Thursday July 26, 1973
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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.

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