With the aid of two unearned runs, the Indians beat Nolan Ryan in the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 5-3, but the Angels came back to win the second game, 5-2. Ryan struck out 10, marking the 102nd time that the Angels' ace had fanned 10 or more batters in one game. However victory escaped Ryan on an error by Jerry Remy in the fifth inning after the Angels had given him a 3-2 lead. Paul Dade and Duane Kuiper led off the stanza with singles. After Buddy Bell forced Kuiper, Dade scored the tying run on a sacrifice fly by Andre Thornton. Remy then muffed a grounder by Rico Carty, scoring Bell, and another run followed on singles by Bruce Bochte and Larvell Blanks.

In the nightcap, Dave Chalk drove in the Angels' first two runs with a bases-loaded single in the fourth inning and added a third RBI with another single in the eighth. Ken Brett held the Indians to five hits in seven innings before Dyar Miller and Dave LaRoche finished up. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 5, California Angels 3 (Game 1)
Game Played on Wednesday, August    24, 1977 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Indians      0  1  1    0  3  0    0  0  0  -   5  8  0
Angels       0  2  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dade rf               4   2   1   0     1   2   .303      Flores lf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .281
Kuiper 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .274      Remy 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .265
Bell 3b               4   1   1   1     0   0   .294      Bonds rf              2   0   0   0     2   0   .274
Thornton 1b           2   1   0   1     1   1   .273      Solaita 1b            4   1   2   0     0   0   .234
Carty dh              4   1   1   0     0   0   .276        Briggs pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Bochte lf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .287      Baylor dh             2   1   1   0     2   0   .244
Blanks ss             4   0   2   1     0   2   .262      Mulliniks ss          3   1   0   0     1   1   .274
Norris cf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .273      Chalk 3b              4   0   1   1     0   2   .274
Fosse c               4   0   0   0     0   2   .265      Bosley cf             3   0   2   2     0   0   .314
Fitzmorris p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Humphrey c            2   0   0   0     0   0   .240
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Goodwin ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .228
                                                            Etchebarren c       0   0   0   0     0   0   .256
                                                          Ryan p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5   8   4     2  10             Totals               29   3   8   3     5   3

Time of Game: 2:41
Left on Base: Indians 6, Angels 4
DP: Indians 2, Angels 0
Errors: Remy
Doubles: Bell (22), Baylor (20), Flores (13)
Stolen Bases: Dade (8), Bosley (3)
Caught Stealing: Bonds (14), Baylor (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Kuiper (15)
Sacrifice Flies: Thornton (2)
GIDP: Humphrey (7), Bonds (4)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Fitzmorris W(6-7)       8     8   3   3   5   1   0  31   4.98
Kern SV(16)             1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   3.08
Totals                  9     8   3   3   5   3   0  34

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan L(17-12)           9     8   5   3   2  10   0  38   2.68
Totals                  9     8   5   3   2  10   0  38

Balks: Fitzmorris (1)

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Ken Kaiser


INDIANS 1ST: Dade was called out on strikes; Kuiper was called
out on strikes; Bell popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Flores grounded out (catcher to first); Remy
grounded out (pitcher to first); Bonds walked; Bonds was picked
off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Angels 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton walked; Carty singled to left [Thornton to
second]; Bochte struck out; Blanks was called out on strikes;
Norris singled to center [Thornton scored, Carty to third];
Fosse grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Solaita singled to right; Baylor doubled to right
[Solaita to third]; Mulliniks grounded out (third to first);
Chalk struck out; Bosley singled to center [Solaita scored,
Baylor scored]; Bosley stole second; Humphrey grounded out
(third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Angels 2.

INDIANS 3RD: Dade walked; Dade stole second; Kuiper out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Dade to third]; Bell doubled
to left [Dade scored]; Thornton struck out; Carty flied out to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Angels 2.

ANGELS 3RD: Flores lined to third; Remy grounded out (third to
first); Bonds walked; Bonds was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Angels 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Bochte struck out; Blanks singled to right; Norris
flied out to center; Fosse flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 2, Angels 2.

ANGELS 4TH: Solaita flied out to left; Baylor walked; Fitzmorris
balked [Baylor to second]; Mulliniks walked; Baylor was caught
stealing third (catcher to third) [Mulliniks to second]; Chalk
singled to left [Mulliniks scored, Chalk out at second (left to
shortstop)]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Angels 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Dade singled to third; Kuiper singled to left [Dade
to second]; Bell forced Kuiper (first to shortstop) [Dade to
third]; Thornton hit a sacrifice fly to left [Dade scored, Bell
to second]; Carty reached on an error by Remy [Bell scored
(unearned)]; Bochte singled to left [Carty to second]; Blanks
singled to center [Carty scored (unearned), Bochte to third];
Norris grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 5, Angels 3.

ANGELS 5TH: Bosley singled to right; Humphrey grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Bosley out at second];
Flores doubled to left; Remy grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Angels 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Fosse struck out; Dade struck out; Kuiper flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Angels 3.

ANGELS 6TH: Bonds flied out to right; Solaita grounded out
(first unassisted); Baylor walked; Mulliniks grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Angels 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Bell grounded out (third to first); Thornton flied
out to left; Carty popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 5, Angels 3.

ANGELS 7TH: Chalk grounded out (third to first); Bosley grounded
out (second to first); GOODWIN BATTED FOR HUMPHREY; Goodwin
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Angels 3.

INDIANS 8TH: ETCHEBARREN REPLACED GOODWIN (PLAYING C ); Bochte
grounded out (first unassisted); Blanks struck out; Norris flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Angels 3.

ANGELS 8TH: Flores singled to center; Remy flied out to left;
Bonds grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Flores out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Angels
3.

INDIANS 9TH: Fosse struck out; Dade popped to first in foul
territory; Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Angels 3.

ANGELS 9TH: Solaita singled to center; BRIGGS RAN FOR SOLAITA;
KERN REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); Baylor grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Briggs to second]; Mulliniks was called out
on strikes; Chalk was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 5, Angels 3.