Wednesday May 21, 1975
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Manager Frank Robinson hit a pair of bases empty homers and the Indians scored a decisive unearned run in the seventh to nip the Angels, 3-2, to end California's winning streak at four games. Robinson's round-trippers came in the second and sixth frames off loser Frank Tanana.

A throwing error by Rudy Meoli allowed Alan Ashby to reach second base in the seventh, from where he scored the winning run on Buddy Bell's two-out single. Indian starter Jim Kern held the Angels to two hits before three singles in the eighth produced the first California run. Reliever Dave LaRoche walked pinch-hitter Winston Llenas to force in a run, but got Bill Sudakis to ground out to end the rally. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 3, California Angels 2

Game Played on Wednesday, May 21, 1975 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

Angels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 5 1 Indians 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 x - 3 5 0 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Remy 2b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .264 Bell 3b 4 0 1 1 0 2 .252 Rivers cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .304 Duffy ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .226 Harper dh 4 0 1 1 0 2 .265 Hendrick cf 2 0 0 0 2 1 .272 Bochte 1b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .265 Carty lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Chalk 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .310 Berry lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Meoli 3b 0 0 0 0 2 0 .200 Robinson dh 3 2 2 2 0 0 .222 Llenas ph,3b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .188 Spikes rf 2 0 0 0 1 2 .165 Stanton rf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .190 Powell 1b 2 0 1 0 1 1 .306 Lahoud ph,rf 0 0 0 1 1 0 .259 Ashby c 3 1 0 0 0 0 .130 Egan c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Brohamer 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Sudakis ph,c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .122 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nettles lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .217 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Smith ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .278 Buskey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tanana p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 2 5 2 5 6 Totals 27 3 5 3 4 9 Time of Game: 2:13 Attendance: 2,919 Left on Base: Angels 8, Indians 4 DP: Angels 1, Indians 1 Errors: Meoli Home Runs: Robinson 2 (3) Stolen Bases: Rivers 2 (24), Meoli (1), Harper (9) Caught Stealing: Duffy (3), Bell (2) GIDP: Egan (1), Carty (4) Hit by Pitch: Chalk (1,by Kern) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tanana L(2-2) 8 5 3 2 4 9 2 31 2.06 Totals 8 5 3 2 4 9 2 31 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kern W(1-0) 7.1 5 2 2 3 4 0 30 1.84 LaRoche 0.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 3.00 Buskey SV(4) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 2.70 Totals 9 5 2 2 5 6 0 37 Hit by Pitch: Kern (3) Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Nestor Chylak ANGELS 1ST: Remy grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); Rivers made an out to second; Harper grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Bell struck out; Duffy singled to center; Duffy was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Hendrick walked; Carty grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 0. ANGELS 2ND: Bochte was called out on strikes; Chalk was hit by a pitch; Stanton walked [Chalk to second]; Egan grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Stanton out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Robinson homered; Spikes struck out; Powell walked; Ashby grounded out (second to first) [Powell to second]; Brohamer struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 1. ANGELS 3RD: Nettles grounded out (third to first); Smith grounded out (second to first); Remy flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 1. INDIANS 3RD: MEOLI REPLACED CHALK (PLAYING 3B); Bell flied out to right; Duffy flied out to left; Hendrick flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 1. ANGELS 4TH: Rivers singled to center; Rivers stole second; Harper struck out; Bochte flied out to left; Rivers stole third; Meoli walked; Meoli stole second; Stanton made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 1. INDIANS 4TH: Carty grounded out (third to first); Robinson flied out to center; Spikes walked; Powell singled to left [Spikes to second]; Ashby grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 1. ANGELS 5TH: Egan flied out to right; Nettles grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 1. INDIANS 5TH: Brohamer grounded out (second to first); Bell was called out on strikes; Duffy flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 1. ANGELS 6TH: Remy was called out on strikes; Rivers popped to third in foul territory; Harper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 1. INDIANS 6TH: Hendrick walked; Carty grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Hendrick out at second]; Robinson homered; Spikes was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 2. ANGELS 7TH: Bochte flied out to right; Meoli walked; Stanton singled to left [Meoli to second]; SUDAKIS BATTED FOR EGAN; Sudakis flied out to center; Nettles forced Stanton (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 2. INDIANS 7TH: SUDAKIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Powell struck out; Ashby reached on an error by Meoli [Ashby to second]; Brohamer grounded out (first unassisted) [Ashby to third]; Bell singled to center [Ashby scored (unearned)]; Bell was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Indians 3. ANGELS 8TH: BERRY REPLACED CARTY (PLAYING LF); Smith singled to right; Remy singled to left [Smith to second]; Rivers forced Remy (shortstop to second) [Smith to third]; Harper singled to right [Smith scored, Rivers to third]; LAROCHE REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Harper stole second; Bochte struck out; LLENAS BATTED FOR MEOLI; Llenas walked; BUSKEY REPLACED LAROCHE (PITCHING); LAHOUD BATTED FOR STANTON; Lahoud walked [Rivers scored, Harper to third, Llenas to second]; Sudakis grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Angels 2, Indians 3. INDIANS 8TH: LLENAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); LAHOUD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Duffy was called out on strikes; Hendrick struck out; Berry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Indians 3. ANGELS 9TH: Nettles grounded out (pitcher to first); Smith grounded out (first to pitcher); Remy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Indians 3.

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