The Indians failed to pull off an attempted double steal in the ninth inning and, as a result, lost to the Yankees, 3-2. Otto Velez, celebrating the birth of his first son, hit his first homer of the season to pace the Yankees to a 3-0 lead before the Indians began the ninth with a round-tripper by Larvell Blanks. Buddy Bell walked and scored the second run on a double by Rico Carty.

After an infield out advanced pinch-runner Duane Kuiper to third, pinch-hitter Frank Robinson walked. Ron Pruitt struck out. Robinson then initiated an attempted double steal, starting for second and drawing a throw from catcher Rick Dempsey, but second baseman Sandy Alomar's return throw to the plate caught Kuiper attempting to score. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 3, Cleveland Indians 2
Game Played on Wednesday, May       19, 1976 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Yankees      0  0  0    1  0  1    1  0  0  -   3 10  0
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  5  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alomar 2b             5   0   2   0     0   0   .240      Manning cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .281
White cf              4   1   0   0     1   0   .303      Blanks 2b             3   1   1   1     1   0   .167
Munson lf             4   0   3   0     0   0   .320      Bell 3b               2   1   1   0     2   0   .291
Chambliss 1b          4   1   2   1     0   1   .320      Carty dh              4   0   2   1     0   0   .393
Piniella dh           4   0   1   1     0   0   .312        Kuiper pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Nettles 3b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .170      Hendrick lf           4   0   0   0     0   2   .281
Velez rf              2   1   1   1     1   0   .241      Howard 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .241
  Gamble ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .217        Robinson ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .000
Dempsey c             4   0   0   0     0   0   .111        Lowenstein pr       0   0   0   0     0   0   .180
Stanley ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .282      Pruitt rf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .000
R. May p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Fosse c               2   0   0   0     1   1   .077
  Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Duffy ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .233
  Martinez p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Thomas p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   3  10   3     2   2             Totals               29   2   5   2     5   6

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance:  4,756
Left on Base: Yankees 8, Indians 5
DP: Yankees 1, Indians 0
Errors: Hood
Doubles: Nettles (6), Carty (12)
Triples: Chambliss (1), Manning (3)
Home Runs: Velez (1), Blanks (1)
Stolen Bases: Munson (6)
Caught Stealing: Manning (2), Kuiper (4)
GIDP: Carty (4)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
R. May W(3-1)           8     4   1   1   3   5   1  29   3.83
Tidrow                  0.1   1   1   1   1   0   0   3   2.65
Martinez SV(1)          0.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   2   0.93
Totals                  9     5   2   2   5   6   1  34

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hood L(1-2)             6.2  10   3   3   2   1   1  31   3.54
Thomas                  2.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   7   1.93
Totals                  9    10   3   3   2   2   1  38

Balks: Hood (1)

Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Jim McKean


YANKEES 1ST: Alomar grounded out (third to first); White
grounded out (third to first); Munson singled to left; Munson
stole second; Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Manning tripled to right; Blanks walked; Manning
was caught stealing home (catcher to second to catcher) [Blanks
to second]; Bell walked; Carty grounded into a double play
(second to first) [Bell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 0, Indians 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Piniella grounded out (third to first); Nettles
popped to catcher; Velez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Hendrick struck out; Howard grounded out (third to
first); Pruitt flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Indians 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Dempsey flied out to center; Stanley grounded out
(pitcher to first); Alomar singled to left; Alomar was picked
off first but was safe on an error by Hood [Alomar to second];
White walked; Munson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Fosse flied out to center; Duffy grounded out
(shortstop to first); Manning flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Indians 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Chambliss tripled to center; Piniella singled to
right [Chambliss scored]; Nettles doubled to left [Piniella out
at home (left to shortstop to catcher), Nettles to third]; Velez
walked; Dempsey reached on a fielder's choice [Nettles out at
home (pitcher to first), Velez to second]; Stanley flied out to
right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell
grounded out (third to first); Carty singled to shortstop;
Hendrick struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Indians 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Alomar grounded out (shortstop to first); White
grounded out (third to first); Munson singled to center; Hood
balked [Munson to second]; Chambliss struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Howard grounded out (shortstop to first); Pruitt
struck out; Fosse walked; Duffy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 1, Indians 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Piniella flied out to center; Nettles popped to
first; Velez homered; Dempsey made an out to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Blanks
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell singled to shortstop;
Carty flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2,
Indians 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); Alomar
singled to shortstop; On a bunt White forced Alomar (third to
second); Munson singled to right [White to third]; Chambliss
singled to right [White scored, Munson to third]; THOMAS
REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); Piniella grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Hendrick made an out to second; Howard grounded out
(pitcher to first); Pruitt grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Indians 0.

YANKEES 8TH: Nettles flied out to center; GAMBLE BATTED FOR
VELEZ; Gamble struck out; Dempsey grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 8TH: GAMBLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Fosse struck
out; Duffy flied out to right; Manning grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Indians 0.

YANKEES 9TH: Stanley made an out to second; Alomar flied out to
center; White flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 9TH: Blanks homered; TIDROW REPLACED R. MAY (PITCHING);
Bell walked; Carty doubled to left [Bell scored (on throw),
Carty to third]; KUIPER RAN FOR CARTY; Hendrick grounded out
(second to first); MARTINEZ REPLACED TIDROW (PITCHING); ROBINSON
BATTED FOR HOWARD; Robinson walked; LOWENSTEIN RAN FOR ROBINSON;
Kuiper was caught stealing home (catcher to second to catcher)
[Lowenstein to second]; Pruitt struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Yankees 3, Indians 2.