Coming off the disabled list, Dave Duncan went to bat for the first time since July 28 and smashed a three-run homer to start the Indians off to a 5-0 victory over the Twins behind the three-hit pitching of Gaylord Perry. Duncan's homer in the first inning followed passes to Oscar Gamble and John Ellis. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 5, Minnesota Twins 0
Game Played on Saturday, August    18, 1973 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  0
Indians      3  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   5 10  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Terrell ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .290      Bell 3b               4   1   1   0     0   0   .276
Carew 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .359      Gamble rf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .276
Oliva dh              4   0   0   0     0   2   .293      Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .276
Darwin rf             3   0   0   0     1   2   .249      Ellis c               3   1   0   0     1   1   .275
Braun 3b              1   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Duncan dh             4   1   3   3     0   1   .215
  Monzon 3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Williams lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .273
Hisle lf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .260      Torres cf             3   0   0   0     0   2   .211
Holt 1b               3   0   1   0     0   0   .291      Brohamer 2b           2   1   1   0     1   0   .215
Brye cf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .261      Duffy ss              3   0   2   1     0   0   .256
Roof c                2   0   0   0     0   0   .194      Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Reese ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .137
  Mitterwald c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Woodson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fife p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bane p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Albury p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   3   0     3   6             Totals               30   5  10   5     3   4

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance:  6,694
Left on Base: Twins 6, Indians 4
DP: Twins 1, Indians 1
Errors: Bell
Doubles: Holt (21), Carew (22)
Home Runs: Duncan (13)
Stolen Bases: Duffy (4)
Caught Stealing: Duffy (5)
GIDP: Holt (8)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Woodson L(10-8)         1     1   3   3   2   0   1   6   3.95
Campbell                2     2   1   1   0   2   0   8   3.04
Fife                    3     2   0   0   1   1   0  11   0.00
Bane                    1     4   1   1   0   0   0   5   3.86
Albury                  1     1   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.08
Totals                  8    10   5   5   3   4   1  33

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(13-16)          9     3   0   0   3   6   0  33   3.51
Totals                  9     3   0   0   3   6   0  33

Wild Pitches: Woodson (6), Campbell (2), Perry (15)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Merle Anthony, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


TWINS 1ST: Terrell singled to center; Perry threw a wild pitch
[Terrell to second]; Carew popped to shortstop; Oliva struck
out; Darwin walked; Braun forced Darwin (shortstop to second); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Bell grounded out (third to first); Gamble walked;
Woodson threw a wild pitch [Gamble to second]; Chambliss popped
to third; Ellis walked; Duncan homered [Gamble scored, Ellis
scored]; Williams grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 3.

TWINS 2ND: Hisle grounded out (shortstop to first); Holt doubled
to center; Brye grounded out (third to first); Roof flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 3.

INDIANS 2ND: MONZON REPLACED BRAUN (PLAYING 3B); CAMPBELL
REPLACED WOODSON (PITCHING); Torres struck out; Brohamer singled
to center; Campbell threw a wild pitch [Brohamer to second];
Duffy singled to right [Brohamer scored]; Duffy stole second;
Bell flied out to right; Gamble grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 4.

TWINS 3RD: Terrell grounded out (first unassisted); Carew
doubled to left; Oliva flied out to left; Darwin was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 4.

INDIANS 3RD: Chambliss lined to shortstop; Ellis popped to first
in foul territory; Duncan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Indians 4.

TWINS 4TH: Monzon flied out to center; Hisle walked; Holt
grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Hisle
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 4.

INDIANS 4TH: FIFE REPLACED CAMPBELL (PITCHING); Williams popped
to second; Debut game for Danny Fife; Torres grounded out
(second to first); Brohamer walked; Duffy grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 4.

TWINS 5TH: Brye flied out to right; Roof flied out to left;
Terrell popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Indians 4.

INDIANS 5TH: Bell grounded out (third to first); Gamble grounded
out (pitcher to first); Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 4.

TWINS 6TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Oliva popped to
second; Darwin flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
0, Indians 4.

INDIANS 6TH: Ellis flied to left in foul territory; Duncan
singled to left; Williams singled to left [Duncan out at third
(left to third), Williams to second (on throw)]; Torres was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 4.

TWINS 7TH: Monzon popped to first in foul territory; Hisle
grounded out (pitcher to first); Holt flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 4.

INDIANS 7TH: BANE REPLACED FIFE (PITCHING); Brohamer grounded
out (first to pitcher); Duffy singled to left; Duffy was picked
off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second);
Bell singled to center; Gamble singled [Bell to second];
Chambliss singled to center [Bell scored, Gamble to third,
Chambliss out at second (center to second)]; 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 5.

TWINS 8TH: Brye was called out on strikes; REESE BATTED FOR
ROOF; Reese walked; Terrell grounded out (second to first)
[Reese to second]; Carew popped to third in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 5.

INDIANS 8TH: MITTERWALD REPLACED REESE (PLAYING C ); ALBURY
REPLACED BANE (PITCHING); Ellis struck out; Duncan singled;
Williams lined into a double play (third to first) [Duncan out
at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 5.

TWINS 9TH: Oliva was called out on strikes; Darwin struck out;
Monzon reached on an error by Bell; Hisle struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 5.