A walk to Fred Kendall and singles by Duane Kuiper and Buddy Bell in the seventh inning gave the Indians a 6-5 victory over the Twins. Johnny Grubb and Rico Carty each batted in two of the Indians' earlier tallies. The Twins had homers by Larry Hisle and Rod Carew, Hisle's blow coming with two men on base. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 6, Minnesota Twins 5
Game Played on Wednesday, May       4, 1977 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Twins        0  3  0    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   5  6  1
Indians      0  1  3    0  0  1    1  0  x  -   6 10  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Chiles dh             4   0   1   1     0   0   .279      Kuiper 2b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .275
  Kusick ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   1   .255      Bell 3b               4   0   1   1     0   2   .269
Smalley ss            5   0   0   0     0   0   .182      Norris rf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .317
Carew 1b              4   1   2   1     1   1   .343      Grubb lf              4   0   2   2     0   0   .351
Bostock cf            4   1   1   0     1   0   .310      Manning cf            3   2   1   0     1   0   .233
Wynegar c             2   0   0   0     2   0   .317      Carty dh              4   0   1   2     0   0   .246
Cubbage 3b            2   1   0   0     1   0   .350      Melton 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .250
  Gorinski ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .250        Duffy ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .105
  Terrell pr,3b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Blanks ss             3   1   1   0     0   1   .243
Hisle lf              2   2   1   3     1   0   .290        Thornton 1b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .161
Ford rf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .216      Kendall c             2   1   1   1     1   0   .297
Wilfong 2b            3   0   0   0     1   0   .333      Dobson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Redfern p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Holly p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  T. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   5   6   5     8   2             Totals               32   6  10   6     2   4

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance:  3,353
Left on Base: Twins 8, Indians 4
DP: Twins 1, Indians 1
Errors: Hisle
Doubles: Bostock (6), Ford (4), Blanks (1), Carty (2)
Triples: Manning (2)
Home Runs: Hisle (6), Carew (2)
Stolen Bases: Hisle (7), Kuiper (5)
Caught Stealing: Grubb (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Hisle (1)
GIDP: Bostock (4), Bell (3)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Redfern                 2.2   6   4   4   0   1   0  13   6.30
Holly                   3     2   1   1   1   2   0  11   0.90
T. Johnson L(3-2)       2.1   2   1   1   1   1   0  10   1.29
Totals                  8    10   6   6   2   4   0  34

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson                  5.2   6   5   5   5   0   2  28   6.11
Hood W(1-0)             1.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   5   2.03
Kern                    0.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   3   2.19
LaRoche SV(3)           1.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   4   6.00
Totals                  9     6   5   5   8   2   2  40

Balks: Dobson (1)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Vic Voltaggio


TWINS 1ST: Chiles flied out to center; Smalley grounded out
(first unassisted); Carew flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper singled to left; Bell grounded into a double
play (first to shortstop to first) [Kuiper out at second];
Norris flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0,
Indians 0.

TWINS 2ND: Bostock doubled to right; Wynegar popped to third in
foul territory; Cubbage was walked intentionally; Hisle homered
[Bostock scored, Cubbage scored]; Ford grounded out (shortstop
to first); Wilfong grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Grubb grounded out (first to pitcher); Manning
tripled; Carty grounded out (second to first) [Manning scored];
Melton popped to third in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 3, Indians 1.

TWINS 3RD: Chiles lined to right; Smalley grounded out
(shortstop to first); Carew singled to right; Bostock walked
[Carew to second]; Dobson balked [Carew to third, Bostock to
second]; Wynegar walked; Cubbage grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Blanks doubled to left; Kendall singled to right
[Blanks scored]; Kuiper forced Kendall (third to shortstop);
Kuiper stole second; Bell was called out on strikes; Norris
singled to center [Kuiper to third, Norris to second (on throw
to home)]; Grubb singled to right [Kuiper scored, Norris
scored]; HOLLY REPLACED REDFERN (PITCHING); Manning grounded out
(second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 4.

TWINS 4TH: Hisle lined to left; Ford doubled to right; Wilfong
grounded out (pitcher to first); Chiles popped to third; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 4.

INDIANS 4TH: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Melton
popped to catcher in foul territory; Blanks struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 4.

TWINS 5TH: Smalley flied out to right; Carew homered; Bostock
flied out to left; Wynegar walked; Cubbage grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 4, Indians 4.

INDIANS 5TH: Kendall flied out to center; Kuiper grounded out
(second to first); Bell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
4, Indians 4.

TWINS 6TH: Hisle walked; Hisle stole second; Ford grounded out
(second to first) [Hisle to third]; Wilfong grounded out (second
to first); Chiles singled to center [Hisle scored]; HOOD
REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); Smalley flied out to right; 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 5, Indians 4.

INDIANS 6TH: Norris lined to first; Grubb singled to left; Grubb
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Manning
walked; Carty doubled [Manning scored]; T. JOHNSON REPLACED
HOLLY (PITCHING); Melton flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 5, Indians 5.

TWINS 7TH: Carew was called out on strikes; Bostock grounded out
(third to first); Wynegar popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 5, Indians 5.

INDIANS 7TH: Blanks flied out to center; Kendall walked; Kuiper
singled to left [Kendall to third (error by Hisle)]; Bell
singled to left [Kendall scored, Kuiper to third, Bell to second
(on throw to 3b)]; Norris reached on a fielder's choice [Kuiper
out at home (second to catcher), Bell to third]; Grubb grounded
out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5, Indians
6.

TWINS 8TH: GORINSKI BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Gorinski walked; KERN
REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); TERRELL RAN FOR GORINSKI; Hisle out on
a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Terrell to second]; Ford
grounded out (second to first) [Terrell to third]; Wilfong
walked; LAROCHE REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); KUSICK BATTED FOR
CHILES; Kusick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5,
Indians 6.

INDIANS 8TH: KUSICK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); TERRELL STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Manning flied out to center; Carty
grounded out (shortstop to first); Melton struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Indians 6.

TWINS 9TH: DUFFY REPLACED MELTON (PLAYING SS); THORNTON REPLACED
BLANKS (PLAYING 1B); Smalley flied out to center; Carew walked;
Bostock grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Carew out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5,
Indians 6.