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Cleveland Guardians @ New York Yankees

1975-04-28 · Night game · Shea Stadium · Att: 9716 · night · 2:12

New York Yankees defeated Cleveland Indians 6–1. New York Yankees put up 4 in the 1st. Rudy May earned the win. John Ellis 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	1	0	0	1	4
NYA	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		6	11

W: Rudy May L: Fritz Peterson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Marty Springstead · 1B: Don Denkinger · 2B: Larry Barnett · 3B: Hank Morgenweck · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Frank Duffy	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ken Berry	2	0	1	0	0	1
George Hendrick	4	0	1	0	0	1
Frank Robinson	4	0	0	0	0	0
John Ellis	3	1	1	1	1	1
Rico Carty	3	0	0	0	1	0
Charlie Spikes	3	0	0	0	0	0
Buddy Bell	2	0	0	0	1	1
Jack Brohamer	2	0	0	0	1	0
Leron Lee	2	0	0	0	0	2

New York Yankees — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Roy White	4	1	2	0	0	0
Elliott Maddox	4	2	3	0	0	0
Bobby Bonds	3	1	1	0	1	0
Thurman Munson	4	1	2	2	0	0
Alex Johnson	3	1	1	3	0	1
Lou Piniella	1	0	0	0	1	0
Graig Nettles	3	0	0	1	0	2
Sandy Alomar	4	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Stanley	4	0	1	0	0	1
Chris Chambliss	2	0	1	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Fritz Peterson	0.1	4	0	0
Jim Kern	4.2	4	2	3
Dennis Eckersley	2.0	3	0	0
Dave LaRoche	1.0	0	0	1

New York Yankees — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rudy May	9.0	4	4	6

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frank Duffy: 23
Ken Berry: K
George Hendrick: 9

Bot 1

Roy White: S8
Elliott Maddox: S8.1-2
Bobby Bonds: 8.2-3
Thurman Munson: S8.3-H;1-3
Alex Johnson: T9.3-H;1-H
Lou Piniella: W
Graig Nettles: 9/SF.3-H
Sandy Alomar: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

Frank Robinson: 63
John Ellis: 9
Rico Carty: 43

Bot 2

Fred Stanley: K
Roy White: 8
Elliott Maddox: S9
Bobby Bonds: W.1-2
Thurman Munson: S9.2-H;1-3
Alex Johnson: K

Top 3

Charlie Spikes: 7
Buddy Bell: 9
Jack Brohamer: 43

Bot 3

Lou Piniella: 9
Graig Nettles: K
Sandy Alomar: 63

Top 4

Frank Duffy: S7
Ken Berry: S.1-2
George Hendrick: 3/FL
Frank Robinson: 9.2-3
John Ellis: CS2(24)

Bot 4

Fred Stanley: 43
Roy White: 31
Elliott Maddox: D
Bobby Bonds: 63

Top 5

John Ellis: W
Rico Carty: 8
Charlie Spikes: 9
Buddy Bell: W.1-2
Jack Brohamer: 3/G

Bot 5

Thurman Munson: 53
Alex Johnson: 31
Chris Chambliss: S7
Graig Nettles: 5

Top 6

Frank Duffy: 53
Leron Lee: K
George Hendrick: K

Bot 6

Sandy Alomar: 9/L
Fred Stanley: S9
Roy White: S7.1-2
Elliott Maddox: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 7

Frank Robinson: 53
John Ellis: HR
Rico Carty: W
Charlie Spikes: 54(1)/FO
Buddy Bell: K

Bot 7

Bobby Bonds: S7
Thurman Munson: SB2.1-3(E2/TH2)
Thurman Munson: 8
Alex Johnson: 8/SF.3-H(UR)
Chris Chambliss: 2/FL

Top 8

Jack Brohamer: W
Frank Duffy: 54(1)3/GDP
Leron Lee: K

Bot 8

Graig Nettles: K
Sandy Alomar: 1/L
Fred Stanley: 8

Top 9

George Hendrick: S7
Frank Robinson: 8
John Ellis: K
Rico Carty: 64(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

Yankees Manager Virdon ejected by HP umpire Springstead for arguing catcher Ellis dropped foul-tip strike three; umpire ruled ball was knocked out of Ellis's glove by Stanley's backswing

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