Although rapped for 11 hits, Mark Fidrych gained his fifth straight victory when the Tigers defeated the Indians, 6-4, snapping the Cleveland club's nine-game winning streak. Fidrych was presented with a three-run lead when Rusty Staub hit a homer in the first inning and Ben Oglivie added a solo swat in the sixth, but the Indians rallied to tie the score at 4-4 in the seventh. However in the eighth, Staub singled, Steve Kemp walked and Jason Thompson tripled them home for the Tigers' winning margin. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 6, Cleveland Indians 4
Game Played on Saturday, June      25, 1977 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  1  1    2  0  0  -   4 11  0
Tigers       3  0  0    0  0  1    0  2  x  -   6 10  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kuiper 2b             5   0   2   1     0   0   .263      LeFlore cf            4   1   3   0     0   0   .268
Dade rf               5   1   1   0     0   1   .327      Fuentes 2b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .297
Norris cf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .283      Staub dh              4   1   2   3     0   0   .228
Carty dh              4   0   1   0     0   1   .289        Stanley pr,dh       0   1   0   0     0   0   .280
Thornton 1b           4   0   0   0     0   3   .202      Kemp lf               3   1   0   0     1   1   .259
Bell 3b               3   0   0   1     0   1   .292      Thompson 1b           4   0   1   2     0   0   .257
Grubb lf              2   1   2   0     2   0   .308      Oglivie rf            4   1   3   1     0   0   .256
Kendall c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .240      Mankowski 3b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .290
Duffy ss              4   1   2   1     0   0   .205      Veryzer ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .190
Dobson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Corcoran ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .226
  Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Scrivener ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .150
                                                          Kimm c                3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                          Fidrych p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4  11   3     2   6             Totals               33   6  10   6     1   4

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 37,279
Left on Base: Indians 7, Tigers 4
DP: Indians 0, Tigers 2
Errors: Fuentes
Doubles: Kuiper 2 (5), Duffy (4), LeFlore (6)
Triples: Oglivie (2), Thompson (4)
Home Runs: Staub (7), Oglivie (11)
Stolen Bases: Oglivie (4)
Caught Stealing: Norris (11)
Sacrifice Flies: Bell (3)
GIDP: Norris (7), Carty (4)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson L(2-7)           7.1   9   6   6   1   4   2  31   6.25
Monge                   0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   5.65
Totals                  8    10   6   6   1   4   2  34

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fidrych W(5-2)          9    11   4   3   2   6   0  38   1.80
Totals                  9    11   4   3   2   6   0  38

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Bill Haller


INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper flied out to center; Dade singled to right;
Norris grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Dade out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled to left; Fuentes singled to right
[LeFlore to third]; Staub homered [LeFlore scored, Fuentes
scored]; Kemp flied out to right; Thompson flied out to right;
Oglivie singled to left; Oglivie stole second; Mankowski flied
out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 3.

INDIANS 2ND: Carty struck out; Thornton was called out on
strikes; Bell made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 2ND: Veryzer made an out to shortstop; Kimm flied out to
left; LeFlore flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
0, Tigers 3.

INDIANS 3RD: Grubb singled to right; Kendall forced Grubb (third
to second); Duffy made an out to second; Kuiper doubled to left
[Kendall to third]; Dade was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 3RD: Fuentes struck out; Staub grounded out (first
unassisted); Kemp was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Norris singled; Carty grounded into a double play
(second unassisted) [Norris out at second]; Jim Norris called
for interference with Tito Fuentes; Thornton grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 4TH: Thompson flied out to center; Oglivie tripled to
center; Mankowski struck out; Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Bell flied out to left; Grubb walked; Kendall
singled to left [Grubb to second]; Duffy singled to left [Grubb
scored, Kendall to third]; Kuiper flied out to left; Dade forced
Duffy (second to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1,
Tigers 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Kimm grounded out (third to first); LeFlore singled
to center; Fuentes grounded out (second to first) [LeFlore to
second]; Staub flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 1, Tigers 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Norris singled to center; Carty singled to center
[Norris to third]; Thornton struck out; Bell hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Norris scored]; Grubb singled to center [Carty to
second]; Kendall flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 2, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Kemp grounded out (first unassisted); Thompson
grounded out (pitcher to first); Oglivie homered; Mankowski
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
2, Tigers 4.

INDIANS 7TH: Duffy doubled to left; Kuiper doubled to left
[Duffy scored]; Dade reached on a fielder's choice [Kuiper out
at third (pitcher to shortstop to third), Dade to second];
Norris reached on an error by Fuentes [Dade scored (unearned)
(no RBI)]; Norris was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 7TH: CORCORAN BATTED FOR VERYZER; Corcoran flied out to
center; Kimm struck out; LeFlore doubled to center [LeFlore out
at third (center to first to third)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 4, Tigers 4.

INDIANS 8TH: SCRIVENER REPLACED CORCORAN (PLAYING SS); Thornton
struck out; Bell struck out; Grubb walked; Kendall forced Grubb
(third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 8TH: Fuentes lined to center; Staub singled to right;
STANLEY RAN FOR STAUB; Kemp walked [Stanley to second]; MONGE
REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); Thompson tripled to left [Stanley
scored, Kemp scored]; Oglivie reached on a fielder's choice
[Thompson out at home (first to catcher), Oglivie to second];
Mankowski made an out to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
4, Tigers 6.

INDIANS 9TH: STANLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Duffy flied
out to left; Kuiper flied out to left; Dade flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 6.