Doing it himself, manager Frank Robinson of the Indians came to bat as a pinch-hitter in the 13th inning and smashed a two-run homer to beat the White Sox, 5-4. Bill Stein drove in a run with a single for the White Sox in the top half of the frame, but Larvell Blanks led off the Indians' portion with a single for his fourth hit of the game and scored ahead of Robinson on the manager's two-out wallop. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 5, Chicago White Sox 4
Game Played on Friday, June      11, 1976 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
White Sox    0  1  0    0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  0    1  -   4  7  0
Indians      2  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0    2  -   5 14  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kelly dh              6   0   0   0     0   2   .221      Manning cf            6   0   1   0     0   1   .274
Garr cf,lf            6   0   0   0     0   2   .287      Blanks 2b             6   2   4   0     0   0   .317
  Nyman lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .133      Pruitt 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .071
Bradford rf           5   1   2   1     1   2   .248        Howard 1b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .212
Orta 3b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .245      Hendrick lf           6   1   2   1     0   0   .258
  Stein 3b,2b         2   0   1   1     0   1   .183      Carty dh              3   0   1   0     1   1   .306
Spencer 1b            5   0   1   0     1   1   .257        Waits pr,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Downing c             5   2   2   1     0   0   .268        Gonzalez ph,dh      1   0   1   0     0   0   .333
Coggins lf,cf         3   0   0   0     0   0   .190        Robinson ph,dh      1   1   1   2     0   0   .267
  Lemon cf            2   0   0   0     0   1   .279      Bell 3b               5   1   3   2     0   0   .306
Dent ss               5   0   1   0     0   2   .265      Spikes rf             3   0   1   0     0   1   .227
Brohamer 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .217        Lowenstein ph,rf    2   0   0   0     0   1   .250
  Bannister pr,3b     0   1   0   0     0   0   .273      Fosse c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .194
Brett p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Ashby ph,c          2   0   0   0     0   2   .246
  Carroll p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Duffy ss              5   0   0   0     0   1   .217
  Forster p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Brown p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               46   4   7   3     2  11             Totals               48   5  14   5     1   7

Time of Game: 3:36   Attendance: 11,984
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Indians 7
DP: White Sox 1, Indians 0
Errors: Brown
Doubles: Downing (8), Hendrick (8)
Triples: Blanks (3)
Home Runs: Downing (3), Bradford (4), Bell (3), Robinson (1)
Stolen Bases: Downing (2), Bannister (2)
Caught Stealing: Spikes (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Brohamer (4), Howard (2)
GIDP: Hendrick (5)
Hit by Pitch: Brohamer (2,by Kern)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brett                   8     8   3   3   0   3   1  30   1.98
Carroll                 2.2   3   0   0   1   2   0  12   1.79
Forster L(1-3)          2     3   2   2   0   2   1   8   4.15
Totals                 12.2  14   5   5   1   7   2  50

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brown                   8     4   3   2   1   4   2  30   2.17
LaRoche                 3.1   2   0   0   0   5   0  12   1.71
Kern W(5-2)             1.2   1   1   1   1   2   0   8   2.22
Totals                 13     7   4   3   2  11   2  50

Passed Balls: Fosse (2)
Hit by Pitch: Kern (5)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Kelly flied out to left; Garr grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bradford flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Manning was called out on strikes; Blanks tripled
to center; Pruitt flied out to left; Hendrick singled to center
[Blanks scored]; Carty singled to center [Hendrick to third];
Bell singled to left [Hendrick scored, Carty to second]; Spikes
struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 2.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Orta flied to left in foul territory; Spencer
singled to center; Downing forced Spencer (shortstop to second);
Downing stole second; Coggins reached on an error by Brown
[Downing scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Fosse allowed a passed
ball [Coggins to second]; Dent grounded out (third to first); 1
R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Indians 2.

INDIANS 2ND: Fosse flied out to right; Duffy lined to right;
Manning flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Indians 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Brohamer grounded out (second to first); Kelly
struck out; Garr flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 1, Indians 2.

