A rookie in his first appearance and and a veteran making a comeback each gained a victory as the Brewers defeated the Indians in a twi-night doubleheader, 4-2 and 5-2. Gary Ryerson, a lefthander from Evansville (American Association), made his debut with a route-going performance in the lidlifter and scattered eight hits. Dick Tidrow, who started for the Indians, helped himself to a 2-1 lead with a two-run single in the second, but the Brewers went ahead to stay in the third when Ron Theobald was safe on an error, Joe Lahoud walked and George Scott drove them across with a double. Scott also accounted for another RBI with a single in the seventh.

Jim Lonborg posted his third consecutive victory in the nightcap, pitching 6 1/3 innings before needing help from Ray Newman. Lahoud, after walking and scoring in the first inning, hit a homer in the third, but Buddy Bell cracked a two-run single for the Indians to tie the game in the fourth. The Brewers then went ahead to stay with two runs in the fourth on a single by Bob Heise, triple by Rick Auerbach, pass to Lonborg and forceout by Theobald on which Auerbach scored. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 4, Cleveland Indians 2 (Game 1)

Game Played on Wednesday, June 28, 1972 (Night game) at County Stadium

Indians      0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  2
Brewers      0  1  2    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   4  6  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Unser cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .199      Theobald 2b           4   2   1   0     0   0   .230
Brohamer 2b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .243      Lahoud rf             2   1   1   0     2   0   .200
Lolich lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .278      Scott 1b              4   0   3   3     0   0   .258
Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .233      Briggs lf             2   0   0   0     1   1   .256
Fosse c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .251      May cf                3   1   0   0     1   1   .228
Bell rf               4   0   3   0     0   0   .236      Rodriguez c           4   0   0   0     0   0   .319
McCraw 1b             3   1   1   0     0   0   .273      Ferraro 3b            3   0   0   1     0   1   .246
  A. Johnson ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .216      Auerbach ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .206
Duffy ss              2   1   0   0     0   0   .207      Ryerson p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Leon ph,ss          2   0   0   0     0   1   .194
Tidrow p              1   0   1   2     0   0   .261
  Riddleberger p      1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Foster ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .186
  Hennigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   2   8   2     0   5             Totals               28   4   6   4     4   5

Time of Game: 2:14
Left on Base: Indians 6, Brewers 7
DP: Indians 1, Brewers 0
Errors: Duffy, Tidrow
Doubles: McCraw (7), Scott (12)
Triples: Brohamer (2)
Stolen Bases: Duffy (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Briggs (2), Ryerson (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Ferraro (2)
GIDP: Scott (11)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tidrow L(4-8)           2     2   3   1   2   0   0  12   4.11
Riddleberger            4     1   0   0   1   3   0  13   2.53
Hennigan                0.2   3   1   1   0   1   0   5   3.06
Mingori                 1.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   5   5.00
Totals                  8     6   4   2   4   5   0  35

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryerson W(1-0)          9     8   2   2   0   5   0  35   2.00
Totals                  9     8   2   2   0   5   0  35

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Jim Honochick


INDIANS 1ST: Unser flied out to left; Debut game for Gary
Ryerson; Brohamer flied out to left; Lolich singled to
right; Nettles grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Theobald grounded out (third to first); Lahoud
flied out to right; Scott singled to left; Briggs grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Fosse flied out to center; Bell singled to right;
McCraw doubled to left [Bell to third]; Duffy reached on a
fielder's choice [Bell out at home (pitcher to third), McCraw to
third]; Duffy stole second; Tidrow singled to left [Duffy
scored, McCraw scored]; Unser forced Tidrow (shortstop to
second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: May walked; Rodriguez reached on an error by Duffy
[May to third, Rodriguez to second]; Ferraro hit a sacrifice fly
to left [Rodriguez to third, May scored (unearned)]; Auerbach
reached on a fielder's choice [Rodriguez out at home (third to
catcher)]; Ryerson grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Brewers 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Brohamer flied out to left; Lolich flied out to
left; Nettles flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
2, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Theobald reached on an error by Tidrow; Lahoud
walked [Theobald to second]; Scott doubled to center [Lahoud
scored, Theobald scored (unearned)]; RIDDLEBERGER REPLACED
TIDROW (PITCHING); Briggs out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Scott to third]; May struck out; Rodriguez grounded out
(third to first); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2,
Brewers 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell
singled; McCraw flied out to left; Duffy grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 4TH: Ferraro grounded out (shortstop to first); Auerbach
singled to right; Ryerson out on a sacrifice bunt (second to
first) [Auerbach to second]; Theobald grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Brewers 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Riddleberger was called out on strikes; Unser
grounded out (second to first); Brohamer tripled to right;
Lolich grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 2, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 5TH: Lahoud walked; Scott grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Lahoud out at second]; Briggs was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Brewers
3.

INDIANS 6TH: Nettles was called out on strikes; Fosse singled;
Bell singled to left [Fosse to second]; McCraw forced Bell
(pitcher to second) [Fosse to third]; LEON BATTED FOR DUFFY;
Leon was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
2, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 6TH: LEON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); May made an out
to third; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Ferraro
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Brewers 3.

INDIANS 7TH: FOSTER BATTED FOR RIDDLEBERGER; Foster grounded out
(third to first); Unser was called out on strikes; Brohamer
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 7TH: HENNIGAN REPLACED FOSTER (PITCHING); Auerbach made
an out to third; Ryerson struck out; Theobald singled to center;
Lahoud singled to right [Theobald to second]; Scott singled
[Lahoud to second, Theobald scored]; MINGORI REPLACED HENNIGAN
(PITCHING); Briggs walked [Lahoud to third, Scott to second];
May grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Indians 2, Brewers 4.

INDIANS 8TH: Lolich struck out; Nettles grounded out (second to
first); Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 2, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 8TH: Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); Ferraro
grounded out (shortstop to first); Auerbach was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Brewers 4.

INDIANS 9TH: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); A. JOHNSON
BATTED FOR MCCRAW; A. Johnson flied out to center; Leon grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2,
Brewers 4.

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