffy singled; Perry struck out; Unser struck out; Leon singled [Duffy to second]; A. Johnson singled [Duffy to third, Leon to second]; Nettles grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 1. BREWERS 4TH: Lahoud tripled; Voss grounded out (shortstop to first); Ratliff grounded out (shortstop to first); Theobald was walked intentionally; Parsons struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 1. INDIANS 4TH: Chambliss flied out to center; Fosse singled; Bell made an out to first; Duffy flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 1, Indians 1. BREWERS 5TH: Auerbach singled; May singled [Auerbach to second]; Briggs forced May (second unassisted) [Auerbach to third]; Scott reached on a fielder's choice [Auerbach scored, Briggs to second]; Lahoud flied out to left; Voss singled [Briggs scored, Scott out at home (left to catcher to second to catcher to shortstop)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Indians 1. INDIANS 5TH: Perry struck out; Unser singled; Leon flied out to left; A. Johnson forced Unser (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 3, Indians 1. BREWERS 6TH: Ratliff struck out; Theobald flied out to right; Parsons was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Indians 1. INDIANS 6TH: Nettles flied out to left; Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Fosse flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 3, Indians 1. BREWERS 7TH: Auerbach struck out; May homered; Briggs flied out to center; Scott made an out to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 4, Indians 1. INDIANS 7TH: SANDERS REPLACED BRIGGS (PITCHING); FERRARO REPLACED PARSONS (PLAYING 3B); SCOTT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Bell grounded out (pitcher to first); Duffy struck out; MCCRAW BATTED FOR PERRY; McCraw made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 4, Indians 1. BREWERS 8TH: MCCRAW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); RIDDLEBERGER REPLACED BELL (PITCHING); Lahoud was called out on strikes; Voss flied out to center; RODRIGUEZ BATTED FOR RATLIFF; Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 4, Indians 1. INDIANS 8TH: RODRIGUEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Unser flied out to center; Leon grounded out (shortstop to first); A. Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 4, Indians 1. BREWERS 9TH: Theobald homered; Ferraro flied out to left; Auerbach grounded out (shortstop to first); May struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 5, Indians 1. INDIANS 9TH: Nettles singled; Chambliss grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Nettles out at second]; Fosse flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 5, Indians 1. |
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