Gaylord Perry won a duel with Mel Stottlemyre and pitched the Indians to a 3-0 victory over the Yankees. Stottlemyre extended his scoreless pitching streak to 25 innings before the Indians erupted for their runs in the eighth. Cleveland Indians 3, New York Yankees 0Game Played on Tuesday, May 23, 1972 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium IIndians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 - 3 7 0 Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Unser cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Clarke 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .269 Leon ss 5 1 2 0 0 1 .183 Torres rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .214 A. Johnson lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .236 Murcer cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .210 Lowenstein lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 White lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Nettles 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .216 Blomberg 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .283 McCraw 1b 2 0 1 0 2 0 .346 Munson c 3 0 1 0 0 1 .300 Fosse c 4 0 1 2 0 2 .267 McKinney 3b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .211 Bell rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .269 Michael ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Brohamer 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Stottlemyre p 1 0 0 0 1 0 .235 Perry p 4 1 1 0 0 1 .143 Callison ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .214 McDaniel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 3 7 2 3 6 Totals 29 0 4 0 1 5 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 10,677 Left on Base: Indians 8, Yankees 3 DP: Indians 1, Yankees 0 Errors: Blomberg Doubles: Perry (2) Caught Stealing: Munson (3) Sacrifice Hits: Unser (3) GIDP: Callison (4) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry W(8-2) 9 4 0 0 1 5 0 30 1.67 Totals 9 4 0 0 1 5 0 30 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stottlemyre L(4-4) 8 7 3 3 3 5 0 35 2.01 McDaniel 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.38 Totals 9 7 3 3 3 6 0 38 Wild Pitches: Perry (2), Stottlemyre (1) Umpires: HP - John Rice, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Hank Morgenweck, 3B - Russ Goetz INDIANS 1ST: Unser grounded out (pitcher to first); Leon struck out; A. Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Clarke flied out to center; Torres was called out on strikes; Murcer flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. INDIANS 2ND: Nettles grounded out (second to first); McCraw flied to right; Fosse struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: White flied out to right; Blomberg lined to shortstop; Munson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. INDIANS 3RD: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Brohamer flied out to left; Perry grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: McKinney grounded out (shortstop to first); Michael made an out to third; Stottlemyre walked; Clarke flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. INDIANS 4TH: Unser reached on an error by Blomberg; Leon singled to right [Unser to third]; A. Johnson struck out; Nettles reached on a fielder's choice [Unser out at home (pitcher to catcher), Leon to second]; McCraw walked [Leon to third, Nettles to second]; Fosse struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 4TH: Torres popped to first in foul territory; Murcer flied to right; White grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. INDIANS 5TH: Bell grounded out (second to first); Brohamer flied out to left; Perry grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 5TH: Blomberg flied to right; Munson grounded out (second to first); McKinney singled to center; Perry threw a wild pitch [McKinney to second]; Michael grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. INDIANS 6TH: Unser grounded out (second to first); Leon grounded out (second to first); A. Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 6TH: Stottlemyre grounded out (shortstop to first); Clarke singled to center; Torres grounded out (pitcher to first) [Clarke to second]; Murcer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. INDIANS 7TH: Nettles grounded out (second to first); McCraw singled to center; Fosse popped to second; Bell singled to center [McCraw to second]; Brohamer lined to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 7TH: White grounded out (first unassisted); Blomberg grounded out (first to pitcher); Munson singled to center; Munson was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Yankees 0. INDIANS 8TH: Perry doubled; Unser out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Perry to third]; Stottlemyre threw a wild pitch [Perry scored]; Leon singled to center; A. Johnson lined to left; Nettles walked [Leon to second]; McCraw walked [Leon to third, Nettles to second]; Fosse singled to left [Leon scored, Nettles scored, McCraw to second]; Bell singled to shortstop [McCraw to third, Fosse to second]; Brohamer grounded out (first to pitcher); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Indians 3, Yankees 0. YANKEES 8TH: LOWENSTEIN REPLACED A. JOHNSON (PLAYING LF); McKinney singled to left; On a bunt Michael struck out; CALLISON BATTED FOR STOTTLEMYRE; Callison grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [McKinney out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Yankees 0. INDIANS 9TH: MCDANIEL REPLACED CALLISON (PITCHING); Perry was called out on strikes; Unser grounded out (third to first); Leon grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Yankees 0. YANKEES 9TH: Clarke grounded out (shortstop to first); Torres struck out; Murcer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Yankees 0. |
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