Ray Fosse drove in four runs with two singles and a sacrifice bunt and Orlando Gonzalez drove in the first two runs of his major league career as the Indians piled up 15 hits and defeated the Royals, 11-8. However the Indians, after building up a 9-0 lead, almost blew the verdict when the Royals exploded for eight runs in the fourth inning. After an error and seven straight singles accounted for seven runs, Jim Bibby came in with none out, yielded a sacrifice fly and then cut off the Royals' rally. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 11, Kansas City Royals 8
Game Played on Sunday, June      20, 1976 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    8  0  0    0  0  0  -   8 12  1
Indians      0  3  6    0  0  1    0  1  x  -  11 15  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
D. Nelson 2b          5   1   2   2     0   2   .304      Gonzalez 1b           5   0   3   2     0   1   .294
Otis cf               2   1   1   1     3   0   .300      Manning cf            5   0   1   0     0   0   .283
Brett 3b              5   1   2   0     0   1   .345      Lowenstein rf         2   1   0   0     1   1   .252
Mayberry 1b           4   0   1   1     1   0   .248        Spikes ph,rf        2   1   0   0     0   0   .224
McRae dh              3   1   0   1     0   1   .348      Carty dh              5   2   3   1     0   1   .313
Poquette lf           4   1   2   0     0   1   .331      Hendrick lf           4   2   2   1     1   0   .257
  Wohlford ph         0   0   0   0     0   0   .221      Bell 3b               4   2   2   1     1   0   .326
  Quirk ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .294      Fosse c               4   2   2   4     0   1   .289
Cowens rf             5   1   2   1     0   0   .250      Duffy ss              3   1   1   0     0   1   .242
Patek ss              5   1   1   1     0   1   .309      Kuiper 2b             3   0   1   2     0   0   .228
Wathan c              4   1   1   1     0   2   .316      Brown p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Littell p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bibby p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pattin 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               38   8  12   8     4   8             Totals               37  11  15  11     3   5

Time of Game: 3:16   Attendance: 13,295
Left on Base: Royals 9, Indians 8
DP: Royals 0, Indians 1
Errors: Brett, Bell
Doubles: Manning (8), Bell (9), Gonzalez (1), Carty (17)
Home Runs: Carty (5)
Stolen Bases: Otis 2 (10), Poquette (2), Gonzalez (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Duffy (6), Kuiper (6), Fosse (1)
Sacrifice Flies: McRae (4)
GIDP: Otis (6)
Hit by Pitch: McRae (2,by Brown)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Littell L(3-2)          2     7   7   7   2   3   0  15   2.84
Mingori                 3     6   3   2   0   2   0  16   2.62
Pattin                  3     2   1   1   1   0   1  12   3.10
Totals                  8    15  11  10   3   5   1  43

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brown                   3     8   6   5   1   2   0  19   2.81
Buskey                  0     2   2   2   1   0   0   3   2.93
Bibby W(3-2)            4     2   0   0   2   4   0  16   4.46
Hood                    1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   3.50
Thomas SV(3)            1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.48
Totals                  9    12   8   6*  4   8   0  44

Hit by Pitch: Brown (4)

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Jim Evans


ROYALS 1ST: D. Nelson singled to right; Otis grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [D. Nelson out at
second]; Brett grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Gonzalez struck out; Manning doubled to left;
Lowenstein struck out; Carty struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Indians 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry singled to right; McRae was hit by a pitch
[Mayberry to second]; Poquette was called out on strikes; Cowens
flied out to center; Patek popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Hendrick walked; Bell singled to right [Hendrick to
third]; Fosse singled to left [Hendrick scored, Bell to second];
Duffy out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Bell to third,
Fosse to second]; Kuiper singled to right [Bell scored, Fosse
scored]; Gonzalez forced Kuiper (shortstop to second); Gonzalez
stole second; Manning grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 3.

ROYALS 3RD: Wathan struck out; D. Nelson grounded out (shortstop
to first); Otis walked; Brett singled to right [Otis to third];
Mayberry grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 3.

INDIANS 3RD: Lowenstein walked; Carty singled to left
[Lowenstein to third]; Hendrick singled to left [Lowenstein
scored, Carty to second]; Bell doubled to left [Carty scored,
Hendrick to third]; MINGORI REPLACED LITTELL (PITCHING); Fosse
singled to center [Hendrick scored, Bell scored]; Duffy singled
to center [Fosse to second]; Kuiper out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Fosse to third, Duffy to second]; Gonzalez
doubled to right [Fosse scored, Duffy scored]; Manning flied out
to right; Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); 6 R, 6 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 9.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae reached on an error by Bell; Poquette singled
to right [McRae to second]; Cowens singled to left [McRae to
third, Poquette to second]; Patek singled to left [McRae scored
(unearned), Poquette to third, Cowens to second]; Wathan singled
to pitcher [Poquette scored, Cowens to third, Patek to second];
D. Nelson singled to right [Cowens scored, Patek scored, Wathan
to third]; BUSKEY REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Otis singled to
left [Wathan scored, D. Nelson to second]; Brett singled to
third [D. Nelson to third, Otis to second]; Mayberry walked [D.
Nelson scored, Otis to third, Brett to second]; BIBBY REPLACED
BUSKEY (PITCHING); McRae hit a sacrifice fly to left [Otis
scored]; Poquette flied to left in foul territory; Cowens
singled to right [Brett scored (unearned, but earned for the
pitcher), Mayberry to second]; Patek forced Cowens (shortstop to
second); 8 R (7 ER), 8 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 8, Indians 9.

INDIANS 4TH: Carty made an out to second; Hendrick singled to
left; Bell forced Hendrick (shortstop to second); Fosse was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 8, Indians
9.

ROYALS 5TH: Wathan grounded out (pitcher to first); D. Nelson
was called out on strikes; Otis walked; Otis stole second; Brett
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 8, Indians 9.

INDIANS 5TH: Duffy was called out on strikes; Kuiper grounded
out (first to pitcher); Gonzalez singled to left; Manning made
an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 8, Indians 9.

ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry flied out to left; McRae flied out to
right; Poquette singled to pitcher; Poquette stole second;
Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 8, Indians 9.

INDIANS 6TH: SPIKES BATTED FOR LOWENSTEIN; Spikes reached on an
error by Brett; Carty doubled to left [Spikes to third]; PATTIN
REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Hendrick grounded out (third to
first); Bell was walked intentionally; Fosse out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Spikes scored (unearned), Carty to
third, Bell out at second]; Duffy flied out to center; 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 8, Indians 10.

ROYALS 7TH: SPIKES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Patek was called
out on strikes; Wathan was called out on strikes; D. Nelson
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 8, Indians 10.

INDIANS 7TH: Kuiper grounded out (first unassisted); Gonzalez
singled; Manning made an out to shortstop; Spikes forced
Gonzalez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 8,
Indians 10.

ROYALS 8TH: Otis walked; HOOD REPLACED BIBBY (PITCHING); Otis
stole second; Brett struck out; Mayberry grounded out (shortstop
to first); McRae struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 8,
Indians 10.

INDIANS 8TH: Carty homered; Hendrick popped to third in foul
territory; Bell flied to left in foul territory; Fosse grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 8,
Indians 11.

ROYALS 9TH: WOHLFORD BATTED FOR POQUETTE; THOMAS REPLACED HOOD
(PITCHING); QUIRK BATTED FOR WOHLFORD; Quirk grounded out
(pitcher to first); Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first);
Patek grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 8, Indians 11.