The Yankees moved into a first-place tie with the Orioles in the East Division by sweeping a twi-night doubleheader with the Indians, 5-4 and 3-0. The Yankees beat Gaylord Perry in the lidlifter, breaking a 4-4 tie with a run after two were out in the ninth inning. Elliott Maddox singled and scored when Bobby Murcer tripled for his third RBI of the game.

Larry Gura pitched a shutout in the nightcap and gained his fifth straight victory without a defeat since coming up from Syracuse (International). The Yankees counted twice in the fourth inning on a double by Maddox, a hit batsman, single by Lou Piniella and double by Chris Chambliss. Maddox doubled again in the sixth, advanced on an infield out and scored when Piniella hit the Yankees' 67th sacrifice fly of the season for a new major league record. The former mark of 66 was set by the New York Giants in 1912 and was tied by the Cardinals in 1954. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 5, Cleveland Indians 4 (Game 1)
Game Played on Friday, September 20, 1974 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Indians      0  1  0    1  1  0    0  1  0  -   4 10  0
Yankees      2  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   5  9  3


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lowenstein lf         2   0   0   1     0   0   .242      White lf              3   2   1   0     2   0   .278
  Carty ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .363      Maddox cf             5   2   3   0     0   0   .305
  Torres lf           1   0   1   0     0   0   .179      Murcer rf             5   0   3   3     0   0   .275
Gamble dh             5   0   2   0     0   0   .293      Blomberg dh           2   0   0   0     2   0   .303
Robinson 1b           3   0   0   0     1   3   .252      Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   1     0   0   .256
  Kuiper pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .000      Nettles 3b            3   1   0   0     1   0   .244
  McCraw 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .303      Munson c              4   0   1   0     0   2   .251
Spikes rf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .273      Mason ss              2   0   0   0     0   1   .247
Ellis c               4   1   2   0     0   0   .291        Michael ph,ss       1   0   0   0     1   0   .253
Hendrick cf           4   0   2   1     0   1   .294      Alomar 2b             3   0   0   1     0   1   .257
Brohamer 2b           3   1   1   1     0   0   .268      Tidrow p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Bell 3b               3   0   1   0     0   1   .249        Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Alvarado pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .187
  Crosby 3b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .208
Duffy ss              4   1   1   0     0   0   .232
G. Perry p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4  10   3     2   6             Totals               32   5   9   5     6   4

Time of Game: 2:52
Left on Base: Indians 8, Yankees 8
DP: Indians 1, Yankees 1
Errors: Mason 2, Alomar
Doubles: Gamble (15), Brohamer (10), Bell (14), Maddox (22), Munson (17), Chambliss (18)
Triples: Murcer (4)
Caught Stealing: Duffy (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Brohamer (2), Lowenstein (4), Alomar (2)
GIDP: McCraw (7), Chambliss (10)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
G. Perry L(20-11)       8.2   9   5   5   6   4   0  39   2.28
Totals                  8.2   9   5   5   6   4   0  39

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Tidrow                  6.2   6   3   1   1   5   0  27   4.16
Lyle W(8-3)             2.1   4   1   1   1   1   0  12   1.73
Totals                  9    10   4   2   2   6   0  39

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


INDIANS 1ST: Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); Gamble
doubled to left; Robinson was called out on strikes; Spikes
walked; Ellis popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: White walked; Maddox doubled to right [White to
third]; Murcer grounded out (second to first) [White scored,
Maddox to third]; Blomberg was walked intentionally; Chambliss
reached on a fielder's choice [Maddox scored, Blomberg out at
second (pitcher to first)]; Nettles flied out to left; 2 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 2.

INDIANS 2ND: Hendrick was called out on strikes; Brohamer
doubled to center; Bell struck out; Duffy reached on an error by
Mason [Brohamer scored (unearned) (no RBI), Duffy to first];
Duffy was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 2ND: Munson struck out; Mason struck out; Alomar popped
to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
1, Yankees 2.

INDIANS 3RD: Lowenstein grounded out (first to pitcher); Gamble
grounded out (second to first); Robinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 3RD: White singled to right; Maddox singled to right
[White to third]; Murcer singled to center [White scored, Maddox
to third]; Blomberg popped to third in foul territory; Chambliss
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Murcer out at
second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Yankees 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Spikes popped to first; Ellis singled to right;
Hendrick singled to right [Ellis to third]; Brohamer hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Ellis scored]; Bell flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 4TH: Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); Munson
struck out; Mason popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Yankees 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Duffy singled to shortstop [Duffy to third (error
by Mason)]; Lowenstein hit a sacrifice fly to right [Duffy
scored (unearned)]; Gamble grounded out (third to first);
Robinson struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3,
Yankees 3.

YANKEES 5TH: Alomar struck out; White walked; Maddox forced
White (third to second); Murcer singled to center [Maddox to
third]; Blomberg flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 3, Yankees 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Spikes grounded out (catcher to first); Ellis flied
out to center; Hendrick grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 6TH: Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first);
Nettles walked; Munson doubled to right [Nettles to third];
MICHAEL BATTED FOR MASON; Michael walked; Alomar hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Nettles scored, Munson to third]; White flied out
to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees 4.

INDIANS 7TH: MICHAEL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Brohamer flied
out to left; Bell doubled to left; ALVARADO RAN FOR BELL; Duffy
popped to first in foul territory; LYLE REPLACED TIDROW
(PITCHING); CARTY BATTED FOR LOWENSTEIN; Carty was called out on
strikes; Rico Carty ejected by HP umpire George Maloney;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 7TH: CROSBY REPLACED ALVARADO (PLAYING 3B); TORRES
REPLACED CARTY (PLAYING LF); Maddox flied out to center; Murcer
flied out to left; Blomberg walked; Chambliss doubled to right
[Blomberg out at home (right to second to catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees 4.

INDIANS 8TH: Gamble lined to third; Robinson walked; KUIPER RAN
FOR ROBINSON; Spikes popped to second; Ellis singled to right
[Kuiper to third]; Hendrick singled to center [Kuiper scored,
Ellis to second]; Brohamer grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 8TH: MCCRAW REPLACED KUIPER (PLAYING 1B); Nettles popped
to shortstop; Munson flied out to left; Michael popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 4.

INDIANS 9TH: Crosby flied out to left; Duffy reached on an error
by Alomar [Duffy to first]; Torres singled to third [Duffy to
second]; Gamble singled to second [Duffy to third, Torres to
second]; McCraw grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Gamble out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4,
Yankees 4.

YANKEES 9TH: Alomar grounded out (second to first); White flied
out to left; Maddox singled to left; Murcer tripled [Maddox
scored]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 5.