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ALL '77 AL ROSTERS LISTED IN POST #5.

Series 35

CLEVELAND INDIANS AT MILWAUKEE BREWERS

TUE.-WED. - AUG. 2-3

COUNTY STADIUM - MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN

Game 1 (Twi-Night Double-Header)

Game Time: 5:00pm

Temp: 79

Starting Line-ups

CLE

Ted Martinez 2B
Paul Dade LF
Buddy Bell 3B
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Otto Velez RF
Larry Cox C
Rick Manning CF
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Jim Bibby

MIL

Robin Yount SS
Sal Bando 3B
Cecil Cooper 1B
Don Money 2B
Sixto Lezcano RF
Von Joshua RF
Steve Brye CF
Ken McMullen DH
Charlie Moore C

Starting Pitcher: Jim Slaton

CLE 031 000 010 - 5 10 2
MIL 000 200 100 - 3 7 0

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 2ND: Lemon doubled. Velez walked. Cox homered. Lemon and Velez scored. CLE 3, MIL 0

TOP 3RD: Martinez singled. Dade walked. Martinez to second. Bell hit into a 6-4-3 double play. Martinez to third. Lemon singled. Martinez scored. CLE 4, MIL 0

BOT 4TH: Cooper singled. Cooper to second on a passed ball. Lezcano reached on a two-base error by Velez. Cooper scored. Joshua doubled. Lezcano scored. CLE 4, MIL 2

BOT 7TH: McMullen walked. Yount singled. McMullen to third. Bando hit into a 5-4 force out. McMullen scored. CLE 4, MIL 3
TOP 8TH: Cox homered. CLE 5, MIL 3

MIL Ed Rodriguez relieved Slaton with 0 out and one on in the 9th.

WP: Bibby (12-7, CG) LP: Slaton

Key to the game: CLE C Larry Cox belted two homers and drove in four runs to lead the Indians to a 5-3 win over the Brewers.

The Tribe turned a 4-6-3 triple play in the second. It was their third triple play of the season.

Game 2

Game Time: 30-minutes after the completion of the first game

Starting Line-ups

CLE

Ted Martinez 2B
Paul Dade CF
Buddy Bell 3B
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Otto Velez RF
Larry Cox C
John Hale LF
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Don Hood

MIL

Robin Yount SS
Sal Bando 3B
Cecil Cooper 1B
Don Money 2B
Sixto Lezcano RF
Von Joshua RF
Steve Brye CF
Ken McMullen DH
Charlie Moore C

Starting Pitcher: Jerry Augustine

CLE 000 001 000 - 1 7 1
MIL 000 000 000 - 0 7 0

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 6TH: Lemon homered. CLE 1, MIL 0

CLE Jim Kern relieved Hood with two outs and one on in the 8th.

WP: Hood (5-4) SV: Kern (13) LP: Augustine (CG)

Key to the game: CLE SP Don Hood and reliever Jim Kern combined for a shutout and CLE DH Chet Lemon's longball was the only run of the game in a 1-0 win over the Brew Crew. Tribe swept the double-header.

ATTENDANCE: 34,283

Game 3

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 75

Starting Line-ups

CLE

Ted Martinez 2B
Paul Dade CF
Buddy Bell 3B
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Otto Velez RF
Larry Cox C
John Hale LF
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Ken Kravec

MIL

Robin Yount SS
Sal Bando 3B
Cecil Cooper 1B
Don Money 2B
Sixto Lezcano RF
Von Joshua RF
Steve Brye CF
Ken McMullen DH
Larry Haney C

Starting Pitcher: Mike Caldwell

CLE 000 100 120 - 4 8 1
MIL 000 000 000 - 0 3 2

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 4TH: Dade singled. Bell singled. Dade to second. Lemons singled. Dade scored. CLE 1, MIL 0

TOP 7TH: Cox singled. Hale singled. Cox to second. Duffy grounded out 6-3. Runners advanced. Martinez grounded out 4-2. Cox out at home. Hale to third. Martinez safe at first. Dade singled. Hale scored. Ed Rodriguez relieved Caldwell with two outs and two on. CLE 2, MIL 0

