The Tigers rallied for two runs in the 10th inning to overcome the Indians, 5-4. Jason Thompson tied the score in the ninth with his 29th homer. Lance Parrish walked, was sacrificed to second by Mickey Stanley, then scored the winning run on John Wockenfuss' single. The Indians had taken the lead in the top of the 10th when Frank Duffy singled, advanced on Paul Dade's sacrifice and scored on a single by Larvell Blanks. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 5, Cleveland Indians 4
Game Played on Tuesday, September 20, 1977 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Indians      1  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  0    1  -   4  8  1
Tigers       0  1  1    0  0  0    0  0  1    2  -   5 11  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dade cf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .290      LeFlore cf            4   1   2   1     1   1   .323
Kuiper 2b             4   1   2   1     1   0   .279      Fuentes 2b            4   0   2   0     1   0   .305
Blanks 3b             5   0   2   1     0   0   .271      Staub dh              3   0   1   1     2   0   .278
Thornton 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .274      Thompson 1b           5   1   2   1     0   0   .267
Carty dh              4   0   1   1     1   0   .284      Parrish c             4   2   0   0     1   0   .269
Bochte lf             4   0   0   0     1   0   .307      Stanley lf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .238
Pruitt rf             3   1   0   0     1   0   .294      Oglivie rf            4   0   1   1     1   1   .258
Kendall c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .251      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .227
Griffin ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .091        Whitaker pr         0   1   0   0     0   0   .292
  Norris ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .268        Mankowski 3b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .270
  Duffy ss            1   1   1   0     0   0   .201        Wockenfuss ph       1   0   1   1     0   0   .269
Hood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Scrivener ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .086
  Waits p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Glynn p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4   8   4     4   1             Totals               36   5  11   5     6   3

Time of Game: 2:59   Attendance:  5,557
Left on Base: Indians 8, Tigers 11
DP: Indians 1, Tigers 2
Errors: Griffin, Rodriguez
Doubles: Fuentes (18), LeFlore (28)
Triples: Dade (3)
Home Runs: Thompson (29)
Caught Stealing: Fuentes (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Kendall (6), Dade (4), Scrivener (3), Stanley (1)
GIDP: Blanks (7), Bochte (18), Thompson (14)
Hit by Pitch: Thornton (10,by Taylor)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hood                    9    10   4   3   4   3   1  40   3.19
Waits L(8-7)            0.1   1   1   1   2   0   0   4   4.44
Totals                  9.1  11   5   4   6   3   1  44

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Glynn                   5     4   2   2   2   0   0  21   3.54
Taylor                  4.1   4   2   2   2   1   0  19   3.43
Foucault W(7-5)         0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.15
Totals                 10     8   4   4   4   1   0  42

Hit by Pitch: Taylor (1)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Dade tripled to right; Kuiper singled to right
[Dade scored]; Blanks grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Kuiper out at second]; Thornton flied out to
center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Fuentes flied out to right;
Staub grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Carty grounded out (third to first); Bochte walked;
Pruitt flied out to left; Kendall flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Thompson popped to third in foul territory; Parrish
reached on an error by Griffin; Stanley grounded out (third to
first) [Parrish to second]; Oglivie singled to right [Parrish
scored (unearned), Oglivie to second (on throw to home)];
Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Griffin grounded out (shortstop to first); Dade
grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Kuiper flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Scrivener made an out to shortstop; LeFlore walked;
Fuentes singled to left [LeFlore to second]; Fuentes was caught
stealing second (catcher to second) [LeFlore to third]; Staub
singled [LeFlore scored]; Thompson lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Blanks flied out to center; Thornton reached on an
error by Rodriguez; Carty walked [Thornton to second]; Bochte
flied out to center; Pruitt forced Carty (shortstop to second);
0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 4TH: Parrish flied out to center; Stanley singled to
left; Oglivie struck out; Rodriguez grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Kendall flied out to right; Griffin flied out to
center; Dade grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 5TH: Scrivener flied out to left; LeFlore flied out to
center; Fuentes doubled to left; Staub walked; Thompson singled
[Fuentes to third, Staub to second]; Parrish flied out to right;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Kuiper singled; Blanks singled to center [Kuiper to
third]; TAYLOR REPLACED GLYNN (PITCHING); Thornton made an out
to first; Carty singled to right [Kuiper scored, Blanks to
third]; Bochte grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Carty out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
2, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 6TH: Stanley grounded out (third to first); Oglivie flied
out to left; Rodriguez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Indians 2, Tigers 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Pruitt walked; Kendall out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to second) [Pruitt to second]; NORRIS BATTED FOR GRIFFIN;
Norris singled to center [Pruitt scored]; Dade flied out to
right; Kuiper flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
3, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 7TH: DUFFY REPLACED NORRIS (PLAYING SS); Scrivener lined
to left; LeFlore doubled to left; Fuentes was walked
intentionally; Staub walked [LeFlore to third, Fuentes to
second]; Thompson grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Staub out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Indians 3, Tigers 2.

INDIANS 8TH: Blanks flied out to center; Thornton struck out;
Carty flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3,
Tigers 2.

TIGERS 8TH: Parrish grounded out (third to first); Stanley
struck out; Oglivie grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 2.

INDIANS 9TH: Bochte flied out to center; Pruitt popped to third
in foul territory; Kendall grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 9TH: Rodriguez singled to left; WHITAKER RAN FOR
RODRIGUEZ; Scrivener out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Whitaker to second]; LeFlore singled to center [Whitaker
scored]; Fuentes flied out to left; Staub flied out to center; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Tigers 3.

INDIANS 10TH: MANKOWSKI REPLACED WHITAKER (PLAYING 3B); Duffy
singled to center; Dade out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Duffy to second]; Kuiper was walked intentionally;
Blanks singled to left [Duffy scored, Kuiper to second];
Thornton was hit by a pitch [Kuiper to third, Blanks to second];
FOUCAULT REPLACED TAYLOR (PITCHING); Carty forced Kuiper (third
to catcher) [Blanks to third, Thornton to second]; Bochte flied
out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 10TH: Thompson homered; WAITS REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING);
Parrish walked; Stanley out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Parrish to second]; Oglivie was walked intentionally;
WOCKENFUSS BATTED FOR MANKOWSKI; Wockenfuss singled to left
[Parrish scored, Oglivie to second]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 4, Tigers 5.