Coming from behind in the ninth inning, the Indians scored two runs to defeat the Athletics, 5-4. The A's took a 4-3 lead in the top half of the ninth when Wayne Gross walked with the bases loaded, but the Indians put together singles by Buddy Bell, Larvell Blanks, Rick Manning and Duane Kuiper to register the tying and winning runs in their half. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 5, Oakland Athletics 4
Game Played on Sunday, May       29, 1977 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
A's          0  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   4 12  0
Indians      1  1  0    0  0  1    0  0  2  -   5 11  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Alexander ss          1   0   1   0     0   0   .429      Manning cf            5   1   3   1     0   0   .227
  Picciolo ss         3   0   1   0     0   2   .175      Kuiper 2b             5   0   1   1     0   1   .291
  McKinney ph,2b      0   0   0   0     1   0   .190      Norris rf             2   1   0   1     1   0   .311
Jorgensen rf          3   0   1   0     1   0   .200      Bochte 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .305
  Tyrone ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .261      Carty dh              4   1   1   1     0   0   .248
  Murray cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .226      Lowenstein lf         3   0   1   0     0   0   .324
Gross 3b              4   0   1   1     1   0   .275        Dade ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .266
Allen 1b              5   0   0   0     0   1   .261      Bell 3b               3   1   1   0     1   1   .306
  Newman c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .118      Blanks ss             4   1   2   1     0   1   .241
Sanguillen dh         5   1   1   0     0   0   .292      Fosse c               4   0   1   0     0   0   .215
E. Williams c,1b      3   1   1   0     1   0   .262      Dobson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Page lf               4   1   1   1     0   0   .308        Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Armas cf,rf           4   0   2   2     0   2   .227        Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Perez 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .183
  Lintz pr,2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .107
  Scott ph,ss         1   1   1   0     0   0   .293
Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Giusti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   4  12   4     4   5             Totals               35   5  11   5     2   3

Time of Game: 3:06   Attendance: 25,476
Left on Base: A's 10, Indians 7
DP: A's 0, Indians 2
Errors: Blanks
Doubles: Page (12), Gross (8), Manning (5)
Stolen Bases: Alexander (10), Scott (8)
Caught Stealing: Lintz (2), Bell (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Norris (3)
GIDP: Jorgensen (2), Allen (2)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford                6.2   7   3   3   2   2   0  28   2.45
Lacey L(1-2)            1.2   2   2   2   0   1   0   7   1.48
Giusti                  0.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.73
Totals                  8.2  11   5   5   2   3   0  38

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson                  8.1  11   4   4   2   5   0  36   7.48
Kern                    0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   3.47
Monge W(1-1)            0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   4   5.40
Totals                  9    12   4   4   4   5   0  41

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


ATHLETICS 1ST: Alexander singled to left; Alexander stole
second; Jorgensen grounded out (second to first) [Alexander to
third]; Gross grounded out (first unassisted); Allen struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: PICCIOLO REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING SS); Manning
doubled to right; Kuiper grounded out (second to first) [Manning
to third]; Norris hit a sacrifice fly to center [Manning
scored]; Bochte flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Indians 1.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Sanguillen singled to center; E. Williams singled
to center [Sanguillen to second]; Page doubled to right
[Sanguillen scored, E. Williams to third]; Armas singled to left
[E. Williams scored, Page scored, Armas to second (on throw to
home)]; Perez grounded out (shortstop to first) [Armas to
third]; Picciolo struck out; Jorgensen walked; Gross grounded
out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Indians 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Carty singled to center; Lowenstein singled to
right [Carty to third]; Bell made an out to second; Blanks
singled to left [Carty scored, Lowenstein to second]; Fosse made
an out to shortstop; Manning grounded out (pitcher to first); 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 2.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Allen reached on an error by Blanks; Sanguillen
popped to catcher in foul territory; E. Williams walked [Allen
to second]; Page popped to first in foul territory; Armas
singled to right [Allen to third, E. Williams to second]; Perez
made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 3,
Indians 2.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Norris flied
out to left; Bochte grounded out (pitcher unassisted); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Picciolo singled to third; Jorgensen grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Picciolo out
at second]; Gross doubled to left; Allen grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Carty flied out to left; Lowenstein grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Indians 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Sanguillen flied out to center; E. Williams
grounded out (third to first); Page popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first); Fosse
grounded out (second to first); Manning grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Armas struck out; Perez singled to left; LINTZ
RAN FOR PEREZ; Lintz was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Picciolo struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
3, Indians 2.

INDIANS 6TH: LINTZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Kuiper grounded
out (shortstop to first); Norris walked; Bochte singled to right
[Norris to third]; Carty forced Bochte (pitcher to shortstop)
[Norris scored]; Lowenstein grounded out (first unassisted); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 3.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Jorgensen singled to left; Gross popped to
catcher in foul territory; Allen grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Jorgensen out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Bell walked; Bell was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Blanks was called out on strikes; Fosse
singled to shortstop; Manning singled to center [Fosse to
second]; LACEY REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); Kuiper struck out;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first); E.
Williams flied out to center; Page flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 3.

INDIANS 8TH: Norris popped to shortstop in foul territory;
Bochte grounded out (second to first); Carty grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Armas struck out; SCOTT BATTED FOR LINTZ; Scott
singled to left; MCKINNEY BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; KERN REPLACED
DOBSON (PITCHING); Scott stole second; McKinney walked; MONGE
REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); TYRONE BATTED FOR JORGENSEN; Tyrone
singled to third [Scott to third, McKinney to second]; Gross
walked [Scott scored, McKinney to third, Tyrone to second];
Allen flied out to right; Sanguillen grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 3.

INDIANS 9TH: MCKINNEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MURRAY
REPLACED TYRONE (PLAYING CF); NEWMAN REPLACED ALLEN (PLAYING C
); E. WILLIAMS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); ARMAS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); DADE
BATTED FOR LOWENSTEIN; Dade grounded out (shortstop to first);
Bell singled to left; Blanks singled to left [Bell to second];
GIUSTI REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Fosse flied out to right;
Manning singled to left [Bell scored, Blanks to second]; Kuiper
singled to center [Blanks scored, Manning to second]; 2 R, 4 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 5.