Cleveland Indians 6, Baltimore Orioles 4 (Game 2)

Game Played on Thursday, July 26, 1973 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Indians      3  1  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   6 12  2
Orioles      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   4  6  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bell 3b               5   1   2   0     0   1   .278      Bumbry lf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .300
Ragland 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .267      Coggins rf            4   1   2   1     0   0   .286
Chambliss 1b          4   3   3   0     1   0   .238      Blair cf              4   1   0   0     0   2   .300
Ellis dh              5   1   2   2     0   0   .279      Davis dh              4   0   2   3     0   0   .320
Spikes lf             5   1   2   3     0   1   .230      Powell 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Hendrick cf           3   0   0   0     1   0   .253        Williams ph,1b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .228
Torres rf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .209      Grich 2b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .230
Cardenas ss           3   0   0   1     1   1   .216      Hendricks c           3   0   0   0     0   1   .208
  Duffy ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .207        Rettenmund ph       0   0   0   0     1   0   .230
Ashby c               4   0   1   0     0   2   .167      Robinson 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Tidrow p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Belanger ss           2   1   0   0     1   0   .224
  Hilgendorf p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Baylor ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .227
                                                          Cuellar p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Watt p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   6  12   6     3   8             Totals               34   4   6   4     2   5

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 11,063
Left on Base: Indians 8, Orioles 5
DP: Indians 0, Orioles 1
Errors: Cardenas, Ashby
Doubles: Bell (15), Spikes (10), Chambliss 2 (14)
Triples: Bell (5)
Home Runs: Spikes (16)
Stolen Bases: Blair (14)
Sacrifice Hits: Ragland (6)
GIDP: Ellis (6)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tidrow W(8-9)           7.2   6   4   3   1   5   0  31   4.46
Hilgendorf SV(3)        1.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   5   3.56
Totals                  9     6   4   3   2   5   0  36

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cuellar L(7-10)         2     5   4   4   3   2   0  14   3.61
Watt                    5     5   2   2   0   4   1  20   4.03
Jackson                 2     2   0   0   0   2   0   7   1.80
Totals                  9    12   6   6   3   8   1  41

Passed Balls: Ashby (1)

Umpires: HP - Red Flaherty, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Bill Kunkel


INDIANS 1ST: Bell doubled to left; Ragland out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Bell to third]; Chambliss walked; Ellis
singled to left [Bell scored, Chambliss to second]; Spikes
doubled to left [Chambliss scored, Ellis to third]; Hendrick was
walked intentionally; Torres struck out; Cardenas walked [Ellis
scored, Spikes to third, Hendrick to second]; Ashby grounded out
(pitcher to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry made an out to second; Coggins flied out to
center; Blair was called out on strikes but advanced to first on
a passed ball; Paul Blair called out on strikes but Alan
Ashby dropped the ball; HP umpire Red Flaherty did not see the
drop; Blair ran to 1B and Orioles manager Earl Weaver asked all
the umpires about the dropped third strike; Weaver ejected by 1B
umpire Bill Deegan; Deegan then overruled Flaherty, reversing
the call; Indians Manager Ken Aspromonte argued with and bumped
Deegan, who ejected Aspromonte; Blair stole second [Blair to
third (error by Ashby)]; Davis singled to left [Blair scored
(unearned)]; Powell lined to first; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Indians 3, Orioles 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Bell was called out on strikes; Ragland grounded
out (shortstop to first); Chambliss doubled to left; Ellis
singled to right [Chambliss scored]; Spikes forced Ellis (second
to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 2ND: Grich made an out to shortstop; Hendricks struck
out; Robinson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
4, Orioles 1.

INDIANS 3RD: WATT REPLACED CUELLAR (PITCHING); Hendrick flied
out to left; Torres singled to right; Cardenas struck out; Ashby
singled to right [Torres to second]; Bell flied out to center; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger flied out to center; Bumbry grounded out
(shortstop to first); Coggins singled to right [Coggins out at
second (right to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4,
Orioles 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Ragland struck out; Chambliss flied out to center;
Ellis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 4, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: Blair flied out to right; Davis flied out to right;
Powell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4,
Orioles 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Spikes grounded out (shortstop to first); Hendrick
grounded out (shortstop to first); Torres grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Grich was called out on strikes; Hendricks flied
out to right; Robinson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 4, Orioles 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Cardenas flied out to center; Ashby struck out;
Bell tripled to left; Ragland grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: On a bunt Belanger grounded out (pitcher to first);
Bumbry struck out; Coggins flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 4, Orioles 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Chambliss doubled to left; Ellis grounded out
(shortstop to first); Spikes homered [Chambliss scored];
Hendrick grounded out (pitcher to first); Torres struck out; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 6, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: Blair struck out; Davis reached on an error by
Cardenas; Powell flied out to right; Grich singled [Davis to
second]; Hendricks flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 6, Orioles 1.

INDIANS 8TH: JACKSON REPLACED WATT (PITCHING); Cardenas flied
out to center; Ashby was called out on strikes; Bell grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 6,
Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: DUFFY REPLACED CARDENAS (PLAYING SS); Robinson
flied out to right; Belanger walked; Bumbry singled to right
[Belanger to second]; Coggins singled to center [Belanger
scored, Bumbry to second]; On a bunt Blair grounded out (third
to first) [Bumbry to third, Coggins to second]; Davis singled to
right [Bumbry scored, Coggins scored]; HILGENDORF REPLACED
TIDROW (PITCHING); WILLIAMS BATTED FOR POWELL; Williams forced
Davis (third to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 6,
Orioles 4.

INDIANS 9TH: WILLIAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Ragland
singled to center; Chambliss singled to left [Ragland to
second]; Ellis grounded into a double play (third to first)
[Chambliss to second, Ragland out at third]; Spikes struck out;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 6, Orioles 4.

ORIOLES 9TH: Grich grounded out (pitcher to first); RETTENMUND
BATTED FOR HENDRICKS; Rettenmund walked; Robinson popped to
third in foul territory; BAYLOR BATTED FOR BELANGER; Baylor
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 6,
Orioles 4.