CLEVELAND (70-60) @ KANSAS CITY (52-77)
STARTING PITCHERS
8XYW (8-14 3.97) 4W (2-9 6.75)
The Indians erased a one run deficit by batting around n the third as six crossed the dish capped by a blast by Duke Sims. The Athletics crawled closer in the 5th but three Tribe relievers shut down the A’s preserving a win for a shaky Sudden Sam McDowell.
CLE 006 000 101 8 12 0
KCA 010 020 001 4 14 1
2B CLE Wagner 8
KCA Hershberger 26 Nossek 8 Kubiak 3
HR CLE Sims 10 (3rd off Odom) Fuller 10 (8th off Aker)
KCA Gosger 3 (5th off McDowell)
RBI CLE Wagner 3(35) Sims 2(24) Fuller 15 Davalillo 2(27)
KCA Campaneris 22 Nossek 18 Gosger 2(20)
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
McDowell 5 10 1 4 8 3 3 28 38
Odom 5 8 1 1 6 6 6 23 20
WP McDowell 9-14 4.01 LP Odom 2-10 6.90
SCORING PLAYS
BOTTOM 2 .. Roof singled. Odom walked. Campaneris singled scoring a run. CLE 0 KCA 1
BOTTOM 3 .. L. Brown singled. McDowell singled. Hinton walked. Davalillo singled scoring two runs. Wagner doubled scoring two runs. Sims homered scoring two runs. CLE 6 KCA 1
BOTTOM 5 .. Nossek doubled. Gosger homered scoring two runs. CLE 6 KCA 3
TOP 7 .. Davalillo singled. Wagner doubled scoring a run. CLE 7 KCA 3
TOP 8 .. Fuller homered CLE 8 KCA 3
BOTTOM 9 .. Hershberger doubled. Nossek doubled scoring a run. CLE 8 KCA 4
NOTES: The Indians have had quite the month of august, moving into the upper echelon on the league. Sudden Sam did not gave his good location but still managed to punch out 8 in only 5 innings. Sam leads the league with 257 whiffs, on average 12.57 per 9 innings.
STAR OF THE GAME: 3-5 2 Doubles 3 RBIs
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