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Yankees
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
July 2, 1976
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the New York Yankees, played on July 2, 1976 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 2, 1976 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 2, 1976 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Catfish Hunter |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Rick Waits |
| Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 35,800 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 12 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Joe Brinkman 1B: Greg Kosc 2B: Nestor Chylak 3B: Jim Evans |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mickey Rivers | Center Fielder |
| Roy White | Left Fielder |
| Thurman Munson | DH |
| Lou Piniella | Right Fielder |
| Chris Chambliss | First Baseman |
| Fran Healy | Catcher |
| Sandy Alomar | Third Baseman |
| Willie Randolph | Second Baseman |
| Jim Mason | Shortstop |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Duane Kuiper | Second Baseman |
| John Lowenstein | Right Fielder |
| Rick Manning | Center Fielder |
| Rico Carty | DH |
| Boog Powell | First Baseman |
| George Hendrick | Left Fielder |
| Buddy Bell | Third Baseman |
| Alan Ashby | Catcher |
| Frank Duffy | Shortstop |
| Frank Robinson | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Yankees
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
July 2, 1976
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Waits
Rivers hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hendrick. Rivers reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Waits
White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Waits fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rivers moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Munson vs. Waits
Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Rivers scores. White moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Piniella vs. Waits
Piniella strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chambliss vs. Waits
Chambliss hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Healy vs. Waits
Healy hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alomar vs. Buskey
Tom Buskey now pitching.
There goes Healy. The throw from Ashby and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Alomar vs. Buskey
Alomar hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Randolph vs. Buskey
Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuiper vs. Hunter
Kuiper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lowenstein vs. Hunter
Lowenstein is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Manning vs. Hunter
Manning hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kuiper moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carty vs. Hunter
Carty hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Powell vs. Hunter
Powell strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mason vs. Buskey
Mason hits a fly ball into left field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Buskey
Rivers is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Buskey
White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Powell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendrick vs. Hunter
Hendrick hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Hunter
Bell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashby vs. Hunter
Ashby hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duffy vs. Hunter
Duffy hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Buskey
Munson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 4 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Buskey
Piniella hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Buskey
Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Healy vs. Buskey
Healy strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Buskey
Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards first. Powell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Alomar for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuiper vs. Hunter
Kuiper hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowenstein vs. Hunter
Lowenstein hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Hunter
Manning hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Buskey
Randolph hits a fly ball into left field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mason vs. Buskey
Mason hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rivers vs. Buskey
Rivers bunts towards the mound. Buskey fields it and throws to first for the out. Mason moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Buskey
White hits a line drive towards the mound. Buskey reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Hunter
Carty hits a ball on the ground towards third. Alomar fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Hunter
Powell hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendrick vs. Hunter
Hendrick strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Buskey
Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Buskey
Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chambliss vs. Buskey
Chambliss hits a fly ball into left field. Hendrick settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Healy vs. Buskey
Healy hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Hunter
Bell hits a line drive towards third. Alomar reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashby vs. Hunter
Ashby takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Duffy vs. Hunter
Duffy hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuiper vs. Hunter
Kuiper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Buskey
Tommy Smith now playing left field.
Alomar takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Randolph vs. Buskey
There goes Alomar. The throw from Ashby and he is out, Kuiper applying the tag. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Buskey
Randolph hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mason vs. Buskey
There goes Randolph. The throw from Ashby and he is out, Kuiper applying the tag. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mason vs. Buskey
Mason hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowenstein vs. Hunter
Lowenstein hits a popup, foul, towards short. Mason settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Hunter
Manning hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carty vs. Hunter
Carty hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Manning moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Powell vs. Hunter
Powell hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with Hunter covering. It's a double play. View Play
Top 7
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Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Thomas
Stan Thomas now pitching.
Rivers hits a popup towards short. Duffy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Thomas
White strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Thomas
Munson is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Thomas
Piniella hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Hunter
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Hunter
Bell strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ashby vs. Hunter
Ashby hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Duffy vs. Hunter
Duffy hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Thomas
Ron Pruitt now catching. Alan Ashby now playing third base.
Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards third. Ashby fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Healy vs. Thomas
The ball gets by Pruitt for a passed ball. Chambliss moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Healy vs. Thomas
Healy hits a ball on the ground towards first. Powell scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Healy for the out. Chambliss moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Alomar vs. Thomas
Alomar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Chambliss scores. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Randolph vs. Thomas
Randolph is hit by the pitch. Alomar moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mason vs. Thomas
Mason hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Alomar moves to third. Randolph moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Rivers vs. Thomas
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuiper vs. Hunter
Kuiper hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lowenstein vs. Hunter
Lowenstein is called out on strikes. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Hunter
Manning hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Eckersley
Dennis Eckersley now pitching.
White hits a line drive towards first. Powell reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Eckersley
Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Eckersley
Piniella hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chambliss vs. Eckersley
Chambliss hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Hunter
Carty hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Powell vs. Hunter
Powell takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Smith vs. Hunter
Smith hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Pruitt vs. Hunter
Pruitt strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/2/1976 -- New York at Cleveland (N)
New York AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Rivers M, cf 4 1 1 0 Kuiper D, 2b 4 0 1 0
White R, lf 5 1 1 0 Lowenstein J, rf 4 0 0 0
Munson T, dh 4 2 4 1 Manning R, cf 4 0 2 0
Piniella L, rf 5 1 1 2 Carty R, dh 4 0 1 0
Chambliss C, 1b 5 2 2 3 Powell B, 1b 3 0 0 0
Healy F, c 4 0 1 0 Hendrick G, lf 2 1 1 1
Alomar S, 3b 3 0 1 1 Smith T, lf 2 0 0 0
Randolph W, 2b 3 0 1 0 Bell B, 3b 3 0 0 0
Mason J, ss 4 0 1 0 Pruitt R, c 1 0 0 0
Ashby A, c-3b 2 0 1 0
Duffy F, ss 3 0 0 0
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37 7 13 7 32 1 6 1
New York 402 000 010 -- 7
Cleveland 010 000 000 -- 1
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter J (W) 9.0 6 1 1 2 6
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Waits R (L) 0.1 5 4 4 0 1
Buskey T 5.2 5 2 2 1 2
Thomas S 2.0 2 1 1 0 1
Eckersley D 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
E -- Ashby A
DP -- New York 1
LOB -- New York 7, Cleveland 6
2B -- Rivers M
HR -- Chambliss C, Hendrick G, Piniella L
SB -- Healy F
CS -- Alomar S, Randolph W
SH -- Rivers M
HBP -- by Thomas S (Munson T), by Thomas S (Randolph W)
PB -- Pruitt R
T -- 2:12
A -- 35800
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