After failing to hold a 3-1 lead because of the wildness of two relievers, the Indians came back with a run in the 10th inning to defeat the Brewers, 4-3. In the eighth, after Bill Sharp singled for the Brewers, Dave LaRoche replaced Jackie Brown and walked Gorman Thomas and Robin Yount to load the bases.

Tom Buskey relieved and forced in two runs to tie the score at 3-3 by hitting George Scott with a pitch and passing Hank Aaron. However in the 10th, Tommy Smith singled for the Indians, took second on a sacrifice by Buddy Bell and scored the winning run on a single by Ray Fosse. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 4, Milwaukee Brewers 3
Game Played on Sunday, August    1, 1976 (Day game) at County Stadium
Indians      1  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  0    1  -   4 12  1
Brewers      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  2  0    0  -   3  6  3


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kuiper 1b             5   1   2   0     0   0   .270      Joshua cf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .249
Blanks 2b             5   1   3   0     0   0   .309        G. Thomas ph,cf     0   1   0   0     2   0   .211
Manning cf            2   0   1   2     1   1   .290      Yount ss              2   0   0   0     2   0   .278
Carty dh              5   0   1   0     0   0   .314      Scott 1b              4   0   1   1     0   1   .263
Robinson lf           2   0   0   0     1   0   .241      Hegan rf              3   0   0   0     0   2   .256
  Smith lf            2   1   1   0     0   0   .300        Aaron ph,lf         1   0   0   1     1   0   .242
Bell 3b               4   1   2   0     0   0   .292      Lezcano lf,rf         4   0   1   0     0   1   .280
Fosse c               4   0   2   1     1   0   .321      Carbo dh              3   1   2   0     0   1   .249
Pruitt rf             2   0   0   0     1   1   .231        Money ph,dh         1   0   0   0     0   0   .272
  Lowenstein ph,rf    2   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Johnson 2b,3b         4   0   0   0     0   0   .285
Duffy ss              4   0   0   1     0   1   .223      Moore c               4   0   1   1     0   2   .205
Brown p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Heidemann 3b          2   0   0   0     0   2   .163
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sharp ph            1   1   1   0     0   0   .255
  Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Sutherland 2b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .211
  Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Augustine p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Broberg p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sadecki p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Castro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   4  12   4     4   3             Totals               33   3   6   3     5   9

Time of Game: 3:15   Attendance: 14,458
Left on Base: Indians 11, Brewers 7
DP: Indians 1, Brewers 2
Errors: Blanks, Joshua, Yount, Lezcano
Doubles: Blanks (5)
Triples: Blanks (6)
Caught Stealing: Lezcano (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Duffy (9), Manning (5), Bell (4), Yount (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Manning (6)
GIDP: Carty 2 (13), Johnson (2)
Hit by Pitch: Scott (5,by Buskey)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brown                   7.1   6   2   1   1   9   0  27   3.61
LaRoche                 0     0   1   1   2   0   0   2   2.41
Buskey                  0     0   0   0   1   0   0   2   3.21
Hood W(3-5)             2     0   0   0   1   0   0   7   4.68
Kern SV(9)              0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.28
Totals                 10     6   3   2   5   9   0  40

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Augustine               4.2   7   3   2   2   1   0  23   3.09
Broberg                 3.2   3   0   0   1   2   0  15   4.42
Sadecki                 0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   4.13
Castro L(3-1)           1.2   2   1   1   0   0   0   6   3.40
Totals                 10    12   4   3   4   3   0  45

Hit by Pitch: Buskey (3)
Wild Pitches: Brown (4)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper singled to center [Kuiper to second (error
by Joshua)]; Blanks reached on an error by Yount [Kuiper to
third]; Manning hit a sacrifice fly to right [Kuiper scored
(unearned)]; Carty grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Blanks out at second]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Joshua grounded out (first unassisted); Yount flied
out to left; Scott singled to center; Hegan grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Brewers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Robinson flied out to center; Bell singled to left;
Fosse singled to left [Bell to third (error by Lezcano), Fosse
to second]; Pruitt was walked intentionally; Duffy out on a
sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Bell scored, Fosse to third,
Pruitt to second]; Kuiper flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 2, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Lezcano singled to left; Carbo struck out; Lezcano
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Johnson
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
2, Brewers 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Blanks tripled to right; Manning singled to left
[Blanks scored]; Carty flied out to center; Robinson made an out
to second; Bell singled to left [Manning to third]; Fosse
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Moore was called out on strikes; Heidemann struck
out; Joshua grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Pruitt grounded out (second to first); Duffy was
called out on strikes; Kuiper grounded out (second to pitcher);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Yount flied out to center; Scott was called out on
strikes; Hegan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3,
Brewers 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Blanks doubled to right; Manning out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher unassisted) [Blanks to third]; Carty grounded out
(second to first); Robinson walked; BROBERG REPLACED AUGUSTINE
(PITCHING); Bell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 3, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Lezcano struck out; Carbo singled to right; Johnson
made an out to second [Carbo to second (error by Blanks)]; Moore
singled to left [Carbo scored (unearned)]; Heidemann was called
out on strikes; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers
1.

INDIANS 6TH: Fosse grounded out (third to first); Pruitt struck
out; Duffy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 6TH: Joshua grounded out (second to first); Yount
walked; Brown threw a wild pitch [Yount to second]; Scott
grounded out (second to first) [Yount to third]; Hegan was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers
1.

INDIANS 7TH: Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); Blanks
grounded out (second to first); Manning was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 7TH: SMITH REPLACED ROBINSON (PLAYING LF); Lezcano
grounded out (shortstop to first); Carbo singled to center;
Johnson grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Carbo
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 1.

INDIANS 8TH: Carty singled to center; Smith made an out to
shortstop; Bell forced Carty (second unassisted); Fosse walked
[Bell to second]; LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR PRUITT; Lowenstein flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 8TH: LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Moore
struck out; SHARP BATTED FOR HEIDEMANN; Sharp singled to center;
LAROCHE REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); G. THOMAS BATTED FOR JOSHUA;
G. Thomas walked [Sharp to second]; Yount walked [Sharp to
third, G. Thomas to second]; BUSKEY REPLACED LAROCHE (PITCHING);
Scott was hit by a pitch [Sharp scored, G. Thomas to third,
Yount to second]; AARON BATTED FOR HEGAN; Aaron walked [G.
Thomas scored, Yount to third, Scott to second]; HOOD REPLACED
BUSKEY (PITCHING); Lezcano flied out to right; MONEY BATTED FOR
CARBO; Money made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Indians 3, Brewers 3.

INDIANS 9TH: MONEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); G. THOMAS STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING CF); AARON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); LEZCANO
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); JOHNSON CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING 3B); SUTHERLAND REPLACED SHARP (PLAYING 2B); Duffy
flied out to left; Kuiper singled to right; Blanks singled to
right [Kuiper to second]; SADECKI REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING);
Manning walked [Kuiper to third, Blanks to second]; CASTRO
REPLACED SADECKI (PITCHING); Carty grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Manning out at second]; 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 9TH: Johnson grounded out (second to first); Moore
grounded out (shortstop to first); Sutherland grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 3.

INDIANS 10TH: Smith singled to center; Bell out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Smith to second]; Fosse singled to
center [Smith scored, Fosse to second (on throw to home)];
Lowenstein grounded out (second to first) [Fosse to third];
Duffy grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 4, Brewers 3.

BREWERS 10TH: G. Thomas walked; Yount out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [G. Thomas to second]; KERN REPLACED HOOD
(PITCHING); Scott grounded out (pitcher to first); Aaron lined
to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Brewers 3.