After Pat Dobson was knocked out in the third inning, the Indians got shutout relief from Jackie Brown, Stan Thomas and Dave LaRoche and defeated the Tigers, 3-2. Rick Manning batted in Frank Duffy with a double and counted himself on a single by Buddy Bell to tie the score at 2-2 in the Indians' half of the third. The deciding run followed in the fourth on a double by George Hendrick and single by Charlie Spikes. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 3, Detroit Tigers 2
Game Played on Wednesday, September 29, 1976 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Tigers       1  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 12  1
Indians      0  0  2    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   3  9  2


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Mankowski 3b          4   1   2   0     1   1   .282      Manning cf            4   1   1   1     0   0   .291
Meyer lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Bell 3b               4   0   2   1     0   0   .284
  Lane ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .129      Blanks 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .281
Staub rf              5   1   2   2     0   0   .301        Kuiper 2b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .262
Horton dh             4   0   3   0     0   0   .266      Carty dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .307
Thompson 1b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .221      Hendrick lf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .262
Stanley cf            3   0   1   0     1   1   .263      Spikes rf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .242
Freehan c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .273      Lis 1b                1   0   0   0     0   1   .283
  Kimm pr,c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .255        Powell ph,1b        2   0   0   0     0   1   .217
Garcia 2b             4   0   2   0     0   1   .194      Fosse c               2   0   1   0     1   0   .303
Wagner ss             3   0   0   0     0   1   .236      Duffy ss              2   1   1   0     1   0   .214
  Johnson ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .268      Dobson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Manuel ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .154        Brown p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Crawford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Thomas p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lemanczyk p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   2  12   2     3   5             Totals               31   3   9   3     2   3

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance:  2,867
Left on Base: Tigers 10, Indians 6
DP: Tigers 2, Indians 4
Errors: Freehan, Blanks 2
Doubles: Mankowski (2), Horton 2 (16), Manning (23), Hendrick (19)
Home Runs: Staub (15)
Stolen Bases: Duffy (10), Spikes (5)
GIDP: Meyer (10), Mankowski (3), Horton (15), Blanks (13), Powell (10)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Crawford L(1-8)         3     6   3   3   1   1   0  15   4.53
Lemanczyk               5     3   0   0   1   2   0  18   5.09
Totals                  8     9   3   3   2   3   0  33

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson                  2.2   5   2   2   3   3   1  15   3.48
Brown W(9-11)           2.2   4   0   0   0   0   0  12   4.25
Thomas                  2.2   3   0   0   0   0   0   9   2.12
LaRoche SV(21)          1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   2.27
Totals                  9    12   2   2   3   5   1  39

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Nick Bremigan


TIGERS 1ST: Mankowski doubled to right; Meyer made an out to
shortstop; Staub singled to right [Mankowski scored]; Horton
singled to center [Staub to second]; Thompson forced Horton
(second to shortstop) [Staub to third]; Stanley struck out; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Manning lined to third; Bell singled to center;
Blanks forced Bell (shortstop to second); Carty singled to
center [Blanks to third]; Hendrick grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Freehan flied out to center; Garcia struck out;
Wagner struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Spikes grounded out (first to pitcher); Lis struck
out; Fosse grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Mankowski walked; Meyer grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Mankowski out at second]; Staub
homered; Horton doubled to center; Thompson was walked
intentionally; Stanley walked [Horton to third, Thompson to
second]; BROWN REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); Freehan forced
Stanley (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 2,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Duffy walked; Duffy stole second; Manning doubled
to left [Duffy scored]; Bell singled to center [Manning scored];
Blanks grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Bell out at second]; Carty popped to first in foul territory; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Garcia grounded out (third to first); Wagner
grounded out (second to first); Mankowski singled to right;
Meyer forced Mankowski (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Hendrick doubled to right; Spikes singled to right
[Hendrick scored]; LEMANCZYK REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING);
POWELL BATTED FOR LIS; Powell grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Spikes out at second]; Fosse
singled to center; Duffy singled to center [Fosse to third,
Duffy to second (on throw to 3b)]; Manning grounded out (pitcher
to first); 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 3.

TIGERS 5TH: POWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Staub grounded
out (first unassisted); Horton doubled to center; Thompson lined
into a double play (left to second) [Horton out at second]; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Bell flied out to right; Blanks grounded out
(pitcher to first); Carty flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Stanley singled to right; Freehan reached on an
error by Blanks [Stanley to second]; Garcia singled [Stanley to
third, Freehan to second]; Wagner forced Stanley (third to
catcher) [Freehan to third, Garcia to second]; THOMAS REPLACED
BROWN (PITCHING); Mankowski grounded into a double play (second
to first) [Wagner out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers
2, Indians 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Hendrick grounded out (third to first); Spikes
singled; Spikes stole second [Spikes to third (error by
Freehan)]; Powell struck out; Fosse walked; Duffy grounded out
(catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Meyer reached on an error by Blanks; Staub lined to
right; Horton grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Meyer out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
2, Indians 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Manning flied out to left; Bell grounded out (third
to first); Blanks grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 3.

TIGERS 8TH: KUIPER REPLACED BLANKS (PLAYING 2B); Thompson
grounded out (second to first); Stanley grounded out (second to
first); Freehan singled; Garcia singled to left [Freehan to
second]; KIMM RAN FOR FREEHAN; JOHNSON BATTED FOR WAGNER;
Johnson singled to right [Kimm out at home (right to catcher),
Garcia to second]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 3.

INDIANS 8TH: KIMM STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); MANUEL REPLACED
JOHNSON (PLAYING SS); Carty grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hendrick struck out; Spikes grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 3.

TIGERS 9TH: LAROCHE REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING); Mankowski struck
out; LANE BATTED FOR MEYER; Lane struck out; Staub flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 3.