1977 Indians Baseball

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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​

 

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ALL '77 AL ROSTERS LISTED IN POST #5. (Not yet updated since before the 7/31 trades.)

Series 36

CLEVELAND INDIANS AT MINNESOTA TWINS

FRI.-SUN. - AUG. 5-7

METROPOLITAN STADIUM - BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA

Game 1

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 86

Starting Line-ups

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Garland

MIN

Lyman Bostock CF
Glenn Adams DH
Rod Carew 1B
Larry Hisle LF
Dan Ford RF
Mike Cubbage 3B
Butch Wynegar C
Roy Smalley SS
Bob Randall 2B

Starting Pitcher: Dave Goltz

CLE 000 202 000 - 4 8 1
MIN 000 001 000 - 1 5 2

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 4TH: Velez walked. Cox homered. Velez scored. CLE 2, MIN 0

TOP 6TH: Mike Ivie singled. Velez walked. Cox walked. Bases loaded. Ivie scored on a squeeze bunt by Duffy. Runners advance. Duffy out at first. T. Martinez singled. Velez scored. CLE 4, MIN 0

BOT 6TH: Carew singled. Hisle walked. Carew to second. Cubbage singled. Carew scored. CLE 4, MIN 1

WP: Garland (12-9, CG) LP: Goltz (CG)

Key to the game: CLE C Larry Cox belted a two-run homer and SP Wayne Garland tossed a fiver-hit complete game as the Tribe downed the Twins 4-1.

ATTENDANCE: 24,671

Game 2 (NBC GAME OF THE WEEK)

Game Time: 12:00pm

Temp: 85

Starting Line-ups

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Jim Bibby

(NOTE: C Larry Cox was injured a few games back and supposed to miss three games but I forgot to do it. So here is the first of three he'll miss due to that injury.)

MIN

Lyman Bostock CF
Glenn Adams DH
Rod Carew 1B
Larry Hisle LF
Dan Ford RF
Mike Cubbage 3B
Butch Wynegar C
Roy Smalley SS
Bob Randall 2B

Starting Pitcher: Geoff Zahn

CLE 020 000 210 - 5 16 0
MIN 002 000 001 - 3 7 2

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 2ND: Velez homered. Pruitt doubled. Duffy singled. Pruitt scored. CLE 2, MIN 0

BOT 3RD: Smalley singled. Bostock homered. CLE 2, MIN 2

TOP 7TH: Bell singled. Lemon doubled. Bell to third. Ivie sac fly to left. Bell scored. Velez singled. Lemon scored. CLE 4, MIN 2

TOP 8TH: Hale singled. Gary Serum relieved Geoff Zahn with 0 out. Duffy grounded into a 5-4 force out at second. Duffy safe at first. Martinez walked. Duffy to second. Bell singled. Duffy scored. CLE 5, MIN 2

MIN Tom Burgmeier relieved Serum with one out in the 9th.

CLE Jim Kern relieved Jim Bibby to start the 9th.

BOT 9TH: Carew doubled. Hisle doubled. Carew scored. CLE 5, MIN 3

WP: Bibby (13-7) SV: Kern (14) LP: Zahn

Key to the game: CLE RF Otto Velez homered and drove in two runs and RP Jim Kern held off a ninth-inning Twins' rally as the Tribe won 5-3 in a game televised around the country.

ATTENDANCE: 28,528

Game 3

Game Time: 1:00pm

Temp: 87

Starting Line-ups


CLE

Ted Martinez 2B
Rick Manning CF
Buddy Bell 3B
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Otto Velez RF
Ron Pruitt C
John Hale LF
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Don Hood

MIN

Lyman Bostock CF
Craig Kusick DH
Rod Carew 1B
Larry Hisle LF
Dan Ford RF
Mike Cubbage 3B
Butch Wynegar C
Roy Smalley SS
Bob Randall 2B

Starting Pitcher: Ron Schueler

CLE 200 000 300 - 5 9 4
MIN 300 000 0(10)x - 13 12 0

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 1ST: T. Martinez singled. Bell homered. Martinez scored. CLE 2, MIN 0

BOT 1ST: Bostock doubled. Kusick reached on an error by Hood. Carew tripled. Bostock and Kusick scored. Hisle sac fly to center. Carew scored. CLE 2, MIN 3

TOP 6TH: Lemon doubled. Ivie walked. Velez doubled. Lemon scored. Ivie to third. Pruitt singled. Ivie and Velez scored. CLE 5, MIN 3

BOT 8TH: Carew singled. Randy Moffitt relieved Hood with 0 out. Hisle singled. Carew to second. Ford walked. Bases loaded. Dave Tomlin relieved Moffitt with 0 out. Wynegar walked. Carew scored. Bases loaded. Smalley singled. Hisle and Ford scored. Wynegar to third. Randall reached on an error by Duffy. Wynegar scored. Smalley to second. Bostock singled. Bases loaded. Kusick tripled. Wynegar, Smalley and Bostock scored. Carew singled. Kusick scored. Ford doubled. Carew scored. Cubbage doubled. Ford scored. CLE 5, MIN 13

WP: Schueler (CG) LP: Moffitt (0-1) BS: Tomlin

Key to the game: The Indians were on the verge of a three-game sweep of the Twins, leading 5-3 in heading into the bottom of the 8th when the Twins exploded for 10 runs off three Tribe pitchers in what turned a tight ballgame into a 13-5 route for the Twins. The big blow in the 8th with a bases-clearing triple by MIN DH Craig Kusick. MIN SP Ron Schueler went the distance for the victors. The Indians committed four errors and allowed five unearned runs.

