A single by Charlie Spikes with the bases loaded in the 11th inning ended a three-hour, seven-minute game with the Indians defeating the Angels, 11-7. The Indians built up a 6-0 lead with the aid of triples by Spikes and Chris Chambliss before Bob Oliver homered for the Angels in the seventh. The Indians came back with a run in their half, but the Angels rallied to tie the score with six runs on seven singles in the ninth. Cleveland Indians 8, California Angels 7Game Played on Friday, July 6, 1973 (Night game) at Cleveland StadiumAngels 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 - 7 10 2 Indians 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 - 8 14 1 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Alomar 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Bell 3b 4 3 3 1 2 0 .289 Stanton ph 1 0 1 2 0 0 .227 Williams lf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .226 Kusnyer c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .137 Hendrick cf 5 1 2 2 0 1 .257 Gallagher 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .271 Ellis c 4 0 1 1 1 2 .275 Robinson dh 5 1 1 0 0 1 .239 Spikes dh 6 0 2 2 0 0 .236 Epstein 1b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .206 Lolich rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .214 Pinson lf 5 1 1 1 0 2 .278 Torres rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Oliver rf 4 1 2 1 1 1 .231 Chambliss 1b 4 1 1 0 1 2 .207 Berry cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .288 Cardenas ss 5 0 0 0 0 2 .215 Meoli ss 1 0 0 0 1 0 .205 Ragland 2b 4 3 2 1 0 0 .274 McCraw ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .226 Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 DaVanon ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Llenas ph,2b 2 1 1 1 0 0 .304 Torborg c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .173 Scheinblum ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Stephenson c 2 0 1 1 0 0 .238 Grabarkewitz pr,ss 0 1 0 0 0 0 .144 Wright p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hassler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Barber p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 42 7 10 7 2 8 Totals 42 8 14 8 4 7 Time of Game: 3:07 Attendance: 6,699 Left on Base: Angels 4, Indians 11 DP: Angels 2, Indians 1 Errors: Meoli 2, Cardenas Doubles: Bell (12) Triples: Spikes (3), Chambliss (2) Home Runs: Oliver (8) Sacrifice Hits: Ragland (5), Williams (3), Hendrick (2) Sacrifice Flies: Ellis (4) GIDP: Pinson (4) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wright 3.1 8 6 6 1 2 0 19 3.19 Hassler 4.2 4 1 1 2 2 0 20 4.09 Barber L(0-1) 2.1 2 1 1 1 3 0 11 3.30 Totals 10.1 14 8 8 4 7 0 50 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tidrow 8 6 5 5 2 6 1 32 4.48 Johnson W(4-4) 3 4 2 2 0 2 0 12 5.13 Totals 11 10 7 7 2 8 1 44 Wild Pitches: Johnson (7) Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Hank Morgenweck, 3B - Nestor Chylak ANGELS 1ST: Alomar grounded out (third to first); Gallagher grounded out (shortstop to first); Robinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Williams flied out to left; Hendrick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 0. ANGELS 2ND: Epstein grounded out (pitcher to first); Pinson struck out; Oliver walked; Berry reached on an error by Cardenas [Oliver to second]; Meoli forced Berry (second unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Ellis singled to left; Spikes lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Ellis out at first]; Lolich singled to center; Chambliss walked [Lolich to second]; Cardenas forced Chambliss (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 0. ANGELS 3RD: Torborg grounded out (third to first); Alomar grounded out (second to first); Gallagher grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Ragland singled to left; Bell singled to shortstop [Ragland to third (error by Meoli), Bell to second]; Williams flied out to right; Hendrick singled to second [Ragland scored, Bell to third]; Ellis hit a sacrifice fly to right [Bell scored]; Spikes tripled to right [Hendrick scored]; Lolich grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 3. ANGELS 4TH: Robinson grounded out (third to first); Epstein singled; Pinson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Epstein out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 3. INDIANS 4TH: Chambliss tripled to center; Cardenas struck out; Ragland reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Chambliss scored]; Bell doubled to left [Ragland scored]; HASSLER REPLACED WRIGHT (PITCHING); Williams lined to third; Hendrick singled to left [Bell scored]; Ellis struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 6. ANGELS 5TH: Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Berry struck out; Meoli walked; SCHEINBLUM BATTED FOR TORBORG; Scheinblum flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 6. INDIANS 5TH: STEPHENSON REPLACED SCHEINBLUM (PLAYING C ); Spikes grounded out (second to first); Lolich grounded out (shortstop to first); Chambliss struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 6. ANGELS 6TH: Alomar grounded out (first unassisted); Gallagher flied out to center; Robinson popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 6. INDIANS 6TH: Cardenas grounded out (third to first); Ragland reached on an error by Meoli; Bell walked [Ragland to second]; Williams flied out to center; Hendrick flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 6. ANGELS 7TH: Epstein flied out to center; Pinson struck out; Oliver homered; Berry grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Indians 6. INDIANS 7TH: Ellis lined to shortstop; Spikes grounded out (pitcher to first); Lolich singled to center; Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Indians 6. ANGELS 8TH: TORRES REPLACED LOLICH (PLAYING RF); MCCRAW BATTED FOR MEOLI; McCraw struck out; Stephenson popped to shortstop; Alomar struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Indians 6. INDIANS 8TH: DAVANON REPLACED MCCRAW (PLAYING SS); Cardenas flied out to left; Ragland singled to left; Bell walked [Ragland to second]; Williams singled to right [Ragland scored, Bell to third, Williams to second (on throw)]; Hendrick lined into a double play (shortstop unassisted) [Williams out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Indians 7. ANGELS 9TH: Gallagher singled to center; Robinson singled to center [Gallagher to second]; Epstein singled to center [Gallagher scored, Robinson to third]; Pinson singled to right [Robinson scored, Epstein to second]; JOHNSON REPLACED TIDROW (PITCHING); Oliver struck out; Berry struck out; LLENAS BATTED FOR DAVANON; Llenas singled to center [Epstein scored, Pinson to second]; Stephenson singled to left [Pinson scored, Llenas to second]; GRABARKEWITZ RAN FOR STEPHENSON; STANTON BATTED FOR ALOMAR; Johnson threw a wild pitch [Llenas to third, Grabarkewitz to second]; Stanton singled to center [Llenas scored, Grabarkewitz scored, Stanton out at second (center to first to shortstop)]; 6 R, 7 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 7, Indians 7. INDIANS 9TH: KUSNYER REPLACED STANTON (PLAYING C ); LLENAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); GRABARKEWITZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); BARBER REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING); Ellis struck out; Spikes popped to second; Torres lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 7, Indians 7. ANGELS 10TH: Gallagher grounded out (first unassisted); Robinson grounded out (third to first); Epstein flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 7, Indians 7. INDIANS 10TH: Chambliss struck out; Cardenas struck out; Ragland flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 7, Indians 7. ANGELS 11TH: Pinson flied out to center; Oliver singled to right; Berry popped to first in foul territory; Llenas forced Oliver (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 7, Indians 7. INDIANS 11TH: Bell singled to left; Williams reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Bell to second]; Hendrick out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Bell to third, Williams to second]; Ellis was walked intentionally; Spikes singled to left [Bell scored, Williams to third, Ellis to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Angels 7, Indians 8. |
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