The Indians smashed three homers in one inning and posted a 6-2 victory over the Angels, who went down to a seventh straight defeat under Dick Williams as their new manager. John Ellis led off the eighth with the Indians' first homer to break a 2-2 tie. One out later, George Hendrick also hit for the circuit to kayo Frank Tanana, who suffered his 13th defeat. After Skip Lockwood relieved, Buddy Bell singled and Oscar Gamble homered to climax the Indians' slugging outburst. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 6, California Angels 2
Game Played on Sunday, July      7, 1974 (Day game) at Anaheim Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  1    1  4  0  -   6 13  1
Angels       0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  7  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lowenstein lf         5   0   1   0     0   2   .259      Rivers cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .261
Brohamer 2b           5   0   0   0     0   1   .288      Chalk 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .282
Ellis 1b              5   2   3   1     0   0   .288      Stanton rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .323
Spikes rf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .284      Lahoud lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .266
Hendrick cf           4   1   1   1     0   0   .303      Doherty 1b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .279
Bell 3b               3   1   3   0     1   0   .256      Sands dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .164
Gamble dh             4   2   2   2     0   1   .293      Rodriguez c           4   1   3   0     0   1   .247
Duncan c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .194      Doyle 2b              2   1   1   0     2   0   .247
Duffy ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Ramirez ss            2   0   1   1     0   0   .250
  Lis ph              1   0   1   1     0   0   .214        McCraw ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .297
  Crosby pr,ss        1   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Tanana p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
J. Perry p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lockwood p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wilcox p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   6  13   6     1   5             Totals               32   2   7   1     3   3

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance:  8,394
Left on Base: Indians 6, Angels 8
DP: Indians 1, Angels 1
Errors: J. Perry, Doyle
Doubles: Ellis (10)
Triples: Ellis (3)
Home Runs: Ellis (6), Hendrick (16), Gamble (10)
Caught Stealing: Duncan (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Rivers (11), Ramirez (1)
GIDP: Duffy (7), Chalk (7)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
J. Perry W(8-7)         8.2   7   2   2   3   3   0  36   2.55
Wilcox SV(3)            0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.95
Totals                  9     7   2   2   3   3   0  37

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tanana L(4-13)          7.1  11   4   4   1   4   2  32   4.05
Lockwood                1.2   2   2   2   0   1   1   7   4.78
Totals                  9    13   6   6   1   5   3  39

Umpires: HP - Merle Anthony, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Armando Rodriguez


INDIANS 1ST: Lowenstein was called out on strikes; Brohamer
struck out; Ellis popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Rivers was called out on strikes; Chalk grounded out
(third to first); Stanton flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Angels 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Spikes grounded out (third to first); Hendrick
grounded out (second to first); Bell singled to second; Gamble
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Lahoud popped to first in foul territory; Doherty
popped to shortstop; Sands struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Angels 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Duncan singled to left; Duncan was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Duffy grounded out (shortstop to
first); Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Rodriguez singled to center; Doyle singled to right
[Rodriguez to third]; Ramirez singled to second [Rodriguez
scored, Doyle to second]; Rivers reached on an error by J. Perry
on a sacrifice bunt [Doyle to third, Ramirez to second]; Chalk
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Doyle
scored, Ramirez to third, Rivers out at second]; Stanton
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
0, Angels 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Brohamer grounded out (second to pitcher); Ellis
tripled to right; Spikes struck out; Hendrick flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Angels 2.

ANGELS 4TH: Lahoud flied out to right; Doherty singled to
center; Sands flied out to center; Rodriguez was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Angels 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Bell singled to left; Gamble singled to center
[Bell to second]; Duncan popped to third; Duffy grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Gamble out at second]; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Angels 2.

ANGELS 5TH: Doyle walked; Ramirez out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Doyle to second]; Rivers grounded out
(second to first) [Doyle to third]; Chalk flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Angels 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Lowenstein grounded out (first unassisted);
Brohamer flied out to right; Ellis doubled to right; Spikes
singled to left [Ellis scored, Spikes to second (on throw to
home)]; Hendrick grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 1, Angels 2.

ANGELS 6TH: Stanton grounded out (pitcher to first); Lahoud
flied out to center; Doherty flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 1, Angels 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Bell walked; Gamble forced Bell (second to
shortstop); Gamble advanced to third (error by Doyle); Duncan
popped to second; LIS BATTED FOR DUFFY; Lis singled to left
[Gamble scored]; CROSBY RAN FOR LIS; Lowenstein singled to right
[Crosby to third]; Brohamer popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 2, Angels 2.

ANGELS 7TH: CROSBY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Sands grounded
out (second to first); Rodriguez singled to center; Doyle flied
out to center; Ramirez forced Rodriguez (shortstop unassisted);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Angels 2.

INDIANS 8TH: Ellis homered; Spikes grounded out (third to
first); Hendrick homered; LOCKWOOD REPLACED TANANA (PITCHING);
Bell singled to right; Gamble homered [Bell scored]; Duncan
popped to first; Crosby grounded out (second to first); 4 R, 4
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 6, Angels 2.

ANGELS 8TH: Rivers flied out to right; Chalk popped to catcher
in foul territory; Stanton singled to right; Lahoud grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 6, Angels 2.

INDIANS 9TH: Lowenstein was called out on strikes; Brohamer
grounded out (shortstop to first); Ellis flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 6, Angels 2.

ANGELS 9TH: Doherty grounded out (catcher to first); Sands flied
out to center; Rodriguez singled to right; Doyle walked
[Rodriguez to second]; MCCRAW BATTED FOR RAMIREZ; McCraw walked
[Rodriguez to third, Doyle to second]; WILCOX REPLACED J. PERRY
(PITCHING); Rivers forced McCraw (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 6, Angels 2.