While Gaylord Perry pitched a five-hitter, the Indians knocked out Vida Blue in the fourth inning and defeated the Athletics, 8-2. John Lowenstein, Buddy Bell and George Hendrick each drove in two of the Indians' runs. The loss was Blue's fourth in row. After giving up singletons in the second and third, Blue was charged with five runs in the fourth, but all were unearned on errors by Reggie Jackson and Sal Bando and a passed ball by Gene Tenace. Perry's only troubles came in the seventh when the A's scored on a walk to Jackson, double by Joe Rudi, sacrifice fly by Tenace and single by Pat Bourque. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 8, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Saturday, May       4, 1974 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Indians      0  1  1    5  0  0    1  0  0  -   8 11  1
A's          0  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   2  5  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Duffy ss              5   1   0   0     0   1   .177      Campaneris ss         4   0   1   0     0   0   .245
Lowenstein lf,cf      3   1   3   2     2   0   .318        Alou rf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .179
Bell 3b               4   0   2   2     0   0   .230      North cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .195
  Heidemann 3b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Mangual cf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Ellis 1b              3   2   1   0     1   0   .297      Bando 3b              2   0   0   0     1   1   .293
  Blanco 1b           0   0   0   0     1   0   .000      Jackson rf            2   1   1   0     1   0   .395
Spikes rf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .326        Summers lf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Torres rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Rudi lf               3   1   1   0     0   0   .333
Hendrick cf           3   1   1   2     0   0   .241        Donaldson 2b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .400
  Lee lf              0   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Tenace 1b,c,1b        2   0   1   1     0   1   .205
Gamble dh             4   0   1   0     0   0   .292      Johnson dh            3   0   0   0     0   2   .081
Duncan c              3   1   0   0     1   0   .243      Fosse c               0   0   0   0     0   0   .230
Hermoso 2b            3   1   2   1     0   0   .215        Bourque 1b          2   0   1   1     0   1   .320
G. Perry p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        H. Washington pr    0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Haney c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Kubiak 2b,ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .174
                                                          Blue p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hooten p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Knowles p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   8  11   7     5   1             Totals               27   2   5   2     2   5

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance:  4,884
Left on Base: Indians 6, A's 3
DP: Indians 3, A's 4
Errors: Ellis, Bando, Jackson
Doubles: Bell (4), Tenace (2), Rudi (11)
Triples: Hermoso (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Hendrick (1), Hermoso (1), Tenace (1)
GIDP: Bell 2 (3), Duffy (2), Heidemann (1), North (1), Kubiak (3)
Hit by Pitch: Bando (2,by G. Perry), Fosse (1,by G. Perry)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
G. Perry W(4-1)         9     5   2   2   2   5   0  32   1.88
Totals                  9     5   2   2   2   5   0  32

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blue L(0-4)             3.2   6   7   2   3   0   0  20   5.13
Hooten                  3.1   4   1   1   0   0   0  13   1.29
Hamilton                1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.70
Knowles                 1     0   0   0   2   0   0   4   7.88
Totals                  9    11   8   3   5   1   0  41

Passed Balls: Tenace (1)
Hit by Pitch: G. Perry 2 (3)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


INDIANS 1ST: Duffy flied out to left; Lowenstein walked; Bell
grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Lowenstein out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris singled to pitcher; North grounded
into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Campaneris out
at second]; Bando was hit by a pitch; Jackson singled to center
[Bando to third]; Rudi lined to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 0, Athletics 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Ellis singled to left; Spikes singled to right
[Ellis to third]; Hendrick hit a sacrifice fly to center [Ellis
scored]; Gamble forced Spikes (second to shortstop); Duncan
flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Tenace doubled to left; Johnson grounded out
(second to first); Fosse was hit by a pitch; Kubiak grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Fosse out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 0.

INDIANS 3RD: TENACE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); BOURQUE
REPLACED FOSSE (PLAYING 1B); Hermoso tripled to center; Duffy
lined to shortstop; Lowenstein singled to pitcher [Hermoso
scored]; Bell grounded into a double play (second to first)
[Lowenstein out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Campaneris flied out to left; North lined to
left; Bando flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
2, Athletics 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Ellis walked; Spikes reached on an error by Jackson
[Ellis to second, Spikes to first]; Hendrick singled to left
[Ellis scored (unearned), Spikes to second]; Tenace allowed a
passed ball [Spikes to third, Hendrick to second]; Gamble popped
to catcher in foul territory; Duncan was walked intentionally;
Hermoso hit a sacrifice fly to center [Spikes scored
(unearned)]; Duffy reached on an error by Bando [Hendrick scored
(unearned), Duncan to second, Duffy to first]; Lowenstein
singled to center [Duncan scored (unearned), Duffy to third];
HOOTEN REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Bell singled to left [Duffy
scored (unearned), Lowenstein to third]; Ellis flied out to
right; 5 R (0 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 7, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Jackson popped to catcher in foul territory; Rudi
flied out to center; Tenace struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 7, Athletics 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Spikes popped to catcher in foul territory;
Hendrick grounded out (second to first); Gamble grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7, Athletics
0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Johnson struck out; Bourque was called out on
strikes; Kubiak grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7, Athletics 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Duncan popped to second; Hermoso singled to left;
Duffy grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Hermoso out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first);
North popped to shortstop; Bando struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 7, Athletics 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Lowenstein singled to right; Bell doubled to center
[Lowenstein scored]; Ellis flied out to right [Bell to third];
Spikes popped to first; Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 8, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: HEIDEMANN REPLACED BELL (PLAYING 3B); TORRES
REPLACED SPIKES (PLAYING RF); Jackson walked; Rudi doubled to
left [Jackson to third]; Tenace hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Jackson scored]; Johnson struck out; Bourque singled to center
[Rudi scored]; H. WASHINGTON RAN FOR BOURQUE; H. Washington was
picked off first but was safe on an error by Ellis [H.
Washington to second]; H. Washington was picked off second
(pitcher to shortstop); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 8,
Athletics 2.

INDIANS 8TH: TENACE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); HANEY
REPLACED H. WASHINGTON (PLAYING C ); HAMILTON REPLACED HOOTEN
(PITCHING); Gamble singled to left; Duncan flied out to center;
Hermoso forced Gamble (shortstop to second); Duffy struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 8, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: LOWENSTEIN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); BLANCO
REPLACED ELLIS (PLAYING 1B); LEE REPLACED HENDRICK (PLAYING LF);
Kubiak grounded out (second to first); Campaneris grounded out
(shortstop to first); North grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 8, Athletics 2.

INDIANS 9TH: ALOU REPLACED CAMPANERIS (PLAYING RF); MANGUAL
REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING CF); SUMMERS REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING
LF); DONALDSON REPLACED RUDI (PLAYING 2B); KUBIAK CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); KNOWLES REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING);
Lowenstein walked; Debut game for Champ Summers;
Heidemann grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Lowenstein out at second]; Blanco walked; Torres lined to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 8, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Bando walked; Summers lined into a double play
(first unassisted) [Bando out at first]; Donaldson popped to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 8, Athletics 2.