Boog Powell hit a sacrifice fly in the first inning and followed with a homer in the fourth to provide the Indians with a 2-1 victory over the Tigers. Dan Meyer homered for the Tigers' tally in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 2, Detroit Tigers 1
Game Played on Thursday, September 18, 1975 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Indians      1  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  0
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  6  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kuiper 2b             3   1   0   0     1   0   .304      Scrivener ss          4   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Manning cf            4   0   2   0     0   1   .287      Baldwin cf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .209
Hendrick rf           4   0   1   0     0   1   .260      Oglivie lf            3   0   1   0     1   1   .286
Powell 1b             3   1   1   2     0   0   .290      Horton dh             4   0   2   0     0   0   .269
Carty dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .301      Molinaro rf           2   0   0   0     1   0   .000
  Lowenstein pr,dh    0   0   0   0     0   0   .244      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .245
Gamble lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .266      Meyer 1b              4   1   2   1     0   0   .245
Bell 3b               4   0   2   0     0   1   .263      Humphrey c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .235
Ashby c               4   0   2   0     0   0   .231        Freehan ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .246
Duffy ss              3   0   0   0     0   2   .228      Manuel 2b             3   0   0   0     0   2   .000
Bibby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lemanczyk p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   2   8   2     1   6             Totals               31   1   6   1     3   7

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance:  4,078
Left on Base: Indians 6, Tigers 7
DP: Indians 1, Tigers 0
Errors: Rodriguez
Triples: Rodriguez (5)
Home Runs: Powell (24), Meyer (8)
Caught Stealing: Manning (10), Lowenstein (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Molinaro (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Powell (5)
GIDP: Horton (19)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bibby W(7-15)           7.2   4   1   1   3   5   1  29   3.88
LaRoche                 1     2   0   0   0   1   0   5   2.21
Buskey SV(7)            0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   2.57
Totals                  9     6   1   1   3   7   1  35

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lemanczyk L(2-7)        9     8   2   2   1   6   1  35   4.29
Totals                  9     8   2   2   1   6   1  35

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Bill Kunkel


INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper walked; Manning flied out to left; Hendrick
singled [Kuiper to third]; Powell hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Kuiper scored]; Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: Scrivener was called out on strikes; Debut game
for Chuck Scrivener; Baldwin flied out to left; Oglivie
walked; Horton singled to center [Oglivie to third]; Molinaro
walked [Horton to second]; Debut game for Bob Molinaro;
Rodriguez popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Gamble lined to shortstop; Bell flied out to
center; Ashby singled to center; Duffy struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Meyer flied out to center; Humphrey was called out
on strikes; Manuel struck out; Debut game for Jerry
Manuel; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper grounded out (third to first); Manning
singled to left; Manning was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Hendrick grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Scrivener flied out to left; Baldwin struck out;
Oglivie popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Indians 1, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Powell homered; Carty grounded out (second to
first); Gamble struck out; Bell singled to center; Ashby singled
to center [Bell to third]; Duffy grounded out (second to first);
1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Horton made an out to second; Molinaro grounded out
(third to first); Rodriguez tripled to center; Meyer flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); Manning was
called out on strikes; Hendrick flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Humphrey grounded out (shortstop to first); Manuel
struck out; Scrivener flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Powell flied out to center; Carty grounded out
(first to pitcher); Gamble grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Baldwin grounded out (pitcher to first); Oglivie
singled to right; Horton grounded into a double play (pitcher to
second to first) [Oglivie out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Bell was called out on strikes; Ashby grounded out
(first to pitcher); Duffy was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Molinaro made an out to third; Rodriguez grounded
out (shortstop to first); Meyer homered; Humphrey flied out to
right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Tigers 1.

INDIANS 8TH: Kuiper grounded out (third to first); Manning
singled to right; Hendrick struck out; Powell grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 8TH: Manuel grounded out (shortstop to first); Scrivener
grounded out (shortstop to first); Baldwin walked; LAROCHE
REPLACED BIBBY (PITCHING); Oglivie was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Tigers 1.

INDIANS 9TH: Carty reached on an error by Rodriguez; LOWENSTEIN
RAN FOR CARTY; Lowenstein was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Gamble flied out to left; Bell singled to left; Ashby
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2,
Tigers 1.

TIGERS 9TH: LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Horton
singled to center; Molinaro out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Horton to second]; Rodriguez made an out to shortstop;
Meyer singled [Horton to third]; FREEHAN BATTED FOR HUMPHREY;
BUSKEY REPLACED LAROCHE (PITCHING); Freehan was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Tigers 1.