Larvell Blanks and George Hendrick each homered with a man on base in the first inning and that was enough to carry the Indians to a 4-1 victory over the Brewers. Rick Manning singled ahead of Blanks' blow, while Rico Carty was on base with a single when Hendrick hit for the circuit. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 4, Milwaukee Brewers 1
Game Played on Tuesday, June      29, 1976 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Brewers      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  1
Indians      4  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   4  7  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Joshua cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .257      Manning cf            3   1   2   0     1   0   .292
Yount ss              3   0   0   0     1   0   .282      Blanks 2b             4   1   1   2     0   0   .284
Money 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .297      Robinson dh           3   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Carbo rf              4   1   2   0     0   0   .274        Lowenstein ph,dh    1   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Aaron dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .262      Carty 1b              3   1   2   0     1   0   .305
Hegan 1b              4   0   2   1     0   0   .286        Powell 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .218
Lezcano lf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .263      Hendrick lf           3   1   1   2     1   0   .263
Porter c              3   0   0   0     1   1   .218      Bell 3b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .309
Johnson 2b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .232      Spikes rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .234
Travers p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Fosse c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .232
  Rodriguez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Duffy ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .223
                                                          Brown p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   1   6   1     3   5             Totals               31   4   7   4     3   2

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 18,932
Left on Base: Brewers 8, Indians 6
DP: Brewers 0, Indians 0
Errors: Hegan
Doubles: Carbo (8), Bell (10)
Home Runs: Blanks (3), Hendrick (12)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Travers L(8-6)          4.2   7   4   3   1   1   2  22   1.96
Rodriguez               3.1   0   0   0   2   1   0  12   5.06
Totals                  8     7   4   3   3   2   2  34

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brown W(7-2)            7     6   1   1   2   5   0  29   2.88
Kern SV(5)              2     0   0   0   1   0   0   7   2.30
Totals                  9     6   1   1   3   5   0  36

Wild Pitches: Rodriguez (2)

Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Larry Barnett


BREWERS 1ST: Joshua struck out; Yount grounded out (third to
first); Money was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Manning singled [Manning to second (error by
Hegan)]; Blanks homered [Manning scored (unearned)]; Robinson
struck out; Carty singled to center; Hendrick homered [Carty
scored]; Bell doubled to left; Spikes grounded out (third to
first); Fosse made an out to shortstop; 4 R (3 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 0, Indians 4.

BREWERS 2ND: Carbo grounded out (first to pitcher); Aaron lined
to left; Hegan singled to right; Lezcano forced Hegan (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Indians 4.

INDIANS 2ND: Duffy grounded out (third to first); Manning lined
to shortstop; Blanks grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Indians 4.

BREWERS 3RD: Porter grounded out (second to first); Johnson
singled to right; Joshua forced Johnson (second to shortstop);
Yount forced Joshua (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Brewers 0, Indians 4.

INDIANS 3RD: Robinson flied out to center; Carty walked;
Hendrick flied out to left; Bell flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Indians 4.

BREWERS 4TH: Money flied out to left; Carbo singled to center;
Aaron singled to left [Carbo to second]; Hegan singled to left
[Carbo scored, Aaron to second]; Lezcano struck out; Porter
struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1, Indians 4.

INDIANS 4TH: Spikes grounded out (third to first); Fosse popped
to first in foul territory; Duffy grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Indians 4.

BREWERS 5TH: Johnson flied out to center; Joshua grounded out
(shortstop to first); Yount grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Indians 4.

INDIANS 5TH: Manning singled to center; Blanks flied out to
center; Robinson flied out to left; Carty singled to right
[Manning to third]; RODRIGUEZ REPLACED TRAVERS (PITCHING);
Rodriguez threw a wild pitch [Carty to second]; Hendrick made an
out to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1, Indians 4.

BREWERS 6TH: Money made an out to shortstop; Carbo doubled to
center; Aaron flied out to center; Hegan flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Indians 4.

INDIANS 6TH: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Spikes
grounded out (third to first); Fosse struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Indians 4.

BREWERS 7TH: Lezcano grounded out (third to first); Porter
grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Indians 4.

INDIANS 7TH: Duffy grounded out (third to first); Manning
walked; Blanks grounded out (third to first) [Manning to
second]; LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR ROBINSON; Lowenstein made an out
to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Indians 4.

BREWERS 8TH: LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Joshua
walked; KERN REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Yount walked (walk was
charged to Brown) [Joshua to second]; Money flied out to right;
Carbo flied out to left; Aaron flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1, Indians 4.

INDIANS 8TH: Carty popped to third in foul territory; Hendrick
walked; Bell flied out to left; Spikes flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Indians 4.

BREWERS 9TH: POWELL REPLACED CARTY (PLAYING 1B); Hegan flied out
to left; Lezcano grounded out (second to pitcher); Porter
walked; Johnson flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Indians 4.