The Brewers set a club record for most hits in a game with 20 and tied their club mark for most runs while trouncing the Indians, 17-4. In achieving their lopsided victory, the Brewers had two big innings, starting with six runs in the first and adding five in the fourth. George Scott accounted for four RBIs with a homer and single. Gary Beare, who came up from Spokane (Pacific Coast), was the winner in his first major league appearance. [The Sporting News]



Milwaukee Brewers 17, Cleveland Indians 4
Game Played on Tuesday, September 7, 1976 (Night game) at County Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  2  1    1  0  0  -   4 12  2
Brewers      6  0  0    5  1  2    0  3  x  -  17 20  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kuiper 2b             5   0   1   1     0   1   .274      Joshua cf             3   1   2   1     0   0   .269
Lowenstein cf         5   0   2   1     0   3   .201        Bowling ph,cf       3   1   3   1     0   0  1.000
Blanks ss             2   0   0   0     1   1   .287      Yount ss              5   3   2   0     1   1   .264
  Griffin ss          2   0   1   0     0   0   .500      Scott 1b              4   2   2   4     1   0   .273
Carty dh              3   0   1   0     0   1   .301        Sutherland 1b       1   1   1   0     0   0   .212
  Cerone ph,dh        2   0   0   0     0   1   .167      Hegan dh              3   2   1   1     1   0   .254
Hendrick lf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .269        Money ph,dh         2   0   1   3     0   0   .271
  Gonzalez lf         2   1   1   0     0   1   .258      Lezcano rf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .296
Bell 3b               2   0   1   0     0   0   .290        Carbo rf            1   0   0   0     1   1   .237
  Pruitt 3b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Porter c              4   1   2   1     0   1   .226
Lis 1b                4   1   3   1     0   0   .353        Moore ph,c          2   0   1   0     0   1   .199
Smith rf              3   1   0   0     1   0   .218      D. Thomas lf          3   2   2   1     2   0   .333
Ashby c               4   1   2   0     0   0   .231      Gantner 3b            4   2   2   2     1   1   .333
Brown p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Johnson 2b            3   1   0   0     1   2   .264
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Beare p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Waits p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   4  12   3     2   8             Totals               42  17  20  14     8   8

Time of Game: 2:55   Attendance:  4,980
Left on Base: Indians 9, Brewers 10
DP: Indians 1, Brewers 1
Errors: Blanks, Griffin, Bowling
Doubles: Ashby (4), Lowenstein (8), Porter 2 (14), Gantner (1), Bowling (1), D. Thomas (4), Money (18)
Home Runs: Lis (2), Scott (15)
GIDP: Hendrick (14), Joshua (5)
Hit by Pitch: Johnson (2,by Hood)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brown L(8-11)           0     4   5   5   1   0   1   5   4.44
Kern                    3     5   1   1   1   3   0  14   2.48
Hood                    3     7   8   5   4   3   0  20   4.70
Waits                   1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   3.47
LaRoche                 1     3   3   3   1   2   0   7   2.31
Totals                  8    20  17  14   8   8   1  51

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Beare W(1-0)            9    12   4   3   2   8   1  40   3.00
Totals                  9    12   4   3   2   8   1  40

Passed Balls: Porter (12)
Hit by Pitch: Hood (3)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper was called out on strikes; Debut game for
Gary Beare; Lowenstein was called out on strikes; Blanks
walked; Carty struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Joshua singled to right; Yount singled to center
[Joshua to second]; Scott homered [Joshua scored, Yount scored];
Hegan walked; Lezcano singled to left [Hegan to second]; KERN
REPLACED BROWN (PITCHING); Porter doubled to right [Hegan
scored, Lezcano to third]; D. Thomas singled to left [Lezcano
scored, Porter to third]; Gantner struck out; Johnson struck
out; Joshua singled to right [Porter scored, D. Thomas to
second]; Yount struck out; 6 R, 7 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0,
Brewers 6.

INDIANS 2ND: Hendrick flied out to center; Bell singled; Lis
singled to center [Bell to second]; Porter allowed a passed ball
[Bell to third, Lis to second]; Smith made an out to shortstop;
Ashby grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 0, Brewers 6.

