After retiring 21 straight batters, Doyle Alexander lost his stuff, but the Yankees came back with Mickey Rivers' fourth hit of the night to beat the Indians, 6-5. With the aid of a two-run homer by Graig Nettles, Alexander had a 5-0 lead going into the eighth inning when the Indians erupted for four runs, two counting on a homer by Alan Ashby.

Rico Carty homered off reliever Sparky Lyle to tie the score in the ninth, but the Yanks scored the winning run in their half on a walk to Nettles, forceout by Oscar Gamble, double by Willie Randolph and single by Rivers. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 6, Cleveland Indians 5
Game Played on Thursday, June      24, 1976 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  4  1  -   5  6  0
Yankees      1  1  2    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   6 13  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kuiper 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Rivers cf             6   1   4   2     0   0   .321
  Duffy ph,ss         1   0   0   0     0   1   .239      White lf              5   1   2   0     0   1   .289
Blanks ss,2b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .286      C. May dh             4   0   1   1     1   1   .218
Manning cf            2   0   0   0     0   0   .274      Chambliss 1b          4   0   0   0     1   1   .292
  Lowenstein cf       1   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Nettles 3b            4   1   1   2     1   0   .212
  Robinson ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Gamble rf             5   2   2   0     0   0   .276
  Gonzalez lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Randolph 2b           3   0   1   0     2   1   .274
Carty dh              4   2   2   1     0   0   .308      Hendricks c           4   1   2   0     0   0   .157
Powell 1b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .219        Maddox ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .333
Bell 3b               2   0   0   1     0   0   .316        Alomar pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .206
Hendrick lf,cf        3   0   0   0     0   0   .249      Mason ss              1   0   0   1     1   1   .145
Spikes rf             3   1   1   1     0   0   .236        Piniella ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .289
Ashby c               3   1   1   2     0   1   .228      Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Dobson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bibby p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Thomas 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               31   5   6   5     0   3             Totals               37   6  13   6     7   6

Time of Game: 2:51   Attendance: 20,981
Left on Base: Indians 0, Yankees 14
DP: Indians 0, Yankees 0
Doubles: Spikes (7), Randolph (7)
Home Runs: Ashby (4), Carty (6), Nettles (9)
Stolen Bases: Rivers (23), Gamble (3), Randolph (23), White (16)
Sacrifice Hits: Mason (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Bell (3), Mason (3)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson                  3     6   4   4   1   2   1  16   2.70
Bibby                   3     3   1   1   3   1   0  15   4.35
Thomas                  1.1   2   0   0   1   1   0   7   2.37
LaRoche L(0-2)          1     1   1   1   2   1   0   6   1.69
Kern                    0.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   2   2.50
Totals                  8.2  13   6   6   7   6   1  46

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander               7.2   4   4   4   0   1   1  27   3.47
Lyle W(5-4)             1.1   2   1   1   0   2   1   5   1.84
Totals                  9     6   5   5   0   3   2  32

Wild Pitches: Dobson (4)
Balks: Alexander (2)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper lined to pitcher; Blanks popped to first in
foul territory; Manning grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers singled to center; Rivers stole second;
White flied out to right [Rivers to third]; C. May grounded out
(second to first) [Rivers scored]; Chambliss grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Carty grounded out (second to first); Powell flied
out to center; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); Gamble
singled to center; Randolph walked [Gamble to second]; Hendricks
singled to left [Gamble to third, Randolph to second]; Mason hit
a sacrifice fly to center [Gamble scored, Randolph to third];
Rivers flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0,
Yankees 2.

INDIANS 3RD: Hendrick grounded out (third to first); Spikes
popped to catcher in foul territory; Ashby struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 3RD: White singled to center; C. May grounded out (first
unassisted) [White to second]; Dobson threw a wild pitch [White
to third]; Chambliss struck out; Nettles homered [White scored];
Gamble singled to right; Gamble stole second; Randolph was
called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees
4.

INDIANS 4TH: Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); Blanks
grounded out (second to first); Manning made an out to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 4TH: BIBBY REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); Hendricks singled
to center; Mason out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second)
[Hendricks to second]; Rivers singled to left [Hendricks
scored]; White struck out; C. May walked [Rivers to second];
Chambliss walked [Rivers to third, C. May to second]; Nettles
flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 5.

INDIANS 5TH: Carty flied out to center; Powell flied out to
left; Bell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
0, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 5TH: LOWENSTEIN REPLACED MANNING (PLAYING CF); Gamble
flied out to left; Randolph made an out to first; Hendricks
lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 5.

INDIANS 6TH: Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Spikes
grounded out (second to first); Ashby flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 6TH: Mason walked; Rivers lined to right; White flied
out to center; C. May singled to shortstop [Mason to second];
Chambliss flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0,
Yankees 5.

INDIANS 7TH: Kuiper lined to left; Blanks flied out to right;
Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Indians 0, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 7TH: THOMAS REPLACED BIBBY (PITCHING); Nettles grounded
out (first to pitcher); Gamble grounded out (second to first);
Randolph walked; Randolph stole second; Hendricks flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Yankees 5.

INDIANS 8TH: Carty singled to center; Powell singled to right
[Carty to second]; Alexander balked [Carty to third, Powell to
second]; Bell hit a sacrifice fly to right [Carty scored, Powell
to third]; Hendrick lined to second; Spikes doubled to left
[Powell scored]; Ashby homered [Spikes scored]; LYLE REPLACED
ALEXANDER (PITCHING); DUFFY BATTED FOR KUIPER; Duffy struck out;
4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 8TH: DUFFY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); BLANKS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); Mason struck out; Rivers singled to
right; White singled to right [Rivers to third]; LAROCHE
REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING); White stole second; C. May struck
out; Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
4, Yankees 5.

INDIANS 9TH: Blanks struck out; ROBINSON BATTED FOR LOWENSTEIN;
Robinson flied out to center; Carty homered; Powell singled to
center [Powell out at second (center to second)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 5, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 9TH: GONZALEZ REPLACED ROBINSON (PLAYING LF); HENDRICK
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Nettles walked; Gamble forced
Nettles (third to shortstop); Randolph doubled to left [Gamble
to third]; MADDOX BATTED FOR HENDRICKS; Maddox was walked
intentionally; ALOMAR RAN FOR MADDOX; PINIELLA BATTED FOR MASON;
KERN REPLACED LAROCHE (PITCHING); Piniella struck out; Rivers
singled [Gamble scored, Randolph to third, Alomar to second]; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 5, Yankees 6.