TOP 8TH: Lemon reached on an error by Money. Ivie walked. Lemon to second. Velez singled. Bases loaded. Bill Castro relieved Rodriguez with 0 out and the bases loaded. Cox walked. Lemon scored. Hale grounded out 6-2. Ivie out at home. Bases loaded. PH Rick Manning (batting for Duffy) hit a sac fly to left. Velez scored. CLE 4, MIL 0

WP: Kravec (8-10, CG) LP: Caldwell

Key to the game: CLE SP Ken Kravec tossed a complete game, three-hit, seven strikeout shutout as the Indians blanked the Brewers 4-0 to sweep the three-game series.

Milwaukee scored only one earned run in the three games.

ATTENDANCE: 29,721

CLE Record: 55-48
 

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MLB STANDINGS (as of 7-31-77)

(KEY: Wins... Losses... Games Behind.)

AL

EAST


NYY 53... 48... --
CLE 52... 48... 1/2
MIL 53... 50... 1
BAL 53... 50... 1
BOS 47... 53... 5-1/2
TOR 43... 55... 8-1/2
DET 30... 70... 22-1/2

WEST

CWS 61... 39... --
MIN 57... 48... 6-1/2
TEX 52... 46... 8
KCR 51... 47... 9
CAL 52... 49... 9-1/2
OAK 48... 53... 13-1/2
SEA 49... 55... 14

NL

EAST

PIT 62... 42... --
PHI 59... 44... 2-1/2
MTL 54... 43... 4-1/2
STL 50... 50... 10
CHC 49... 52... 11-1/2
NYM 39... 62... 21-1/2

WEST

LAD 58... 45... --
CIN 54... 47... 3
SDP 54... 51... 5
HOU 51... 54... 8
SFG 47... 53... 9-1/2
ATL 38... 64... 19-1/2

INDIANS' HISTORY 101

Jose Canseco of the Rangers uses his head to allow a Cleveland homer.

 
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Otto Velez: Recently acquired from Toronto.

INDIANS' 103- GAME STATS

(Recently acquired in a trade.)


(Recently traded.)

(KEY: At-Bats-Hits/.Avg.)

BATTING


Duane Kuiper - 94-340/.276 (On 60-game DL)
Johnny Grubb - 80-233/.343 (On 60-game DL)
Buddy Bell - 95-381/.249
Chet Lemon - 96-343/.280
Mike Ivie - 116-402/.289
Larry Cox - 60-259/.232
Rick Manning - 54-189/>286
John Lowenstein - 20-89/.225
Frank Duffy - 50-298/.164
Paul Dade - 34-114/.298

Ron Pruitt - 30-113/.265
Charlie Spikes - 1-8/.125
Rico Carty - 32-98/.327
Ted Martinez - 1-14/.071
John Hale - 4-7/.571
Otto Velez - 2-9/.222

Bruce Bochte - 117-384/.305
Wayne Nordhagen - 39-193/.202
Luis Gomez - 21-131/.160


TEAM BATTING AVERAGE: 946-3605/.262

OFFENSE

RUNS
Kuiper - 34
Grubb - 46
Lemon - 66
Bell - 44
Ivie - 63
Cox - 30
Nordhagen - 22
Manning - 32
Lowenstein - 12
Duffy - 27
Dade - 16
Martinez - 1
Hale - 1
Velez - 2

Bochte - 52
Gomez - 8
Nordhagen - 22

2B
Kuiper - 12
Ivie - 22
Lemon - 25
Bell - 20
Cox - 11
Duffy - 9
Carty - 7

Lowenstein - 7
Pruitt - 4
Grubb - 23
Manning - 8
Gomez - 1
Bochte - 24
Nordhagen - 6


3B

Ivie - 1
Lemon - 3
Grubb - 5
Bell - 3
Cox - 2
Duffy - 1
Carty - 2
Pruitt - 2
Manning - 3
Lowenstein - 1
Bochte - 4
Nordhagen - 5
Gomez - 4


