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Cleveland Guardians @ Detroit Tigers

1973-04-15 · Day game · Tiger Stadium · Att: 16726 · 2:20

Cleveland Indians defeated Detroit Tigers 7–0. Cleveland Indians put up 4 in the 6th. Gaylord Perry earned the win. Charlie Spikes went 1-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	2	7	12
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2

W: Gaylord Perry L: Tom Timmermann SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Deegan · 1B: Frank Umont · 2B: Don Denkinger · 3B: Merle Anthony · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Oscar Gamble	4	1	1	0	0	0
Jerry Kenney	5	0	1	0	0	0
Chris Chambliss	5	2	2	1	0	2
John Ellis	2	1	2	1	2	0
Charlie Spikes	4	1	1	3	0	1
Dave Duncan	4	0	1	0	0	1
George Hendrick	4	1	1	0	0	0
Buddy Bell	4	1	2	0	0	0
Leo Cardenas	4	0	0	0	0	0
Walt Williams	1	0	1	2	0	0

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	H	BB	SO
Dick McAuliffe	4	1	0	1
Bill Freehan	3	0	0	1
Jim Northrup	4	0	0	2
Norm Cash	4	0	0	1
Gates Brown	2	0	1	1
Rich Reese	3	0	0	1
Aurelio Rodriguez	3	0	0	1
Mickey Stanley	3	1	0	0
Ed Brinkman	3	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gaylord Perry	9.0	2	1	9

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Tom Timmermann	6.0	7	2	3
Dave Lemanczyk	2.1	4	0	0
Fred Scherman	0.2	1	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Oscar Gamble: 63
Jerry Kenney: 8
Chris Chambliss: K/C

Bot 1

Dick McAuliffe: 7/L
Bill Freehan: 7/L
Jim Northrup: K/C

Top 2

John Ellis: S
Charlie Spikes: K
Dave Duncan: 64(1)/FO
George Hendrick: 43

Bot 2

Norm Cash: 3/G
Gates Brown: W
Rich Reese: 46(1)/FO
Aurelio Rodriguez: 9

Top 3

Buddy Bell: S7
Leo Cardenas: 6(1)3/GDP
Oscar Gamble: 3/G

Bot 3

Mickey Stanley: 43
Ed Brinkman: 43
Dick McAuliffe: S
Bill Freehan: K

Top 4

Jerry Kenney: 8/L
Chris Chambliss: 3/G
John Ellis: W
Charlie Spikes: 64(1)/FO

Bot 4

Jim Northrup: 7
Norm Cash: 8
Gates Brown: 43

Top 5

Dave Duncan: K/C
George Hendrick: 63
Buddy Bell: 5/P

Bot 5

Rich Reese: K
Aurelio Rodriguez: 53
Mickey Stanley: 43

Top 6

Leo Cardenas: 63
Oscar Gamble: S
Jerry Kenney: S.1-2
Chris Chambliss: S9.2-H;1X3(95);B-2(TH3)
John Ellis: W
Charlie Spikes: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Dave Duncan: S8
George Hendrick: 64(1)/FO

Bot 6

Ed Brinkman: 9
Dick McAuliffe: K
Bill Freehan: HP
Jim Northrup: 8

Top 7

Buddy Bell: 7
Leo Cardenas: 63
Oscar Gamble: 5/FL

Bot 7

Norm Cash: 8
Gates Brown: K
Rich Reese: 31

Top 8

Jerry Kenney: 7
Chris Chambliss: S8
John Ellis: D.1-H
Charlie Spikes: 53
Dave Duncan: 9

Bot 8

Aurelio Rodriguez: K
Mickey Stanley: S7
Ed Brinkman: K/C
Dick McAuliffe: 9/L

Top 9

George Hendrick: S8
Buddy Bell: S8.1-2
Leo Cardenas: 2/FL
Walt Williams: D9.2-H;1-H
Jerry Kenney: 2/FL
Chris Chambliss: K

Bot 9

Bill Freehan: 3/FL
Jim Northrup: K
Norm Cash: K

Notes & reviews

Debut game for Dave Lemanczyk

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