The batting comination of Charlie Spikes and Rico Carty, who drove in two runs apiece, enabled the Indians to gain a 4-3 victory over the Orioles, who went down to their fifth straight defeat. Carty homered in the second inning, but the Orioles came back with a round-tripper by Elrod Hendricks in the third.

After Spikes put the Indians ahead again with a run-scoring single in their half of the third, the Orioles forged in front with two runs in seventh on homer by Lee May and pinch-double by Jim Northrup. However in the eighth, Spikes tied the score with a double and then crossed the plate with the winning run on a single by Carty. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 4, Baltimore Orioles 3
Game Played on Friday, May       2, 1975 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Orioles      0  0  1    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   3  9  2
Indians      0  1  1    0  0  0    0  2  x  -   4  8  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Singleton rf          3   0   1   0     2   0   .242      Duffy ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .265
Blair cf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .303      Berry lf              2   1   0   0     1   0   .188
Davis dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .219        Gamble ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .321
May 1b                4   1   2   1     0   0   .200        Lowenstein pr,lf    0   1   0   0     0   0   .129
Grich 2b              3   1   1   0     1   1   .318      Hendrick cf           3   0   1   0     1   0   .279
Baylor lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .286      Spikes rf             4   1   2   2     0   1   .164
Robinson 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .188      Ellis c               4   0   0   0     0   0   .206
Hendricks c           3   1   1   1     0   0   .250      Carty dh              4   1   2   2     0   0   .280
  Duncan ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .212      Powell 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .387
Belanger ss           2   0   0   0     0   0   .163      Bell 3b               4   0   2   0     0   0   .218
  Northrup ph         1   0   1   1     0   0   .667      Brohamer 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .281
  Nordbrook ss        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bosman p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  DeCinces ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .261        Eckersley p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Cuellar p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Johnson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Reynolds p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   9   3     4   3             Totals               31   4   8   4     4   2

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 11,167
Left on Base: Orioles 7, Indians 7
DP: Orioles 1, Indians 3
Errors: Grich, Cuellar
Doubles: Northrup (2), Spikes (3)
Home Runs: Hendricks (2), May (5), Carty (2)
Stolen Bases: Singleton (2), Blair (6), Lowenstein (3)
Caught Stealing: May (2)
GIDP: May (4), Ellis (5)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cuellar                 7     5   2   2   3   2   1  28   3.86
Johnson L(0-1)          0.1   1   2   2   1   0   0   3  13.50
Reynolds                0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2  12.00
Jackson                 0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2  13.50
Totals                  8     8   4   4   4   2   1  35

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bosman                  6     6   3   3   1   1   2  23   3.18
Eckersley W(1-0)        2.1   3   0   0   2   2   0  11   0.00
LaRoche                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.70
Buskey SV(3)            0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   1.17
Totals                  9     9   3   3   4   3   2  37

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Hank Morgenweck


ORIOLES 1ST: Singleton walked; Singleton stole second; Blair
flied out to left; Davis flied into a double play (right to
shortstop) [Singleton out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Duffy grounded out (third to first); Berry grounded
out (third to first); Hendrick singled to left; Spikes forced
Hendrick (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
0, Indians 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: May singled to left; Grich struck out while May was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); Baylor made an out
to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Ellis grounded out (second to first); Carty
homered; Powell grounded out (first to pitcher); Bell singled to
left [Bell to second (error by Grich)]; Brohamer made an out to
shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Indians 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Robinson flied out to left; Hendricks homered;
Belanger grounded out (second to first); Singleton singled to
center; Blair singled to right [Singleton to third]; Blair stole
second; Davis grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Orioles 1, Indians 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Duffy struck out; Berry walked; Hendrick walked
[Berry to second]; Spikes singled to left [Berry scored,
Hendrick to third]; Ellis grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Spikes out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 1, Indians 2.

ORIOLES 4TH: May flied out to center; Grich flied out to left;
Baylor made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles
1, Indians 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Carty flied out to left; Powell walked; Powell was
picked off first but was safe on an error by Cuellar [Powell to
second]; Bell flied out to center; Brohamer popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Indians 2.

ORIOLES 5TH: Robinson grounded out (third to first); Hendricks
grounded out (first to pitcher); Belanger grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Indians 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Duffy flied out to left; Berry flied out to right;
Hendrick grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 1, Indians 2.

ORIOLES 6TH: Singleton flied out to center; Blair flied out to
center; Davis flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles
1, Indians 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Spikes struck out; Ellis grounded out (shortstop to
first); Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Indians 2.

ORIOLES 7TH: May homered; Grich singled to center; ECKERSLEY
REPLACED BOSMAN (PITCHING); Baylor struck out; Robinson singled
to center [Grich to second]; Hendricks popped to third in foul
territory; NORTHRUP BATTED FOR BELANGER; Northrup doubled to
left [Grich scored, Robinson to third]; Singleton was walked
intentionally; Blair struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Orioles
3, Indians 2.

INDIANS 7TH: NORDBROOK REPLACED NORTHRUP (PLAYING SS); Powell
grounded out (second to first); Bell singled to left; Brohamer
forced Bell (first to shortstop); Duffy flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, Indians 2.

ORIOLES 8TH: Davis singled to right; May grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Davis out at second]; Grich
walked; Baylor made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 3, Indians 2.

INDIANS 8TH: JOHNSON REPLACED CUELLAR (PITCHING); GAMBLE BATTED
FOR BERRY; Gamble walked; LOWENSTEIN RAN FOR GAMBLE; Lowenstein
stole second; Hendrick flied out to center; Spikes doubled to
left [Lowenstein scored]; REYNOLDS REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING);
Ellis grounded out (third to first); Carty singled to right
[Spikes scored]; JACKSON REPLACED REYNOLDS (PITCHING); Powell
singled to right [Carty to third]; Bell made an out to second; 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 3, Indians 4.

ORIOLES 9TH: LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Robinson
grounded out (shortstop to first); LAROCHE REPLACED ECKERSLEY
(PITCHING); DUNCAN BATTED FOR HENDRICKS; Duncan flied out to
center; DECINCES BATTED FOR NORDBROOK; BUSKEY REPLACED LAROCHE
(PITCHING); DeCinces walked; Singleton grounded out (pitcher to
second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, Indians 4.