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.

Jim Bibby pitched the shutout in the nightcap, holding the Tigers to four hits. The Indians scored all their runs in the fifth inning, starting the outburst with a double by Buddy Bell. Johnny Grubb walked and Ray Fosse doubled to score Bell. Frank Duffy and Duane Kuiper followed with infield grounders, but Grubb and Fosse beat the throws to the plate. John Lowenstein singled for the final run. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 4, Detroit Tigers 2 (Game 1)
Game Played on Sunday, June      19, 1977 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Tigers       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.