The Tigers spotted the Indians a four-run lead, but managed to overcome the Tribe, 6-4. A two-run single by Ben Oglivie in the eighth inning decided the game after the Tigers rallied to tie the score with four runs in the seventh. Rusty Staub triggered the eighth-inning outburst with his 22nd homer. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 6, Cleveland Indians 4
Game Played on Monday, September 19, 1977 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Indians      2  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  0  -   4  9  0
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    4  2  x  -   6  9  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dade rf               5   0   0   0     0   1   .290      LeFlore cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .322
Kuiper 2b             4   1   2   0     1   0   .278      Whitaker 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .292
Blanks 3b             5   0   1   0     0   0   .269        Fuentes ph,2b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .304
Thornton 1b           5   2   2   2     0   0   .276      Staub dh              4   1   2   1     0   0   .277
Bochte lf             4   1   3   0     0   0   .310        Corcoran pr,dh      0   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Carty dh              3   0   0   0     1   1   .284      Kemp lf               4   2   1   0     0   1   .259
Manning cf            2   0   0   1     1   0   .219      Thompson 1b           3   2   1   0     1   1   .266
Kendall c             2   0   1   1     2   1   .253      Oglivie rf            3   1   3   3     1   0   .258
Griffin ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .111      May c                 3   0   0   0     0   1   .254
Bibby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rodriguez 3b          3   0   1   2     1   1   .227
  Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Trammell ss           2   0   0   0     0   1   .222
  Dobson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stanley ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .238
  Laxton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Scrivener ss        1   0   0   0     0   0   .090
  Andersen p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wilcox p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4   9   4     5   3             Totals               32   6   9   6     3   6

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance:  5,843
Left on Base: Indians 9, Tigers 6
DP: Indians 0, Tigers 0
Doubles: Thornton (19)
Home Runs: Thornton (28), Staub (22)
Stolen Bases: Bochte (5), Oglivie (8)
Caught Stealing: Kuiper (11)
Sacrifice Hits: May (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Manning (3)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bibby                   6     5   4   4   1   5   1  24   3.62
Monge                   0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   5.29
Dobson L(3-12)          0.2   2   1   1   0   0   0   4   6.14
Laxton                  0.2   1   1   1   2   1   0   5   4.96
Andersen                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.09
Totals                  8     9   6   6   3   6   1  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilcox                  5.2   8   4   4   2   3   1  26   3.39
Hiller                  2     1   0   0   2   0   0   9   3.68
Foucault W(6-5)         1.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   5   3.18
Totals                  9     9   4   4   5   3   1  40

Wild Pitches: Laxton 2 (5)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Dade flied out to right; Kuiper singled; Blanks
flied out to left; Thornton homered [Kuiper scored]; Bochte
popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (second to first); Whitaker
flied out to center; Staub flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 2, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Carty grounded out (second to first); Manning
grounded out (first to pitcher); Kendall walked; Griffin flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Kemp struck out; Thompson struck out; Oglivie
singled to right; May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Dade struck out; Kuiper grounded out (third to
first); Blanks flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez struck out; Trammell struck out; LeFlore
struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2,
Tigers 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Thornton doubled to right; Bochte singled to right
[Thornton to third]; Carty walked [Bochte to second]; Manning
hit a sacrifice fly to left [Thornton scored]; Kendall was
called out on strikes; Griffin grounded out (second to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Whitaker grounded out (second to first); Staub flied
out to center; Kemp popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Dade popped to first in foul territory; Kuiper
singled to center; Kuiper was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Blanks singled to right; Thornton made an out to
second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Thompson flied out to center; Oglivie walked; May
flied out to left; Rodriguez forced Oglivie (third to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Bochte singled to right; Bochte stole second; Carty
struck out; Manning flied out to right; Kendall singled to
center [Bochte scored]; HILLER REPLACED WILCOX (PITCHING);
Griffin popped to pitcher; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4,
Tigers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Trammell grounded out (pitcher to first); LeFlore
flied out to right; Whitaker grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Dade grounded out (third to first); Kuiper flied
out to left; Blanks grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Staub homered; Kemp singled to left; Thompson
singled to right [Kemp to third]; Oglivie singled to right [Kemp
scored, Thompson to third]; MONGE REPLACED BIBBY (PITCHING); May
out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Oglivie to second];
Rodriguez singled to center [Thompson scored, Oglivie scored];
STANLEY BATTED FOR TRAMMELL; DOBSON REPLACED MONGE (PITCHING);
Stanley singled to left [Rodriguez to second]; LeFlore grounded
out (pitcher to first) [Rodriguez to third, Stanley to second];
FUENTES BATTED FOR WHITAKER; Fuentes grounded out (first to
pitcher); 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 4.

INDIANS 8TH: FUENTES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); SCRIVENER
REPLACED STANLEY (PLAYING SS); Thornton popped to shortstop in
foul territory; Bochte singled to right; Carty flied out to
left; Manning walked [Bochte to second]; Kendall walked [Bochte
to third, Manning to second]; FOUCAULT REPLACED HILLER
(PITCHING); Griffin forced Kendall (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 8TH: Staub singled to right; CORCORAN RAN FOR STAUB;
LAXTON REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); Kemp forced Corcoran (pitcher
to shortstop); Thompson walked [Kemp to second]; Laxton threw a
wild pitch [Kemp to third, Thompson to second]; Oglivie singled
to right [Kemp scored, Thompson scored]; Oglivie stole second;
Laxton threw a wild pitch [Oglivie to third]; May struck out;
Rodriguez walked; ANDERSEN REPLACED LAXTON (PITCHING); Scrivener
grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4,
Tigers 6.

INDIANS 9TH: CORCORAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Dade grounded
out (third to first); Kuiper walked; Blanks flied out to right;
Thornton forced Kuiper (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 6.