The Indians ended their seven-game losing streak with a 5-2 victory over the Tigers, who were stopped on a five-game winning streak. The Indians began the scoring with a run in the first on a single by Buddy Bell, a sacrifice, wild pitch and single by Oscar Gamble. Two more runs followed in the second on a double by George Hendrick, single by Alan Ashby, throwing error by Jim Northrup and single by Leo Cardenas.

The Indians added singletons in the fourth and fifth to pull away before Aurelio Rodriguez homered in the Tigers' half of the fifth. Dick McAuliffe doubled in the sixth to chase Milt Wilcox and Willie Horton greeted Tom Hilgendorf with a run-scoring single, but the Indians' reliever applied the brakes the rest of the way. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 5, Detroit Tigers 2
Game Played on Wednesday, July      4, 1973 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Indians      1  2  0    1  1  0    0  0  0  -   5 11  0
Tigers       0  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   2  8  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bell 3b               4   1   2   0     1   0   .285      Stanley cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Lowenstein 2b         4   1   2   0     0   0   .296      G. Brown dh           3   0   0   0     0   0   .237
Gamble rf             2   0   1   1     1   0   .271        Howard ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .212
  Torres rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .198      Sims c                2   0   0   0     1   1   .256
Spikes dh             4   0   1   1     0   1   .237        Freehan ph,c        1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Hendrick cf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .259      N. Cash 1b            2   0   0   0     1   0   .245
Chambliss 1b          3   0   0   0     1   0   .201        I. Brown ph,1b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Williams lf           3   1   1   0     1   0   .224      McAuliffe 2b          3   1   1   0     0   1   .260
Ashby c               4   1   1   1     0   1   .250        Taylor ph,2b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .203
Cardenas ss           4   0   2   2     0   0   .223      Northrup rf           2   0   1   0     0   0   .259
Wilcox p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kaline ph,rf        2   0   0   0     0   0   .201
  Hilgendorf p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Reese lf              2   0   0   0     0   1   .140
                                                            Horton ph,lf        2   0   2   1     0   0   .352
                                                          Rodriguez 3b          4   1   1   1     0   1   .221
                                                          Brinkman ss           4   0   3   0     0   0   .275
                                                          Strahler p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Scherman p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   5  11   5     4   2             Totals               34   2   8   2     2   4

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 26,012
Left on Base: Indians 6, Tigers 7
DP: Indians 1, Tigers 3
Errors: Northrup
Doubles: Hendrick (11), Williams (2), Brinkman (12), McAuliffe (13)
Home Runs: Rodriguez (8)
Stolen Bases: Williams (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Lowenstein (3), Gamble (2)
GIDP: Spikes (6), Hendrick (7), Lowenstein (3), Stanley (6)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilcox W(5-3)           5.1   5   2   2   2   3   1  23   4.99
Hilgendorf SV(2)        3.2   3   0   0   0   1   0  13   3.40
Totals                  9     8   2   2   2   4   1  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Strahler L(2-2)         4     6   4   3   2   0   0  19   3.33
Farmer                  2     5   1   1   1   1   0  10   3.06
Scherman                3     0   0   0   1   1   0   9   5.53
Totals                  9    11   5   4   4   2   0  38

Passed Balls: Sims (4)
Wild Pitches: Strahler 2 (3)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Bell singled; Lowenstein out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Bell to second]; Strahler threw a wild pitch
[Bell to third]; Gamble singled to center [Bell scored]; Spikes
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Gamble out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Stanley lined to shortstop; G. Brown popped to
shortstop; Sims walked; N. Cash walked [Sims to second];
McAuliffe lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1,
Tigers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Hendrick doubled; Chambliss popped to catcher in
foul territory; Williams flied out to left; Ashby singled to
right [Hendrick scored, Ashby to second (error by Northrup)];
Cardenas singled [Ashby scored (unearned)]; Bell lined to
center; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Northrup grounded out (second to first); Reese
struck out; Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Lowenstein grounded out (pitcher to first); Gamble
walked; Strahler threw a wild pitch [Gamble to second]; Spikes
popped to third in foul territory; Hendrick grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Brinkman singled; Stanley forced Brinkman (second to
shortstop); G. Brown flied out to left; Sims popped to second; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Williams
walked; Williams stole second; Ashby flied out to center;
Cardenas singled [Williams scored]; Sims allowed a passed ball
[Cardenas to second]; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: N. Cash flied out to left; McAuliffe struck out;
Northrup singled to center; Reese grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 5TH: FARMER REPLACED STRAHLER (PITCHING); Lowenstein
singled; Gamble grounded out (second to first) [Lowenstein to
second]; Spikes singled [Lowenstein scored]; Hendrick grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Spikes out at
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez homered; Brinkman doubled; Stanley popped
to second; G. Brown lined to first; Sims struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Tigers 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Chambliss walked; Williams doubled to center
[Chambliss out at home (center to shortstop to catcher),
Williams to third (on throw)]; Ashby struck out; Cardenas
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
5, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 6TH: N. Cash flied out to center; McAuliffe doubled;
HILGENDORF REPLACED WILCOX (PITCHING); KALINE BATTED FOR
NORTHRUP; Kaline flied out to left; HORTON BATTED FOR REESE;
Horton singled to center [McAuliffe scored]; Rodriguez forced
Horton (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5,
Tigers 2.

INDIANS 7TH: KALINE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HORTON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Bell singled to left; Lowenstein singled
to center [Bell to second]; SCHERMAN REPLACED FARMER (PITCHING);
Gamble out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Bell to third,
Lowenstein to second]; Spikes struck out; Hendrick flied to left
in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 5, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Brinkman singled to right; Stanley grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Brinkman out at
second]; HOWARD BATTED FOR G. BROWN; Howard grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Tigers 2.

INDIANS 8TH: HOWARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Chambliss
popped to shortstop; Williams popped to second; Ashby lined to
third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: TORRES REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING RF); FREEHAN BATTED
FOR SIMS; Freehan grounded out (third to first); I. BROWN BATTED
FOR N. CASH; On a bunt I. Brown grounded out (catcher
unassisted); Ike Brown called for interference for running
into his own batted ball; TAYLOR BATTED FOR MCAULIFFE;
Taylor flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5,
Tigers 2.

INDIANS 9TH: FREEHAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); I. BROWN
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); TAYLOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B);
Cardenas grounded out (second to first); Bell walked; Lowenstein
grounded into a double play (second to first) [Bell out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 9TH: Kaline flied out to center; Horton singled to left;
Rodriguez struck out; Brinkman forced Horton (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Tigers 2.