ATTENDANCE: 29,404

CLE Record: 57-49

 

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Series 37

CLEVELAND INDIANS AT BALTIMORE ORIOLES

MON.-TUE. - AUGUST 8-9

MEMORIAL STADIUM - BALTIMORE, MARYLAND

Game 1

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 80

Starting Line-ups

CLE

Ted Martinez 2B
Ron Pruitt C
Buddy Bell 3B
Chet Lemon DH
Mike Ivie 1B
Otto Velez RF
Rick Manning CF
John Hale LF
Frank Duffy SS

Starting Pitcher: Ken Kravec

BAL

Al Bumbry CF
Rich Dauer 2B
Ken Singleton RF
Eddie Murray 1B
Lee May DH
Doug DeCinces 3B
Andres Mora LF
Mark Belanger SS
Rick Dempsey C

Starting Pitcher: Dennis Martinez

CLE 000 000 020 - 2 6 0
BAL 000 000 000 - 0 3 0

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 8TH: Pruitt walked. Lemon homered. Pruitt scored. CLE 2, BAL 0

WP: Kravec (9-10, CG) LP: Dennis Martinez (CG)

Key to the game: CLE DH Chet Lemon blasted a two-run homer to break a scoreless tie in the 8th inning and SP Ken Kravec fired a three-hitter as the Tribe blanked the O's 2-0.

ATTENDANCE: 23,657

Game 2

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 78

Starting Line-ups

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Twitchell

BAL

Al Bumbry CF
Rich Dauer 2B
Ken Singleton RF
Eddie Murray 1B
Lee May DH
Doug DeCinces 3B
Pat Kelly LF
Mark Belanger SS
Rick Dempsey C

Starting Pitcher: Jim Palmer

CLE 000 000 000 - 0 3 1
BAL 001 100 00x - 2 5 2

HOW THEY SCORED

BOT 3RD: Bumbry singled. Dauer grounded into a 5-4 force out. Dauer safe at first. Singleton singled. Dauer to second. Murray singled. Dauer scored. CLE 0, BAL 1

BOT 4TH: Belanger walked. Bumbry grounded into a 6-4 force out. Bumbry safe at first. Bumbry stole second. Dauer reached on a two-base error by Manning. Bumbry scored. CLE 0, BAL 2

CLE Jim Kern relieved Twitchell to start the 8th.

WP: Palmer (W, CG) LP: Twitchell

Key to the game: Jim Palmer fired a three-hit shutout and Eddie Murray singled in Rich Dauer as the O's turned the tables on the Indians with a 2-0 victory.

ATTENDANCE: 20,241

CLE Record: 58-50

 

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JULY 31 TRADE DEADLINE ANALYSIS

JULY 30: Trade with SF Giants

INDIANS GET: RP Randy Moffitt

GIANTS GET: SP Rick Waits

ANALYSIS: The Indians get much-needed relief help in right-hander Randy Moffitt. The Indians had been using three lefties in their 'pen and the preferred balance is 3-2 righties/lefties in relief. Moffitt is streaky. Can be solid. But also can get hit hard at times. Known for getting into some jams that can give a manager a few more gray hairs.

The Giants get the Indians' number four starter in the rotation in left-hander Rick Waits. Waits was pretty steady for the Tribe, but can be wild and give up his share of free passes which can get him into trouble. But, he's a strong enough starter to help bolster a Giants' rotation that already features Bob Knepper, Ed Halicki and John Montefusco. This move for the Giants was made with an eye towards '78 as they are out of contention this year.

TRADE WINNER: Toss-up

JULY 31: Trade with Toronto Blue Jays

INDIANS GET: OF Otto Velez

BLUE JAYS GET: OF/1B Bruce Bochte

ANALYSIS: This was a shocker. Bochte was a cornerstone of the Indians' everyday line-up. A solid .300 hitter and very good outfielder, no one expected Bochte to be traded, especially during a surprising Tribe pennant run. But, with long-term injuries to key starters OF Johnny Grubb and 2B Duane Kuiper, the team had to look to make some moves.

The Indians get OF Otto Velez in return. Velez is a fair hitter average-wise, but his power-hitting prowess made this a gamble that Indians' GM Phil Seghi was willing to take. The Indians needed more pop in the line-up and they got it here. In the field, Velez will never be a serious Gold Glove candidate. He'll make things an adventure out there.

GM Phil Seghi said he hated to part with Bochte. But sometimes in life you have to do things you don't want to to try and succeed. This was one of those times.

TRADE WINNER: Indians - Bochte brings a much-needed fielding upgrade and .300 average to Toronto. But Velez helps the Indians in the power-department as soon as he steps on the field and may help power (no pun intended) the Indians to a division title.

