CLEVELAND (64-53) @ WASHINGTON (40-78)
STARTING PITCHERS
14XY (13-5 2.65) 11Z (9-9 2.53)
Luis Tiant pitched a whale of a game, but made just one mistake, a mistake a batter like Frank Howard does not miss. And that, they say was the ballgame. Phil Ortega scattered 5 hits going the route while whitewashing the visiting Indians, stealing one game of the series.
CLE 000 000 000 0 5 0
WAS 002 000 00x 2 6 0
2B WAS H. Allen 6
HR WAS F. Howard 29 (3rd off Tiant)
RBI WAS F. Howard 2(72)
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
Tiant 7 6 1 1 13 2 2 28 69
Ortega 9 5 0 1 4 0 0 33 82
WP Ortega 10-9 2.41 Tiant 13-6 2.65
SCORING PLAY:
BOTTOM 3 .. Ortega singled. F. Howard homered scoring two runs. CLE 0 WAS 2
NOTES: First Frank Howard homer in 12 games. Luis Tiant reached double digit whiffs once again and he now has 200 on the season. Vern Fuller had his 7 game hit streak snapped.
STAR OF THE GAME: 1-3 HR 2RBI
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