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Cleveland Guardians @ California Angels

1970-08-17 · Night game · Angel Stadium of Anaheim · Att: 8860 · night · 2:08

California Angels defeated Cleveland Indians 3–0. California Angels put up 2 in the 7th. Tom Murphy earned the win. Alex Johnson went 1-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5
CAL	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		3	7

W: Tom Murphy L: Sam McDowell SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Jake O'Donnell · 1B: George Maloney · 2B: Jim Honochick · 3B: Frank Umont · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Vada Pinson	4	0	0	0
Graig Nettles	4	0	0	0
Roy Foster	3	1	1	0
Duke Sims	4	0	0	0
Ray Fosse	3	2	0	0
Ted Uhlaender	3	0	0	1
Eddie Leon	2	1	1	0
Jack Heidemann	1	0	0	1
Sam McDowell	2	0	0	1
Chuck Hinton	1	1	0	0
Buddy Bradford	1	0	0	0

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Sandy Alomar	4	1	2	0	0	0
Jarvis Tatum	3	0	1	0	0	1
Jim Fregosi	4	0	1	1	0	1
Alex Johnson	3	1	1	1	1	0
Ken McMullen	4	0	0	0	0	1
Tommie Reynolds	3	0	1	0	0	1
Jim Spencer	4	1	0	0	0	0
Joe Azcue	2	0	0	0	1	0
Tom Murphy	3	0	1	1	0	2
Jay Johnstone	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roger Repoz	0	0	0	0	1	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Sam McDowell	7.0	5	1	5
Fred Lasher	0.2	2	2	1
Steve Mingori	0.1	0	0	0

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Murphy	9.0	5	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Vada Pinson: 63
Graig Nettles: 43
Roy Foster: D7
Duke Sims: 41

Bot 1

Sandy Alomar: 8
Jarvis Tatum: S7
Jim Fregosi: 9
Alex Johnson: 9

Top 2

Ray Fosse: 8
Ted Uhlaender: K/C
Eddie Leon: W
Jack Heidemann: K/C

Bot 2

Ken McMullen: 53
Tommie Reynolds: K/C
Jim Spencer: 9

Top 3

Sam McDowell: K
Vada Pinson: 9
Graig Nettles: 63

Bot 3

Joe Azcue: 7
Tom Murphy: K
Sandy Alomar: 53

Top 4

Roy Foster: 7
Duke Sims: 9
Ray Fosse: S7
Ted Uhlaender: 8

Bot 4

Jarvis Tatum: 7
Jim Fregosi: 6/L
Alex Johnson: 63

Top 5

Eddie Leon: S8
Jack Heidemann: 34/SH.1-2
Sam McDowell: 43.2-3
Vada Pinson: 8

Bot 5

Ken McMullen: E6.B-1
Tommie Reynolds: 7
Jim Spencer: 8
Joe Azcue: 13

Top 6

Graig Nettles: 8
Roy Foster: 53
Duke Sims: 31

Bot 6

Tom Murphy: K
Sandy Alomar: S1
Jarvis Tatum: SB2.1-3(E2/TH2)#
Jarvis Tatum: K
Jim Fregosi: K

Top 7

Ray Fosse: S9
Ted Uhlaender: 64(1)/FO
Eddie Leon: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 7

Alex Johnson: HR/8
Ken McMullen: 13
Tommie Reynolds: S8
Jim Spencer: 46(1)/FO
Joe Azcue: WP.1-2
Joe Azcue: IW
Tom Murphy: S9.2-H;1X3(54)

Top 8

Chuck Hinton: S8
Buddy Bradford: 8
Vada Pinson: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Sandy Alomar: S6
Jay Johnstone: 53/SH.1-2
Jim Fregosi: S7.2-H;B-2(THH)
Alex Johnson: W
Ken McMullen: K/C
Roger Repoz: W.2-3;1-2
Jim Spencer: 43

Top 9

Graig Nettles: 4/FL
Roy Foster: W
Duke Sims: 46(1)3/GDP