Mel Stottlemyre pitched a four-hitter and gained his 10th victory of the season when the Yankees defeated the Indians, 7-3. The Yankees, after nicking Brent Strom for a run in the first inning, settled the outcome in the fourth after loading the bases on walks to Matty Alou and Jim Ray Hart around a single by Bobby Murcer.

With one out, Thurman Munson grounded to Buddy Bell, who threw wildly to second, Alou and Murcer scoring. Hart took third on the error and counted on a sacrifice fly by Felipe Alou. Graig Nettles drove in two more runs with a bases-loaded single in the fifth and Roy White hit his second double of the game to produce the Yankees' final tally in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 7, Cleveland Indians 3
Game Played on Saturday, June      30, 1973 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Indians      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  2  0  -   3  4  2
Yankees      1  0  0    3  2  0    1  0  x  -   7 11  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bell 3b               4   1   1   1     0   0   .293      Clarke 2b             4   1   0   0     1   2   .268
Gamble dh             3   0   0   1     0   0   .268      White lf              5   3   3   0     0   0   .247
Hendrick cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .260      M. Alou rf            3   1   2   0     1   0   .289
Ellis c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .282      Murcer cf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .294
Spikes lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .230      Hart dh               2   1   0   0     2   0   .245
Lowenstein 2b         4   1   1   0     0   0   .288      Nettles 3b            3   0   2   2     1   0   .254
Chambliss 1b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .197      Munson c              4   0   0   1     0   1   .288
Torres rf             2   1   0   0     1   1   .204      F. Alou 1b            3   0   1   1     0   0   .242
Cardenas ss           3   0   1   1     0   0   .200      Lanier ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .222
Strom p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stottlemyre p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lamb p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wilcox p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   3   4   3     1   1             Totals               32   7  11   5     5   4

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 11,086
Left on Base: Indians 3, Yankees 7
DP: Indians 3, Yankees 0
Errors: Bell, Spikes, Lanier
Doubles: White 2 (5), Murcer (11)
Triples: Bell (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Gamble (1), F. Alou (3)
GIDP: F. Alou (2), Lanier (2)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Strom L(1-9)            4.2   6   6   3   4   2   0  24   4.99
Lamb                    1.1   4   1   1   0   1   0   7   4.55
Wilcox                  2     1   0   0   1   1   0   7   5.12
Totals                  8    11   7   4   5   4   0  38

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stottlemyre W(10-7)     9     4   3   2   1   1   0  33   3.51
Totals                  9     4   3   2   1   1   0  33

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Hank Morgenweck, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Joe Brinkman


INDIANS 1ST: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Gamble
popped to first in foul territory; Hendrick grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Clarke was called out on strikes; White doubled to
right; M. Alou singled to left [White scored (error by Spikes)
(unearned)]; Murcer struck out; Hart flied out to right; 1 R (0
ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Ellis lined to pitcher; Spikes flied out to right;
Lowenstein grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles singled to center; Munson flied out to
right; F. Alou grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Nettles out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Chambliss singled to center; Torres grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Chambliss to second]; Cardenas grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Chambliss to third]; Bell flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Lanier grounded out (shortstop to first); Clarke
flied out to left; White popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Gamble grounded out (first unassisted); Hendrick
flied out to left; Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 4TH: M. Alou walked; Murcer singled to right [M. Alou to
second]; Hart walked [M. Alou to third, Murcer to second];
Nettles popped to second; Munson reached on an error by Bell [M.
Alou scored (RBI), Murcer scored (unearned), Hart to third]; F.
Alou hit a sacrifice fly to left [Hart scored (unearned)];
Lanier forced Munson (shortstop to second); 3 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 4.

INDIANS 5TH: Spikes grounded out (third to first); Lowenstein
singled to center; Chambliss reached on an error by Lanier
[Lowenstein to second]; Torres struck out; Cardenas singled to
center [Lowenstein scored (unearned), Chambliss to second]; Bell
forced Cardenas (shortstop to second); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 5TH: Clarke walked; White doubled to left [Clarke to
third]; M. Alou grounded out (pitcher to first); Murcer popped
to second; Hart was walked intentionally; Nettles singled to
right [Clarke scored, White scored, Hart to second]; LAMB
REPLACED STROM (PITCHING); Munson forced Nettles (third to
second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 6.

INDIANS 6TH: Gamble grounded out (first unassisted); Hendrick
grounded out (shortstop to first); Ellis lined to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 6TH: F. Alou singled to right; Lanier grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [F. Alou out at
second]; Clarke struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1,
Yankees 6.

INDIANS 7TH: Spikes popped to first in foul territory;
Lowenstein popped to second; Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 7TH: White singled to center; M. Alou singled [White to
second]; Murcer doubled to left [White scored, M. Alou to
third]; WILCOX REPLACED LAMB (PITCHING); Hart lined to second;
Nettles was walked intentionally; Munson struck out; F. Alou
flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 7.

INDIANS 8TH: Torres walked; Cardenas flied out to center; Bell
tripled to right [Torres scored]; Gamble hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Bell scored]; Hendrick flied out to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees 7.

YANKEES 8TH: Lanier singled; Clarke popped to first in foul
territory; White lined into a double play (first unassisted)
[Lanier out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees
7.

INDIANS 9TH: Ellis popped to first in foul territory; Spikes
flied out to center; Lowenstein grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees 7.