CLEVELAND (75-62) @ MINNESOTA (72-64)
STARTING PITCHERS
8XYW (9-15 4.16) 11XZ (11-12 3.02)
Five straight hits in the top of the 2nd by the Indians scoring four runs off Jim Kaat. Two solo homers stretched the lead to 6-1 n the way to an eventual 9-3 victory by the visitors. Sam McDowell went strong innings winning his 10th.
CLE 041 010 102 9 15 0
MIN 000 100 110 3 7 0
2B CLE Hinton 18 Wagner 9 Azcue 13
MIN Tovar 33 Killebrew 2(22)
HR CLE Azcue 5 (3rd off Kaat) T. Horton 14 (5th off Kaat)
RBI CLE Hinton 2(48) Wagner 40 T. Horton 50 Azcue 2(30) Salmon 10 L. Brown 2(36)
MIN Killebrew 2(105) Zimmerman 3
PITCHING LINE IP H HR BB SO R ER BF GSC
McDowell 7 4 0 2 5 2 2 27 64
Kaat 5 9 2 1 2 6 6 24 24
WP McDowell 10-15 4.11 LP Kaat 11-13 3.19
SCORING PLAYS
TOP 2 .. Azcue singled. Salmon singled. Fuller singled. L. Brown singled scoring two runs. Hinton doubled scoring two runs. CLE 4 MIN 0
TOP 3 .. Azcue homered CLE 5 MIN 0
BOTTOM 4 .. Tovar doubled. Killebrew doubled scoring a run. CLE 5 MIN 1
TOP 5 .. T. Horton homered CLE 6 MIN 1
TOP 7 .. Hinton singled. Wagner doubled scoring a run. CLE 7 MIN 1
BOTTOM 7 .. Carew singled and advanced on a wild pitch. Zimmerman singled scoring a run. CLE 7 MIN 2
BOTTOM 8 .. Uhlaender singled.. Killebrew doubled scoring a run. CLE 7 MIN 3
TOP 9 .. Wagner singled. Azcue doubled scoring a run. Salmon singled scoring a run. CLE 9 MIN 3
NOTES: Sudden Sam became the 4th Cleveland started to have double digit victories. But just as Sudden, Sam only had 4 and 5 whiffs in his last two starts. Max Alvis is mired in a 1-21 slump. Cesar Tovar lead the Junior Circuit on two baggers. Tony O.ima is riding a 6 game hit streak. Jerry Zimmerman drove in his first run since July 1, giving him a whopping total of three.
STAR OF THE GAME: 3-5 Double Homer 2 RBI
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