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Thursday September 9, 1976
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A leadoff homer by George Hendrick in the seventh inning provided the Indians with a 4-3 victory over the Orioles. Pat Dobson received credit for his fourth straight decision over the Orioles with help from Dave LaRoche, who relieved in Baltimore's half of the seventh and earned his 17th save. Rico Carty knocked in the Indians' first two runs with a single in the first and Buddy Bell homered in the third, but the Orioles tied the score in the fourth when Bobby Grich and Reggie Jackson singled and Ken Singleton hit for the circuit. [The Sporting News]


Cleveland Indians 4, Baltimore Orioles 3

Game Played on Thursday, September 9, 1976 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Indians      2  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   4  7  0
Orioles      0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Duffy ss              4   1   1   0     0   0   .221      Bumbry cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .261
Bell 3b               3   2   2   1     1   0   .290      Grich 2b              4   1   1   0     0   2   .275
Blanks 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .281      R. Jackson rf         4   1   1   0     0   0   .279
Carty dh              3   0   1   2     1   1   .302      L. May dh             4   0   0   0     0   0   .242
  Griffin pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Singleton lf          3   1   1   3     1   1   .264
Hendrick cf           4   1   2   1     0   1   .271      Muser 1b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .226
Fosse c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .310        Mora ph             0   0   0   0     1   0   .209
Lis 1b                3   0   0   0     0   1   .304        Harper pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .208
Spikes rf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .243      DeCinces 3b           3   0   2   0     0   0   .243
Pruitt lf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Belanger ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Dobson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dempsey c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .199
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      R. May p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Holdsworth p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   4   7   4     2   3             Totals               32   3   8   3     2   3

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance:  4,622
Left on Base: Indians 2, Orioles 6
DP: Indians 0, Orioles 3
Home Runs: Bell (6), Hendrick (23), Singleton (11)
Stolen Bases: Duffy (9), Dempsey (1)
Caught Stealing: Griffin (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Blanks (6), Belanger (10), DeCinces (3)
GIDP: Fosse (5), Pruitt (1)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson W(14-11)         6.2   7   3   3   1   1   1  27   3.35
LaRoche SV(17)          2.1   1   0   0   1   2   0   9   2.25
Totals                  9     8   3   3   2   3   1  36

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
R. May L(12-10)         8     7   4   4   1   2   2  30   3.84
Holdsworth              1     0   0   0   1   1   0   3   1.55
Totals                  9     7   4   4   2   3   2  33

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


INDIANS 1ST: Duffy singled to left; Duffy stole second; Bell
walked; Blanks out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Duffy to third, Bell to second]; Carty singled [Duffy scored,
Bell scored]; Hendrick singled to left [Carty to second]; Fosse
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Hendrick out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Grich made
an out to shortstop; R. Jackson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Orioles 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Lis struck out; Spikes singled; Pruitt grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Spikes out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: L. May grounded out (third to first); Singleton
flied out to left; Muser singled to left; DeCinces forced Muser
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Orioles
0.

INDIANS 3RD: Duffy grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell
homered; Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first); Carty struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger flied out to right; Dempsey grounded out
(third to first); Bumbry made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Hendrick grounded out (second to first); Fosse
flied out to center; Lis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Grich singled to right; R. Jackson singled to
center [Grich to second]; L. May popped to catcher; Singleton
homered [Grich scored, R. Jackson scored]; Muser made an out to
shortstop; DeCinces singled to left [DeCinces out at second
(left to shortstop)]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles
3.

INDIANS 5TH: Spikes made an out to second; Pruitt grounded out
(shortstop to first); Duffy grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 5TH: Belanger grounded out (third to first); Dempsey
singled to shortstop; Dempsey stole second; Bumbry lined to
center; Grich struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3,
Orioles 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Bell flied out to left; Blanks flied out to center;
Carty grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 6TH: R. Jackson grounded out (second to first); L. May
flied out to left; Singleton walked; Muser forced Singleton
(shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3,
Orioles 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Hendrick homered; Fosse lined to center; Lis flied
to left; Ken Singleton took a HR away from Lis; Spikes
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
4, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 7TH: DeCinces singled to left; Belanger out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [DeCinces to second]; Dempsey
flied out to left; LAROCHE REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); Bumbry
singled to left [DeCinces to third]; Grich struck out; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4, Orioles 3.

INDIANS 8TH: Pruitt grounded out (pitcher to first); Duffy flied
out to center; Bell singled; Blanks flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 8TH: R. Jackson flied out to left; L. May flied out to
center; Singleton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4,
Orioles 3.

INDIANS 9TH: HOLDSWORTH REPLACED R. MAY (PITCHING); Carty
walked; GRIFFIN RAN FOR CARTY; Hendrick struck out while Griffin
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Fosse grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4,
Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 9TH: GRIFFIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); MORA BATTED
FOR MUSER; Mora walked; HARPER RAN FOR MORA; DeCinces out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Harper to second]; Belanger
lined to left; Dempsey made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 4, Orioles 3.



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