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Friday August 31, 1973
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Cleveland Indians 6, Detroit Tigers 3

Game Played on Friday, August 31, 1973 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Indians      3  1  0    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   6 11  0
Tigers       0  0  0    1  2  0    0  0  0  -   3  6  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bell 3b               4   1   2   0     1   0   .278      Stanley cf            3   1   1   0     1   0   .254
Williams lf           5   1   2   2     0   0   .292      Taylor 2b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .226
Chambliss 1b          5   0   2   0     0   1   .273      Freehan c             3   0   0   1     0   0   .249
Ellis c               5   1   1   1     0   1   .270      Horton lf             4   0   2   0     0   1   .325
Spikes rf             1   1   0   0     0   0   .234      Howard dh             3   0   0   0     0   1   .249
  Lolich rf           3   1   1   0     0   1   .250        G. Brown ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   0   .256
  Lowenstein ph,rf    1   0   0   0     0   1   .289      I. Brown 1b           1   1   1   0     1   0   .283
Duncan dh             3   0   2   2     1   0   .214        Northrup ph,rf      2   0   0   0     0   0   .298
Duffy ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .238      Sharon rf             1   0   0   0     1   0   .234
Torres cf             3   0   1   1     1   0   .207        N. Cash ph,1b       2   0   0   0     0   1   .245
Ragland 2b            3   1   0   0     1   0   .261      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   1   1     1   0   .228
Kekich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Brinkman ss           4   0   0   0     0   2   .244
  Lamb p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lolich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hilgendorf p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Miller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   6  11   6     4   5             Totals               31   3   6   3     4   5

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 18,442
Left on Base: Indians 8, Tigers 6
DP: Indians 0, Tigers 0
Errors: Horton, I. Brown
Doubles: Williams (10), Lolich (7)
Triples: Duncan (1), Williams (1), I. Brown (1), Taylor (2)
Caught Stealing: Bell (14)
Sacrifice Flies: Freehan (3)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kekich W(2-4)           5     5   3   3   4   3   0  23   7.66
Lamb                    2.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   8   4.46
Hilgendorf SV(6)        1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   3.20
Totals                  9     6   3   3   4   5   0  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich L(12-13)         8.1  11   6   4   4   4   0  39   3.91
Miller                  0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   3.48
Totals                  9    11   6   4   4   5   0  41

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


INDIANS 1ST: Bell lined to shortstop; Williams doubled to left;
Chambliss struck out; Ellis singled to center [Williams scored];
Spikes reached on an error by I. Brown [Ellis to third, Spikes
to second]; Duncan singled to center [Ellis scored (unearned),
Spikes scored (unearned)]; Duffy forced Duncan (shortstop to
second); 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Stanley grounded out (third to first); Taylor
grounded out (third to first); Freehan flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Torres popped to second; Ragland walked; Bell
singled to center [Ragland to third]; Williams forced Bell
(second to shortstop) [Ragland scored]; Chambliss singled to
right [Williams out at home (right to second to catcher)]; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: LOLICH REPLACED SPIKES (PLAYING RF); Horton struck
out; Howard grounded out (shortstop to first); I. Brown tripled
to right; Sharon grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Ellis was called out on strikes; Lolich struck out;
Duncan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez walked; Brinkman struck out; Stanley
walked [Rodriguez to second]; Taylor flied out to center;
Freehan flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4,
Tigers 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Duffy struck out; Torres flied out to right;
Ragland grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Howard
grounded out (third to first); I. Brown walked; Sharon walked
[I. Brown to second]; Rodriguez singled to left [I. Brown
scored, Sharon out at third (left to third to second)]; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Bell flied out to left; Williams flied out to
center; Chambliss singled; Ellis forced Chambliss (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Brinkman grounded out (second to first); Stanley
singled to left; Taylor tripled to right [Stanley scored];
Freehan hit a sacrifice fly to center [Taylor scored]; Horton
singled to left; Howard struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 4, Tigers 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Lolich grounded out (shortstop to first); Duncan
tripled to left; Duffy grounded out (shortstop to first); Torres
was walked intentionally; Ragland forced Torres (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: LAMB REPLACED KEKICH (PITCHING); NORTHRUP BATTED FOR
I. BROWN; Northrup flied out to center; N. CASH BATTED FOR
SHARON; N. Cash grounded out (first unassisted); Rodriguez
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 4, Tigers 3.

INDIANS 7TH: NORTHRUP STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); N. CASH
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Bell walked; Bell was picked off
and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second);
Williams popped to second; Chambliss grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Brinkman struck out; Stanley flied out to center;
Taylor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 4, Tigers 3.

INDIANS 8TH: Ellis lined to second; Lolich doubled to left;
Duncan was walked intentionally; Duffy popped to second; Torres
singled to left [Lolich scored, Duncan to third (error by
Horton), Torres to second]; Ragland grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 5, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: Freehan flied out to left; Horton singled to left;
G. BROWN BATTED FOR HOWARD; HILGENDORF REPLACED LAMB (PITCHING);
G. Brown popped to second; Northrup flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Tigers 3.

INDIANS 9TH: G. BROWN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Bell singled
to center; Williams tripled to right [Bell scored]; Chambliss
grounded out (first unassisted); MILLER REPLACED LOLICH
(PITCHING); Ellis grounded out (third to first); LOWENSTEIN
BATTED FOR LOLICH; Lowenstein was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 6, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 9TH: LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); N. Cash
struck out; Rodriguez flied out to center; Brinkman flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 6, Tigers 3.



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