Used primarily in relief, Don Hood made only his fourth start of the year and gained his first victory since April 14 when the Indians defeated the Yankees, 4-1. The Indians tagged Ken Holtzman for two runs in the first inning on a single by Rick Manning, triple by Larvell Blanks and single by George Hendrick. The other pair was driven home with a single by Charlie Spikes in the fourth. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 4, New York Yankees 1
Game Played on Wednesday, June      23, 1976 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Indians      2  0  0    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  7  1
Yankees      1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Manning cf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .276      Rivers cf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .313
Blanks 2b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .301      White lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .286
Hendrick lf           4   0   1   1     0   1   .252      Munson c,rf           3   0   1   0     0   1   .312
Carty dh              4   1   1   0     0   0   .305        Alomar ss           1   0   0   0     0   0   .206
Bell 3b               4   1   1   0     0   0   .319      Piniella dh           4   0   1   0     0   1   .291
Powell 1b             3   0   0   0     0   2   .203      Chambliss 1b          3   0   0   0     1   1   .296
Spikes rf             3   0   2   2     0   0   .235      Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .211
Fosse c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Maddox rf             2   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Duffy ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .240        Healy c             2   0   1   0     0   0   .200
Hood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Randolph 2b           2   0   0   0     1   0   .273
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stanley ss            2   0   1   0     0   0   .237
                                                            Velez ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .217
                                                          Holtzman p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   4   7   4     0   3             Totals               32   1   6   0     2   5

Time of Game: 2:00   Attendance: 26,117
Left on Base: Indians 1, Yankees 6
DP: Indians 1, Yankees 2
Errors: Blanks
Doubles: Spikes (6)
Triples: Blanks (5), Rivers (4)
Stolen Bases: Spikes (3)
GIDP: Munson (2)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hood W(2-4)             8     6   1   1   1   5   0  30   3.07
LaRoche SV(9)           1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   1.49
Totals                  9     6   1   1   2   5   0  34

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Holtzman L(5-5)         9     7   4   4   0   3   0  32   2.92
Totals                  9     7   4   4   0   3   0  32

Wild Pitches: Holtzman (5)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Manning singled to center; Blanks tripled to right
[Manning scored]; Hendrick singled [Blanks scored]; Carty forced
Hendrick (shortstop to second); Bell flied out to left; Powell
was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2,
Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers tripled to right [Rivers scored (error by
Blanks)]; White flied out to center; Munson struck out; Piniella
singled to right; Chambliss made an out to second; 1 R, 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Spikes doubled to center; Holtzman threw a wild
pitch [Spikes to third]; Fosse popped to third in foul
territory; Duffy hit into a double play to right [Spikes out at
home (right to catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2,
Yankees 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles struck out; Maddox flied out to right;
Randolph grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Manning grounded out (first to pitcher); Blanks
popped to second in foul territory; Hendrick struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Stanley singled to right; Rivers flied out to
center; White lined to third; Munson singled to center [Stanley
to second]; Piniella was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Carty singled to right; Bell singled to right
[Carty to third, Bell to second (on throw to 3b)]; Powell flied
out to left; Spikes singled to center [Carty scored, Bell
scored]; Spikes stole second; Fosse lined into a double play
(shortstop to second) [Spikes out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Nettles
grounded out (pitcher to first); Maddox flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 5TH: MUNSON CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); HEALY
REPLACED MADDOX (PLAYING C ); Duffy grounded out (third to
first); Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Blanks flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Randolph lined to shortstop; Stanley flied out to
right; Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Hendrick grounded out (second to first); Carty
grounded out (third to first); Bell grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 6TH: White singled to center; Munson grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [White out at
second]; Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Powell struck out; Spikes flied out to left; Fosse
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 7TH: Chambliss was called out on strikes; Nettles
grounded out (first unassisted); Healy singled; Randolph walked
[Healy to second]; VELEZ BATTED FOR STANLEY; Velez struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 8TH: VELEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); ALOMAR REPLACED
MUNSON (PLAYING SS); Duffy grounded out (second to first);
Manning grounded out (second to first); Blanks grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 8TH: Rivers flied out to right; White flied out to left;
Alomar flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4,
Yankees 1.

INDIANS 9TH: Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Carty
grounded out (second to first); Bell grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 9TH: LAROCHE REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); Piniella flied
out to center; Chambliss walked; Nettles popped to catcher in
foul territory; Healy made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 1.