The Yankees' seven-game winning streak came to an end when Charlie Spikes hit a homer to provide the Indians with a 3-2 victory. The Indians tagged Catfish Hunter for two runs in the second inning, one on a sacrifice fly by Spikes and another on a single by Frank Duffy.

Lou Piniella singled and Graig Nettles doubled for a Yankee run in the fourth before Spikes hit his homer in the seventh. The Yanks fell short in their half with a run on a double by Elliott Maddox and single by Mickey Rivers. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 3, New York Yankees 2
Game Played on Tuesday, June      22, 1976 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Indians      0  2  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   3  7  2
Yankees      0  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  8  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kuiper 2b             4   0   3   0     0   0   .235      Rivers cf             4   0   4   1     0   0   .314
Manning cf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .276      White lf              3   0   0   0     1   1   .287
Hendrick lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .252      Munson rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .311
Carty dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .306      Piniella dh           4   0   1   0     0   1   .292
Powell 1b             2   1   0   0     2   0   .212      Chambliss 1b          4   1   1   0     0   0   .300
Bell 3b               4   1   1   0     0   0   .320      Nettles 3b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .215
Ashby c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .226      Healy c               3   0   0   0     1   0   .188
Spikes rf             3   1   1   2     0   1   .226      Randolph 2b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .275
Duffy ss              4   0   1   1     0   1   .244      Stanley ss            2   0   0   0     0   1   .230
Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Maddox ph           1   1   1   0     0   0  1.000
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Mason ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .147
                                                          Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   3   7   3     3   3             Totals               32   2   8   2     3   3

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 22,265
Left on Base: Indians 6, Yankees 6
DP: Indians 3, Yankees 0
Errors: Waits 2
Doubles: Nettles (11), Rivers (14), Maddox (1), Chambliss (9)
Home Runs: Spikes (1)
Stolen Bases: Manning (9), Rivers (22)
Caught Stealing: Kuiper (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Ashby (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Spikes (2)
GIDP: White (4), Randolph (6), Piniella (3)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits W(2-1)            8     8   2   2   3   3   0  32   2.89
LaRoche SV(8)           1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   1.53
Totals                  9     8   2   2   3   3   0  35

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter L(8-7)           7.2   7   3   3   3   3   1  32   3.65
Lyle                    1.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.73
Totals                  9     7   3   3   3   3   1  36

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


INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper popped to third in foul territory; Manning
walked; Hendrick popped to first in foul territory; Manning
stole second; Carty flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers singled to first; White grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Rivers out at second];
Munson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Powell walked; Bell singled to center [Powell to
second]; Ashby out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher unassisted)
[Powell to third, Bell to second]; Spikes hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Powell scored, Bell to third (on throw to home)]; Duffy
singled to center [Bell scored]; Kuiper singled to left [Duffy
to second]; Manning was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Piniella struck out; Chambliss grounded out (second
to first); Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Hendrick grounded out (third to first); Carty flied
out to center; Powell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Indians 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Healy flied out to left; Randolph walked; Stanley
struck out; Rivers singled to first [Randolph to third (error by
Waits)]; Rivers stole second; White struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Bell grounded out (third to first); Ashby grounded
out (third to first); Spikes struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Munson grounded out (third to first); Piniella
singled to shortstop; Chambliss forced Piniella (pitcher to
shortstop); Nettles doubled to center [Chambliss scored]; Healy
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
2, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Duffy struck out; Kuiper singled to left; Kuiper
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Manning grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees
1.

YANKEES 5TH: Randolph grounded out (third to first); Stanley
flied out to right; Rivers doubled to right; White walked;
Munson grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 2, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Hendrick flied out to right; Carty flied out to
right; Powell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Piniella grounded out (second to first); Chambliss
made an out to shortstop; Nettles flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Bell made an out to first; Ashby made an out to
second; Spikes homered; Duffy flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 7TH: Healy walked; Randolph grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Healy out at second]; MADDOX BATTED
FOR STANLEY; Maddox doubled to right; Rivers singled to left
[Maddox scored, Rivers out at second (left to third to second)];
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees 2.

INDIANS 8TH: MASON REPLACED MADDOX (PLAYING SS); Kuiper singled
to left; Manning flied out to left; Hendrick flied out to
center; Carty singled to left [Kuiper to second]; Powell walked
[Kuiper to third, Carty to second]; LYLE REPLACED HUNTER
(PITCHING); Bell popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 3 LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 8TH: White reached on an error by Waits; Munson forced
White (third to second); Piniella grounded into a double play
(first to shortstop to first) [Munson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees 2.

INDIANS 9TH: Ashby grounded out (second to first); Spikes lined
to third; Duffy grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 9TH: Chambliss doubled to left; LAROCHE REPLACED WAITS
(PITCHING); Nettles flied out to right [Chambliss to third];
Healy grounded out (second to first); Randolph flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Yankees 2.