With last-out help from Fred Lasher, Rich Hand gained his first major league victory when the Indians defeated the Angels, 6-4. Jim Fregosi homered for the Angels in the fourth and sixth innings. When Ken McMullen also hit for the circuit with a man on base in the ninth, Lasher took over.

The Indians had a two-run homer by Graig Nettles in the third. In the eighth, Jack Heidemann drove in two runs with a bases-loaded double and Hand helped himself with a sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 6, California Angels 4
Game Played on Sunday, June      7, 1970 (Day game) at Anaheim Stadium
Indians      0  0  2    0  0  0    0  3  1  -   6 10  1
Angels       0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  2  -   4  7  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Uhlaender cf          5   1   1   0     0   0   .245      Alomar 2b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .247
Nettles 3b            4   1   1   2     1   1   .190      Fregosi ss            4   2   2   2     0   0   .281
Pinson rf             4   1   1   0     1   1   .346      Repoz cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .281
Horton 1b             5   0   2   1     0   0   .254      Johnson lf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .351
Sims c                2   1   0   0     2   0   .217      Spencer 1b            4   0   1   0     0   1   .300
Klimchock 2b          4   1   2   0     0   0   .214      McMullen 3b           4   1   1   2     0   1   .246
  Fuller 2b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Reynolds rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Foster lf             3   1   2   0     1   0   .252      Egan c                3   0   1   0     0   1   .233
Heidemann ss          4   0   1   2     0   0   .189      Messersmith p         2   0   0   0     0   1   .154
Hand p                3   0   0   1     0   2   .077        Garrett p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lasher p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Silverio ph         1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Fisher p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .333

Totals               35   6  10   6     5   4             Totals               34   4   7   4     0   9

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance: 17,595
Left on Base: Indians 9, Angels 3
DP: Indians 1, Angels 0
Errors: Heidemann, Reynolds
Doubles: Heidemann (6)
Home Runs: Nettles (8), Fregosi 2 (7), McMullen (7)
Stolen Bases: Pinson (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Hand (2)
GIDP: Fregosi (3)
Hit by Pitch: Sims (3,by Messersmith)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hand W(1-4)             8.2   7   4   4   0   9   3  33   4.85
Lasher SV(4)            0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.26
Totals                  9     7   4   4   0   9   3  34

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Messersmith L(5-5)      7.1   8   5   5   5   4   1  35   2.97
Garrett                 0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.90
Fisher                  1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   2.08
Totals                  9    10   6   6   5   4   1  42

Hit by Pitch: Messersmith (4)
Wild Pitches: Messersmith (1)

Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Don Denkinger


INDIANS 1ST: Uhlaender made an out to third; Nettles flied out
to center; Pinson walked; Horton singled to shortstop [Pinson to
second]; Sims forced Pinson (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Alomar was called out on strikes; Fregosi grounded
out (shortstop to first); Repoz grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Angels 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Klimchock flied out to right; Foster singled to
left; Heidemann forced Foster (second to shortstop); Hand was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Angels
0.

ANGELS 2ND: Johnson was called out on strikes; Spencer grounded
out (shortstop to first); McMullen grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Angels 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Uhlaender singled to center; Nettles homered
[Uhlaender scored]; Pinson grounded out (second to first);
Horton flied out to right; Sims was hit by a pitch; Klimchock
singled to right [Sims out at third (center to third)]; 2 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Reynolds lined to pitcher; Egan was called out on
strikes; Messersmith flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Angels 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Foster singled to left; Heidemann grounded out
(second to first) [Foster to second]; Hand made an out to
second; Uhlaender grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 2, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Alomar was called out on strikes; Fregosi homered;
Repoz reached on an error by Heidemann; Johnson forced Repoz
(third to second); Spencer singled to right [Johnson to third];
McMullen grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 2, Angels 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Nettles walked; Messersmith threw a wild pitch
[Nettles to second]; Pinson struck out; Horton grounded out
(third to first); Sims walked; Klimchock flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Angels 1.

ANGELS 5TH: Reynolds grounded out (third to first); Egan singled
to center; Messersmith struck out; Alomar grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Angels 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Foster popped to first in foul territory; Heidemann
grounded out (pitcher to first); Hand struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 2, Angels 1.

ANGELS 6TH: Fregosi homered; Repoz struck out; Johnson popped to
catcher in foul territory; Spencer popped to third in foul
territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Angels 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Uhlaender grounded out (pitcher to first); Nettles
struck out; Pinson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Angels 2.

ANGELS 7TH: McMullen struck out; Reynolds grounded out (third to
first); Egan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 2, Angels 2.

INDIANS 8TH: Horton made an out to second; Sims walked;
Klimchock singled to right [Klimchock to second (on throw), Sims
to third (error by Reynolds)]; Foster was walked intentionally;
Heidemann doubled to center [Foster to third, Klimchock scored,
Sims scored]; GARRETT REPLACED MESSERSMITH (PITCHING); Hand hit
a sacrifice fly to left [Foster scored]; Uhlaender grounded out
(pitcher to first); 3 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Angels 2.

ANGELS 8TH: FULLER REPLACED KLIMCHOCK (PLAYING 2B); SILVERIO
BATTED FOR GARRETT; Silverio struck out; Alomar singled to
right; Fregosi grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Alomar out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
5, Angels 2.

INDIANS 9TH: FISHER REPLACED SILVERIO (PITCHING); Nettles
grounded out (pitcher to first); Pinson singled to second;
Pinson stole second; Horton singled to left [Horton to second
(on throw to home), Pinson scored]; Sims flied out to center;
Fuller made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
6, Angels 2.

ANGELS 9TH: Repoz grounded out (second to first); Johnson
singled to center; Spencer struck out; McMullen homered [Johnson
scored]; LASHER REPLACED HAND (PITCHING); Reynolds flied out to
right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 6, Angels 4.