After failing to hold a 4-1 lead in the ninth, the Indians came back with a homer by Andre Thornton in the 12th inning to defeat the Athletics, 5.4. The A's tied the score in the ninth on an error by Paul Dade, run-scoring single by Mitchell Page and two-run homer by Jim Tyrone. Cleveland Indians 5, Oakland Athletics 4Game Played on Saturday, August 20, 1977 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumIndians 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 5 11 1 A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 - 4 7 2 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dade cf 6 0 2 0 0 0 .303 Scott 2b,ss 5 1 1 0 1 2 .248 Bell 3b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .293 Perez 3b,2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .247 Melton 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Page lf 4 0 1 1 1 0 .300 Blanks 2b 6 0 0 0 0 2 .253 Sanguillen dh 4 0 1 1 0 0 .262 Thornton 1b 3 2 1 1 3 0 .271 Alexander pr,dh 1 1 0 0 0 0 .243 Carty dh 5 0 1 0 1 0 .270 Tyrone rf 4 1 1 2 1 0 .243 Bochte lf 5 0 0 1 0 1 .283 McKinney 1b,3b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .177 Pruitt rf 5 1 1 0 1 0 .288 Newman c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .234 Kendall c 5 1 1 0 0 0 .257 Mallory pr,1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Duffy ss 5 1 3 1 0 0 .201 Tabb ph,1b 2 0 0 0 0 2 .213 Waits p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Murray cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .185 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Picciolo ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .165 Hosley ph,c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .214 Blue p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bair p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 46 5 11 5 5 3 Totals 42 4 7 4 4 8 Time of Game: 2:55 Attendance: 5,022 Left on Base: Indians 11, A's 6 DP: Indians 1, A's 1 Errors: Dade, Perez, McKinney Doubles: Pruitt (8) Triples: Perez (5) Home Runs: Thornton (23), Tyrone (3) Stolen Bases: Duffy (7), Murray (9) Caught Stealing: Thornton (4), Scott (13) Sacrifice Flies: Bochte (4) GIDP: Blanks (4) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Waits 8.1 4 4 3 2 3 1 32 4.28 Kern W(6-7) 3.2 3 0 0 2 5 0 14 3.17 Totals 12 7 4 3 4 8 1 46 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue 11 10 4 4 5 3 0 48 3.96 Bair L(1-2) 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 4.39 Totals 12 11 5 5 5 3 1 52 Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Jim McKean INDIANS 1ST: Dade flied out to right; Bell singled to right; Blanks was called out on strikes; Thornton flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Scott grounded out (pitcher to first); Perez flied out to left; Page flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Athletics 0. INDIANS 2ND: Carty grounded out (first unassisted); Bochte struck out; Pruitt walked; Kendall singled to left [Pruitt to second]; Duffy singled to center [Pruitt scored, Kendall to second]; Dade singled to left [Kendall to third, Duffy to second]; Bell singled to center [Kendall scored, Duffy scored, Dade to second]; Blanks struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 3, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Sanguillen grounded out (third to first); Tyrone made an out to second; McKinney grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Athletics 0. INDIANS 3RD: Thornton made an out to second; Carty flied out to right; Bochte grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); Murray grounded out (third to first); Picciolo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Athletics 0. INDIANS 4TH: Pruitt doubled to left; Kendall reached on a fielder's choice [Pruitt out at third (pitcher to third)]; Duffy singled to left [Kendall to second]; Dade reached on an error by Perez [Kendall to third, Duffy to second]; Bell flied out to center; Blanks grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Indians 3, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Scott struck out; Perez grounded out (first unassisted); Page grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Athletics 0. INDIANS 5TH: Thornton walked; Thornton was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Carty walked; Bochte grounded out (pitcher to first) [Carty to second]; Pruitt grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Sanguillen popped to third in foul territory; Tyrone grounded out (third to first); McKinney grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Athletics 0. INDIANS 6TH: Kendall popped to first in foul territory; Duffy singled to left; Duffy stole second; Dade flied out to right [Duffy to third]; Bell flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: Newman grounded out (third to first); Murray flied out to center; Picciolo grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Athletics 0. INDIANS 7TH: Blanks grounded out (third to first); Thornton walked; Carty singled to center [Thornton to third]; Bochte hit a sacrifice fly to center [Thornton scored]; Pruitt flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 7TH: MELTON REPLACED BELL (PLAYING 3B); Scott walked; Perez grounded out (second to first) [Scott to second]; Page grounded out (first unassisted) [Scott to third]; Sanguillen singled to third [Scott scored]; Tyrone flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Athletics 1. INDIANS 8TH: Kendall flied out to center; Duffy made an out to third; Dade grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: McKinney grounded out (shortstop to first); Newman singled to right; MALLORY RAN FOR NEWMAN; Murray popped to first in foul territory; HOSLEY BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Hosley walked [Mallory to second]; Scott struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 4, Athletics 1. INDIANS 9TH: MALLORY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MCKINNEY CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); PEREZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); SCOTT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); HOSLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Melton grounded out (pitcher to first); Blanks grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Thornton walked; Carty grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 9TH: Perez reached on an error by Dade [Perez to second]; Page singled to center [Perez scored (unearned)]; Sanguillen forced Page (third to second); ALEXANDER RAN FOR SANGUILLEN; Tyrone homered [Alexander scored]; KERN REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); McKinney struck out; TABB BATTED FOR MALLORY; Tabb struck out; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Athletics 4. INDIANS 10TH: ALEXANDER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); TABB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Bochte flied out to right; Pruitt lined to third; Kendall grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 10TH: Murray popped to third in foul territory; Hosley struck out; Scott singled; Scott was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Athletics 4. INDIANS 11TH: Duffy flied out to center; Dade singled to right; Melton reached on an error by McKinney [Dade to second]; Blanks grounded into a double play (third to first) [Dade out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 11TH: Perez tripled to center; Page was walked intentionally; Alexander grounded out (third to first) [Page to second]; Tyrone was walked intentionally; McKinney struck out; Tabb struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Indians 4, Athletics 4. INDIANS 12TH: BAIR REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Thornton homered; Carty popped to first in foul territory; Bochte grounded out (pitcher to first); Pruitt flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Athletics 4. ATHLETICS 12TH: Murray singled to center; Murray stole second; Hosley flied out to left; Scott lined into a double play (shortstop to second) [Murray out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Athletics 4. |
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