| Duane Kuiper, Andre Thornton and Bruce Bochte tagged Steve Stone for home runs in the first inning and Thornton connected again in the sixth off reliever Silvio Martinez, as the Indians routed the White Sox, 9-2. Rick Waits allowed six hits in pitching his first complete game of the season. [The Sporting News] |
Cleveland Indians 9, Chicago White Sox 2
Game Played on Monday, August 29, 1977 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
White Sox 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 2 6 4 Indians 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 x - 9 16 0 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Kessinger ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Dade cf 5 1 2 2 0 2 .298 Lemon cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .278 Kuiper 2b 5 1 2 2 0 0 .281 Orta 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Bell 3b 5 0 0 1 0 2 .290 Zisk lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .308 Thornton 1b 4 2 2 2 1 1 .282 L. Johnson dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .319 Bochte lf 5 1 3 1 0 0 .297 Soderholm 3b 4 1 4 2 0 0 .288 Carty dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .285 Nordhagen rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .311 Pruitt rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .324 Spencer 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .246 Kendall c 4 1 2 0 0 1 .247 Downing c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .289 Duffy ss 3 2 2 0 1 1 .204 Stone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Waits p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kirkwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 2 6 2 2 8 Totals 39 9 16 8 2 8 Time of Game: 2:33 Attendance: 6,236 Left on Base: White Sox 5, Indians 8 DP: White Sox 1, Indians 1 Errors: Kessinger, Lemon, Zisk, Downing Doubles: Lemon (30), Duffy (11) Home Runs: Soderholm (22), Kuiper (1), Thornton 2 (26), Bochte (7) Stolen Bases: Dade (10) Caught Stealing: Bochte (4) GIDP: Kessinger (2), Bochte (15) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stone L(13-10) 5.2 12 6 5 0 7 3 28 4.48 Martinez 1.2 4 3 3 1 1 1 11 9.35 Kirkwood 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5.68 Totals 8 16 9 8 2 8 4 41 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Waits W(8-5) 9 6 2 2 2 8 1 34 4.25 Totals 9 6 2 2 2 8 1 34 Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Al Clark WHITE SOX 1ST: Kessinger grounded out (third to first); Lemon struck out; Orta grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Dade struck out; Kuiper homered; Bell flied out to center; Thornton hit an inside the park homer to left; Bochte homered; Carty singled to left; Pruitt singled to left [Carty to third (error by Zisk), Pruitt to second]; Kendall popped to first in foul territory; 3 R, 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Indians 3. WHITE SOX 2ND: Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); L. Johnson struck out; Soderholm singled to third; Nordhagen grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Indians 3. INDIANS 2ND: Duffy doubled to left; Dade singled to right [Duffy scored]; Kuiper flied out to center; Bell struck out; Thornton struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Indians 4. WHITE SOX 3RD: Spencer struck out; Downing struck out; Kessinger grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Indians 4. INDIANS 3RD: Bochte singled to right; Carty flied out to center; Pruitt flied out to center; Bochte was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Indians 4. WHITE SOX 4TH: Lemon struck out; Orta flied out to center; Zisk grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Indians 4. INDIANS 4TH: Kendall singled to left; Duffy struck out; Dade forced Kendall (third to second); Dade stole second [Dade scored (error by Downing) (error by Lemon) (unearned)]; Kuiper flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Indians 5. WHITE SOX 5TH: L. Johnson grounded out (third to first); Soderholm homered; Nordhagen struck out; Spencer grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Indians 5. INDIANS 5TH: Bell struck out; Thornton flied out to center; Bochte grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Indians 5. WHITE SOX 6TH: Downing walked; Kessinger grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Downing out at second]; Lemon grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Indians 5. INDIANS 6TH: Carty struck out; Pruitt singled to center; Kendall struck out; Duffy singled to center [Pruitt to third]; Dade singled to center [Pruitt scored, Duffy to third, Dade to second (on throw to 3b)]; MARTINEZ REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Indians 6. WHITE SOX 7TH: Orta grounded out (second to first); Zisk singled to left; L. Johnson struck out; Soderholm singled to center [Zisk to second]; Nordhagen struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Indians 6. INDIANS 7TH: Bell flied out to center; Thornton homered; Bochte singled to right; Carty grounded out (third to first) [Bochte to second]; Pruitt flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 1, Indians 7. WHITE SOX 8TH: Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); Downing grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 1, Indians 7. INDIANS 8TH: Kendall singled to center; Duffy walked [Kendall to second]; Dade struck out; Kuiper singled to left [Kendall scored, Duffy to third, Kuiper to second (on throw)]; Bell reached on an error by Kessinger [Duffy scored, Kuiper to third]; KIRKWOOD REPLACED MARTINEZ (PITCHING); Thornton walked [Bell to second]; Bochte grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Thornton out at second]; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 1, Indians 9. WHITE SOX 9TH: Lemon doubled to left; Orta flied out to center; Zisk walked; L. Johnson lined to center; Soderholm singled to left [Lemon scored, Zisk to second]; Nordhagen grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Indians 9.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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