John Ellis reeled off five straight hits, including a homer, and John Lowenstein also homered for the tie-breaking run in the sixth inning as the Indians defeated the Tigers, 9-7. The Tigers scored three runs in the first. After Ellis homered in the second, the Tigers retaliated with three more runs in the third on a circuit clout by Bill Freehan.

The Indians then came up with a pair of three-run innings for a 7-6 lead before the Tigers tied the score in the fifth with singles by Jim Northrup and Ben Oglivie, a sacrifice by Freehan and infield out by Aurelio Rodriguez. Lowenstein broke the tie with his homer off Jim Ray in the sixth and Buddy Bell clinched the Indians' victory with a run-scoring single in the seventh. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 9, Detroit Tigers 7

Game Played on Tuesday, August 6, 1974 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Indians      0  1  0    3  3  1    1  0  0  -   9 13  1
Tigers       3  0  3    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   7 13  3


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lowenstein lf,2b      5   1   2   1     0   1   .253      LeFlore cf            5   1   3   0     0   0   .219
Duffy ss              5   1   1   0     0   0   .238      Sutherland 2b         5   1   2   1     0   0   .265
Hendrick cf           4   1   0   0     1   2   .297      Kaline dh             5   2   2   0     0   0   .259
Spikes rf             3   2   1   1     2   1   .285      Northrup rf           5   1   3   1     0   0   .237
Ellis 1b              5   2   5   2     0   0   .296      Oglivie lf            2   1   1   0     2   0   .303
  McCraw pr,1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Freehan 1b            3   1   1   3     0   0   .291
Gamble dh             4   1   3   1     1   0   .288      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   1     0   0   .227
Bell 3b               4   1   1   1     1   0   .252      Brinkman ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Duncan c              5   0   0   1     0   0   .196      Lamont c              1   0   0   0     1   1   .196
Alvarado 2b           0   0   0   0     1   0   .151        G. Brown ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .203
  Lee ph,lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .258        Moses c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .230
  Torres lf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .183        N. Cash ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .228
J. Perry p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lemanczyk p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kline p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Wilcox p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Ray p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   9  13   7     6   5             Totals               36   7  13   6     3   1

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance: 14,234
Left on Base: Indians 9, Tigers 6
DP: Indians 2, Tigers 2
Errors: Duncan, Northrup, Brinkman, Lamont
Doubles: Northrup (12), Kaline (15), LeFlore (1), Sutherland (14)
Home Runs: Ellis (9), Lowenstein (7), Freehan (9)
Stolen Bases: LeFlore (4)
Caught Stealing: LeFlore (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Freehan (2)
GIDP: Duncan (10), Freehan (10), Oglivie (3)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
J. Perry                2.1   6   6   6   3   0   1  15   3.15
Kline                   1.2   4   1   1   0   1   0   8   4.41
Wilcox W(2-1)           4     3   0   0   0   0   0  14   3.93
Buskey SV(11)           1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.46
Totals                  9    13   7   7   3   1   1  40

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemanczyk               3     4   4   2   3   1   1  15   3.73
LaGrow                  1.1   3   3   3   1   0   0   8   4.39
Ray L(0-3)              1.2   3   2   2   1   1   1   9   4.38
Hiller                  3     3   0   0   1   3   0  13   2.41
Totals                  9    13   9   7   6   5   2  45

Wild Pitches: Lemanczyk (4)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Lowenstein singled to left; Duffy forced Lowenstein
(catcher to shortstop); Lemanczyk threw a wild pitch [Duffy to
second]; Hendrick flied out to right; Duffy was picked off
second but was safe on an error by Lamont [Duffy to third];
Spikes grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled to center; LeFlore stole second
[LeFlore to third (error by Duncan)]; Sutherland singled to
center [LeFlore scored]; Kaline singled to right [Sutherland to
third]; Northrup doubled to right [Kaline to third, Sutherland
scored]; Oglivie was walked intentionally; Freehan grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Kaline scored,
Northrup to third, Oglivie out at second]; Rodriguez flied out
to center; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 3.

