| 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.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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