Paul Dade had two hits and drove in three runs to support the six-hit pitching of Wayne Garland in the Indians' 8-1 romp over the Tigers. Garland snapped a personal five-game losing streak with his 18th complete game. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 8, Detroit Tigers 1
Game Played on Monday, September 12, 1977 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Tigers       1  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  0
Indians      1  1  2    1  0  2    0  1  x  -   8 14  0


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            4   1   3   0     0   0   .322      Dade cf               4   1   2   3     2   1   .290
Whitaker 2b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .462      Kuiper 2b             6   0   0   1     0   0   .274
Staub dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .277      Pruitt rf             4   0   0   0     1   1   .304
Kemp lf               3   0   0   1     0   0   .259      Thornton 1b           2   1   1   1     3   0   .280
Thompson 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .268      Blanks 3b             5   2   2   0     0   0   .274
Oglivie rf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .246      Carty dh              5   0   4   2     0   1   .287
May c                 3   0   0   0     1   0   .259        Griffin pr,dh       0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Rodriguez 3b          3   0   1   0     0   1   .223      Bochte lf             3   2   2   0     1   0   .303
Trammell ss           3   0   1   0     0   1   .444      Kendall c             3   1   2   0     2   0   .246
Crawford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Duffy ss              4   0   1   1     0   1   .199
  Grilli p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Garland p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   6   1     2   5             Totals               36   8  14   8     9   4

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance:  3,032
Left on Base: Tigers 6, Indians 15
DP: Tigers 1, Indians 0
Doubles: LeFlore 2 (27), Bochte (21), Carty (21), Kendall (13), Duffy (13)
Caught Stealing: Whitaker (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Duffy (12), Bochte (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Kemp (7)
GIDP: Blanks (6)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Crawford L(7-6)         4     8   5   5   4   2   0  25   4.25
Grilli                  4     6   3   3   5   2   0  22   4.83
Totals                  8    14   8   8   9   4   0  47

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Garland W(11-18)        9     6   1   1   2   5   0  34   3.73
Totals                  9     6   1   1   2   5   0  34

Wild Pitches: Garland (10)

Umpires: HP - Ted Hendry, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Nick Bremigan


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore doubled to left; Whitaker singled to left
[LeFlore to third]; Staub struck out; Kemp hit a sacrifice fly
to center [LeFlore scored]; Whitaker was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians
0.

INDIANS 1ST: Dade singled to center; Kuiper grounded out (second
to first) [Dade to second]; Pruitt grounded out (shortstop to
first); Thornton singled to center [Dade scored]; Blanks singled
to right [Thornton to second]; Carty struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 1.

TIGERS 2ND: Thompson grounded out (second to first); Oglivie
walked; Garland threw a wild pitch [Oglivie to second]; May
flied to left in foul territory; Rodriguez struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Bochte walked; On a bunt Kendall singled [Bochte to
second]; Duffy reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt
[Bochte to third, Kendall to second]; Dade struck out; Kuiper
forced Duffy (second to shortstop) [Bochte scored, Kendall to
third]; Pruitt walked [Kuiper to second]; Thornton flied out to
right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 2.

TIGERS 3RD: Trammell struck out; LeFlore doubled to center;
Whitaker grounded out (first unassisted) [LeFlore to third];
Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Tigers 1, Indians 2.

INDIANS 3RD: Blanks grounded out (third to first); Carty singled
to left; Bochte doubled to left [Carty to third]; Kendall
walked; Duffy forced Carty (third to catcher) [Bochte to third,
Kendall to second]; Dade singled to center [Bochte scored,
Kendall scored, Duffy to third]; Kuiper flied out to left; 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 4.

TIGERS 4TH: Kemp grounded out (shortstop to first); Thompson
struck out; Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 4.

INDIANS 4TH: Pruitt made an out to second; Thornton walked;
Blanks forced Thornton (third to second); Carty doubled to
center [Blanks scored]; Bochte grounded out (first unassisted);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 5.

TIGERS 5TH: May flied out to left; Rodriguez singled to left;
Trammell flied out to right; LeFlore forced Rodriguez (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 5.

INDIANS 5TH: GRILLI REPLACED CRAWFORD (PITCHING); Kendall
doubled to left; Duffy grounded out (pitcher to first); Dade
walked; Kuiper forced Dade (shortstop to second) [Kendall to
third]; Pruitt forced Kuiper (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 5.

TIGERS 6TH: Whitaker grounded out (pitcher to first); Staub
grounded out (pitcher to first); Kemp grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 5.

INDIANS 6TH: Thornton walked; Blanks singled to right [Thornton
to third]; Carty singled to left [Thornton scored, Blanks to
second]; Bochte out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Blanks to third, Carty to second]; Kendall was walked
intentionally; Duffy struck out; Dade walked [Blanks scored,
Carty to third, Kendall to second]; Kuiper flied out to center;
2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 7.

TIGERS 7TH: Thompson flied out to center; Oglivie flied out to
right; May walked; Rodriguez forced May (shortstop to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 7.

INDIANS 7TH: Pruitt was called out on strikes; Thornton walked;
Blanks grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Thornton out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
1, Indians 7.

TIGERS 8TH: Trammell singled to shortstop; LeFlore singled to
left [Trammell to second]; Whitaker was called out on strikes;
Staub lined to third; Kemp grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 7.

INDIANS 8TH: Carty singled to right; Bochte singled to center
[Carty to second]; GRIFFIN RAN FOR CARTY; Kendall flied out to
left; Duffy doubled to left [Griffin scored, Bochte to third];
Dade flied out to center; Kuiper flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 8.

TIGERS 9TH: GRIFFIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Thompson flied
out to right; Oglivie grounded out (first to pitcher); May flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 1, Indians 8.