INDIANS 3RD: Blanks singled to center; Pruitt flied out to
right; Hendrick grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Blanks out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
1, Indians 2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Bradford struck out; Orta popped to shortstop in
foul territory; Spencer walked; Downing flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Indians 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Carty flied out to right; Bell singled to center;
Spikes forced Bell (shortstop to second); Spikes was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 1, Indians 2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Coggins grounded out (second to first); Dent was
called out on strikes; Brohamer made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Indians 2.

INDIANS 5TH: GARR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); COGGINS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Fosse popped to first in foul
territory; Duffy lined to left; Manning flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Indians 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Kelly flied out to right; Garr grounded out
(pitcher to first); Bradford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 1, Indians 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Blanks flied out to right; Pruitt flied out to
right; Hendrick lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
1, Indians 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: HOWARD REPLACED PRUITT (PLAYING 1B); Orta
grounded out (first to pitcher); Spencer flied out to left;
Downing homered; Coggins grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Indians 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Carty struck out; Bell homered; Spikes singled to
right; Fosse forced Spikes (first to shortstop); Duffy flied out
to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Indians 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Dent singled to left; Brohamer out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Dent to second]; Kelly grounded out
(second to first) [Dent stayed at second]; Garr grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Indians
3.

INDIANS 8TH: Manning flied out to center; Blanks grounded out
(first to pitcher); Howard flied to right in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Indians 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Bradford homered; LAROCHE REPLACED BROWN
(PITCHING); Orta popped to third in foul territory; Spencer
struck out; Downing lined to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 3, Indians 3.

INDIANS 9TH: STEIN REPLACED ORTA (PLAYING 3B); LEMON REPLACED
COGGINS (PLAYING CF); CARROLL REPLACED BRETT (PITCHING);
Hendrick doubled to left; Carty was walked intentionally; WAITS
RAN FOR CARTY; Bell forced Hendrick (first to third) [Waits to
second]; LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR SPIKES; Lowenstein grounded out
(first unassisted) [Waits to third, Bell to second]; ASHBY
BATTED FOR FOSSE; Ashby struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 3, Indians 3.

WHITE SOX 10TH: WAITS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); LOWENSTEIN
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); ASHBY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C );
Lemon popped to first in foul territory; Dent struck out;
Brohamer flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 3, Indians 3.

INDIANS 10TH: Duffy was called out on strikes; Manning grounded
out (second to first); Blanks singled to left; Howard grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Indians 3.

WHITE SOX 11TH: Kelly struck out; Garr struck out; Bradford
singled to right; Stein struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 3, Indians 3.

INDIANS 11TH: Hendrick grounded out (pitcher to first); GONZALEZ
BATTED FOR WAITS; Gonzalez singled to right; Bell forced
Gonzalez (shortstop to second); FORSTER REPLACED CARROLL
(PITCHING); Lowenstein struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 3, Indians 3.

WHITE SOX 12TH: GONZALEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Spencer
popped to catcher in foul territory; Downing doubled to center;
KERN REPLACED LAROCHE (PITCHING); Lemon struck out; Dent
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 3, Indians 3.

INDIANS 12TH: Ashby struck out; Duffy grounded out (second to
first); Manning singled to left [Manning out at second (left to
second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Indians 3.

WHITE SOX 13TH: Brohamer was hit by a pitch; BANNISTER RAN FOR
BROHAMER; Kelly popped to shortstop in foul territory; Bannister
stole second; Garr struck out; Bradford was walked
intentionally; Stein singled to first [Bannister scored,
Bradford to third]; Spencer grounded out (first to pitcher); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 4, Indians 3.

INDIANS 13TH: NYMAN REPLACED GARR (PLAYING LF); STEIN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); BANNISTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B);
Blanks singled to center; Howard out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [Blanks to second]; Hendrick grounded out
(second to first) [Blanks to third]; ROBINSON BATTED FOR
GONZALEZ; Robinson homered [Blanks scored]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 4, Indians 5.