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Yankees
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
April 23, 1977
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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 April 23, 1977 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | April 23, 1977 |
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Visiting Team |
New York Yankees
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | April 23, 1977 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | New York Yankees |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dock Ellis |
Home Starting Pitcher | Al Fitzmorris |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | 16,334 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 43 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Nestor Chylak 1B: Steve Palermo 2B: Joe Brinkman 3B: Rich Garcia |
New York Yankees Lineup
Name | Position |
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Willie Randolph | Second Baseman |
Thurman Munson | Catcher |
Reggie Jackson | Right Fielder |
Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
Mickey Rivers | Center Fielder |
Carlos May | DH |
Roy White | Left Fielder |
Chris Chambliss | First Baseman |
Bucky Dent | Shortstop |
Billy Martin | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Rick Manning | Center Fielder |
Duane Kuiper | Second Baseman |
Jim Norris | Right Fielder |
Rico Carty | DH |
Paul Dade | Third Baseman |
Buddy Bell | Left Fielder |
Andre Thornton | First Baseman |
Ray Fosse | Catcher |
Frank Duffy | Shortstop |
Frank Robinson | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Yankees
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
April 23, 1977
Top 1
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Fitzmorris
Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Fitzmorris
Munson strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Fitzmorris
Jackson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Fitzmorris
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Duffy fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Ellis
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 -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuiper vs. Ellis
Kuiper 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 -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Norris vs. Ellis
Norris hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carty vs. Ellis
Carty hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Fitzmorris
Rivers hits a fly ball into left field. Bell settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Fitzmorris
May 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 -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Fitzmorris
White is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dade vs. Ellis
Dade hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Ellis
Bell hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thornton vs. Ellis
Thornton hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Fitzmorris
Chambliss takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dent vs. Fitzmorris
Dent hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Kuiper. Chambliss moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Randolph vs. Fitzmorris
Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Chambliss moves to third. Dent moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Munson vs. Fitzmorris
Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Chambliss scores. Dent moves to third. Randolph moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Jackson vs. Fitzmorris
Jackson is walked intentionally. View Play -
Yankees, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Nettles vs. Fitzmorris
Nettles hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dent scores. Randolph scores. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rivers vs. Fitzmorris
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thornton fields it and throws to second for the out. Jackson moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
May vs. Fitzmorris
There goes Rivers. The throw from Fosse and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. Jackson scores. Rivers goes all the way around to score. Two runs are unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Fitzmorris
May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Fitzmorris
White hits a line drive into center field. Manning picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Manning. May goes all the way around to score. White moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Chambliss vs. Waits
Rick Waits now pitching.
Chambliss hits a line drive towards short. Duffy reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fosse vs. Ellis
Fosse hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duffy vs. Ellis
Duffy strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Ellis
Manning hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Jackson. Manning reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kuiper vs. Ellis
Kuiper hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dent vs. Waits
Dent hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Waits
Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Waits fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Waits
Munson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Waits
Jackson 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 4
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Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Norris vs. Ellis
Norris hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Norris for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carty vs. Ellis
Carty hits a popup towards short. Dent settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dade vs. Ellis
Dade takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Ellis
There's a wild pitch. Dade moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Ellis
Bell hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Waits
Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Waits
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thornton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Rivers for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Waits
May hits a popup towards short. Duffy settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thornton vs. Ellis
Thornton strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fosse vs. Ellis
Fosse hits a popup, foul, towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duffy vs. Ellis
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 6
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Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Waits
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Waits
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. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dent vs. Waits
Dent hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Randolph vs. Waits
Randolph hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dent moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Munson vs. Waits
Munson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Dent scores. Randolph moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jackson vs. Waits
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Yankees, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Ellis
Manning hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Manning reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Kuiper vs. Ellis
Kuiper hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss juggles the ball. That's an error on Chambliss. Manning scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Norris vs. Ellis
Norris takes first base on ball four. Kuiper moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carty vs. Ellis
Carty hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it and throws to second for the out. Kuiper moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Dade vs. Ellis
Dade hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Kuiper scores. Carty moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bell vs. Ellis
Bell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of White. Bell reaches second base with a double. Carty scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Thornton vs. Tidrow
Dick Tidrow now pitching.
