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.

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