The Indians, who had scored a total of only seven runs in six games while being shut out three times, turned around and beat the Tigers, 7-0, behind the two-hit pitching of Gaylord Perry. Tom Timmerman, a last-minute starter for the Tigers after Woodie Fryman suffered a sore arm in warmups, matched Perry's shutout pitching until the sixth inning when the Indians exploded for four runs.

Oscar Gamble, Jerry Kenney and Chris Chambliss singled for the first run, but Kenney was thrown out at third on Chambliss' hit. John Ellis then walked and Charlie Spikes followed with his first major league homer. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 7, Detroit Tigers 0
Game Played on Sunday, April     15, 1973 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  4    0  1  2  -   7 12  0
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gamble rf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .273      McAuliffe 2b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .167
  Williams ph,rf      1   0   1   2     0   0  1.000      Freehan c             3   0   0   0     0   1   .273
Kenney 2b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .286      Northrup rf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .111
Chambliss 1b          5   2   2   1     0   2   .172      N. Cash 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .120
Ellis dh              2   1   2   1     2   0   .238      G. Brown dh           2   0   0   0     1   1   .250
Spikes lf             4   1   1   3     0   1   .179      Reese lf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Duncan c              4   0   1   0     0   1   .179      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .148
Hendrick cf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .241      Stanley cf            3   0   1   0     0   0   .182
Bell 3b               4   1   2   0     0   0   .185      Brinkman ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .300
Cardenas ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .174      Timmermann p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lemanczyk p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   7  12   7     2   4             Totals               29   0   2   0     1   9

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 16,726
Left on Base: Indians 5, Tigers 4
DP: Indians 0, Tigers 1
Doubles: Ellis (1), Williams (1)
Home Runs: Spikes (1)
GIDP: Cardenas (1)
Hit by Pitch: Freehan (1,by Perry)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(2-1)            9     2   0   0   1   9   0  31   1.38
Totals                  9     2   0   0   1   9   0  31

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Timmermann L(0-1)       6     7   4   4   2   3   1  25   6.00
Lemanczyk               2.1   4   3   3   0   0   0  11  11.57
Scherman                0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   0.00
Totals                  9    12   7   7   2   4   1  39

Hit by Pitch: Perry (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Frank Umont, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Merle Anthony


INDIANS 1ST: Gamble grounded out (shortstop to first); Kenney
flied out to center; Chambliss was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: McAuliffe lined to left; Freehan lined to left;
Northrup was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Ellis singled; Spikes struck out; Duncan forced
Ellis (shortstop to second); Hendrick grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: N. Cash grounded out (first unassisted); G. Brown
walked; Reese forced G. Brown (second to shortstop); Rodriguez
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Bell singled to left; Cardenas grounded into a
double play (shortstop to first) [Bell out at second]; Gamble
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Stanley grounded out (second to first); Brinkman
grounded out (second to first); McAuliffe singled; Freehan
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Kenney lined to center; Chambliss grounded out
(first unassisted); Ellis walked; Spikes forced Ellis (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Northrup flied out to left; N. Cash flied out to
center; G. Brown grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Duncan was called out on strikes; Hendrick grounded
out (shortstop to first); Bell popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Reese struck out; Rodriguez grounded out (third to
first); Stanley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); Gamble
singled; Kenney singled [Gamble to second]; Chambliss singled to
right [Gamble scored, Kenney out at third (right to third),
Chambliss to second (on throw to 3b)]; Ellis walked; Spikes
homered [Chambliss scored, Ellis scored]; Duncan singled to
center; Hendrick forced Duncan (shortstop to second); 4 R, 5 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Brinkman flied out to right; McAuliffe struck out;
Freehan was hit by a pitch; Northrup flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 7TH: LEMANCZYK REPLACED TIMMERMANN (PITCHING); Bell
flied out to left; Debut game for Dave Lemanczyk;
Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first); Gamble popped to
third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: N. Cash flied out to center; G. Brown struck out;
Reese grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 4, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 8TH: Kenney flied out to left; Chambliss singled to
center; Ellis doubled [Chambliss scored]; Spikes grounded out
(third to first); Duncan flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 5, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 8TH: Rodriguez struck out; Stanley singled to left;
Brinkman was called out on strikes; McAuliffe lined to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 9TH: Hendrick singled to center; Bell singled to center
[Hendrick to second]; Cardenas popped to catcher in foul
territory; SCHERMAN REPLACED LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); WILLIAMS
BATTED FOR GAMBLE; Williams doubled to right [Hendrick scored,
Bell scored]; Kenney popped to catcher in foul territory;
Chambliss struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 7, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 9TH: WILLIAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Freehan popped
to first in foul territory; Northrup struck out; N. Cash struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7, Tigers 0.