Andre Thornton hammered his second homer of the game, connecting with two men on base in the 12th inning, to power the Indians to an 8-5 victory over the Tigers before a Beer Night crowd of 21,452 that included President Jimmy Carter's brother, Billy. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 8, Detroit Tigers 5
Game Played on Friday, June      17, 1977 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Tigers       2  1  0    0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   5  7  0
Indians      0  0  1    0  0  1    0  3  0    0  0  3  -   8 14  1


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            5   2   2   2     1   2   .266      Norris cf             4   1   2   0     0   1   .289
Fuentes 2b            5   1   0   0     0   1   .304        Bell ph,3b          1   0   0   0     1   0   .299
Staub dh              5   0   1   1     0   0   .219      Kuiper 2b             5   1   2   0     0   0   .264
Kemp lf               5   1   2   1     0   1   .256      Dade 3b,rf            5   1   1   1     0   0   .310
Thompson 1b           5   0   1   1     0   0   .269      Bochte 1b             3   2   1   0     1   1   .270
Oglivie rf            4   0   1   0     1   1   .243        Kendall ph,c        2   0   0   0     0   0   .233
May c                 5   0   0   0     0   1   .275      Thornton dh           6   2   3   6     0   1   .186
Rodriguez 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .217      Grubb lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .309
  Mankowski ph,3b     1   0   0   0     0   0   .283        Pruitt ph,lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Scrivener ss          3   1   0   0     0   0   .188      Lowenstein rf,cf      5   1   2   1     0   1   .299
  Corcoran ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Fosse c,1b            5   0   3   0     0   1   .261
  Veryzer ss          1   0   0   0     0   0   .176      Duffy ss              5   0   0   0     0   0   .192
Rozema p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Crawford p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Grilli p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               44   5   7   5     2   7             Totals               46   8  14   8     2   6

Time of Game: 3:15   Attendance: 21,452
Left on Base: Tigers 5, Indians 7
DP: Tigers 1, Indians 0
Errors: Dade
Doubles: Kemp (12), Staub (13), Norris (6), Bochte (10)
Triples: LeFlore (3)
Home Runs: LeFlore (6), Thornton 2 (6), Lowenstein (1)
Stolen Bases: Kemp (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Kuiper (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Dade (6)
GIDP: Thornton (2)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rozema                  6     9   2   2   0   2   0  26   2.89
Foucault                2     3   3   3   1   2   2  10   2.93
Crawford L(0-1)         3     1   2   2   1   2   0  11   4.65
Grilli                  0.2   1   1   1   0   0   1   3   6.35
Totals                 11.2  14   8   8   2   6   3  50

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits                   4.1   6   5   4   1   0   1  21   4.32
Hood                    4.2   0   0   0   0   4   0  14   2.63
Kern W(2-3)             3     1   0   0   1   3   0  11   2.84
Totals                 12     7   5   4   2   7   1  46

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - George Maloney


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore walked; Fuentes forced LeFlore (pitcher to
shortstop); Staub flied out to center [Fuentes to second]; Kemp
doubled to center [Fuentes scored]; Thompson singled to center
[Kemp scored]; Oglivie singled to right [Thompson to second];
May flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians
0.

INDIANS 1ST: Norris singled to center; Kuiper singled to center
[Norris to second]; On a bunt Dade singled [Norris to third,
Kuiper to second]; Bochte struck out; Thornton grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Dade out at second]; 0
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 2, Indians 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Rodriguez flied out to right; Scrivener flied out to
center; LeFlore homered; Fuentes grounded out (third to first);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Grubb grounded out (first unassisted); Lowenstein
grounded out (second to first); Fosse singled to left; Duffy
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers
3, Indians 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Staub grounded out (first to pitcher); Kemp grounded
out (shortstop to first); Thompson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Norris doubled to right; Kuiper out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Norris to third]; Dade hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Norris scored]; Bochte grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Indians 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Oglivie grounded out (second to first); May flied
out to left; Rodriguez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Indians 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Thornton made an out to third; Grubb grounded out
(second to first); Lowenstein flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 3, Indians 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Scrivener reached on an error by Dade [Scrivener to
second]; LeFlore tripled to center [Scrivener scored
(unearned)]; Fuentes flied out to center; Staub doubled to right
[LeFlore scored]; HOOD REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); Kemp grounded
out (second to first) [Staub to third]; Thompson flied out to
left; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Indians 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Fosse struck out; Duffy flied out to left; Norris
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5,
Indians 1.

TIGERS 6TH: Oglivie struck out; May grounded out (second to
first); Rodriguez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 5, Indians 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Kuiper flied out to left; Dade grounded out (third
to first); Bochte doubled to right; Thornton singled to left
[Bochte scored]; Grubb flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 5, Indians 2.

TIGERS 7TH: Scrivener flied out to right; LeFlore flied out to
center; Fuentes struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5,
Indians 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Lowenstein singled to right; Fosse singled to left
[Lowenstein to second]; FOUCAULT REPLACED ROZEMA (PITCHING);
Duffy flied out to left; Norris struck out; Kuiper grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 5, Indians 2.

TIGERS 8TH: Staub grounded out (second to first); Kemp struck
out; Thompson grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 5, Indians 2.

INDIANS 8TH: Dade flied out to center; Bochte walked; Thornton
homered [Bochte scored]; Grubb struck out; Lowenstein homered;
Fosse singled to center; Duffy forced Fosse (third to second); 3
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 5, Indians 5.

TIGERS 9TH: Oglivie flied out to center; May grounded out
(second to first); Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Indians 5.

INDIANS 9TH: CRAWFORD REPLACED FOUCAULT (PITCHING); BELL BATTED
FOR NORRIS; Bell grounded out (pitcher to first); Kuiper
grounded out (pitcher to first); Dade grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Indians 5.

TIGERS 10TH: BELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); DADE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); LOWENSTEIN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
CF); KERN REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); CORCORAN BATTED FOR
SCRIVENER; Corcoran made an out to third; LeFlore struck out;
Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Tigers 5, Indians 5.

INDIANS 10TH: VERYZER REPLACED CORCORAN (PLAYING SS); KENDALL
BATTED FOR BOCHTE; Kendall grounded out (shortstop to first);
Thornton struck out; PRUITT BATTED FOR GRUBB; Pruitt made an out
to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Indians 5.

TIGERS 11TH: KENDALL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); FOSSE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); PRUITT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF);
Staub popped to third in foul territory; Kemp singled to left;
Thompson flied out to center; Kemp stole second; Oglivie was
walked intentionally; May struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Tigers 5, Indians 5.

INDIANS 11TH: Lowenstein struck out; Fosse grounded out (pitcher
to first); Duffy flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Tigers 5, Indians 5.

TIGERS 12TH: MANKOWSKI BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; Mankowski flied out
to left; Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Indians 5.

INDIANS 12TH: MANKOWSKI STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Bell
walked; Kuiper singled to left [Bell to second]; GRILLI REPLACED
CRAWFORD (PITCHING); Dade forced Bell (first to third) [Kuiper
to second]; Kendall flied out to right; Thornton homered [Kuiper
scored, Dade scored]; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 5, Indians 8.