BREWERS 2ND: Scott flied out to right; Hegan flied out to
center; Lezcano flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Brewers 6.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper flied out to right; Lowenstein struck out;
Blanks was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
0, Brewers 6.

BREWERS 3RD: Porter doubled to left; D. Thomas walked; Gantner
singled [Porter to third, D. Thomas to second]; Johnson forced
Porter (second to catcher) [D. Thomas to third, Gantner to
second]; Joshua grounded into a double play (pitcher to catcher
to first) [D. Thomas out at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 0, Brewers 6.

INDIANS 4TH: Carty singled; Hendrick grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Carty out at second]; Bell
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Brewers 6.

BREWERS 4TH: HOOD REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Yount walked; Scott
walked [Yount to second]; Hegan singled to left [Yount scored,
Scott to second]; Lezcano was called out on strikes; Porter
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Scott to third, Hegan to
second]; D. Thomas was walked intentionally; Gantner doubled
[Scott scored, Hegan scored, D. Thomas scored (error by Blanks)
(unearned), Gantner scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Johnson struck
out; 5 R (3 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 11.

INDIANS 5TH: Lis homered; Smith walked; Ashby doubled to left
[Smith to third]; Kuiper grounded out (first unassisted) [Smith
scored, Ashby to third]; Lowenstein struck out; Blanks grounded
out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Brewers
11.

BREWERS 5TH: GONZALEZ REPLACED HENDRICK (PLAYING LF); PRUITT
REPLACED BELL (PLAYING 3B); BOWLING BATTED FOR JOSHUA; Bowling
doubled to left; Debut game for Steve Bowling; Yount
singled to center [Bowling out at home (center to catcher),
Yount to second (on throw to home)]; Scott singled to right
[Yount scored]; Hegan forced Scott (first to shortstop); Lezcano
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2,
Brewers 12.

INDIANS 6TH: BOWLING STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); CARBO REPLACED
LEZCANO (PLAYING RF); Carty popped to first in foul territory;
Gonzalez singled; Pruitt flied out to left; Lis singled
[Gonzalez scored (error by Bowling) (unearned), Lis to second];
Smith grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 12.

BREWERS 6TH: GRIFFIN REPLACED BLANKS (PLAYING SS); Porter struck
out; D. Thomas doubled to left; Gantner walked; Johnson was hit
by a pitch [D. Thomas to third, Gantner to second]; Bowling
singled [D. Thomas scored, Gantner scored (error by Griffin)
(unearned), Johnson to third, Bowling to second]; Yount grounded
out (shortstop to first); Scott grounded out (third to first); 2
R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 14.

INDIANS 7TH: SUTHERLAND REPLACED SCOTT (PLAYING 1B); Ashby
singled; Kuiper singled [Ashby to second]; Lowenstein singled
[Ashby scored, Kuiper to second]; Griffin singled to left
[Kuiper to third, Lowenstein to second]; CERONE BATTED FOR
CARTY; Cerone flied out to left; Gonzalez was called out on
strikes; Pruitt grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Indians 4, Brewers 14.

BREWERS 7TH: WAITS REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); MONEY BATTED FOR
HEGAN; Money popped to first in foul territory; Carbo walked;
MOORE BATTED FOR PORTER; Moore singled to right [Carbo to
second]; D. Thomas flied out to right; Gantner grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4, Brewers 14.

INDIANS 8TH: MOORE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Lis grounded out
(pitcher to first); Smith grounded out (first unassisted); Ashby
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Brewers 14.

BREWERS 8TH: LAROCHE REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); Johnson walked;
Bowling singled to left [Johnson to second]; Yount flied out to
center; Sutherland singled to left [Johnson to third, Bowling to
second]; Money doubled to left [Johnson scored, Bowling scored,
Sutherland scored]; Carbo was called out on strikes; Moore
struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Brewers 17.

INDIANS 9TH: Kuiper made an out to shortstop; Lowenstein
doubled; Griffin grounded out (third to first) [Lowenstein to
third]; Cerone struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4,
Brewers 17.