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Monday September 17, 1979
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Cleveland Indians 6, New York Yankees 5 (Game 2)

Game Played on Monday, September 17, 1979 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

Yankees      0  0  0    2  0  0    2  1  0  -   5  9  2
Indians      0  0  0    3  1  0    1  0  1  -   6 12  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gamble lf             5   0   0   0     0   1   .340      Hargrove lf           5   0   3   2     0   0   .296
Murcer cf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .257      Manning cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .259
Spencer 1b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .292      Harrah 3b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .281
  Scott ph,1b         1   0   0   0     0   1   .256      Thornton 1b           4   1   2   1     0   0   .232
Jackson rf            4   1   2   1     0   0   .293      Johnson dh            4   0   1   0     0   1   .265
Chambliss dh          4   1   1   0     0   0   .276      Norris rf             3   1   1   0     0   0   .250
Narron c              4   2   2   2     0   1   .157        Pruitt ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .303
Doyle 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .154        Alston pr,rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .276
Stanley 3b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .213      Alexander c           4   0   1   1     0   1   .226
  Nettles ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .251      Kuiper 2b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .256
  Garcia 3b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Veryzer ss            2   2   2   0     0   0   .219
Dent ss               4   1   2   2     0   0   .233      Spillner p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5   9   5     0   3             Totals               33   6  12   5     2   2

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 14,063
Left on Base: Yankees 5, Indians 6
DP: Yankees 3, Indians 0
Errors: Dent, Hunter, Kuiper
Triples: Norris (6), Hargrove (4)
Home Runs: Narron (3), Dent (2), Jackson (25), Harrah (17), Thornton (26)
Sacrifice Hits: Veryzer 2 (10)
GIDP: Kuiper (14), Norris (12), Johnson (6)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter                  6.1   8   5   4   1   2   2  27   5.31
Hood L(4-1)             2     4   1   1   1   0   0  10   3.03
Totals                  8.1  12   6   5   2   2   2  37

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Spillner                7     7   4   4   0   1   2  29   4.90
Monge W(10-9)           2     2   1   1   0   2   1   8   2.43
Totals                  9     9   5   5   0   3   3  37

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Larry McCoy


YANKEES 1ST: Gamble made an out to shortstop; Murcer singled to
right; Spencer made an out to third; Jackson singled to center
[Murcer to second]; Chambliss flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); Manning
made an out to third; Harrah flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Indians 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Narron grounded out (first unassisted); Doyle flied
out to center; Stanley flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Yankees 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton flied out to right; Johnson grounded out
(third to first); Norris flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 0, Indians 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Dent grounded out (shortstop to first); Gamble
struck out; Murcer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); Kuiper
walked; Veryzer out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Kuiper to second]; Hargrove reached on an error by Dent [Kuiper
to third]; Manning forced Hargrove (shortstop unassisted); 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 0, Indians 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Spencer grounded out (second to first); Jackson
grounded out (second to first); Chambliss singled to right;
Narron homered [Chambliss scored]; Doyle grounded out (second to
first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Harrah homered; Thornton homered; Johnson struck
out; Norris tripled to right; Alexander singled to left [Norris
scored]; Kuiper grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Alexander out at second]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Indians 3.

YANKEES 5TH: Stanley made an out to second; Dent grounded out
(second to first); Gamble popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Indians 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Veryzer singled to center; Hargrove singled to
right [Veryzer to third]; Hargrove was picked off first but was
safe on an error by Hunter [Veryzer scored (unearned), Hargrove
to second]; Manning flied out to right; Harrah flied out to
center; Thornton flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 2, Indians 4.

YANKEES 6TH: Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); Spencer
singled to right; Jackson flied out to left; Chambliss flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 2, Indians 4.

INDIANS 6TH: Johnson singled to left; Norris grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Johnson out at
second]; Alexander was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 2, Indians 4.

YANKEES 7TH: Narron singled to right; Doyle flied out to center;
NETTLES BATTED FOR STANLEY; Nettles popped to third in foul
territory; Dent homered [Narron scored]; Gamble reached on an
error by Kuiper; Murcer flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 4, Indians 4.

INDIANS 7TH: GARCIA REPLACED NETTLES (PLAYING 3B); Kuiper
singled to left; Veryzer out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
unassisted) [Kuiper to second]; HOOD REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING);
Hargrove singled to left [Kuiper scored]; Manning forced
Hargrove (first to shortstop); Harrah forced Manning (shortstop
to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Indians 5.

YANKEES 8TH: MONGE REPLACED SPILLNER (PITCHING); SCOTT BATTED
FOR SPENCER; Scott was called out on strikes; Jackson homered;
Chambliss flied out to left; Narron struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 5, Indians 5.

INDIANS 8TH: SCOTT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Thornton singled
to left; Johnson grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Thornton out at second]; PRUITT BATTED FOR
NORRIS; Pruitt walked; ALSTON RAN FOR PRUITT; Alexander flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Indians 5.

YANKEES 9TH: ALSTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Doyle flied out
to right; Garcia flied out to right; Dent singled to center;
Gamble grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 5, Indians 5.

INDIANS 9TH: Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer
singled to right; Hargrove tripled to center [Veryzer scored]; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Indians 6.



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