Fritz Peterson gained his ninth straight victory as the Indians won the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 7-1 , but the Yankees came back to take the second game. 4-3. The Yankees scored their lone run off Peterson in the first inning on doubles by Sandy Alomar and Thurman Munson. The Indians took advantage of a throwing error by Fred Stanley to rack up three unearned runs in the third. George Hendrick drove in a run with a single, added another with a sacrifice fly in the fifth and accounted for his third RBI of the game with a single in the seventh.

The Yankees, after tying the score at 1-1 in the nightcap, broke away to win with three runs in the sixth. Chris Chambliss and Walt Williams singled and Rick Bladt walked to load the bases. Bobby Bonds hit a sacrifice fly to snap the tie and Alomar followed with the decisive double, driving in two runs. John Lowenstein homered with a man on base for the Indians in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 7, New York Yankees 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Saturday, September 13, 1975 (Night game) at Shea Stadium
Indians      0  0  3    0  1  0    3  0  0  -   7 10  0
Yankees      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  3


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kuiper 2b             4   0   0   0     1   1   .307      Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .266
Bell 3b               5   2   3   0     0   1   .263      Alomar 2b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .234
Manning cf            4   1   0   0     1   1   .282      White lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .283
Carty dh              5   1   2   1     0   0   .309      Munson c              4   0   1   1     0   0   .317
Hendrick rf           3   1   2   3     0   1   .260      Nettles 3b            3   0   1   0     0   1   .275
  Smith rf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dempsey dh            3   0   0   0     0   0   .279
Spikes lf             3   0   1   0     0   1   .224      Chambliss 1b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .299
  Gamble ph,lf        1   1   0   0     1   1   .269      Bladt cf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .209
Lis 1b                2   0   0   0     1   1   .250      Stanley ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .216
  Powell ph,1b        1   0   0   0     1   0   .292        Williams ph         1   0   1   0     0   0   .274
Ashby c               4   0   2   2     0   0   .223        Brinkman ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .204
Duffy ss              3   1   0   0     1   0   .232      May p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Peterson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Pagan p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Guidry p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   7  10   6     6   7             Totals               31   1   5   1     0   1

Time of Game: 2:06
Left on Base: Indians 9, Yankees 3
DP: Indians 0, Yankees 1
Errors: Munson, Bladt, Stanley
Doubles: Carty (18), Bell (18), Hendrick (21), Alomar (14), Munson (20)
Triples: Bell (4)
Stolen Bases: Duffy (10)
Caught Stealing: White (14)
Sacrifice Flies: Hendrick (8)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Peterson W(13-7)        9     5   1   1   0   1   0  31   3.91
Totals                  9     5   1   1   0   1   0  31

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
May L(13-11)            6.2   8   6   3   4   4   0  32   3.10
Pagan                   0     0   1   1   1   0   0   1   4.61
Lyle                    1.1   2   0   0   1   2   0   7   2.89
Guidry                  1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.16
Totals                  9    10   7   4   6   7   0  43

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Dale Ford


INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper walked; Bell was called out on strikes;
Manning walked [Kuiper to second]; Carty flied out to center;
Hendrick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Bonds flied out to right; Alomar doubled to center;
White singled [Alomar to third]; White was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Munson doubled [Alomar scored];
Nettles grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Spikes struck out; Lis was called out on strikes;
Ashby lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Dempsey grounded out (shortstop to first);
Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); Bladt grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Duffy walked; Kuiper grounded out (second to first)
[Duffy to second]; Duffy stole third; Bell reached on an error
by Stanley [Duffy scored (unearned) (no RBI), Bell to second];
Manning flied out to right; Carty doubled [Bell scored
(unearned)]; Hendrick singled to right [Carty scored (unearned)
(RBI), Hendrick to third (error by Munson)]; Spikes grounded out
(third to first); 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3,
Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Stanley made an out to second; Bonds grounded out
(third to first); Alomar flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Lis flied out to center; Ashby singled to left;
Duffy flied out to right; Kuiper flied to left in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 4TH: White grounded out (third to first); Munson flied
out to center; Nettles singled to right; Dempsey forced Nettles
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees
1.

INDIANS 5TH: Bell doubled; Manning reached on a fielder's choice
[Bell out at third (pitcher to third)]; Carty singled to right
[Manning to third]; Hendrick sacrifice flied into a double play
(right to catcher to first) [Manning scored (RBI), Carty out at
first]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Chambliss flied to left in foul territory; Bladt
flied out to left; Stanley flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Spikes singled to center; Lis walked [Spikes to
second]; Ashby made an out to first; Duffy flied out to right
[Spikes to third]; Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Bonds flied out to center; Alomar grounded out
(third to first); White made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Bell tripled to left; Manning grounded out (second
to first); Carty grounded out (third to first); Hendrick doubled
to right [Bell scored]; PAGAN REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); GAMBLE
BATTED FOR SPIKES; Gamble was walked intentionally; POWELL
BATTED FOR LIS; LYLE REPLACED PAGAN (PITCHING); Powell walked
[Hendrick to third, Gamble to second]; Ashby singled to center
[Hendrick scored (RBI), Gamble scored (RBI), Powell to third
(error by Bladt)]; Duffy forced Ashby (shortstop to second); 3
R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 7, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 7TH: SMITH REPLACED HENDRICK (PLAYING RF); GAMBLE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); POWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Munson
flied out to center; Nettles was called out on strikes; Dempsey
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 7, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 8TH: Kuiper was called out on strikes; Bell singled to
right; Manning was called out on strikes; Carty forced Bell
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 7, Yankees
1.

YANKEES 8TH: Chambliss flied out to right; Bladt grounded out
(third to first); WILLIAMS BATTED FOR STANLEY; Williams singled
to center; Bonds flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 7, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 9TH: BRINKMAN REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING SS); GUIDRY
REPLACED LYLE (PITCHING); Smith flied out to right; Gamble
struck out; Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 9TH: Alomar grounded out (shortstop to first); White
made an out to first; Munson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7, Yankees 1.