George Hendrick's fourth home run of the season -- a towering blast to center field in the first half of the the 10th inning -- enabled the Indians to defeat the Athletics, 5-4. The game-winning blow came off Rollie Fingers, who absorbed his first loss of the season. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 5, Oakland Athletics 4
Game Played on Monday, May       3, 1976 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Indians      3  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1    1  -   5 13  2
A's          0  0  3    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  -   4  4  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Manning cf            4   0   2   0     1   0   .304      North cf              5   1   2   0     0   1   .313
Kuiper 2b             5   0   1   1     0   0   .188      Washington rf         4   1   0   0     1   2   .213
Bell 3b               5   1   2   0     0   1   .385      Rudi lf,1b            2   1   1   3     3   0   .328
Carty dh              4   1   1   0     1   1   .344        Lintz pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Lowenstein 1b         5   1   1   1     0   0   .222      Baylor 1b             2   0   0   0     0   1   .139
Hendrick lf           5   1   3   2     0   0   .292        Tovar lf            1   0   0   1     1   0   .167
Spikes rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .228      Bando 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .171
Ashby c               5   1   2   0     0   1   .308      McMullen dh           3   0   0   0     2   2   .167
Duffy ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .280      Campaneris ss         4   0   0   0     1   2   .183
Eckersley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Garner 2b             4   1   1   0     1   1   .243
  Thomas p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Haney c               3   0   0   0     0   1   .242
  Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bosman p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Norris p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Fingers p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41   5  13   4     2   4             Totals               32   4   4   4     9  10

Time of Game: 3:22   Attendance: 19,765
Left on Base: Indians 10, A's 10
DP: Indians 0, A's 2
Errors: Duffy, Thomas, Bando, Haney
Doubles: Bell (3), Hendrick (5)
Home Runs: Hendrick (4), Rudi (4)
Stolen Bases: Lowenstein (3), Hendrick (2), Duffy (3), Kuiper (2), North (9)
Caught Stealing: Garner (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Duffy (3), Haney (1), Bando (1)
GIDP: Lowenstein (1), Duffy (3)
Hit by Pitch: Spikes (2,by Fingers), Tovar (1,by Buskey)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Eckersley               3     2   3   3   2   3   1  13   4.35
Thomas                  5     2   1   0   5   6   0  22   1.04
Buskey W(1-1)           1     0   0   0   1   0   0   5   2.35
LaRoche SV(3)           1     0   0   0   1   1   0   4   0.00
Totals                 10     4   4   3   9  10   1  44

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bosman                  2.2   7   3   3   0   1   0  15   3.60
Norris                  0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   7.90
Todd                    4.2   1   0   0   2   0   0  16   2.30
Fingers L(2-1)          2.1   5   2   2   0   2   1  13   4.02
Totals                 10    13   5   5   2   4   1  45

Hit by Pitch: Buskey (1), Fingers (2)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Dave Phillips


INDIANS 1ST: Manning grounded out (first to second to pitcher);
Kuiper grounded out (first unassisted); Bell singled to left;
Carty singled to right [Bell to third]; Lowenstein singled to
center [Bell scored, Carty to second]; Hendrick singled to left
[Carty scored, Lowenstein to third]; Lowenstein stole home and
Hendrick stole second [Hendrick to third (error by Haney)];
Spikes flied to right; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: North struck out; Washington grounded out (third
to first); Rudi flied to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
3, Athletics 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Ashby was called out on strikes; Duffy singled to
center; Duffy stole second; Manning popped to shortstop in foul
territory; Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Baylor struck out; Bando popped to first in foul
territory; McMullen walked; Campaneris flied to right; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Bell doubled to left; Carty reached on a fielder's
choice [Bell out at third (third unassisted)]; Lowenstein flied
to center; Hendrick doubled to left [Carty to third]; NORRIS
REPLACED BOSMAN (PITCHING); Spikes struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Garner flied to center; Haney struck out; North
singled [North to second (error by Duffy)]; Washington walked;
Rudi homered [North scored, Washington scored]; Baylor grounded
out (shortstop to first); Dennis Eckersley and Indians
Manager Frank Robinson ejected by HP umpire Rich Garcia; 3
R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 3.

INDIANS 4TH: TOVAR REPLACED BAYLOR (PLAYING LF); RUDI CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); TODD REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); Ashby
flied to left in foul territory; Duffy grounded out (third to
first); Manning singled; Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 4TH: THOMAS REPLACED ECKERSLEY (PITCHING); Bando
grounded out (shortstop to first); McMullen struck out;
Campaneris struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3,
Athletics 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Bell grounded out (second to first); Carty walked;
Lowenstein grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Carty out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3,
Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Garner walked; Haney reached on an error by
Thomas on a sacrifice bunt [Garner to third, Haney to second];
North lined to shortstop; Washington struck out; Rudi was walked
intentionally; Tovar walked [Garner scored (unearned), Haney to
third, Rudi to second]; Bando forced Tovar (shortstop to
second); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 4.

INDIANS 6TH: Hendrick grounded out (third to first); Spikes
grounded out (first unassisted); Ashby grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 6TH: McMullen was called out on strikes; Campaneris
walked; Garner grounded out (third to first) [Campaneris to
second]; Haney grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 4.

INDIANS 7TH: Duffy grounded out (second to first); Manning
walked; Kuiper forced Manning (pitcher to shortstop); Kuiper
stole second; Bell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 7TH: North singled to right; North stole second;
Washington struck out; Rudi was walked intentionally; Tovar
flied to center; Bando grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 4.

INDIANS 8TH: Carty flied to right; Lowenstein grounded out
(shortstop to first); FINGERS REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); Hendrick
reached on an error by Bando; Spikes forced Hendrick (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 8TH: McMullen grounded out (shortstop to first);
Campaneris struck out; Garner singled; Garner was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 3, Athletics 4.

INDIANS 9TH: Ashby singled to left; Duffy out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [Ashby to second]; Manning singled [Ashby
to third]; Kuiper singled to left [Ashby scored, Manning to
second]; Bell struck out; Carty struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 4, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: BUSKEY REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING); Haney lined to
center; North grounded out (first unassisted); Washington
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 4, Athletics 4.

INDIANS 10TH: Lowenstein lined to center; Hendrick homered;
Spikes was hit by a pitch; Ashby singled to right [Spikes to
third]; Duffy grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Ashby out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
5, Athletics 4.

ATHLETICS 10TH: Rudi walked; LINTZ RAN FOR RUDI; Tovar was hit
by a pitch [Lintz to second]; LAROCHE REPLACED BUSKEY
(PITCHING); Bando out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Lintz to third, Tovar to second]; McMullen was walked
intentionally; Campaneris flied to center; Garner struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 5, Athletics 4.