Opening a two-year stay at Shea Stadium while their own park was being rehabilitated, the Yankees defeated the Indians, 6-1, before a crowd of 20,744. The new anti-spitball rule was invoked for the first time when umpire Marty Springstead called a ball on Indians' starter Gaylord Perry for throwing what appeared to be an illegal pitch. Graig Nettles homered with a man on base for the Yankees to start their scoring in the fourth inning. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 6, Cleveland Indians 1
Game Played on Saturday, April     6, 1974 (Day game) at Shea Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  7  1
Yankees      0  0  0    2  0  1    3  0  x  -   6  9  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lowenstein lf         4   0   1   0     0   1   .250      White lf              4   1   1   0     0   1   .250
Gamble dh             4   0   1   0     0   0   .250      Hegan 1b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .333
Hendrick cf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Munson c              5   1   2   0     0   1   .400
Ellis c               3   0   1   0     1   1   .333      Murcer cf             4   2   2   1     1   0   .500
Spikes rf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .500      Blomberg rf           3   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .250        Maddox ph,rf        2   0   1   1     0   0   .500
Bell 3b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Nettles 3b            2   1   1   2     2   0   .500
Duffy ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Sudakis dh            3   0   1   0     1   1   .333
Hermoso 2b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Michael 2b            2   0   0   2     1   2   .000
G. Perry p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Mason ss              3   0   0   0     1   2   .000
  Hilgendorf p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stottlemyre p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Upshaw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   1   7   1     1   4             Totals               31   6   9   6     7   7

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 20,744
Left on Base: Indians 6, Yankees 11
DP: Indians 0, Yankees 1
Errors: Chambliss, Munson
Doubles: Hermoso (1), Hegan (1)
Triples: Spikes (1)
Home Runs: Nettles (1)
Stolen Bases: Munson (1), Murcer 2 (2), Hegan (1)
Sacrifice Hits: White (1), Hegan (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Michael (1)
GIDP: Spikes (1)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
G. Perry L(0-1)         6.1   6   5   5   4   4   1  30   7.11
Hilgendorf              0.2   2   1   1   2   2   0   6  13.50
Upshaw                  1     1   0   0   1   1   0   5   0.00
Totals                  8     9   6   6   7   7   1  41

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stottlemyre W(1-0)      9     7   1   1   1   4   0  34   1.00
Totals                  9     7   1   1   1   4   0  34

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Hank Morgenweck


INDIANS 1ST: Lowenstein singled to center; Gamble grounded out
(second to first) [Lowenstein to second]; Hendrick grounded out
(third to first); Ellis struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: White lined to second; Hegan walked; Munson forced
Hegan (third to second); Munson stole second; Murcer flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Spikes singled to right; Chambliss grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Spikes to second]; Bell grounded out (third
to first); Duffy was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Blomberg flied out to center; Nettles grounded out
(first to pitcher); Sudakis reached on an error by Chambliss;
Michael struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Hermoso doubled to left; On a bunt Lowenstein
struck out; Hermoso was picked off second but was safe on an
error by Munson [Hermoso to third]; Gamble grounded out (pitcher
to first); Hendrick grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Mason popped to shortstop; White struck out; Hegan
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Ellis walked; Spikes popped to third in foul
territory; Chambliss flied out to left; Bell forced Ellis (third
to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Munson singled to left; Murcer popped to third in
foul territory; Blomberg forced Munson (third to second);
Nettles homered [Blomberg scored]; Sudakis walked; Michael
struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Duffy flied out to left; Hermoso grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lowenstein grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Mason walked; White out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Mason to second]; Hegan made an out to
shortstop; Munson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Yankees 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Gamble singled to left; Hendrick popped to second;
Ellis singled to center [Gamble to second]; Spikes grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Ellis out at second];
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Murcer singled to right; Blomberg flied out to
left; Murcer stole second; while Graig Nettles was at bat, a
ball was called on a spitter; Nettles walked; Sudakis
singled to second [Murcer to third, Nettles to second]; Michael
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Murcer scored, Nettles to third];
Mason struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Chambliss singled to center; Bell made an out to
shortstop; Duffy flied out to left; Hermoso flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 7TH: White singled to left; Hegan out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [White to second]; Munson singled to
pitcher [White to third]; HILGENDORF REPLACED G. PERRY
(PITCHING); Murcer singled to third [White scored, Munson to
second]; MADDOX BATTED FOR BLOMBERG; Maddox singled to center
[Munson scored, Murcer to second]; Nettles walked [Murcer to
third, Maddox to second]; Sudakis struck out; Michael walked
[Murcer scored, Maddox to third, Nettles to second]; Mason was
called out on strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees
6.

INDIANS 8TH: MADDOX STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Lowenstein
lined to shortstop; Gamble flied out to center; Hendrick struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 6.

YANKEES 8TH: UPSHAW REPLACED HILGENDORF (PITCHING); White flied
to center; Hegan doubled; Munson struck out; Murcer was walked
intentionally; Hegan stole third and Murcer stole second; Maddox
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
0, Yankees 6.

INDIANS 9TH: Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first); Spikes
tripled to center; Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Spikes scored]; Bell grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 6.