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Detroit Tigers @ Cleveland Guardians

1974-09-09 · Night game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 4152 · 2:08

Cleveland Indians defeated Detroit Tigers 7–1. Cleveland Indians put up 4 in the 3rd. Dick Bosman earned the win. Oscar Gamble went 2-for-2 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3
CLE	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0		7	10

W: Dick Bosman L: Lerrin LaGrow SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Bill Kunkel · 1B: Bill Haller · 2B: (none) · 3B: Armando Rodriguez · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Detroit Tigers — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Ron LeFlore	4	0	1	0	0	1
Gary Sutherland	2	0	1	0	2	0
Al Kaline	4	0	0	0	0	1
Ben Oglivie	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Freehan	3	0	0	0	0	1
Reggie Sanders	3	0	0	0	0	0
Jim Nettles	3	0	0	0	0	0
Aurelio Rodriguez	3	0	0	0	0	0
Ed Brinkman	3	1	1	1	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
John Lowenstein	4	1	1	0	0	0
Oscar Gamble	2	2	2	2	1	0
George Hendrick	3	1	1	0	0	1
Charlie Spikes	4	0	0	0	0	0
John Ellis	4	1	1	2	0	0
Tommy McCraw	4	1	2	1	0	0
Jack Brohamer	2	1	1	1	1	0
Buddy Bell	4	0	2	1	0	0
Frank Duffy	3	0	0	0	0	0
Rusty Torres	1	0	0	0	0	1
Duane Kuiper	1	0	0	0	0	0

Detroit Tigers — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lerrin LaGrow	2.2	8	0	1
Vern Ruhle	5.1	2	2	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dick Bosman	9.0	3	2	3

Play-by-play

Top 1

Ron LeFlore: 63
Gary Sutherland: W
Al Kaline: 7/FL
Ben Oglivie: 3/G

Bot 1

John Lowenstein: S9
Oscar Gamble: SB2
Oscar Gamble: HR.2-H
George Hendrick: S7
Charlie Spikes: SB2
Charlie Spikes: 63.2-3
John Ellis: 3.3-H
Tommy McCraw: 31

Top 2

Bill Freehan: 63
Reggie Sanders: 43
Jim Nettles: 43

Bot 2

Jack Brohamer: 6/P
Buddy Bell: S7
Frank Duffy: 5/P
John Lowenstein: 43

Top 3

Aurelio Rodriguez: 8
Ed Brinkman: 7
Ron LeFlore: S7
Gary Sutherland: CS2(24)

Bot 3

Oscar Gamble: S8
George Hendrick: PB.1-2
George Hendrick: K
Charlie Spikes: 53
John Ellis: S8.2-H
Tommy McCraw: D8.1-H;B-3(THH)
Jack Brohamer: D9.3-H
Buddy Bell: S8.2-H
Frank Duffy: 8

Top 4

Gary Sutherland: S8
Al Kaline: 54(1)/FO
Ben Oglivie: 31.1-2
Bill Freehan: 63

Bot 4

John Lowenstein: 7
Oscar Gamble: W
George Hendrick: 36(1)/FO.B-2(E6/TH1)
Charlie Spikes: 53

Top 5

Reggie Sanders: 8
Jim Nettles: 8
Aurelio Rodriguez: 43

Bot 5

John Ellis: E8/P.BX2(864)
Tommy McCraw: 43
Jack Brohamer: W
Buddy Bell: 63

Top 6

Ed Brinkman: 43
Ron LeFlore: 63
Gary Sutherland: 53

Bot 6

Frank Duffy: 3/P
John Lowenstein: 7
Oscar Gamble: HP
George Hendrick: CS2(24)

Top 7

Al Kaline: K
Ben Oglivie: 3/G
Bill Freehan: K

Bot 7

Rusty Torres: K
Charlie Spikes: 63
John Ellis: 63

Top 8

Reggie Sanders: 4/P
Jim Nettles: 9
Aurelio Rodriguez: 9

Bot 8

Tommy McCraw: S8
Duane Kuiper: 36(1)3/GDP
Buddy Bell: 3/P

Top 9

Ed Brinkman: HR/78
Ron LeFlore: K
Gary Sutherland: W
Al Kaline: 7
Ben Oglivie: 7

Notes & reviews

umpire Merle Anthony missed game with unknown illness
Debut game for Vern Ruhle
both teams warned after brushback; Tigers Manager Ralph Houk ejected by HP umpire Bill Kunkel
Debut game for Duane Kuiper

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