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Sunday August 8, 1976
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Detroit Tigers 15, Cleveland Indians 5 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, August 8, 1976 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium

Indians      3  0  1    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   5 10  1
Tigers       0  0  7    0  7  0    0  1  x  -  15 15  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kuiper 2b             4   0   1   0     1   0   .276      LeFlore cf            3   2   1   0     2   0   .330
Blanks ss             3   1   2   0     2   0   .303        Oglivie cf          1   0   0   0     0   1   .253
Smith rf              2   1   1   1     0   0   .278      Stanley 1b            6   1   1   2     0   0   .270
  Spikes ph,rf        3   0   1   1     0   0   .245      Staub rf              4   2   2   2     1   0   .308
Carty dh              5   1   1   1     0   0   .311      Horton dh             4   2   1   1     1   1   .278
Powell 1b             4   0   0   0     1   0   .209      Johnson lf            3   1   2   1     2   0   .276
Hendrick lf           3   1   2   1     2   0   .265      Rodriguez 3b          4   1   0   0     1   0   .245
Bell 3b               5   0   2   1     0   0   .294      Freehan c             5   2   3   4     0   0   .311
Lowenstein cf         2   0   0   0     0   0   .201      Veryzer ss            4   2   2   1     1   0   .233
  Pruitt ph,cf        3   0   0   0     0   0   .214      Scrivener 2b          4   2   3   3     1   0   .255
Ashby c               1   0   0   0     0   1   .229      Bare p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Fosse ph,c          2   1   0   0     2   0   .313        Laxton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Grilli p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5  10   5     8   1             Totals               38  15  15  14     9   2

Time of Game: 3:00   Attendance: 26,447
Left on Base: Indians 13, Tigers 8
DP: Indians 1, Tigers 0
Errors: Kuiper, Rodriguez
Doubles: Spikes (11), Hendrick (14), Stanley (7), Freehan 2 (5), Johnson (11)
Triples: Smith (1), Veryzer (2)
Home Runs: Hendrick (19), Scrivener (1)
Stolen Bases: LeFlore (41)
GIDP: Rodriguez (16)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits                   2     1   4   4   4   1   0  11   3.66
Kern L(7-5)             0.1   2   3   3   2   0   0   5   2.59
Buskey                  2.1   8   7   7   3   0   1  17   4.01
Hood                    3.1   4   1   1   0   1   0  14   4.62
Totals                  8    15  15  15   9   2   1  47

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bare                    3     6   4   4   1   1   1  16   5.01
Laxton                  1.2   1   0   0   3   0   0   9   4.37
Grilli W(3-1)           4.1   3   1   1   4   0   0  20   5.37
Totals                  9    10   5   5   8   1   1  45

Wild Pitches: Buskey (3)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Larry McCoy


INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper flied out to left; Blanks singled to center;
Smith tripled to left [Blanks scored]; Carty singled [Smith
scored]; Powell flied out to left; Hendrick walked [Carty to
second]; Bell singled to left [Carty scored, Hendrick to
second]; Lowenstein flied out to left; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (second to first); Stanley
grounded out (second to first); Staub flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Ashby struck out; Kuiper flied out to center;
Blanks singled [Blanks to third (error by Rodriguez)]; Smith
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Horton struck out; Johnson walked; Rodriguez flied
out to right; Freehan forced Johnson (shortstop to second); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Carty flied out to center; Powell flied out to
center; Hendrick homered; Bell grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Veryzer walked; Scrivener walked [Veryzer to
second]; LeFlore walked [Veryzer to third, Scrivener to second];
Stanley doubled to right [Veryzer scored, Scrivener scored,
LeFlore to third]; KERN REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); Staub singled
to right [LeFlore scored, Stanley scored]; Horton walked [Staub
to second]; Johnson walked [Staub to third, Horton to second];
Rodriguez flied out to right; Freehan doubled to right [Staub
scored, Horton scored, Johnson to third]; BUSKEY REPLACED KERN
(PITCHING); Veryzer reached on a fielder's choice [Johnson out
at home (second to catcher), Freehan to third]; Scrivener
singled to left [Freehan scored, Veryzer to second]; LeFlore
singled to left [Veryzer out at home (left to catcher),
Scrivener to second]; 7 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 7.

INDIANS 4TH: LAXTON REPLACED BARE (PITCHING); Lowenstein
grounded out (second to first); FOSSE BATTED FOR ASHBY; Fosse
walked; Kuiper flied out to center; Blanks walked [Fosse to
second]; SPIKES BATTED FOR SMITH; Spikes flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 7.

TIGERS 4TH: SPIKES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); FOSSE STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING C ); Stanley reached on an error by Kuiper; Staub
singled to right [Stanley to third]; Horton reached on a
fielder's choice [Stanley out at home (third to catcher to
third), Staub to second]; Johnson singled to left [Staub to
third, Horton to second]; Rodriguez grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Johnson out at second]; 0 R, 2
H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 7.

INDIANS 5TH: Carty made an out to second; Powell walked;
Hendrick flied out to center; Bell singled to left [Powell to
second]; PRUITT BATTED FOR LOWENSTEIN; GRILLI REPLACED LAXTON
(PITCHING); Pruitt made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 4, Tigers 7.

TIGERS 5TH: PRUITT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Freehan doubled
to left; Veryzer grounded out (first unassisted) [Freehan to
third]; Buskey threw a wild pitch [Freehan scored]; Scrivener
homered; LeFlore walked; LeFlore stole second; Stanley flied out
to left; Staub was walked intentionally; Horton singled to
center [LeFlore scored, Staub to second]; Johnson doubled to
left [Staub scored, Horton to third]; Rodriguez walked; HOOD
REPLACED BUSKEY (PITCHING); Freehan singled [Horton scored,
Johnson scored, Rodriguez to second]; Veryzer singled to left
[Rodriguez scored, Freehan to second]; Scrivener made an out to
second; 7 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 14.

INDIANS 6TH: Fosse walked; Kuiper walked [Fosse to second];
Blanks forced Kuiper (second unassisted) [Fosse to third];
Spikes doubled to right [Fosse scored, Blanks to third]; Carty
grounded out (third to first); Powell flied out to left; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 5, Tigers 14.

TIGERS 6TH: LeFlore lined to right; Stanley grounded out
(shortstop to first); Staub lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 5, Tigers 14.

INDIANS 7TH: OGLIVIE REPLACED LEFLORE (PLAYING CF); Hendrick
doubled to left; Bell flied out to left; Pruitt flied out to
left [Hendrick to third]; Fosse grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Tigers 14.

TIGERS 7TH: Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson
flied out to center; Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Tigers 14.

INDIANS 8TH: Kuiper singled to right; Blanks walked [Kuiper to
second]; Spikes forced Kuiper (shortstop to third) [Blanks to
second]; Carty flied out to center; Powell flied out to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 5, Tigers 14.

TIGERS 8TH: Freehan flied out to right; Veryzer tripled to
center; Scrivener singled to left [Veryzer scored]; Oglivie
struck out; Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Tigers 15.

INDIANS 9TH: Hendrick walked; Bell flied out to center; Pruitt
flied out to left; Fosse flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 5, Tigers 15.



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