The Indians piled up six runs in the second inning and breezed to a 7-0 victory over the Rangers behind the four-hit hurling of Dick Tidrow, who posted his first shutout of the season. Buddy Bell and Chris Chambliss hit doubles and Frank Duffy tripled during the big inning. Tommy McCraw, who drove in a run with a single, accounted for the Tribe's last tally with a homer in the fifth. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 7, Texas Rangers 0
Game Played on Saturday, July      15, 1972 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Indians      0  6  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   7  9  0
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Unser cf              5   1   1   0     0   0   .186      Nelson 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Brohamer 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .262      Lovitto cf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .208
Chambliss 1b          5   0   3   2     0   0   .253      Mincher 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .234
Fosse c               4   0   0   0     1   1   .253      Billings lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .283
Nettles 3b            3   1   0   0     2   0   .245      Biittner rf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .290
McCraw lf             3   2   3   2     1   0   .278      King c                3   0   0   0     0   0   .178
Bell rf               4   1   1   1     0   0   .233      Kubiak ss             3   0   0   0     0   1   .232
Duffy ss              4   1   1   1     0   0   .213      Randle 2b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .198
Tidrow p              3   1   0   0     1   2   .207      Cox p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Dukes p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stanhouse p         1   0   0   0     0   0   .125
                                                            Jones ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .169
                                                            Gogolewski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
                                                            Ford ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .250
                                                            Panther p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200

Totals               35   7   9   6     5   3             Totals               30   0   4   0     1   3

Time of Game: 2:11   Attendance: 11,964
Left on Base: Indians 7, Rangers 4
DP: Indians 1, Rangers 1
Errors: Biittner, Randle
Doubles: Bell (9), Chambliss (9), Mincher (10)
Triples: Duffy (2)
Home Runs: McCraw (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Brohamer (2)
GIDP: Fosse (9), King (3)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tidrow W(6-9)           9     4   0   0   1   3   0  31   3.61
Totals                  9     4   0   0   1   3   0  31

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cox L(2-2)              1     5   4   4   1   0   0   8   4.19
Dukes                   0.2   1   2   1   3   0   0   7  13.50
Stanhouse               4.1   1   1   1   0   2   1  14   4.67
Gogolewski              2     1   0   0   1   1   0   8   5.01
Panther                 1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.37
Totals                  9     9   7   6   5   3   1  41

Wild Pitches: Cox (2)

Umpires: HP - Hank Morgenweck, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - John Rice, 3B - Marty Springstead


INDIANS 1ST: Unser singled to left; Brohamer popped to third in
foul territory; Chambliss singled to left [Unser to second];
Fosse grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Chambliss out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Lovitto
walked; Mincher doubled to right [Lovitto to third]; Billings
reached on a fielder's choice [Lovitto out at home (shortstop to
catcher)]; Biittner grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Nettles walked; Cox threw a wild pitch [Nettles to
second]; McCraw singled to center [Nettles scored]; Bell doubled
to left [McCraw scored]; Duffy tripled to right [Bell scored,
Duffy scored (error by Biittner) (no RBI)]; DUKES REPLACED COX
(PITCHING); Tidrow walked; Unser reached on an error by Randle
[Tidrow to second]; Brohamer out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Unser to second, Tidrow to third]; Chambliss doubled to
center [Unser scored (unearned), Tidrow scored]; Fosse was
walked intentionally; Nettles forced Fosse (first to shortstop)
[Chambliss to third]; McCraw walked [Nettles to second];
STANHOUSE REPLACED DUKES (PITCHING); Bell popped to first in
foul territory; 6 R (5 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 6, Rangers
0.

RANGERS 2ND: King made an out to shortstop; Kubiak struck out;
Randle grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 6, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Duffy grounded out (shortstop to first); Tidrow was
called out on strikes; Unser flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 6, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Stanhouse grounded out (shortstop to first); Nelson
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lovitto grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 6, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Brohamer flied out to left; Chambliss flied out to
left; Fosse struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 6,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Mincher flied out to left; Billings flied out to
left; Biittner flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
6, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Nettles grounded out (second to first); McCraw
homered; Bell grounded out (third to first); Duffy grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: King flied out to center; Kubiak grounded out
(first unassisted); Randle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 7, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Tidrow grounded out (first to pitcher); Unser
grounded out (second to first); Brohamer grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: JONES BATTED FOR STANHOUSE; Jones singled to right;
Nelson forced Jones (third to second); Lovitto struck out;
Mincher flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 7,
Rangers 0.

INDIANS 7TH: GOGOLEWSKI REPLACED JONES (PITCHING); Chambliss
grounded out (third to first); Fosse popped to first in foul
territory; Nettles walked; McCraw singled to center [Nettles to
second]; Bell flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
7, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Billings singled to center; Biittner flied out to
center; King grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Billings out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
7, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 8TH: Duffy made an out to second; Tidrow struck out;
Unser flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 8TH: Kubiak flied out to left; Randle grounded out
(shortstop to first); FORD BATTED FOR GOGOLEWSKI; Ford singled
to left; Nelson forced Ford (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 7, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 9TH: PANTHER REPLACED FORD (PITCHING); Brohamer grounded
out (second to first); Chambliss singled to second; Fosse flied
out to center; Nettles flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 7, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 9TH: Lovitto grounded out (second to first); Mincher
popped to third in foul territory; Billings grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7, Rangers
0.