Thornton takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Grubb vs. Tidrow
Johnny Grubb pinch hits for Ray Fosse.
Grubb takes first base on ball four. Bell moves to third. Thornton moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Blanks vs. Tidrow
Fred Kendall pinch runs for Johnny Grubb. Larvell Blanks pinch hits for Frank Duffy.
Blanks 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 7
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Yankees, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Buskey
Fred Kendall now catching. Larvell Blanks now playing shortstop. Tom Buskey now pitching.
Nettles 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 -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Buskey
Rivers hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Manning. Rivers reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
May vs. Buskey
May strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Buskey
White takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chambliss vs. Buskey
Chambliss 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, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Tidrow
Manning bunts towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuiper vs. Tidrow
Kuiper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Norris vs. Tidrow
Norris hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kuiper moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Carty vs. Tidrow
Carty hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to second for the out. Kuiper moves to third. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Lowenstein vs. Tidrow
John Lowenstein pinch hits for Paul Dade.
Lowenstein 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, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dent vs. Buskey
Buddy Bell now playing third base. John Lowenstein now playing left field.
Dent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell juggles the ball. That's an error on Bell. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Randolph vs. Buskey
Randolph hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Dent moves to second. View Play -
Yankees, 7 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Munson vs. Buskey
Munson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dent scores. Randolph moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Jackson vs. Buskey
Jackson strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Nettles vs. Buskey
Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 8 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rivers vs. Buskey
Rivers hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lowenstein. Rivers reaches second base with a double. Randolph scores. Munson moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
May vs. Buskey
May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Yankees, 9 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Tidrow
Bell strikes out. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thornton vs. Tidrow
Thornton hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kendall vs. Tidrow
Kendall hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randolph settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Yankees, 9 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Buskey
White hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Buskey
Chambliss hits a fly ball into right field. Norris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dent vs. Buskey
Dent hits a fly ball into right field. Norris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Yankees, 9 - Indians, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Blanks vs. Tidrow
Blanks 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 -
Yankees, 9 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Tidrow
Manning hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuiper vs. Tidrow
Kuiper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Yankees, 9 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Norris vs. Tidrow
Norris hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 4/23/1977 -- New York at Cleveland (D) New York AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI Randolph W, 2b 5 2 3 0 Manning R, cf 5 1 2 0 Munson T, c 5 0 3 3 Kuiper D, 2b 5 1 2 0 Jackson R, rf 4 1 1 0 Norris J, rf 4 0 2 0 Nettles G, 3b 5 0 1 2 Carty R, dh 4 1 0 0 Rivers M, cf 5 1 2 1 Dade P, 3b 2 0 0 1 May C, dh 5 1 1 0 Lowenstein J, ph-lf 1 0 0 0 White R, lf 4 0 1 0 Bell B, lf-3b 4 0 1 1 Chambliss C, 1b 4 1 0 0 Thornton A, 1b 3 0 0 0 Dent B, ss 5 3 1 0 Fosse R, c 2 0 0 0 Grubb J, ph 0 0 0 0 Kendall F, pr-c 1 0 0 0 Duffy F, ss 2 0 0 0 Blanks L, ph-ss 2 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 42 9 13 6 35 3 7 2 New York 006 001 020 -- 9 Cleveland 000 003 000 -- 3 New York IP H R ER BB SO Ellis D (W) 5.2 4 3 0 2 2 Tidrow D (S) 3.1 3 0 0 2 1 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Fitzmorris A (L) 2.2 5 6 2 2 2 Waits R 3.1 4 1 1 0 0 Buskey T 3.0 4 2 0 1 2 E -- Kuiper D, Fosse R, Manning R, Chambliss C, Bell B LOB -- New York 9, Cleveland 9 2B -- Manning R 2, Bell B, Rivers M 2 SB -- Rivers M WP -- Ellis D T -- 2:43 A -- 16334
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