JULY 31: Trade with L.A. Dodgers

INDIANS GET: IF Ted Martinez and OF John Hale

DODGERS GET: OF/C Wayne Nordhagen and INF Luis Gomez

ANALYSIS: With 2B Duane Kuiper out until almost the end of the season and Paul Dade a liability at second and Luis Gomez not hitting (21-131) for most of the season, the Indians needed to make this move out of pure necessity. The Indians get Ted Martinez, who can play second, third and shortstop. Martinez was a back-up in L.A. who spelled Davey Lopes at second, Bill Russell at short and Ron Cey at third in the infield and also pinch-hit on occasion. A decent hitter and very good with the glove, Martinez will get the chance to play everyday with the Indians. It's also expected that when Kuiper comes back, Martinez will replace Frank Duffy at shortstop. OF John Hale is an excellent fielder and mediocre hitter who will most likely be used as a late-inning fielding replacement and pinch-hitter.

The Dodgers get C/OF Wayne Nordhagen, acquired before the season from the White Sox in the big trade for SP Dennis Eckersley, was expected to be a major offensive cog for the Indians but it did not pan out. Nordhagen struggled during his time in Celveland and, while showing flashes of what was hoped for from him, never gained traction and the Indians basically gave up on him over the course of his time with the team. He'll be a reserve outfielder and back-up to back-up catcher Johnny Oates as well as a pinch-hitter. He does have power coming off the bench. INF Luis Gomez steps into the spot that was held by Ted Martinez in L.A. He'll back-up at second, short and third and occasionally pinch-hit.

TRADE WINNER: Indians - Ted Martinez is worth gambling on. The middle infield buckled somewhat with the loss of Kuiper at second. Martinez helps shore up the situation and might well thrive against AL pitching. The Dodgers took on a project in Nordhagen and may be looking to turn him into a starting outfielder for the team in the near future. But the Dodger outfield is a much tougher nut to crack than the Indians' infield. Don't hold your breath expecting Gomez to be a Dodger or Hale to be an Indian in '78. They were largely throw-ins.

 

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Series 38

CLEVELAND INDIANS AT CHICAGO WHITE SOX

WED.-THU. - AUGUST 10-11

COMISKEY PARK - CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

Game 1

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 77

Starting Line-ups

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Wayne Garland

CWS

Jim Norris CF
Ralph Garr DH
Oscar Gamble LF
Richie Zisk RF
Eric Soderholm 3B
Jim Spencer 1B
Jim Essian C
Jorge Orta 2B
Alan Banister SS

Starting Pitcher: Dennis Eckersley

CLE 100 000 000 - 1 7 1
CWS 000 000 30x - 3 6 1

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 1ST: Martinez singled. Manning grounded into a 3-6 force out. Manning safe at first. Bell singled. Manning to third. Lemon grounded into a 4-6 force out. Manning scored. CLE 1, CWS 0

BOT 7TH: Garr singled. Gamble doubled. Garr to third. Soderholm homered. Garr and Gamble scored. Dave Tomlin relieved Garland with one out. CLE 1, CWS 3

WP: Eckersley (CG) LP: Garland (12-10)

Key to the game: Former Indians' starter Dennis Eckersley got out of a first inning jam and sailed the rest of the way and CWS 3B Eric Soderholm belted a three-run homer in the 7th to lead the White Sox past the Indians 3-1.

ATTENDANCE: 38,175

Game 2

Game Time: 7:30pm

Temp: 75

Starting Line-ups

CLE

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

Starting Pitcher: Jim Bibby

CWS

Jim Norris CF
Ralph Garr DH
Oscar Gamble LF
Richie Zisk RF
Eric Soderholm 3B
Jim Spencer 1B
Jim Essian C
Jorge Orta 2B
Alan Banister SS

Starting Pitcher: Francisco Barrios

CLE 002 000 000 - 2 5 1
CWS 000 004 00x - 4 7 0

HOW THEY SCORED

TOP 3RD: Martinez singled. Manning singled. Lemon doubled. Martinez and Manning scored. CLE 2, CWS 0

BOT 6TH: Bannister doubled. Norris reached on an error by Ivie. Bannister to third. Garr singled. Bannister scored. Norris to third. Gamble grounded into a 3-2 force out. Garr to second. Gamble safe at first. Zisk singled. Bases loaded. Randy Moffitt relieved Jim Bibby with one out. Soderholm singled. Garr scored. Bases loaded. Essian singled. Gamble and Zisk scored. CLE 2, CWS 4

CLE Jim Kern relieved Moffitt to start the 8th.

CWS Lerrin LaGrow relieved Barrios to start the 9th.

WP: Barrios SV: LaGrow LP: Bibby (13-8)

Key to the game: CWS C Jim Essian hit a tie-breaking two-run single off reliever Randy Moffitt in the bottom of the 6th and CWS SP Francisco Barrios and RP Lerrin LaGrow combined to keep the Tribe in check as the scorching-hot White Sox downed the Indians 4-2 to sweep the two-game series.

ATTENDANCE: 36,984

CLE Record: 58-52