The Tigers bunched five straight singles for all their runs in the seventh inning to defeat the Indians, 3-2. The Indians reached Mickey Lolich for a run in the sixth on a triple by George Hendrick and sacrifice fly by Charlie Spikes, then made it 2-0 in the seventh with a double by Joe Lis and single by Luis Alvarado.

The Tigers then rallied in their half of the seventh. After singles by Ed Brinkman and Jerry Moses chased Fritz Peterson, Fred Beene relieved and was tagged for run-scoring singles by Ron LeFlore, Gary Sutherland and Al Kaline. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 3, Cleveland Indians 2
Game Played on Wednesday, August    7, 1974 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   2  8  0
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    3  0  x  -   3 14  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Lowenstein lf         4   0   1   0     0   2   .253      LeFlore cf            4   1   2   1     0   2   .250
  Torres lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .183      Sutherland 2b         4   0   2   1     0   0   .267
Duffy ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .238      Kaline dh             4   0   2   1     0   0   .262
Hendrick cf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .296      Freehan 1b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .291
Spikes rf             3   0   0   1     0   0   .283      Sharon rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .214
Bell 3b               3   0   1   0     1   1   .253      Lane lf               3   0   1   0     0   1   .226
Gamble dh             4   0   2   0     0   0   .291        Oglivie ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .300
Lis 1b                3   1   1   0     0   1   .196        Nettles lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .182
  McCraw 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Rodriguez 3b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .227
  Ellis ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .295      Brinkman ss           4   1   1   0     0   1   .217
Duncan c              2   0   0   0     0   1   .195      Moses c               4   1   3   0     0   0   .241
Alvarado 2b           2   0   1   1     1   0   .157      Lolich p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Peterson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Beene p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   2   8   2     2   6             Totals               35   3  14   3     0   5

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance: 13,633
Left on Base: Indians 5, Tigers 9
DP: Indians 1, Tigers 1
Doubles: Lis (2), Lane (3), Freehan (11)
Triples: Hendrick (1)
Caught Stealing: Lowenstein (12), Alvarado (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Duncan (3), Freehan (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Spikes (3)
GIDP: Ellis (11), Brinkman (9)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Peterson                6    10   2   2   0   5   0  27   4.35
Beene L(2-4)            0     2   1   1   0   0   0   2   5.46
Buskey                  2     2   0   0   0   0   0   7   3.34
Totals                  8    14   3   3   0   5   0  36

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Lolich W(12-14)         9     8   2   2   2   6   0  34   3.86
Totals                  9     8   2   2   2   6   0  34

Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


INDIANS 1ST: Lowenstein struck out; Duffy flied out to center;
Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore singled to center; Sutherland forced LeFlore
(shortstop to second); Kaline flied out to right; Freehan popped
to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Spikes grounded out (first to pitcher); Bell was
called out on strikes; Gamble singled to left; Lis flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Sharon flied out to left; Lane doubled to left;
Rodriguez singled to right [Lane to third]; Brinkman grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Rodriguez out
at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Duncan struck out; Alvarado walked; Lowenstein
flied out to center; Duffy singled to right [Alvarado to
second]; Hendrick forced Duffy (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Moses flied out to right; LeFlore struck out;
Sutherland singled to left; Kaline forced Sutherland (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Spikes grounded out (third to first); Bell walked;
Gamble grounded out (second to first) [Bell to second]; Lis
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Freehan doubled to left; Sharon struck out; Lane
struck out; Rodriguez popped to catcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Duncan flied out to left; Alvarado grounded out
(third to first); Lowenstein singled to center; Lowenstein was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Brinkman struck out; Moses singled to left; LeFlore
struck out; Sutherland flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 0, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Duffy flied out to left; Hendrick tripled to right;
Spikes hit a sacrifice fly to right [Hendrick scored]; Bell
singled to center; Gamble flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: Kaline singled to left; Freehan flied out to center;
Sharon singled to left [Kaline to second]; Lane forced Sharon
(third to second) [Kaline to third]; Rodriguez forced Lane
(third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Tigers 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Lis doubled to left; Duncan out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Lis to third]; Alvarado singled to center [Lis
scored]; Alvarado was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Lowenstein struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Brinkman singled to left; Moses singled to right
[Brinkman to second]; BEENE REPLACED PETERSON (PITCHING);
LeFlore singled to center [Brinkman scored, Moses to second];
Sutherland singled to right [Moses scored, LeFlore to third];
BUSKEY REPLACED BEENE (PITCHING); Kaline singled to left
[LeFlore scored, Sutherland to second]; Freehan out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Sutherland to third, Kaline to
second]; Sharon reached on a fielder's choice [Sutherland out at
home (pitcher to catcher), Kaline to third]; OGLIVIE BATTED FOR
LANE; Oglivie flied out to left; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
2, Tigers 3.

INDIANS 8TH: NETTLES REPLACED OGLIVIE (PLAYING LF); Duffy
grounded out (third to first); Hendrick struck out; Spikes
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2,
Tigers 3.

TIGERS 8TH: TORRES REPLACED LOWENSTEIN (PLAYING LF); MCCRAW
REPLACED LIS (PLAYING 1B); Rodriguez made an out to second;
Brinkman flied out to right; Moses singled to center [Moses out
at second (second to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
2, Tigers 3.

INDIANS 9TH: Bell flied out to right; Gamble singled to center;
ELLIS BATTED FOR MCCRAW; Ellis grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Gamble out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Tigers 3.