INDIANS 2ND: Ellis homered; Gamble singled to center; Bell
forced Gamble (pitcher to second); Duncan grounded into a double
play (pitcher to second to first) [Bell out at second]; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 2ND: Brinkman popped to first; Lamont walked; LeFlore
flied out to center; Sutherland grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 3.

INDIANS 3RD: Alvarado walked; Lowenstein was called out on
strikes; Duffy grounded out (second to first) [Alvarado to
second]; Hendrick grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 3RD: Kaline doubled to center; Northrup popped to second;
Oglivie was walked intentionally; Freehan homered [Kaline
scored, Oglivie scored]; KLINE REPLACED J. PERRY (PITCHING);
Rodriguez flied out to right; Brinkman flied out to right; 3 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 6.

INDIANS 4TH: Spikes walked; Ellis singled to center [Spikes to
third]; Gamble walked [Ellis to second]; LAGROW REPLACED
LEMANCZYK (PITCHING); Bell forced Spikes (third to catcher)
[Ellis to third, Gamble to second]; Duncan reached on an error
by Brinkman [Bell scored (unearned), Gamble scored (unearned),
Ellis scored, Duncan to second]; LEE BATTED FOR ALVARADO; Lee
lined into a double play (shortstop unassisted) [Duncan out at
second]; 3 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 4TH: LEE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); LOWENSTEIN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Lamont struck out; LeFlore doubled to
left; LeFlore was caught stealing third (catcher to third);
Sutherland doubled to left; Kaline flied out to center; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 6.

INDIANS 5TH: Lowenstein flied out to center; Duffy singled to
left; Hendrick walked [Duffy to second]; Spikes singled to left
[Hendrick to second, Duffy scored]; Ellis singled to center
[Hendrick scored, Spikes to third]; RAY REPLACED LAGROW
(PITCHING); Gamble singled to right [Ellis to third, Spikes
scored]; Bell popped to third; Duncan popped to catcher in foul
territory; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 7, Tigers 6.

TIGERS 5TH: Northrup singled to right; Oglivie singled to center
[Northrup to second]; WILCOX REPLACED KLINE (PITCHING); Freehan
out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Northrup to third,
Oglivie to second]; Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Northrup scored]; Brinkman grounded out (second to first); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 7, Tigers 7.

INDIANS 6TH: Lee grounded out (first to pitcher); Lowenstein
homered; Duffy grounded out (third to first); Hendrick was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 8, Tigers
7.

TIGERS 6TH: G. BROWN BATTED FOR LAMONT; G. Brown grounded out
(second to first); LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first);
Sutherland grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 8, Tigers 7.

INDIANS 7TH: MOSES REPLACED G. BROWN (PLAYING C ); Spikes
walked; Ellis singled to third [Spikes to second]; HILLER
REPLACED RAY (PITCHING); Gamble flied out to center; Bell
singled to left [Ellis to second, Spikes scored]; Duncan flied
out to center; Lee popped to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 9, Tigers 7.

TIGERS 7TH: Kaline flied out to left; Northrup singled to
shortstop; Oglivie grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Northrup out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
9, Tigers 7.

INDIANS 8TH: Lowenstein grounded out (first to pitcher); Duffy
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hendrick struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 9, Tigers 7.

TIGERS 8TH: TORRES REPLACED LEE (PLAYING LF); Freehan grounded
out (shortstop to first); Rodriguez grounded out (shortstop to
first); Brinkman grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 9, Tigers 7.

INDIANS 9TH: Spikes struck out; Ellis singled to third; MCCRAW
RAN FOR ELLIS; Gamble singled to right [McCraw to third, Gamble
to second (error by Northrup)]; Bell was walked intentionally;
Duncan lined to shortstop; Torres struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3
LOB.  Indians 9, Tigers 7.

TIGERS 9TH: MCCRAW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); N. CASH BATTED
FOR MOSES; N. Cash singled to left; LeFlore singled to left [N.
Cash to second]; BUSKEY REPLACED WILCOX (PITCHING); Sutherland
forced N. Cash (first to shortstop) [LeFlore to second]; Kaline
flied out to left; Northrup grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 9, Tigers 7.

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