After driving in one run with a single in the fifth inning, George Hendrick broke a 2-2 tie by a smashing homer with a man on base in the seventh to lead the Indians to a 6-3 victory over the White Sox. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 6, Chicago White Sox 3
Game Played on Tuesday, August    12, 1975 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Indians      0  0  0    0  1  1    2  2  0  -   6 11  1
White Sox    0  2  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   3  6  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Manning cf            4   1   1   1     0   0   .297      Kelly rf              5   1   1   0     0   0   .277
Bell 3b               4   1   1   0     1   0   .252      Dent ss               4   0   1   0     0   0   .291
Hendrick rf           4   1   3   3     1   0   .267      May lf                3   0   1   0     0   1   .275
Powell 1b             2   0   0   0     3   0   .296      D. Johnson 1b         3   1   1   1     1   1   .253
Carty dh              4   0   0   0     1   0   .297      Henderson cf          2   1   1   0     1   0   .268
  Kuiper pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .294      Orta 2b               3   0   0   0     1   0   .294
Spikes lf             5   1   1   0     0   0   .216      Stein 3b              4   0   1   2     0   0   .256
Ellis c               4   0   2   1     0   2   .228      Richard dh            3   0   0   0     1   1   .265
Brohamer 2b           4   1   1   0     0   0   .247      Downing c             3   0   0   0     1   1   .248
Duffy ss              4   1   2   0     0   0   .219      Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Peterson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Upshaw p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   6  11   5     6   2             Totals               30   3   6   3     5   4

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance:  8,327
Left on Base: Indians 9, White Sox 7
DP: Indians 3, White Sox 0
Errors: Duffy, D. Johnson, Henderson
Doubles: Ellis (11), Spikes (10), Stein (5), Dent (23), Kelly (17)
Home Runs: Hendrick (17)
Caught Stealing: Kuiper (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Manning (3)
GIDP: Kelly 2 (11), Orta (13)
Hit by Pitch: Henderson (3,by Peterson), May (8,by Peterson)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Peterson W(7-7)         7.1   5   3   2   4   3   0  30   4.75
LaRoche SV(11)          1.2   1   0   0   1   1   0   7   1.88
Totals                  9     6   3   2   5   4   0  37

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood L(12-15)           6.1   8   4   4   5   1   1  31   3.97
Gossage                 1.2   3   2   2   0   1   0   8   2.17
Upshaw                  1     0   0   0   1   0   0   3   3.82
Totals                  9    11   6   6   6   2   1  42

Hit by Pitch: Peterson 2 (6)

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Armando Rodriguez, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Rich Garcia


INDIANS 1ST: Manning singled to center; Bell grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Manning to second]; Hendrick singled to
center [Manning to third]; Powell made an out to first; Carty
walked [Hendrick to second]; Spikes lined to shortstop; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly grounded out (second to first); Dent lined
to shortstop; May was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, White Sox 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Ellis struck out; Brohamer flied out to center;
Duffy grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: D. Johnson walked; Henderson was hit by a pitch
[D. Johnson to second]; Orta reached on an error by Duffy [D.
Johnson to third, Henderson to second]; Stein doubled to center
[D. Johnson scored, Henderson scored (unearned), Orta to third];
Richard struck out; Downing was walked intentionally; Kelly
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Downing out at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
0, White Sox 2.

INDIANS 3RD: Manning grounded out (second to first); Bell flied
out to center; Hendrick walked; Powell lined to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Dent grounded out (second to first); May flied
out to left; D. Johnson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Indians 0, White Sox 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Spikes
flied out to center; Ellis doubled to center; Brohamer grounded
out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, White
Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Henderson singled to center; Orta grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Henderson out at
second]; Stein grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, White Sox 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Duffy singled to center; D. Johnson dropped a foul
fly hit by Manning for an error; Manning forced Duffy (second to
shortstop); Bell grounded out (third to first) [Manning to
second]; Hendrick singled to center [Manning scored]; Powell
walked [Hendrick to second]; Carty flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H,
1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Richard walked; Downing flied out to right; Kelly
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Richard out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, White
Sox 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Spikes doubled to left; Ellis singled to right
[Spikes scored, Ellis out at second (right to shortstop)];
Brohamer flied out to center; Duffy flied out to center; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Dent doubled; May singled to right [Dent to
third, May out at second (right to catcher to shortstop)]; D.
Johnson struck out; Henderson was walked intentionally; Orta
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
2, White Sox 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Manning flied out to center; Bell walked; Hendrick
homered [Bell scored]; Powell walked; GOSSAGE REPLACED WOOD
(PITCHING); Carty made an out to shortstop; Spikes made an out
to second; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Stein flied out to right; Richard flied out to
center; Downing popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, White Sox 2.

INDIANS 8TH: Ellis struck out; Brohamer singled; Duffy singled
to center [Brohamer scored (error by Henderson) (no RBI), Duffy
to third]; Manning out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first)
[Duffy scored]; Bell singled to right; Hendrick grounded out
(second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 6, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Kelly doubled to left; Dent flied out to right;
May was hit by a pitch; LAROCHE REPLACED PETERSON (PITCHING); D.
Johnson singled to left [Kelly scored, May to second]; Henderson
flied out to center; Orta walked [May to third, D. Johnson to
second]; Stein flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians
6, White Sox 3.

INDIANS 9TH: UPSHAW REPLACED GOSSAGE (PITCHING); Powell walked;
Carty forced Powell (second to shortstop); KUIPER RAN FOR CARTY;
Kuiper was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Spikes
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
6, White Sox 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: KUIPER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Richard
grounded out (pitcher to first); Downing was called out on
strikes; Kelly flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 6, White Sox 3.