HR


Ivie - 10
Lemon - 16
Grubb - 7
Bell - 9
Cox - 13
Duffy - 2
Carty - 4
Manning - 5
Dade - 2
Lowenstein - 1
Shopay - 2
Bochte - 3
Nordhagen - 6


RBI
Kuiper - 33
Ivie - 48
Lemon - 62
Bell - 59
Grubb - 41
Cox - 47
Carty - 18
Manning - 22
Duffy - 22
Lowenstein - 9
Shopay - 7
Dade - 16

Gomez - 4
Bochte - 35
Nordhagen - 26


SB-CS
Kuiper - SB: 9 CS: 3
Lemon - SB: 4 CS: 3
Bell - SB: 0 CS: 1
Duffy - SB: 1 CS: 0
Lowenstein - SB: 1 CS: 0
Manning - SB: 9 CS: 2
Ivie - SB: 0 CS: 1
Dade - SB: 2 CS: 1

Gomez - SB: 0 CS: 1
Bochte - SB: 1 CS: 0


DEFENSE

ERRORS
Bell - 11
Kuiper - 7
Duffy - 18
Garland - 1
Dade - 1
Lemon - 6
Ivie - 3
Grubb - 2
Kern - 2
Kravec - 1
Cox - 7
Bibby - 3
Lowenstein - 1
Manning - 2
Hood - 1
Bochte - 5
Gomez - 7
Nordhagen - 5
Waits - 1

T. Martinez - 1
Velez - 2


OPP. SB-CS
vs. Cox - SB: 26 CS: 6
vs. Pruitt - SB: 14 CS: 6

vs. Nordhagen - SB: 10 CS: 3


PITCHING


ERA
Wayne Garland - 169-1/3 IP/63 ER - 3.35
Jim Bibby - 147-1/3 IP/51 ER = 3.12
Don Hood - 81-1/3 IP/29 ER - 3.21
Ken Kravec - 139-1/3 IP/57 ER - 3.68
Wayne Twitchell - 88-1/3 IP/46 ER - 4.69

Rick Waits - 137 IP/63 ER - 4.17
RELIEF
Jim Kern - 35-2/3 IP/12 ER - 3.06
Dave Tomlin - 53 IP/18 ER - 3.06
Doug Bair - 30-1/3 IP/19 ER - 5.69
Wilbur Wood - 23-1/3 IP/16 ER - 6.08

Randy Moffitt - 1 IP/0 ER - 0.00
* Jim Laxton - 12 IP/15 ER - 11.25
(* Released.)

STARTER ERA - 762-2/3 IP/309 ER - 3.65
RELIEF ERA - 155-2/3 IP/80 ER - 4.63
TEAM ERA - 918-1/3 IP/389 ER - 3.81

W-L

Garland - 11-9
Bibby -12-7
Hood - 5-4
Kravec - 8-10
Twitchell - 4-2
Waits 9-7
Kern - 1-4
Tomlin - 3-2
Bair - 3-2
K-BB
Garland - K: 85 BB: 39
Bibby - K: 96 BB: 50
Hood - K: 53 BB: 35
Kravec - K: 110 BB: 51
Twitchell - K: 60 BB; 34

Waits - K: 60 BB: 55
Kern - K: 31 BB: 9
Tomlin - K: 31 BB: 13
Bair - K: 19 BB: 16
Wood - K: 6 BB: 16
Laxton* - K: 2 BB: 4

SV-BS


Kern - SV: 13 BS: 4
Bair - SV: 0 BS: 2
Tomlin - SV: 5 BS: 1
Wood - SV: 1 BS: 0

QUALITY STARTS (Start of 6+ innings allwoing 3 or fewer runs)

Garland - 11
Bibby - 11
Kravec - 11
Waits - 12
Hood - 6
Twitchell - 3

COMPLETE GAMES
Garland - 9
Bibby - 5
Kravec - 5

Waits - 3
Hood - 1
HR ALLOWED - 99
SHUTOUTS (* Combined)
Garland - 2
Kravec - 3 (* 1 Combined)

Waits - 1
Bibby - 3 (* 1 Combined)
Hood - 1

TIMES SHUTOUT - 4​