The Tigers bunched five straight singles for all their runs in the seventh inning to defeat the Indians, 3-2. The Indians reached Mickey Lolich for a run in the sixth on a triple by George Hendrick and sacrifice fly by Charlie Spikes, then made it 2-0 in the seventh with a double by Joe Lis and single by Luis Alvarado. Detroit Tigers 3, Cleveland Indians 2Game Played on Wednesday, August 7, 1974 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumIndians 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 - 2 8 0 Tigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 x - 3 14 0 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Lowenstein lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .253 LeFlore cf 4 1 2 1 0 2 .250 Torres lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .183 Sutherland 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .267 Duffy ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .238 Kaline dh 4 0 2 1 0 0 .262 Hendrick cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .296 Freehan 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .291 Spikes rf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .283 Sharon rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .214 Bell 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .253 Lane lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .226 Gamble dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .291 Oglivie ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Lis 1b 3 1 1 0 0 1 .196 Nettles lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182 McCraw 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Rodriguez 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .227 Ellis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Brinkman ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .217 Duncan c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .195 Moses c 4 1 3 0 0 0 .241 Alvarado 2b 2 0 1 1 1 0 .157 Lolich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Peterson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Beene p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Buskey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 2 8 2 2 6 Totals 35 3 14 3 0 5 Time of Game: 2:17 Attendance: 13,633 Left on Base: Indians 5, Tigers 9 DP: Indians 1, Tigers 1 Doubles: Lis (2), Lane (3), Freehan (11) Triples: Hendrick (1) Caught Stealing: Lowenstein (12), Alvarado (1) Sacrifice Hits: Duncan (3), Freehan (3) Sacrifice Flies: Spikes (3) GIDP: Ellis (11), Brinkman (9) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Peterson 6 10 2 2 0 5 0 27 4.35 Beene L(2-4) 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 5.46 Buskey 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.34 Totals 8 14 3 3 0 5 0 36 Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lolich W(12-14) 9 8 2 2 2 6 0 34 3.86 Totals 9 8 2 2 2 6 0 34 Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Jerry Neudecker INDIANS 1ST: Lowenstein struck out; Duffy flied out to center; Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled to center; Sutherland forced LeFlore (shortstop to second); Kaline flied out to right; Freehan popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 0. INDIANS 2ND: Spikes grounded out (first to pitcher); Bell was called out on strikes; Gamble singled to left; Lis flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 2ND: Sharon flied out to left; Lane doubled to left; Rodriguez singled to right [Lane to third]; Brinkman grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rodriguez out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 0. INDIANS 3RD: Duncan struck out; Alvarado walked; Lowenstein flied out to center; Duffy singled to right [Alvarado to second]; Hendrick forced Duffy (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 3RD: Moses flied out to right; LeFlore struck out; Sutherland singled to left; Kaline forced Sutherland (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 0. INDIANS 4TH: Spikes grounded out (third to first); Bell walked; Gamble grounded out (second to first) [Bell to second]; Lis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 4TH: Freehan doubled to left; Sharon struck out; Lane struck out; Rodriguez popped to catcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 0. INDIANS 5TH: Duncan flied out to left; Alvarado grounded out (third to first); Lowenstein singled to center; Lowenstein was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 0. TIGERS 5TH: Brinkman struck out; Moses singled to left; LeFlore struck out; Sutherland flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Tigers 0. INDIANS 6TH: Duffy flied out to left; Hendrick tripled to right; Spikes hit a sacrifice fly to right [Hendrick scored]; Bell singled to center; Gamble flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Tigers 0. TIGERS 6TH: Kaline singled to left; Freehan flied out to center; Sharon singled to left [Kaline to second]; Lane forced Sharon (third to second) [Kaline to third]; Rodriguez forced Lane (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 1, Tigers 0. INDIANS 7TH: Lis doubled to left; Duncan out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Lis to third]; Alvarado singled to center [Lis scored]; Alvarado was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Lowenstein struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Tigers 0. TIGERS 7TH: Brinkman singled to left; Moses singled to right [Brinkman to second]; BEENE REPLACED PETERSON (PITCHING); LeFlore singled to center [Brinkman scored, Moses to second]; Sutherland singled to right [Moses scored, LeFlore to third]; BUSKEY REPLACED BEENE (PITCHING); Kaline singled to left [LeFlore scored, Sutherland to second]; Freehan out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Sutherland to third, Kaline to second]; Sharon reached on a fielder's choice [Sutherland out at home (pitcher to catcher), Kaline to third]; OGLIVIE BATTED FOR LANE; Oglivie flied out to left; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 2, Tigers 3. INDIANS 8TH: NETTLES REPLACED OGLIVIE (PLAYING LF); Duffy grounded out (third to first); Hendrick struck out; Spikes grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Tigers 3. TIGERS 8TH: TORRES REPLACED LOWENSTEIN (PLAYING LF); MCCRAW REPLACED LIS (PLAYING 1B); Rodriguez made an out to second; Brinkman flied out to right; Moses singled to center [Moses out at second (second to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Tigers 3. INDIANS 9TH: Bell flied out to right; Gamble singled to center; ELLIS BATTED FOR MCCRAW; Ellis grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Gamble out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Tigers 3. |
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