The Indians broke a 5-5 tie with two runs in the eighth inning and defeated the Mariners, 7-5. Bruce Bochte singled to open the stanza and was forced by Rico Carty. Andre Thornton ran for Carty and stole second. After a walk to Buddy Bell, Ray Fosse was safe on an error by Larry Milbourne to load the bases. Frank Duffy laid down a safe bunt, scoring Thornton with the tie-breaking run, and Duane Kuiper added an insurance tally with an infield hit. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 7, Seattle Mariners 5
Game Played on Tuesday, May       24, 1977 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Mariners     1  0  1    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   5 10  1
Indians      0  1  1    0  0  3    0  2  x  -   7 11  0


Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Collins dh            4   2   1   0     1   0   .213      Manning cf            5   0   0   0     0   4   .226
Ruppert Jones cf      4   2   1   1     1   1   .259      Kuiper 2b             5   0   2   1     0   0   .284
Braun lf              4   0   1   0     1   1   .261      Norris rf             4   1   1   0     1   1   .311
Stanton rf            4   1   2   1     1   1   .306      Dade lf               2   1   0   1     1   1   .303
Meyer 1b              3   0   1   2     1   1   .261      Bochte 1b             4   2   3   1     0   0   .309
Stein 3b              4   0   2   1     0   1   .290      Carty dh              4   1   2   2     0   1   .241
Stinson c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .283        Thornton pr,dh      0   1   0   0     0   0   .155
  Lopez ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .300      Bell 3b               2   1   0   0     1   0   .305
  Baez 2b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .299      Fosse c               4   0   2   1     0   0   .228
Reynolds ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .268      Duffy ss              4   0   1   1     0   2   .191
  Bernhardt ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .284      Dobson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jutze c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .217        Waits p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Milbourne 2b,ss       3   0   0   0     0   0   .197        Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Pagan p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kekich p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5  10   5     5   6             Totals               34   7  11   7     3   9

Time of Game: 2:54   Attendance:  5,576
Left on Base: Mariners 8, Indians 8
DP: Mariners 0, Indians 1
Errors: Milbourne
Doubles: Stinson (6), Braun (8), Bochte 2 (7), Carty (4)
Triples: Norris (2)
Home Runs: Ruppert Jones (7)
Stolen Bases: Collins 2 (9), Thornton (1)
Caught Stealing: Braun (1), Meyer (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Milbourne (6), Bell (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Dade (4)


Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pagan                   5     6   4   4   2   5   0  23   4.57
Romo L(1-3)             2.1   4   3   2   1   2   0  13   2.43
Kekich                  0.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   3   1.17
Totals                  8    11   7   6   3   9   0  39

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson                  4.1   6   5   5   4   2   1  22   8.12
Waits W(2-0)            4.1   4   0   0   1   3   0  17   4.01
Kern SV(4)              0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   3.80
Totals                  9    10   5   5   5   6   1  40

Balks: Dobson (2)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Dale Ford


MARINERS 1ST: Collins grounded out (shortstop to first); Ruppert
Jones homered; Braun flied out to right; Stanton singled to
left; Meyer flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners
1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Manning struck out; Kuiper grounded out (second to
first); Norris walked; Dade grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 1, Indians 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Stein struck out; Stinson doubled to right;
Reynolds lined to second; Milbourne flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Bochte doubled to right; Carty singled to center
[Bochte scored]; Bell flied out to center; Fosse singled to
right [Carty to second]; Duffy was called out on strikes;
Manning was called out on strikes; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mariners 1, Indians 1.

MARINERS 3RD: Collins walked; Collins stole second; Ruppert
Jones grounded out (first unassisted); Dobson balked [Collins to
third]; Braun walked; Stanton singled to center [Collins scored,
Braun to second]; Meyer struck out while Braun was caught
stealing third (catcher to third); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mariners 2, Indians 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Norris
tripled to center; Dade hit a sacrifice fly to right [Norris
scored]; Bochte grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 2, Indians 2.

MARINERS 4TH: Stein singled to right; Stinson forced Stein
(second to shortstop); Reynolds flied out to right; Milbourne
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners
2, Indians 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Carty was called out on strikes; Bell grounded out
(second to first); Fosse grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 2, Indians 2.

MARINERS 5TH: Collins singled to left; Collins stole second;
Ruppert Jones walked; Braun flied out to center [Collins to
third]; Stanton walked [Ruppert Jones to second]; WAITS REPLACED
DOBSON (PITCHING); Meyer singled to center [Collins scored,
Ruppert Jones scored, Stanton to second]; Stein singled to right
[Stanton scored, Meyer to third]; Meyer was caught stealing home
(catcher to third to catcher); Stinson made an out to first; 3
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 5, Indians 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Duffy struck out; Manning flied out to left; Kuiper
singled to center; Norris grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 5, Indians 2.

MARINERS 6TH: Reynolds singled to left; Milbourne out on a
sacrifice bunt (second unassisted) [Reynolds to second]; Collins
grounded out (third to first) [Reynolds to third]; Ruppert Jones
made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 5,
Indians 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Dade walked; Bochte doubled to right [Dade scored];
ROMO REPLACED PAGAN (PITCHING); Carty doubled to right [Bochte
scored]; Bell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Carty
to third]; Fosse singled to center [Carty scored]; Duffy flied
out to center; Manning was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Mariners 5, Indians 5.

MARINERS 7TH: Braun struck out; Stanton made an out to first;
Meyer walked; Stein grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 5, Indians 5.

INDIANS 7TH: Kuiper flied out to left; Norris made an out to
shortstop; Dade struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 5,
Indians 5.

MARINERS 8TH: LOPEZ BATTED FOR STINSON; Lopez struck out;
BERNHARDT BATTED FOR REYNOLDS; Bernhardt grounded out (shortstop
to first); Milbourne flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mariners 5, Indians 5.

INDIANS 8TH: BAEZ REPLACED LOPEZ (PLAYING 2B); JUTZE REPLACED
BERNHARDT (PLAYING C ); MILBOURNE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
SS); Bochte singled to center; Carty forced Bochte (third to
shortstop); THORNTON RAN FOR CARTY; Thornton stole second; Bell
was walked intentionally; Fosse reached on an error by Milbourne
[Thornton to third, Bell to second]; Duffy singled [Thornton
scored, Bell to third, Fosse to second]; KEKICH REPLACED ROMO
(PITCHING); Manning was called out on strikes; Kuiper singled
[Bell scored (unearned), Fosse to third, Duffy to second];
Norris struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Mariners 5,
Indians 7.

MARINERS 9TH: THORNTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Collins
grounded out (third to first); Ruppert Jones struck out; Braun
doubled to left; KERN REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); Stanton struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 5, Indians 7.