Yankees @ Indians
May 18, 1976

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Yankees 6 14 0
Indians 6 13 1
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Yankees 6 14 0
Indians 6 13 1

Thurman Munson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .308
OBP .429 .333
At Bats 6 120
Hits 2 37
• Singles 1 26
• Doubles 1 7
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 1 4
RBI’s 2 24

Jim Kern Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 1 1
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - May 18, 1976
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Fielder's Choice
Jim Kern
Alan Ashby
Doug Howard
Duane Kuiper
Buddy Bell
Larvell Blanks
George Hendrick
Rick Manning
Charlie Spikes
Thurman Munson
Roy White
Sandy Alomar
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks fields it and throws to home to get Alomar. White moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 16 White bunts towards the mound. Kern juggles the ball. That's an error on Kern. Alomar moves to third.
Top 16 Alomar takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 15 Ashby hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 15 Spikes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 15 Howard hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 15 Mason strikes out.
Top 15 There goes Randolph. The throw from Ashby and he is safe. Randolph steals second.
Top 15 Randolph takes first base on ball four.
Top 15 Gamble strikes out.
Top 15 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 14 Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 14 Carty is walked intentionally.
Bottom 14 Manning hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 14 Bell bunts towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Randolph covering, for the out. Kuiper moves to second.
Bottom 14 Kuiper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 14 Piniella strikes out.
Top 14 Chambliss strikes out.
Top 14 Jim Kern now pitching. Munson hits a fly ball into right field. Spikes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 13 Blanks hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 13 Ashby takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 13 Spikes hits a line drive towards third. Nettles reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 13 Howard hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 White hits a ball on the ground towards first. Howard scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats White for the out.
Top 13 Alomar hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 13 Mason hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 12 Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 12 Carty hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 12 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.
Top 12 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 12 Gamble is walked intentionally.
Top 12 Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Piniella hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Manning. Piniella reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 11 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Kuiper hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 11 Blanks hits a line drive towards short. Mason reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 11 Ashby strikes out.
Top 11 Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 Munson takes first base on ball four. White moves to second.
Top 11 White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 11 Alomar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 11 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.
Bottom 10 Spikes hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 10 Howard takes first base on ball four. Carty moves to third. Hendrick moves to second.
Bottom 10 Hendrick hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and races to the third base bag for the out. Carty moves to second.
Bottom 10 Carty is walked intentionally.
Bottom 10 There's a wild pitch. Manning moves to second.
Bottom 10 Manning hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 10 Oscar Gamble now playing right field. Sparky Lyle now pitching. Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Randolph strikes out.
Top 10 Oscar Gamble pinch hits for Otto Velez. Gamble hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Alan Ashby now catching. Larvell Blanks now playing shortstop. Nettles hits a fly ball into right field. Spikes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Kuiper hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 John Lowenstein pinch hits for Frank Duffy. Lowenstein hits a fly ball into right field. Velez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Jim Mason now playing shortstop. Alan Ashby pinch hits for Ray Fosse. Ashby hits a fly ball into right field. Velez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Chambliss strikes out.
Top 9 Tom Buskey now pitching. Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dempsey scores. Alomar scores. White moves to second.
Top 9 White takes first base on ball four. Dempsey moves to third. Alomar moves to second.
Top 9 Alomar hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Nettles scores. Randolph scores. Dempsey moves to second.
Top 9 Rick Dempsey pinch hits for Fred Stanley. Dempsey takes first base on ball four. Piniella scores. Nettles moves to third. Randolph moves to second.
Top 9 Randolph hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piniella moves to third. Nettles moves to second.
Top 9 Dave LaRoche now pitching. Velez strikes out.
Top 9 Nettles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Piniella moves to second.
Top 9 Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Spikes strikes out.
Bottom 8 Howard strikes out.
Bottom 8 Hendrick hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Carty hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Chambliss hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Munson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hendrick. Munson reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 8 Alomar takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Manning hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops it up and throws to first, with Hunter covering, for the out.
Bottom 7 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. Duffy scores. Kuiper moves to second.
Bottom 7 Kuiper hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Duffy moves to third.
Bottom 7 Duffy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 Fosse hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Peterson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Velez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Spikes hits a popup, foul, towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Howard hits a fly ball into center field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hendrick hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Nettles hits a fly ball into right field. Spikes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Piniella hits a fly ball into right field. Spikes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Chambliss hits a fly ball into right field. Spikes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Carty hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hunter fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Manning hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Bell hits a fly ball into right field. Velez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 There goes Kuiper. The throw from Munson and he is out, Randolph applying the tag.
Bottom 5 Kuiper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Peterson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Alomar hits a fly ball into right field. Spikes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Duffy hits a fly ball into left field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Fosse hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Spikes is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Howard scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stanley for the out.
Top 4 Randolph hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Velez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piniella scores.
Top 4 Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Piniella hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hendrick. Piniella reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Howard is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Hendrick hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 3 Carty hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Manning hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Bell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Piniella throws the ball in to Stanley who tags Bell trying to catch an extra base, for the out.
Top 3 Chambliss hits a popup towards short. Duffy settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Munson 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 second.
Top 3 White hits a fly ball into right field. Spikes settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Alomar bunts towards third. Bell fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 2 Kuiper hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Kuiper for the out.
Bottom 2 Duffy hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Fosse is called out on strikes.
Top 2 Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Randolph hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Velez moves to second.
Top 2 Velez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Nettles strikes out.
Top 2 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Peterson fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Spikes strikes out.
Bottom 1 Howard strikes out.
Bottom 1 Hendrick hits a popup towards short. Stanley settles under it and makes the catch for the out. Manning tags and scores.
Bottom 1 Carty hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Kuiper scores. Bell scores. Manning moves to third.
Bottom 1 Manning takes first base on ball four. Bell moves to second.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Kuiper moves to third.
Bottom 1 Kuiper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Chambliss strikes out.
Top 1 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 The ball gets by Fosse for a passed ball. White moves to third.
Top 1 White hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Manning. White reaches second base with a double.
Top 1 Alomar hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.