Rick Waits pitched the first six innings and Jim Bibby finished as the Indians shut out the White Sox, 3-0, although the Tribe's two pitchers yielded 11 hits between them. The Indians collected only nine. Frank Duffy, who had just three RBIs to his credit since May 13, woke up and drove in two of the Indians' runs, one on a bunt single and another on a sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 3, Chicago White Sox 0
Game Played on Saturday, June      12, 1976 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0 11  1
Indians      0  1  0    2  0  0    0  0  x  -   3  9  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dent ss               3   0   2   0     2   1   .271      Kuiper 2b             4   0   1   1     0   0   .215
Garr lf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .286      Manning cf            4   0   3   0     0   0   .283
Lemon cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .278      Hendrick lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .253
Orta 3b               4   0   0   0     0   2   .240      Carty dh              4   0   1   0     0   1   .305
Bradford rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Ashby c               4   0   0   0     0   1   .240
Spencer 1b            4   0   2   0     0   1   .263      Bell 3b               3   1   2   0     1   0   .312
Downing dh            4   0   3   0     0   0   .282      Spikes rf             0   1   0   0     0   0   .227
  Bannister pr,dh     0   0   0   0     0   0   .273        Lowenstein rf       3   1   1   0     0   0   .253
Stein 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .176      Howard 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .205
  Coggins ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .188      Duffy ss              2   0   1   2     0   0   .221
Essian c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .297      Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kelly ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .228        Bibby p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Vuckovich p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   0  11   0     2   7             Totals               31   3   9   3     1   3

Time of Game: 2:00   Attendance: 17,456
Left on Base: White Sox 10, Indians 7
DP: White Sox 1, Indians 2
Errors: Garr
Doubles: Bell (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Duffy (1)
GIDP: Lemon 2 (3), Ashby (3)
Hit by Pitch: Spikes (5,by Vuckovich)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Vuckovich L(4-2)        6     9   3   3   0   1   0  27   4.11
Hamilton                2     0   0   0   1   2   0   7   3.16
Totals                  8     9   3   3   1   3   0  34

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits W(1-1)            6     6   0   0   2   5   0  24   2.12
Bibby SV(1)             3     5   0   0   0   2   0  13   4.75
Totals                  9    11   0   0   2   7   0  37

Hit by Pitch: Vuckovich (3)
Balks: Vuckovich (1)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Dent walked; Garr forced Dent (first to
shortstop); Lemon struck out; Orta struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Manning
singled to center; Hendrick flied out to right; Carty flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Bradford flied out to center; Spencer singled to
center; Downing singled to center [Spencer to second]; Stein
struck out; Essian forced Downing (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Ashby flied out to right; Bell singled to center;
Spikes was hit by a pitch [Bell to second]; Howard forced Bell
(shortstop to third) [Spikes to second]; Vuckovich balked
[Spikes to third, Howard to second]; On a bunt Duffy singled
[Spikes scored, Howard to third]; Kuiper flied out to right; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: LOWENSTEIN REPLACED SPIKES (PLAYING RF); Dent
walked; Garr struck out; Lemon grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Dent out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 1.

INDIANS 3RD: On a bunt Manning singled; Hendrick grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Manning to second]; Carty made an out to
third; Ashby flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Indians 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta grounded out (second to first); Bradford
flied out to right; Spencer singled to right; Downing singled to
right [Spencer to second]; Stein lined to pitcher; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Bell doubled to left; Lowenstein singled to right
[Bell to third]; Howard grounded out (third to first)
[Lowenstein to second]; Duffy hit a sacrifice fly to left [Bell
scored, Lowenstein to third]; Kuiper singled to right
[Lowenstein scored]; Manning singled to left [Kuiper to third
(error by Garr), Manning to second]; Hendrick was called out on
strikes; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Essian flied out to center; Dent singled to
right; Garr singled to right [Dent to second]; Lemon grounded
into a double play (third to second to first) [Garr out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Carty singled to left; Ashby grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Carty out at second]; Bell
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians
3.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Orta flied out to center; Bradford flied out to
center; Spencer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Indians 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Lowenstein lined to first; Howard flied out to
center; Duffy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 3.

WHITE SOX 7TH: BIBBY REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); Downing flied
out to left; Stein made an out to third; Essian singled to
center; Dent singled to center [Essian to second]; Garr flied
out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 3.

INDIANS 7TH: HAMILTON REPLACED VUCKOVICH (PITCHING); Kuiper
grounded out (third to first); Manning flied out to center;
Hendrick grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Indians 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Lemon singled to left [Lemon out at second (left
to second)]; Orta struck out; Bradford grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 3.

INDIANS 8TH: Carty struck out; Ashby was called out on strikes;
Bell walked; Lowenstein grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Spencer grounded out (second to first); Downing
singled to right; BANNISTER RAN FOR DOWNING; COGGINS BATTED FOR
STEIN; Coggins made an out to shortstop; KELLY BATTED FOR
ESSIAN; Kelly singled to left [Bannister to second]; Dent struck
out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 3.