A Jacket Day crowd of 51,650, Detroit's largest turnout since June 17, 1973, saw the Tigers succumb to the four-hit pitching of Jackie Brown and lose to the Indians, 4-0. Alan Ashby squeezed a run across the plate in the sixth inning and batted in two more with a single in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 4, Detroit Tigers 0
Game Played on Sunday, May       16, 1976 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Indians      1  0  0    0  0  1    0  2  0  -   4  7  1
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kuiper 2b             5   1   1   0     0   0   .198      LeFlore cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .381
Bell 3b               5   1   1   0     0   0   .287      Johnson lf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .237
Manning cf            4   1   2   1     0   2   .280      Horton dh             4   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Carty dh              3   1   1   0     1   0   .388      Staub rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .341
Hendrick lf           2   0   0   0     2   1   .288      Thompson 1b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .299
Ashby c               3   0   1   3     0   2   .274      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .245
Howard 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .289      Veryzer ss            2   0   1   0     1   1   .224
Spikes rf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .218      Sutherland 2b         2   0   0   0     0   0   .186
Duffy ss              3   0   1   0     0   1   .247        Oglivie ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .174
Brown p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wockenfuss c        0   0   0   0     0   0   .292
                                                          Kimm c                2   0   0   0     0   1   .273
                                                            Meyer ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .176
                                                            Manuel 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .154
                                                          Bare p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Grilli p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   4   7   4     4   6             Totals               30   0   4   0     1   4

Time of Game: 1:54   Attendance: 51,650
Left on Base: Indians 7, Tigers 4
DP: Indians 2, Tigers 0
Errors: Bell
Doubles: Kuiper (3), Manning (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Ashby (4), Duffy (5)
GIDP: Rodriguez (4), Oglivie (1)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brown W(3-1)            9     4   0   0   1   4   0  31   2.93
Totals                  9     4   0   0   1   4   0  31

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bare L(2-3)             8     7   4   4   3   6   0  34   3.53
Grilli                  1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   1.38
Totals                  9     7   4   4   4   6   0  38

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Marty Springstead


INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper doubled to right; Bell flied out to left;
Manning doubled to left [Kuiper scored]; Carty grounded out
(second to first) [Manning to third]; Hendrick struck out; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (pitcher to first); Johnson
flied out to right; Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Ashby struck out; Howard grounded out (third to
first); Spikes grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Staub grounded out (second to first); Thompson
grounded out (second to first); Rodriguez singled to right;
Veryzer walked [Rodriguez to second]; Sutherland made an out to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Duffy struck out; Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to
first); Bell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Kimm was called out on strikes; LeFlore flied out to
right; Johnson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Manning struck out; Carty grounded out (shortstop
to first); Hendrick walked; Ashby struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Horton flied out to left; Staub grounded out (second
to first); Thompson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Howard grounded out (third to first); Spikes
grounded out (pitcher to first); Duffy singled; Kuiper flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); Veryzer
struck out; Sutherland grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Bell singled to right; Manning struck out; Carty
singled to right [Bell to third]; Hendrick was walked
intentionally [Carty to second]; Ashby out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to first) [Bell scored, Carty to third, Hendrick to
second]; Howard flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Kimm grounded out (third to first); LeFlore singled
to center; Johnson forced LeFlore (shortstop to second); Horton
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2,
Tigers 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Spikes grounded out (shortstop to first); Duffy
grounded out (third to first); Kuiper grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Staub singled to center; Thompson flied out to
right; Rodriguez grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Staub out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 8TH: Bell flied out to right; Manning singled; Carty
walked [Manning to second]; Hendrick grounded out (pitcher to
first) [Manning to third, Carty to second]; Ashby singled to
left [Manning scored, Carty scored]; Howard flied out to right;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 8TH: Veryzer singled to left; OGLIVIE BATTED FOR
SUTHERLAND; Oglivie grounded into a double play (first to
shortstop to first) [Veryzer out at second]; MEYER BATTED FOR
KIMM; Meyer flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
4, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 9TH: WOCKENFUSS REPLACED OGLIVIE (PLAYING C ); MANUEL
REPLACED MEYER (PLAYING 2B); GRILLI REPLACED BARE (PITCHING);
Spikes walked; Duffy out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted)
[Spikes to second]; Kuiper grounded out (second to first)
[Spikes to third]; Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 9TH: LeFlore popped to first in foul territory; Johnson
struck out; Horton reached on an error by Bell; Staub struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 0.