Catcher Milt May threw out four runners on attempted steals to help Dave Rozema gain the victory as the Tigers defeated the Indians, 4-2. Rozema gave up a homer by Ray Fosse in the eighth inning and then got a helping hand from Steve Foucault with one out in the ninth after Paul Dade singled to drive in the Indians' second run.

Tito Fuentes hit his first homer of the season for the Tigers in the opening frame. Ben Oglivie doubled and scored on a single by Phil Mankowski in the fifth and Jason Thompson tripled home Rusty Staub in the sixth. Steve Kemp doubled for the Tigers' final tally in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 4, Cleveland Indians 2
Game Played on Thursday, June      2, 1977 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  1  -   2  8  0
Tigers       1  0  0    0  1  1    0  1  x  -   4 10  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Manning cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .225      LeFlore cf            4   0   1   0     0   2   .239
Kuiper 2b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .286      Fuentes 2b            4   2   2   1     0   1   .302
Norris rf             4   1   2   0     0   1   .313      Staub dh              2   1   0   0     1   1   .219
Bochte 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .295      Kemp lf               4   0   2   1     0   1   .281
Dade lf               4   0   2   1     0   1   .289      Thompson 1b           4   0   2   1     0   0   .270
Lowenstein dh         4   0   2   0     0   0   .311      Oglivie rf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .254
Bell 3b               2   0   0   0     0   1   .302      May c                 3   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Fosse c               3   1   1   1     0   0   .234      Mankowski 3b          3   0   1   1     0   1   .297
Duffy ss              2   0   0   0     1   0   .169      Veryzer ss            3   0   1   0     0   1   .160
Dobson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rozema p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   2   8   2     2   3             Totals               31   4  10   4     1   7

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance:  7,274
Left on Base: Indians 4, Tigers 5
DP: Indians 0, Tigers 2
Errors: Thompson, Mankowski
Doubles: Kemp 2 (10), Oglivie (7)
Triples: Thompson (3)
Home Runs: Fosse (2), Fuentes (1)
Stolen Bases: Staub (1)
Caught Stealing: Manning (3), Lowenstein (6), Norris (8), Dade (2), LeFlore (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Kuiper (6), Bell (4), Staub (1)
GIDP: Lowenstein 2 (3)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson L(0-5)           5.1   7   3   3   1   5   1  23   7.24
Hood                    2.2   3   1   1   0   2   0  10   2.88
Totals                  8    10   4   4   1   7   1  33

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rozema W(5-2)           8.1   8   2   2   2   3   1  32   2.82
Foucault SV(4)          0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.22
Totals                  9     8   2   2   2   3   1  33

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Rich Garcia


INDIANS 1ST: Manning reached on an error by Thompson; Kuiper
reached on an error by Mankowski on a sacrifice bunt [Manning to
second]; Manning was caught stealing third (catcher to third)
[Kuiper to second]; Norris struck out; Bochte flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore was called out on strikes; Fuentes homered;
Staub was called out on strikes; Kemp doubled to right; Thompson
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
0, Tigers 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Dade flied out to left; Lowenstein singled to
right; Lowenstein was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Bell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Oglivie flied out to center; May flied out to left;
Mankowski grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Fosse grounded out (third to first); Duffy grounded
out (third to first); Manning grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Veryzer singled to right; LeFlore forced Veryzer
(third to second); LeFlore was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); Fuentes grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Kuiper walked; Norris forced Kuiper (first to
shortstop); Norris was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Bochte grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Staub grounded out (second to first); Kemp flied out
to center; Thompson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Dade singled to center; Lowenstein singled to right
[Dade to second]; Bell out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Dade to third, Lowenstein to second]; Dade was caught stealing
home (catcher to third); Fosse grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Oglivie doubled to right; May made an out to third;
Mankowski singled to right [Oglivie scored]; Veryzer was called
out on strikes; LeFlore singled to center [Mankowski to second];
Fuentes struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Duffy grounded out (shortstop to first); Manning
grounded out (second to first); Kuiper grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Staub walked; Staub stole second; Kemp struck out;
Thompson tripled to center [Staub scored]; HOOD REPLACED DOBSON
(PITCHING); Oglivie made an out to third; May grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Norris singled; Bochte singled to left [Norris to
second]; Dade struck out; Lowenstein grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Bochte out at second]; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Mankowski struck out; Veryzer grounded out (third to
first); LeFlore struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Tigers 3.

INDIANS 8TH: Bell was called out on strikes; Fosse homered;
Duffy walked; Manning made an out to first; Kuiper grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: Fuentes singled; Staub out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Fuentes to second]; Kemp doubled to left
[Fuentes scored]; Thompson singled to right [Kemp out at home
(right to catcher), Thompson to second (on throw to home)];
Oglivie flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1,
Tigers 4.

INDIANS 9TH: Norris singled to center; Bochte grounded out
(second to first) [Norris to second]; Dade singled to right
[Norris scored]; FOUCAULT REPLACED ROZEMA (PITCHING); Lowenstein
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Dade
out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Tigers 4.