The Indians bunched three of their six hits in the fourth inning and nipped the Red Sox, 2-1, behind Jim Perry. Charlie Spikes opened the fourth with a single, moved to third on John Ellis' double to right, then scored on George Hendrick's infield roller. Ellis came home on Dave Duncan's single to left. Boston scored its lone run in the fourth on singles by Fred Lynn and Dwight Evans and an infield out. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 2, Boston Red Sox 1

Game Played on Monday, September 30, 1974 (Night game) at Fenway Park

Indians 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 0 Red Sox 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 9 2 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Lowenstein lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .242 Miller cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Torres lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .179 Harper ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .237 Duffy ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .233 Cooper 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .272 Robinson dh 2 0 0 0 2 0 .246 Griffin ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Spikes rf 3 1 1 0 1 2 .273 Rice dh 3 0 1 0 1 1 .271 Ellis 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .287 Lynn lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .419 Hendrick cf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .280 Evans rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .279 Bell 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .263 Burleson 2b 4 0 0 1 0 0 .279 Duncan c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .196 Hughes 3b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .190 Hermoso 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .221 McCarver ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .223 J. Perry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Guerrero ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .254 Buskey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Carbo ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .252 Hilgendorf p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blackwell c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .252 Wilcox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Montgomery ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Beniquez pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 2 6 2 5 5 Totals 34 1 9 1 3 4 Time of Game: 2:29 Attendance: 10,673 Left on Base: Indians 7, Red Sox 10 DP: Indians 1, Red Sox 1 Errors: Evans, Blackwell Doubles: Ellis (23), Cooper (24), Carbo (19) Sacrifice Hits: Hermoso (5) GIDP: Duncan (12), Evans (9) Hit by Pitch: Montgomery (1,by Buskey) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA J. Perry W(17-12) 6.2 7 1 1 1 4 0 27 2.96 Buskey 2 2 0 0 2 0 0 10 3.38 Hilgendorf 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4.84 Wilcox SV(4) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4.67 Totals 9 9 1 1 3 4 0 38 Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Lee L(17-15) 9 6 2 2 5 5 0 36 3.51 Totals 9 6 2 2 5 5 0 36 Hit by Pitch: Buskey (2) Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim McKean INDIANS 1ST: Lowenstein flied out to center; Blackwell dropped a foul fly hit by Duffy for an error; Duffy grounded out (third to first); Robinson walked; Spikes was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 1ST: Miller flied out to right; Cooper flied out to left; Rice walked; Lynn flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 0. INDIANS 2ND: Ellis struck out; Hendrick grounded out (second to first); Bell singled to right [Bell to second (error by Evans)]; Duncan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 2ND: Evans singled; Burleson made an out to second; Hughes forced Evans (shortstop to second); Guerrero struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 0. INDIANS 3RD: Hermoso grounded out (second to first); Lowenstein walked; Duffy forced Lowenstein (shortstop to second); Robinson forced Duffy (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 3RD: Blackwell grounded out (second to first); Miller grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Red Sox 0. INDIANS 4TH: Spikes singled; Ellis doubled [Spikes to third]; Hendrick grounded out (second to first) [Ellis to third, Spikes scored]; Bell grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Duncan singled [Ellis scored]; Hermoso grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 0. RED SOX 4TH: Rice struck out; Lynn singled; Evans singled [Lynn to third]; Burleson grounded out (third to first) [Evans to second, Lynn scored]; Hughes was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 1. INDIANS 5TH: Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); Duffy flied out to right; Robinson walked; Spikes struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 5TH: Guerrero singled; Blackwell flied out to center; Miller flied out to left; Cooper singled [Guerrero out at third (left to third)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 1. INDIANS 6TH: Ellis flied out to center; Hendrick struck out; Bell made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 6TH: Rice singled; Lynn flied out to left; Evans grounded out (pitcher to first) [Rice to second]; Burleson made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 1. INDIANS 7TH: Duncan walked; Hermoso out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Duncan to second]; Lowenstein grounded out (second to first) [Duncan to third]; Duffy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 7TH: TORRES REPLACED LOWENSTEIN (PLAYING LF); Hughes was called out on strikes; Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); Blackwell singled; BUSKEY REPLACED J. PERRY (PITCHING); Miller grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 1. INDIANS 8TH: Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Spikes walked; Ellis grounded out (shortstop to first) [Spikes to second]; Hendrick singled [Spikes out at home (left to catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 8TH: Cooper doubled; Rice made an out to first; Lynn was walked intentionally; Evans grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Lynn out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 1. INDIANS 9TH: Bell singled to shortstop; Duncan grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Bell out at second]; Hermoso lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 1. RED SOX 9TH: Burleson flied out to left; MCCARVER BATTED FOR HUGHES; McCarver flied out to center; CARBO BATTED FOR GUERRERO; Carbo doubled; MONTGOMERY BATTED FOR BLACKWELL; Montgomery was hit by a pitch; BENIQUEZ RAN FOR MONTGOMERY; HILGENDORF REPLACED BUSKEY (PITCHING); HARPER BATTED FOR MILLER; Harper walked (walk was charged to Buskey) [Carbo to third, Beniquez to second]; GRIFFIN BATTED FOR COOPER; WILCOX REPLACED HILGENDORF (PITCHING); Griffin forced Harper (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Indians 2, Red Sox 1.

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