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Dennis Eckersley, the Indians' rookie righthander who shut out the Athletics, 6-0 on May 25, defeated the defending world champions again, 4-1. All of the Indians' runs counted on homers. Tommy McCraw started the attack with a round-tripper in the first inning. McCraw was on base with a single when George Hendrick hit for the circuit in the third. Cleveland Indians 4, Oakland Athletics 1Game Played on Saturday, May 31, 1975 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumIndians 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 7 0
A's 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 6 0
Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0 1 1 .252 Campaneris ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .201
McCraw 1b 4 2 2 1 1 2 .273 Bando 3b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .188
Hendrick cf 5 2 2 3 0 1 .289 Jackson rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .236
Robinson dh 0 0 0 0 3 0 .220 Rudi 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .275
Gamble ph,dh 2 0 0 0 0 0 .213 Williams dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .228
Spikes rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .178 Tenace c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .288
Duffy ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Fosse c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .040
Berry lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .200 North ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .275
Crosby 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .275 C. Washington cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .304
Ashby c 1 0 0 0 3 0 .071 Mangual lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .174
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garner 2b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .234
Holt ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .400
Hopkins pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Martinez 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200
Holtzman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 31 4 7 4 8 5 Totals 33 1 6 1 1 5
Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 7,754
Left on Base: Indians 9, A's 6
DP: Indians 0, A's 0
Doubles: Bando (5)
Home Runs: McCraw (2), Hendrick 2 (9)
Stolen Bases: Ashby (2), Hopkins (8)
Caught Stealing: Ashby (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Crosby (1)
Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Eckersley W(3-0) 9 6 1 1 1 5 0 34 0.28
Totals 9 6 1 1 1 5 0 34
A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Holtzman L(3-6) 2.2 4 3 3 3 1 2 14 3.30
Lindblad 3.1 3 1 1 3 2 1 15 3.96
Todd 3 0 0 0 2 2 0 11 1.60
Totals 9 7 4 4 8 5 3 40
Umpires: HP - Armando Rodriguez, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Ron Luciano
INDIANS 1ST: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); McCraw
homered; Hendrick grounded out (first unassisted); Robinson
walked; Spikes grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Indians 1, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 1ST: Campaneris popped to first in foul territory;
Bando walked; Jackson struck out; Rudi struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Athletics 0.
INDIANS 2ND: Duffy grounded out (pitcher to first); Berry was
called out on strikes; Crosby made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: Williams made an out to third; Tenace flied out
to left; C. Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Athletics 0.
INDIANS 3RD: Ashby walked; Ashby was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Bell flied out to right; McCraw singled;
Hendrick homered [McCraw scored]; Robinson walked; Spikes
singled [Robinson to second]; LINDBLAD REPLACED HOLTZMAN
(PITCHING); Duffy flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 3, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Mangual popped to first in foul territory; Garner
flied to left in foul territory; Campaneris singled; Bando made
an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Athletics 0.
INDIANS 4TH: FOSSE REPLACED TENACE (PLAYING C ); Berry grounded
out (pitcher to first); Crosby grounded out (second to first);
Ashby walked; Ashby stole second; Bell singled to right [Ashby
out at home (right to catcher), Bell to second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Indians 3, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Rudi made
an out to third; Williams made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Indians 3, Athletics 0.
INDIANS 5TH: McCraw struck out; Hendrick homered; Robinson
walked; Spikes flied out to center; Duffy flied out to center; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Fosse made an out to shortstop; C. Washington
grounded out (first unassisted); Mangual struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Athletics 0.
INDIANS 6TH: Berry singled; Crosby out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Berry to second]; Ashby grounded out
(pitcher to first); Bell was walked intentionally; McCraw struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 4, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Garner singled; Campaneris flied out to left;
Bando doubled to left [Garner scored]; Jackson popped to third
in foul territory; Rudi popped to third in foul territory; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Athletics 1.
INDIANS 7TH: TODD REPLACED LINDBLAD (PITCHING); Hendrick flied
out to right; GAMBLE BATTED FOR ROBINSON; Gamble flied out to
center; Spikes grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Indians 4, Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 7TH: GAMBLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Williams
singled to center; Fosse struck out; C. Washington flied out to
center; Mangual popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Athletics 1.
INDIANS 8TH: Duffy grounded out (shortstop to first); Berry
grounded out (third to shortstop to first); Crosby grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 4,
Athletics 1.
ATHLETICS 8TH: HOLT BATTED FOR GARNER; Holt singled to right;
HOPKINS RAN FOR HOLT; Hopkins stole second; Campaneris struck
out; Bando grounded out (third to first); Jackson grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Athletics
1.
INDIANS 9TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED HOPKINS (PLAYING 2B); Ashby
walked; Bell was called out on strikes; McCraw walked [Ashby to
second]; Hendrick was called out on strikes; Gamble grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 4, Athletics
1.
ATHLETICS 9TH: Rudi popped to catcher in foul territory;
Williams lined to first; NORTH BATTED FOR FOSSE; North singled
to center; C. Washington flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Indians 4, Athletics 1.
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