Thanks to Ron Lolich, who hit his first major league homer, Gaylord Perry was able to pitch the Indians past the White Sox, 2-1, and gain his 14th victory. The Indians tallied initially in the first inning when Buddy Bell and Alex Johnson singled and Graig Nettles hit a sacrifice fly before Lolich rapped his homer for the deciding run in the fourth. The White Sox run was unearned off Perry, who yielded four hits. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 2, Chicago White Sox 1
Game Played on Monday, July      10, 1972 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  4  0
Indians      1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   2  7  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alvarado ss           4   0   1   0     0   2   .274      Bell cf               4   1   2   0     0   1   .233
Andrews 2b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .259      Brohamer 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .258
D. Allen 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .283      A. Johnson lf         3   0   1   0     0   0   .227
May lf                2   1   1   0     2   1   .299        Unser lf            1   0   0   0     0   1   .182
Reichardt cf          3   0   1   0     1   1   .272      Nettles 3b            2   0   1   1     1   0   .244
Spiezio 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Fosse c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .254
Herrmann c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .218      Lolich rf             3   1   1   1     0   0   .220
Johnstone rf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .151      Chambliss 1b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .262
Lemonds p             2   0   0   0     0   1   .063      Leon ss               3   0   2   0     0   1   .210
  Muser ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Duffy pr,ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .215
  Kealey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Perry p               1   0   0   0     1   1   .155
  Lyttle ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .235

Totals               32   1   4   0     4  10             Totals               28   2   7   2     2   6

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 15,282
Left on Base: White Sox 8, Indians 6
DP: White Sox 0, Indians 0
Errors: Fosse, Leon
Doubles: May (11)
Home Runs: Lolich (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Perry (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Nettles (2)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemonds L(1-2)          6     6   2   2   2   5   1  25   2.77
Kealey                  2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   2.61
Totals                  8     7   2   2   2   6   1  32

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(14-7)           9     4   1   0   4  10   0  36   1.88
Totals                  9     4   1   0   4  10   0  36

Wild Pitches: Perry (8)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Red Flaherty


WHITE SOX 1ST: Alvarado grounded out (shortstop to first);
Andrews grounded out (second to first); D. Allen singled to
shortstop; Perry threw a wild pitch [D. Allen to second]; May
was walked intentionally; Reichardt walked [D. Allen to third,
May to second]; Spiezio flied to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
White Sox 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Bell singled to left; Brohamer popped to second; A.
Johnson singled to center [Bell to third]; Nettles hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Bell scored]; Fosse grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Indians 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Herrmann was called out on strikes; Johnstone
grounded out (first unassisted); Lemonds was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Lolich flied to left; Chambliss was called out on
strikes; Leon singled to center; Perry walked [Leon to second];
Bell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Alvarado struck out; Andrews walked; D. Allen
flied to right; May was called out on strikes; White Sox
manager Chuck Tanner protests game, claiming that Gaylord Perry
is doctoring the ball; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Indians 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Brohamer grounded out (second to first); A. Johnson
flied to right; Nettles singled to center; Fosse popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Reichardt singled to third; Spiezio flied to
left; Herrmann flied to right; Johnstone forced Reichardt
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Indians 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Lolich homered; Chambliss lined to shortstop; Leon
was called out on strikes; Perry was called out on strikes; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Lemonds grounded out (second to first); Alvarado
singled to second; Andrews flied to right; D. Allen grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians
2.

INDIANS 5TH: Bell singled to left [Bell out at second (left to
second)]; Brohamer grounded out (second to first); A. Johnson
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
0, Indians 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: May doubled to center; Reichardt was called out
on strikes; Spiezio reached on an error by Leon [May to third,
Spiezio to first]; Spiezio was picked off first but was safe on
an error by Fosse [May scored (unearned), Spiezio to third];
Herrmann grounded out (second to first); Johnstone popped to
third; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Indians 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Nettles walked; Fosse was called out on strikes;
Lolich popped to shortstop; Chambliss grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Indians 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: MUSER BATTED FOR LEMONDS; Muser struck out;
Alvarado struck out; Andrews flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 1, Indians 2.

INDIANS 7TH: KEALEY REPLACED MUSER (PITCHING); Leon singled to
center; DUFFY RAN FOR LEON; Perry out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Duffy to second]; Bell grounded out (third
to first); Brohamer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Indians 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: DUFFY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); UNSER REPLACED
A. JOHNSON (PLAYING LF); D. Allen was called out on strikes; May
walked; Reichardt flied to center; Spiezio grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Indians 2.

INDIANS 8TH: Unser struck out; Nettles grounded out (second to
first); Fosse flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
1, Indians 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Herrmann flied to right; Johnstone struck out;
LYTTLE BATTED FOR KEALEY; Lyttle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 1, Indians 2.