After losing six straight times since being stopped on his 15-game winning streak, Gaylord Perry gained the victory when the Indians defeated the Twins, 4-2. However, the veteran righthander failed to hurl the route, giving way to Tom Buskey with a man on base in the eighth inning. Cleveland Indians 4, Minnesota Twins 2Game Played on Thursday, August 15, 1974 (Night game) at Cleveland StadiumTwins 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 5 0 Indians 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 x - 4 5 2 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brye cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .278 Lowenstein 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .257 Braun 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .300 Lee lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .244 Hisle lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .296 Hendrick cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .294 Darwin rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .279 Torres pr,cf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .157 Oliva dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .282 Spikes rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Holt 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Ellis c 3 1 1 0 0 1 .298 Carew ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .365 Gamble dh 1 1 0 0 2 0 .288 Terrell 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .257 Lis ph,dh 0 0 0 0 1 0 .188 Thompson ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 .280 Alvarado pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .180 Borgmann c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .261 McCraw 1b 2 1 2 1 1 0 .296 Blyleven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Duffy ss 3 0 1 2 0 1 .238 Burgmeier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brohamer 2b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .280 G. Perry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Buskey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 2 5 2 2 2 Totals 26 4 5 4 5 4 Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 11,920 Left on Base: Twins 6, Indians 7 DP: Twins 0, Indians 2 Errors: Lowenstein 2 Doubles: Thompson (5), McCraw (12), Ellis (16), Hendrick (17) Home Runs: Oliva (11) Sacrifice Hits: Braun (3), Duffy (13), Ellis (1) Sacrifice Flies: McCraw (2) GIDP: Darwin (9), Oliva (12) Hit by Pitch: Spikes (7,by Blyleven) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven L(11-14) 7.1 5 4 4 4 4 0 32 3.07 Burgmeier 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4.70 Totals 8 5 4 4 5 4 0 35 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA G. Perry W(16-7) 7 5 2 2 2 2 1 29 2.44 Buskey SV(13) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.20 Totals 9 5 2 2 2 2 1 35 Passed Balls: Borgmann (1), Ellis (1) Hit by Pitch: Blyleven (7) Wild Pitches: Blyleven (2) Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim McKean TWINS 1ST: Brye grounded out (shortstop to first); Braun grounded out (shortstop to first); Hisle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Lowenstein lined to center; Lee grounded out (shortstop to first); Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Indians 0. TWINS 2ND: Darwin grounded out (third to first); Oliva grounded out (second to first); Holt grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Spikes flied out to left; Ellis struck out; Gamble grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Indians 0. TWINS 3RD: Terrell grounded out (third to first); Thompson singled to center; Borgmann lined to right; Brye singled to left [Thompson to second]; Braun made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: McCraw doubled to left; Duffy out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [McCraw to third]; Brohamer reached on a fielder's choice [McCraw scored]; Blyleven threw a wild pitch [Brohamer to second]; Lowenstein walked; Borgmann allowed a passed ball [Lowenstein to second, Brohamer to third]; Lee flied out to left; Hendrick struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Indians 1. TWINS 4TH: Hisle walked; Darwin grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Hisle out at second]; Oliva homered; Holt popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Indians 1. INDIANS 4TH: Spikes flied out to right; Ellis popped to first in foul territory; Gamble walked; McCraw singled to first [Gamble to second]; Duffy struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Indians 1. TWINS 5TH: Terrell popped to first in foul territory; Thompson grounded out (second to first); Borgmann flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Indians 1. INDIANS 5TH: Brohamer flied out to center; Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); Lee grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Indians 1. TWINS 6TH: Brye reached on an error by Lowenstein; Braun reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Brye to second]; Hisle reached on an error by Lowenstein [Braun to second, Brye to third]; Darwin struck out; Oliva grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Hisle out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Indians 1. INDIANS 6TH: Hendrick made an out to first; Spikes grounded out (second to first); Ellis doubled to right; Gamble walked; McCraw walked [Ellis to third, Gamble to second]; Duffy singled to left [McCraw out at third (left to third), Gamble scored, Ellis scored]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Indians 3. TWINS 7TH: Holt grounded out (second to first); Terrell singled to center; Thompson doubled to right [Terrell scored]; Ellis allowed a passed ball [Thompson to third]; Borgmann made an out to second; Brye grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Indians 3. INDIANS 7TH: Brohamer lined to second; Lowenstein made an out to shortstop; Lee struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Indians 3. TWINS 8TH: Braun walked; BUSKEY REPLACED G. PERRY (PITCHING); Hisle flied out to left; Darwin lined to center; Oliva flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 2, Indians 3. INDIANS 8TH: Hendrick doubled to left; TORRES RAN FOR HENDRICK; Spikes was hit by a pitch; Ellis out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Spikes to second, Torres to third]; LIS BATTED FOR GAMBLE; BURGMEIER REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Lis walked; ALVARADO RAN FOR LIS; McCraw hit a sacrifice fly to center [Torres scored]; Duffy grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 2, Indians 4. TWINS 9TH: ALVARADO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); TORRES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); CAREW BATTED FOR HOLT; Carew flied out to center; Terrell popped to first in foul territory; Thompson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 2, Indians 4. |
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