George Hendrick hit a homer, his fourth in two days, and for the second straight game drove in the winning run with a single in the ninth inning to give the Indians a 7-6 victory over the Tigers. John Ellis also homered for the Indians, while the Tigers had two circuit clouts by Willie Horton and one by Ed Brinkman.

The Indians took a 6-3 lead on Hendrick's homer in the seventh, but the Tigers picked up a run in the eighth and tied the score in the ninth on a single by Brinkman, triple by Mickey Stanley and a wild pitch. In the Indians' half, Buddy Bell walked. With a count of two balls on Rusty Torres, the Tigers removed Mike Strahler and brought in Bill Slayback, who completed the pass to Torres and then yielded Hendrick's winning hit. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 7, Detroit Tigers 6
Game Played on Wednesday, June      20, 1973 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    2  0  0    1  1  2  -   6 12  0
Indians      0  1  1    0  3  0    1  0  1  -   7 12  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Northrup rf           3   0   1   0     0   1   .258      Bell 3b               4   1   1   0     1   0   .269
  Kaline ph,rf,1b,rf  2   0   0   0     0   0   .223      Gamble rf             3   0   0   1     1   1   .273
Stanley cf            5   1   2   1     0   1   .254        Torres rf           0   0   0   0     1   0   .204
G. Brown dh           3   1   1   0     0   0   .236      Hendrick cf           4   2   2   2     1   1   .269
  Howard ph,dh        1   0   0   0     1   0   .200      Ellis dh              4   2   3   1     0   0   .288
Horton lf             4   2   3   3     1   0   .370      Spikes lf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .228
N. Cash 1b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .243      Duncan c              4   0   1   1     0   2   .218
  Sharon ph,rf        1   0   1   0     0   0   .233      Chambliss 1b          3   1   1   0     1   0   .175
  Sims ph,c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Brohamer 2b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .193
Freehan c,1b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .291      Cardenas ss           4   1   2   1     0   0   .196
McAuliffe 2b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .264      Bosman p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Brinkman ss           4   2   2   1     0   0   .281        Hilgendorf p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .202        Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Coleman p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Timmermann p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Strahler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Slayback p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   6  12   5     2   4             Totals               34   7  12   7     5   5

Time of Game: 3:08   Attendance:  4,637
Left on Base: Tigers 8, Indians 8
DP: Tigers 1, Indians 0
Doubles: Northrup (7)
Triples: Stanley (3)
Home Runs: Horton 2 (10), Brinkman (3), Ellis (4), Hendrick (14)
Stolen Bases: Chambliss (1)
Caught Stealing: Gamble (4)
GIDP: Brohamer (5)
Hit by Pitch: Freehan (5,by Bosman)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Coleman                 6.2  10   6   6   3   4   2  32   3.43
Strahler L(0-1)         1.1   1   1   1   2   1   0   6   7.71
Slayback                0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.50
Totals                  8    12   7   7   5   5   2  39

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bosman                  6     8   3   3   0   3   2  26   4.70
Hilgendorf              1.1   2   1   1   0   0   1   6   2.25
Johnson                 1.1   2   2   2   2   1   0   8   4.36
Timmermann W(2-1)       0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.89
Totals                  9    12   6   6   2   4   3  41

Hit by Pitch: Bosman (3)
Wild Pitches: Johnson 2 (6)

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


TIGERS 1ST: Northrup grounded out (first unassisted); Stanley
grounded out (pitcher to first); G. Brown grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Bell popped to shortstop; Gamble walked; Hendrick
struck out; Ellis singled to left [Gamble to second]; Spikes
forced Ellis (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Indians 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton singled; N. Cash struck out; Freehan was hit
by a pitch [Horton to second]; McAuliffe forced Freehan (second
to shortstop) [Horton to third]; Brinkman flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Duncan flied out to left; Chambliss walked;
Chambliss stole second; Brohamer struck out; Cardenas singled to
right [Chambliss scored]; Bell grounded out (second to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez flied out to center; Northrup struck out;
Stanley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Gamble was called out on strikes; Hendrick grounded
out (first unassisted); Ellis homered; Spikes flied out to left;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 2.

TIGERS 4TH: G. Brown singled; Horton homered [G. Brown scored];
N. Cash flied out to center; Freehan flied out to left;
McAuliffe grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Tigers 2, Indians 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Duncan struck out; Chambliss flied out to left;
Brohamer grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 2, Indians 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Brinkman grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez
grounded out (pitcher to first); Northrup doubled to center;
Stanley singled to center [Northrup out at home (center to
catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Cardenas singled to left; Bell singled to right
[Cardenas to third]; Gamble forced Bell (second to shortstop)
[Cardenas scored]; Gamble was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop to first to second); Hendrick walked; Ellis singled to
left [Hendrick to second]; Spikes singled to center [Hendrick
scored, Ellis to second]; Duncan singled to left [Ellis scored,
Spikes to second]; Chambliss popped to shortstop; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 5.

TIGERS 6TH: G. Brown grounded out (first to pitcher); Horton
flied out to center; N. Cash singled to right; Freehan singled
to left [N. Cash to second]; McAuliffe flied out to center; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 5.

INDIANS 6TH: Brohamer grounded out (second to first); Cardenas
flied out to center; Bell popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 5.

TIGERS 7TH: Brinkman homered; HILGENDORF REPLACED BOSMAN
(PITCHING); Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); KALINE
BATTED FOR NORTHRUP; Kaline grounded out (shortstop to first);
Stanley grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 3, Indians 5.

INDIANS 7TH: KALINE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Gamble flied
out to center; Hendrick homered; Ellis grounded out (third to
first); Spikes singled to center; STRAHLER REPLACED COLEMAN
(PITCHING); Duncan struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 3,
Indians 6.

TIGERS 8TH: TORRES REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING RF); HOWARD BATTED
FOR G. BROWN; Howard grounded out (pitcher to first); Horton
homered; SHARON BATTED FOR N. CASH; Sharon singled to center;
JOHNSON REPLACED HILGENDORF (PITCHING); Freehan flied out to
right; McAuliffe grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Tigers 4, Indians 6.

INDIANS 8TH: KALINE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); SHARON
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Chambliss singled to center;
Brohamer grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Chambliss out at second]; Cardenas grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 4, Indians 6.

TIGERS 9TH: Brinkman singled to center; Johnson threw a wild
pitch [Brinkman to second]; Rodriguez struck out; Kaline
grounded out (pitcher to first); Stanley tripled to right
[Brinkman scored]; Howard walked; Johnson threw a wild pitch
[Stanley scored, Howard to second]; Horton walked; TIMMERMANN
REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); SIMS BATTED FOR SHARON; Sims forced
Horton (shortstop unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 6,
Indians 6.

INDIANS 9TH: KALINE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); SIMS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING C ); FREEHAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B);
Bell walked; SLAYBACK REPLACED STRAHLER (PITCHING); Torres
walked (walk was charged to Strahler) [Bell to second]; Hendrick
singled to left [Bell scored, Torres to second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Tigers 6, Indians 7.