Homers by Bobby Bonds and Bill Melton on successive pitches in the eighth inning powered the Angels to a 5-4 victory and kept the Indians from setting an A. L. record for most consecutive games won in one opponent's park. The Indians had beaten the Angels 13 times in a row at Anaheim Stadium since July 17, 1973.

Bonds' homer in the eighth followed a single by Jerry Remy and walk to Rusty Torres to tie the score. Melton then connected on Jackie Brown's next pitch to provide the Angels' winning run. [The Sporting News]



California Angels 5, Cleveland Indians 4
Game Played on Friday, May       7, 1976 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  3    1  0  0  -   4  9  0
Angels       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  4  x  -   5  9  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Manning cf            5   0   1   0     0   1   .293      Remy 2b               4   1   2   1     0   0   .247
Kuiper 2b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .200      Torres cf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .221
Bell 3b               2   1   1   1     1   0   .351      Bonds rf              3   1   1   3     0   1   .327
Carty dh              4   1   2   0     0   0   .375      Melton dh             4   1   1   1     0   0   .218
Lowenstein 1b         4   1   1   1     0   0   .200      Bochte 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .318
  Howard 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .318      Stanton lf            3   0   1   0     1   2   .229
Hendrick lf           4   0   2   2     0   1   .299      Chalk 3b,ss           4   1   1   0     0   1   .271
Spikes rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .206      Etchebarren c         2   0   0   0     0   0   .205
Ashby c               3   0   0   0     0   2   .286        Collins ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .224
Duffy ss              3   1   1   0     0   1   .262        Jackson 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Robinson ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Ramirez ss            2   0   1   0     0   0   .218
Brown p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Garrett ph,c        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kirkwood p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Drago p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4   9   4     1   8             Totals               31   5   9   5     2   5

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 10,496
Left on Base: Indians 6, Angels 5
DP: Indians 1, Angels 0
Errors: Torres, Etchebarren
Doubles: Lowenstein (1), Torres (5)
Home Runs: Bonds (3), Melton (3)
Stolen Bases: Manning (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Ashby (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Bell (2)
Hit by Pitch: Bonds (1,by Brown)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brown L(2-1)            7     9   5   5   2   3   2  31   4.07
LaRoche                 1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   0.00
Totals                  8     9   5   5   2   5   2  34

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kirkwood                5.1   6   3   3   1   4   0  23   8.57
Drago W(1-2)            3.2   3   1   1   0   4   0  14   3.52
Totals                  9     9   4   4   1   8   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Brown (1)

Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


INDIANS 1ST: Manning grounded out (second to first); Kuiper was
called out on strikes; Bell singled to left; Carty singled to
left [Bell to second]; Lowenstein flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Remy grounded out (second to first); Torres doubled
to center; Bonds was hit by a pitch; Melton flied out to right;
Bochte grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 0, Angels 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Hendrick singled to left; Spikes singled to left
[Hendrick to second]; Ashby out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Hendrick to third, Spikes to second]; Duffy struck out;
Manning struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Stanton walked; Chalk singled to left [Stanton to
third]; Etchebarren flied out to right; Ramirez reached on a
fielder's choice [Stanton out at home (third to catcher), Chalk
to second]; Remy singled [Chalk scored, Ramirez to third, Remy
to second (on throw)]; Torres lined to first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 0, Angels 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to second to first);
Bell grounded out (second to first); Carty flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Angels 1.

ANGELS 3RD: Bonds grounded out (third to first); Melton flied
out to right; Bochte flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Angels 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Lowenstein flied out to left; Hendrick flied out to
left; Spikes grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Angels 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Stanton singled to center [Stanton out at second
(center to shortstop)]; Chalk popped to shortstop; Etchebarren
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Angels 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Ashby was called out on strikes; Duffy grounded out
(shortstop to first); Manning flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 0, Angels 1.

ANGELS 5TH: Ramirez singled; Remy lined into a double play
(pitcher to first) [Ramirez out at first]; Torres popped to
third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Angels 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Kuiper grounded out (third to first); Bell walked;
Carty singled [Bell to third]; Lowenstein doubled to right [Bell
scored, Carty to third]; DRAGO REPLACED KIRKWOOD (PITCHING);
Hendrick singled to center [Carty scored, Lowenstein scored,
Hendrick to second (error by Torres)]; Spikes flied out to left;
Ashby popped to third in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 3, Angels 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Bonds was called out on strikes; Melton grounded out
(pitcher to second to first); Bochte singled to right; Stanton
struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3,
Angels 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Duffy singled to left; Manning singled to left
[Duffy to third]; Manning stole second; Kuiper struck out; Bell
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Duffy scored, Manning to third
(error by Etchebarren)]; Carty flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 4, Angels 1.

ANGELS 7TH: Chalk grounded out (shortstop to first); COLLINS
BATTED FOR ETCHEBARREN; Collins struck out; GARRETT BATTED FOR
RAMIREZ; Garrett flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 4, Angels 1.

INDIANS 8TH: CHALK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); JACKSON
REPLACED COLLINS (PLAYING 3B); GARRETT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C
); Lowenstein grounded out (first to pitcher); Hendrick struck
out; Spikes grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Indians 4, Angels 1.

ANGELS 8TH: HOWARD REPLACED LOWENSTEIN (PLAYING 1B); Remy
singled to right; Torres walked [Remy to second]; Bonds homered
[Remy scored, Torres scored]; Melton homered; LAROCHE REPLACED
BROWN (PITCHING); Bochte flied out to right; Stanton struck out;
Chalk struck out; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Angels 5.

INDIANS 9TH: Ashby struck out; ROBINSON BATTED FOR DUFFY;
Robinson was called out on strikes; Manning popped to third; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Angels 5.