A three-run double by Buddy Bell in the seventh inning escorted the Indians to a 5-1 victory over the Twins. The Indians had a 2-1 lead, the Twins' run coming on a homer by Rich Reese, before Bell delivered his clinching blow after a double by Ray Fosse, single by Del Unser and intentional pass to Tommy McCraw had loaded the bases. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 5, Minnesota Twins 1
Game Played on Wednesday, August    23, 1972 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  8  1
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  2    3  0  x  -   5  7  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nettles cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .225      Bell cf               4   1   2   3     0   0   .260
Carew 2b              4   0   3   0     0   0   .320      Brohamer 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .258
Braun 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .301      Chambliss 1b          3   0   0   0     1   1   .261
Darwin rf             4   0   2   0     0   1   .265      A. Johnson lf         2   0   0   1     0   0   .231
Reese 1b              4   1   1   1     0   1   .250        Hennigan p          1   0   1   0     0   0   .100
Thompson ss           3   0   0   0     1   0   .284      Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .258
Brye lf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .221      Fosse c               3   1   1   0     1   0   .248
  Manuel ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .219      Unser rf              3   1   1   0     0   0   .228
Borgmann c            2   0   1   0     2   0   .253      Duffy ss              2   0   1   0     0   0   .215
Woodson p             3   0   0   0     0   2   .079      Dunning p             1   1   1   0     0   0   .176
  Granger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .286        McCraw ph,lf        0   1   0   0     1   0   .250
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .143
  Killebrew ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .237

Totals               33   1   8   1     3   7             Totals               26   5   7   4     3   2

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 12,706
Left on Base: Twins 8, Indians 4
DP: Twins 0, Indians 1
Errors: Nettles
Doubles: Fosse (17), Bell (12)
Home Runs: Reese (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Dunning (2), Brohamer (5), Duffy (8)
Sacrifice Flies: A. Johnson (3)
GIDP: Darwin (17)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Woodson L(11-11)        6     5   4   3   2   1   0  25   2.56
Granger                 1     1   1   1   1   0   0   4   3.29
LaRoche                 1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.76
Totals                  8     7   5   4   3   2   0  33

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dunning W(3-1)          7     6   1   1   2   5   1  27   2.55
Hennigan SV(4)          2     2   0   0   1   2   0   9   2.65
Totals                  9     8   1   1   3   7   1  36

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


TWINS 1ST: Nettles struck out; Carew singled to left; Braun
singled to center [Carew to second]; Darwin grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Braun out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Bell made an out to second; Brohamer flied out to
center; Chambliss grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

TWINS 2ND: Reese grounded out (first unassisted); Thompson made
an out to first; Brye grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: A. Johnson flied out to right; Nettles flied out to
center; Fosse walked; Unser flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

TWINS 3RD: Borgmann walked; Woodson struck out; Nettles flied
out to left; Carew flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Duffy singled to left; Dunning out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Duffy to second]; Bell flied out to
right; Brohamer flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins
0, Indians 0.

TWINS 4TH: Braun grounded out (first unassisted); Darwin struck
out; Reese popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Chambliss flied out to left; A. Johnson made an out
to second; Nettles struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Indians 0.

TWINS 5TH: Thompson made an out to first; Brye grounded out
(pitcher to first); Borgmann singled to left; Woodson struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Fosse grounded out (third to first); Unser grounded
out (second to first); Duffy grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

TWINS 6TH: Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first); Carew
singled to right; Braun flied out to center; Darwin singled to
right [Carew to third, Darwin out at second (right to second to
shortstop)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Dunning singled to pitcher; Bell singled to first
[Dunning to second]; Brohamer out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Bell to second, Dunning to third]; Chambliss was walked
intentionally; A. Johnson hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Chambliss to third, Bell scored (error by Nettles) (unearned)
(no RBI), Dunning scored]; Nettles grounded out (second to
first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 2.

TWINS 7TH: Reese homered; Thompson flied out to center; Brye
struck out; Borgmann walked; Woodson grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Fosse doubled to center; Unser singled to right
[Fosse to third]; GRANGER REPLACED WOODSON (PITCHING); Duffy out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Unser to second]; MCCRAW
BATTED FOR DUNNING; McCraw was walked intentionally; Bell
doubled to left [McCraw scored, Unser scored, Fosse scored, Bell
out at third (center to shortstop to first to second)]; Brohamer
made an out to first; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 5.

TWINS 8TH: MCCRAW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HENNIGAN REPLACED
A. JOHNSON (PITCHING); Nettles grounded out (second to first);
Carew singled to center; Braun flied out to center; Darwin
singled to center [Carew to third]; Reese struck out; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 5.

INDIANS 8TH: LAROCHE REPLACED GRANGER (PITCHING); Chambliss
struck out; Hennigan singled to center; Nettles made an out to
third; Fosse forced Hennigan (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 5.

TWINS 9TH: Thompson walked; MANUEL BATTED FOR BRYE; Manuel
struck out; Borgmann lined to second; KILLEBREW BATTED FOR
LAROCHE; Killebrew lined to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Twins 1, Indians 5.