Reaching their highest run production of the season, the Brewers broke a five-game losing streak by defeating the Indians, 15-3. The Brewers put on their holiday show with 17 hits, including two homers by Mike Hegan, who drove in five runs. Hegan connected with two men on base in the fourth inning when the Brewers scored six runs and added a round-tripper with one aboard in the eighth. Robin Yount, Darrell Porter and Dave May batted in two runs apiece. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 15, Cleveland Indians 3
Game Played on Thursday, July      4, 1974 (Day game) at County Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  3
Brewers      0  5  0    6  1  1    0  2  x  -  15 17  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bell 3b               4   0   1   2     0   1   .243      Coluccio cf           4   2   2   0     1   0   .231
Brohamer 2b           3   0   1   1     0   0   .302      Yount ss              4   3   3   2     0   0   .262
  Alvarado ph,2b      1   0   0   0     0   0   .162        Garcia 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .221
Lowenstein lf         4   0   1   0     0   1   .263      Money 3b              2   2   1   0     1   0   .304
Ellis 1b              3   0   2   0     1   0   .286        Vukovich 3b         1   0   0   0     0   1   .167
Lee dh                4   0   0   0     0   3   .261      Briggs lf             2   1   1   1     1   1   .285
Spikes rf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .289        Mitchell lf         1   0   0   1     0   0   .205
  Gamble rf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .293      Porter c              5   0   2   2     0   1   .268
Hendrick cf           1   1   0   0     2   0   .301      D. Johnson dh         2   1   0   0     1   0   .207
  Torres cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .196        Hansen ph,dh        2   0   1   0     0   0   .255
Duncan c              2   0   1   0     0   1   .194      May rf                4   2   2   2     0   1   .223
  Ashby pr,c          2   1   0   0     0   2   .200        Berry rf            1   1   1   0     0   0   .198
Duffy ss              1   0   0   0     0   0   .221      Hegan 1b              5   2   2   5     0   0   .220
  Crosby ph,ss        2   1   1   0     1   0   .250      T. Johnson 2b,ss      5   1   2   1     0   1   .250
Arlin p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sprague p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Ellingsen p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wilcox p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   8   3     4   8             Totals               39  15  17  14     4   5

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance: 17,010
Left on Base: Indians 6, Brewers 6
DP: Indians 0, Brewers 2
Errors: Ellis, Arlin, Ellingsen
Doubles: Spikes (9), Bell (6), Yount (8), Porter (5), Coluccio (11), T. Johnson (3)
Home Runs: Hegan 2 (4)
Caught Stealing: Ellis (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Money (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Mitchell (2)
GIDP: Ellis (7), Lowenstein (2)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Arlin L(2-2)            1.2   5   5   5   3   1   0  13   5.96
Ellingsen               2     5   6   0   1   2   1  13   0.00
Wilcox                  4.1   7   4   4   0   2   1  19   3.98
Totals                  8    17  15   9   4   5   2  45

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sprague W(6-1)          9     8   3   3   4   8   0  36   2.08
Totals                  9     8   3   3   4   8   0  36

Umpires: HP - Jim Odom, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Lou DiMuro


INDIANS 1ST: Bell flied out to left; Brohamer flied out to left;
Lowenstein struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers
0.

BREWERS 1ST: Coluccio singled to left; Coluccio was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Arlin [Coluccio to second];
Ellis dropped a foul fly hit by Yount for an error; Yount flied
out to center; Money flied out to right; Briggs walked; Porter
singled to second [Coluccio to third, Briggs to second]; D.
Johnson flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 0,
Brewers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Ellis walked; Ellis was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Lee was called out on strikes; Spikes
doubled to left; Hendrick walked; Duncan struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: May struck out; Hegan flied out to right; T.
Johnson singled to left; Coluccio walked [T. Johnson to second];
Yount doubled to left [T. Johnson scored, Coluccio scored];
Money walked; Briggs singled to left [Yount scored, Money to
second]; ELLINGSEN REPLACED ARLIN (PITCHING); Porter doubled to
left [Money scored, Briggs scored, Porter to third (on throw to
home)]; Debut game for Bruce Ellingsen; D. Johnson
grounded out (pitcher to first); 5 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
0, Brewers 5.

INDIANS 3RD: Duffy grounded out (third to first); Bell struck
out; Brohamer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 3RD: May popped to catcher in foul territory; Hegan
flied out to center; T. Johnson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 5.

INDIANS 4TH: Lowenstein singled to center; Ellis grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Lowenstein out at
second]; Lee grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 4TH: Coluccio doubled to center; Yount singled to center
[Coluccio to third]; Money reached on an error by Ellingsen on a
sacrifice bunt [Coluccio scored (unearned) (no RBI), Yount to
third, Money to second]; Briggs struck out; Porter struck out;
D. Johnson was walked intentionally; May singled to right [Yount
scored (unearned), Money scored (unearned), D. Johnson to
second]; Hegan homered (unearned) [D. Johnson scored (unearned),
May scored (unearned)]; WILCOX REPLACED ELLINGSEN (PITCHING); T.
Johnson grounded out (second to first); 6 R (0 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 11.

INDIANS 5TH: MITCHELL REPLACED BRIGGS (PLAYING LF); Spikes
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hendrick walked; Duncan
singled to left [Hendrick to second]; ASHBY RAN FOR DUNCAN;
CROSBY BATTED FOR DUFFY; Crosby singled to third [Hendrick to
third, Ashby to second]; Bell doubled to left [Hendrick scored,
Ashby scored, Crosby to third]; Brohamer singled to center
[Crosby scored, Bell to third]; Lowenstein grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Brohamer out at
second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 11.

BREWERS 5TH: ASHBY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); CROSBY STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING SS); Coluccio grounded out (shortstop to first);
Yount singled to left; Money singled to right [Yount to third];
Mitchell hit a sacrifice fly to center [Yount scored]; Porter
flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 12.

INDIANS 6TH: VUKOVICH REPLACED MONEY (PLAYING 3B); Ellis singled
to left; Lee struck out; Spikes forced Ellis (third to second);
Hendrick grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 3, Brewers 12.

BREWERS 6TH: TORRES REPLACED HENDRICK (PLAYING CF); HANSEN
BATTED FOR D. JOHNSON; Hansen singled to right; May singled to
right [Hansen out at home (right to shortstop to catcher), May
to second (on throw to home)]; Hegan grounded out (second to
first) [May to third]; T. Johnson doubled to left [May scored];
Coluccio grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 13.

INDIANS 7TH: GARCIA REPLACED YOUNT (PLAYING 2B); T. JOHNSON
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); BERRY REPLACED MAY (PLAYING RF);
Ashby struck out; Crosby walked; Bell flied out to center;
ALVARADO BATTED FOR BROHAMER; Alvarado popped to third; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 13.

BREWERS 7TH: ALVARADO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); GAMBLE
REPLACED SPIKES (PLAYING RF); Garcia made an out to shortstop;
Vukovich struck out; Mitchell popped to third in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 13.

INDIANS 8TH: Lowenstein grounded out (third to first); Ellis
singled to left; Lee struck out; Gamble flied out to right; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 13.

BREWERS 8TH: Porter popped to catcher in foul territory; Hansen
made an out to third; Berry singled to center; Hegan homered
[Berry scored]; T. Johnson struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 3, Brewers 15.

INDIANS 9TH: Torres grounded out (shortstop to first); Ashby
struck out; Crosby grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 15.