The Indians smashed five homers, two in one inning and three in another, to defeat the Rangers, 9-3, before a subdued but enthusiastic crowd as compared with the riotous throng that forced the previous night's game to be forfeited to the Rangers. Charlie Spikes and George Hendrick started the Indians' attack with solo swats in the second inning. Then in the sixth, Frank Duffy led off with a homer and Oscar Gamble and Dave Duncan each hit for the circuit with two men on base. The Rangers had one round-tripper by Jim Spencer. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 9, Texas Rangers 3
Game Played on Wednesday, June      5, 1974 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Rangers      0  1  1    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  6  0
Indians      0  2  0    0  0  7    0  0  x  -   9 10  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Tovar lf              3   1   2   0     1   0   .231      Lowenstein 3b         4   0   0   0     0   0   .254
Randle 2b             3   0   0   1     1   0   .318        Crosby 3b           0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000
Burroughs rf          3   0   0   0     1   1   .322      Brohamer 2b           4   1   1   0     0   1   .333
Hargrove dh           4   0   1   1     0   1   .351      Lee lf                4   0   0   0     0   2   .306
Spencer 1b            3   1   1   1     0   1   .329      Spikes rf             4   2   2   1     0   1   .298
  Cardenas ph,3b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .348      Gamble dh             4   1   1   3     0   0   .279
Sims c                4   0   0   0     0   1   .143      Hendrick cf           4   2   2   1     0   0   .277
Harrah ss             4   0   0   0     0   0   .263      Blanco 1b             2   1   2   0     1   0   .219
Fregosi 3b,1b         4   1   1   0     0   1   .275      Duncan c              3   1   1   3     0   1   .181
Lovitto cf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .204      Duffy ss              3   1   1   1     0   0   .194
Bibby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      B. Johnson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Allen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hilgendorf p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   6   3     3   6             Totals               32   9  10   9     1   5

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance:  8,101
Left on Base: Rangers 6, Indians 0
DP: Rangers 1, Indians 0
Home Runs: Spencer (3), Spikes (7), Hendrick (7), Duffy (5), Gamble (5), Duncan (7)
Caught Stealing: Blanco 2 (3)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bibby L(7-8)            5.2   8   7   7   1   3   4  24   4.93
Allen                   0.1   2   2   2   0   0   1   3   8.15
Stanhouse               2     0   0   0   0   2   0   6   0.00
Totals                  8    10   9   9   1   5   5  33

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
B. Johnson W(3-2)       7     6   3   3   3   3   1  30   3.23
Hilgendorf              2     0   0   0   0   3   0   6   6.23
Totals                  9     6   3   3   3   6   1  36

Wild Pitches: B. Johnson (2)

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Larry McCoy


RANGERS 1ST: Tovar flied out to right; Randle walked; Burroughs
forced Randle (shortstop to second); Hargrove grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Lowenstein flied out to center; Brohamer grounded
out (shortstop to first); Lee struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Indians 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Spencer homered; Sims grounded out (second to
first); Harrah grounded out (third to first); Fregosi grounded
out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians
0.

INDIANS 2ND: Spikes homered; Gamble grounded out (second to
first); Hendrick homered; Blanco singled to center; Blanco was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); Duncan made an out
to second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Lovitto struck out; Tovar singled to right; Randle
grounded out (first unassisted) [Tovar to second]; B. Johnson
threw a wild pitch [Tovar to third]; Burroughs walked; Hargrove
singled to center [Tovar scored, Burroughs to second]; Spencer
struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Indians 2.

INDIANS 3RD: Duffy made an out to first; Lowenstein grounded out
(first to pitcher); Brohamer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 2, Indians 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Sims made an out to shortstop; Harrah flied out to
right; Fregosi popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Indians 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Lee struck out; Spikes grounded out (second to
first); Gamble grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 2, Indians 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Lovitto made an out to first; Tovar singled to
center; Randle flied out to left; Burroughs popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 2, Indians 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Hendrick grounded out (second to first); Blanco
walked; Duncan struck out while Blanco was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2,
Indians 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove flied out to center; Spencer grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sims grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Indians 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Duffy homered; Lowenstein flied out to left;
Brohamer singled to left; Lee flied out to center; Spikes
singled to left [Brohamer to second]; Gamble homered [Brohamer
scored, Spikes scored]; Hendrick singled to right; ALLEN
REPLACED BIBBY (PITCHING); Blanco singled to left [Hendrick to
third]; Duncan homered [Hendrick scored, Blanco scored]; Duffy
grounded out (third to first); 7 R, 7 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2,
Indians 9.

RANGERS 7TH: Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); Fregosi
singled to right; Lovitto singled to left [Fregosi to second];
Tovar walked [Fregosi to third, Lovitto to second]; Randle
grounded out (first unassisted) [Fregosi scored, Lovitto to
third, Tovar to second]; Burroughs struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 3, Indians 9.

INDIANS 7TH: STANHOUSE REPLACED ALLEN (PITCHING); Lowenstein
made an out to second; Brohamer struck out; Lee grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Indians
9.

RANGERS 8TH: CROSBY REPLACED LOWENSTEIN (PLAYING 3B); HILGENDORF
REPLACED B. JOHNSON (PITCHING); Hargrove struck out; CARDENAS
BATTED FOR SPENCER; Cardenas grounded out (shortstop to first);
Sims struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Indians 9.

INDIANS 8TH: CARDENAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); FREGOSI
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Spikes struck out; Gamble
grounded out (pitcher to first); Hendrick grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Indians
9.

RANGERS 9TH: Harrah flied out to center; Fregosi struck out
(catcher to first); Lovitto grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Indians 9.