The Indians marked the debut of Jeff Torborg as their new manager, succeeding Frank Robinson, by sweeping a doubleheader with the Tigers, 4-2 and 4-0. Andre Thornton and Larvell Blanks homered for the Indians in the fourth inning of the opener. Thornton picked up another RBI with a single in the seventh. Wayne Garland, winning for the first time since May 27, gave up the Tigers' runs on a homer by Rusty Staub in the eighth. Cleveland Indians 4, Detroit Tigers 2 (Game 1)Game Played on Sunday, June 19, 1977 (Day game) at Cleveland StadiumTigers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 8 0 Indians 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 x - 4 9 1 Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG LeFlore cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .265 Kuiper 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .262 Fuentes 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .302 Dade lf 4 1 3 1 0 0 .328 Staub dh 4 1 2 2 0 0 .225 Norris cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .286 Kemp lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .259 Thornton 1b 3 1 2 2 1 0 .207 Thompson 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .264 Bell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .299 Oglivie rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .249 Blanks dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .243 May c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .268 Kendall c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .245 Mankowski 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .285 Pruitt rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .171 Duffy ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 .192 Corcoran ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .234 Garland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Scrivener ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Hiller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Grilli p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 2 8 2 3 2 Totals 33 4 9 4 2 5 Time of Game: 2:08 Left on Base: Tigers 5, Indians 7 DP: Tigers 0, Indians 2 Errors: Pruitt Doubles: Kendall (4) Triples: Staub (2) Home Runs: Staub (6), Thornton (7), Blanks (3) Stolen Bases: Norris (17) Caught Stealing: Oglivie (6), Fuentes (1) GIDP: Mankowski 2 (3) Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hiller L(4-7) 7 9 4 4 2 5 2 32 3.49 Grilli 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5.84 Totals 8 9 4 4 2 5 2 35 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Garland W(3-7) 9 8 2 2 3 2 1 34 5.20 Totals 9 8 2 2 3 2 1 34 Wild Pitches: Hiller (5) Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Greg Kosc TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Fuentes grounded out (second to first); Staub tripled to left; Kemp walked; Thompson popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Dade singled to left; Norris forced Dade (shortstop to second); Norris stole second; Thornton flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 0. TIGERS 2ND: Oglivie flied out to left; May singled to left; Mankowski grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [May out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Bell lined to third; Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first); Kendall doubled to left; Pruitt made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 0. TIGERS 3RD: Veryzer grounded out (third to first); LeFlore singled to right [LeFlore to second (error by Pruitt)]; Fuentes struck out; Staub grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Duffy was called out on strikes; Kuiper lined to shortstop; Dade flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 0. TIGERS 4TH: Kemp flied out to right; Thompson flied out to left; Oglivie singled to center; Oglivie was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 4TH: Norris struck out; Thornton homered; Bell struck out; Blanks homered; Kendall struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 2. TIGERS 5TH: May lined to second; Mankowski walked; Veryzer flied out to left; LeFlore grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 2. INDIANS 5TH: Pruitt struck out; Duffy singled to right; Hiller threw a wild pitch [Duffy to second]; Kuiper walked; Dade singled to center [Duffy scored, Kuiper to second]; Norris grounded out (second to first) [Kuiper to third, Dade to second]; Thornton walked; Bell flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 3. TIGERS 6TH: Fuentes singled to shortstop; Fuentes was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Tigers Coach Dick Tracewski ejected by HP umpire Russ Goetz; Staub grounded out (first to pitcher); Kemp grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 3. INDIANS 6TH: Blanks grounded out (third to first); Kendall made an out to shortstop; Pruitt flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 3. TIGERS 7TH: Thompson walked; Oglivie singled to right [Thompson to second]; May struck out; Mankowski grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Oglivie out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 3. INDIANS 7TH: On a bunt Duffy grounded out (third to first); Kuiper flied out to center; Dade singled to left; Norris singled to right [Dade to third]; Thornton singled [Dade scored, Norris to second]; Bell grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Tigers 0, Indians 4. TIGERS 8TH: CORCORAN BATTED FOR VERYZER; Corcoran singled to right; LeFlore flied out to right; Fuentes flied out to center; Staub homered [Corcoran scored]; Kemp flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Indians 4. INDIANS 8TH: SCRIVENER REPLACED CORCORAN (PLAYING SS); GRILLI REPLACED HILLER (PITCHING); Blanks made an out to second; Kendall made an out to shortstop; Pruitt popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Indians 4. TIGERS 9TH: Thompson flied out to center; Oglivie flied out to left; May grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Tigers 2, Indians 4. |
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