Rico Carty, Indians' designated hitter, smashed a pair of two-run homers in a 6-1 victory over the Twins. Alan Ashby accounted for the Tribe's two other runs with a single and double. Stan Thomas pitched the distance for the Indians, turning in his first complete game of the season. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 6, Minnesota Twins 1
Game Played on Sunday, July      18, 1976 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Indians      0  1  2    1  2  0    0  0  0  -   6 10  0
Twins        0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  8  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kuiper 2b             4   1   1   0     1   1   .234      Braun lf              4   0   1   0     1   0   .258
Duffy ss              4   0   1   0     0   0   .231      Smalley ss            4   0   1   1     0   2   .223
Manning cf            5   1   1   0     0   1   .298      Carew 1b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .322
Carty dh              4   2   3   4     0   1   .301      Wynegar c             4   0   1   0     0   1   .294
Hendrick lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .263      Bostock cf            3   0   1   0     1   2   .329
Powell 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .179      Hisle rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .255
Bell 3b               3   1   0   0     1   1   .285      Cubbage 3b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Spikes rf             2   1   1   0     2   0   .241      Kusick dh             4   0   0   0     0   1   .299
Ashby c               4   0   2   2     0   0   .229      Randall 2b            3   1   1   0     0   1   .258
Thomas p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Oliva ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .140
                                                          Hughes p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   6  10   6     4   5             Totals               35   1   8   1     2   7

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 13,329
Left on Base: Indians 6, Twins 9
DP: Indians 0, Twins 1
Errors: Cubbage
Doubles: Ashby (3), Randall (6)
Home Runs: Carty 2 (10)
Stolen Bases: Duffy (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Duffy (8)
GIDP: Manning (7)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Thomas W(2-1)           9     8   1   1   2   7   0  37   1.84
Totals                  9     8   1   1   2   7   0  37

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hughes L(4-10)          3.1   7   4   4   3   3   1  18   5.76
Burgmeier               5.2   3   2   2   1   2   1  21   2.31
Totals                  9    10   6   6   4   5   2  39

Balks: Burgmeier (2)

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Nestor Chylak, 3B - Jim Evans


INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper walked; Duffy flied out to center; Manning
struck out; Carty singled to center [Kuiper to third]; Hendrick
forced Carty (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
0, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Braun grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley
grounded out (second to first); Carew singled to right; Wynegar
singled to right [Carew to third]; Bostock struck out; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Twins 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Powell struck out; Bell walked; Spikes singled to
right [Bell to second]; Spikes was picked off first (pitcher to
first); Ashby singled to right [Bell scored, Ashby out at second
(right to shortstop)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Hisle made an out to shortstop; Cubbage flied out to
left; Kusick grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper singled to center; Duffy out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to first) [Kuiper to second]; Manning grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Kuiper to third]; Carty homered [Kuiper
scored]; Hendrick singled to center; Powell grounded out (first
unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Randall struck out; Braun walked; Smalley struck out;
Carew lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Twins 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Bell was called out on strikes; Spikes walked;
Ashby doubled to center [Spikes scored]; BURGMEIER REPLACED
HUGHES (PITCHING); Burgmeier balked [Ashby to third]; Kuiper was
called out on strikes; Duffy grounded out (third to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Wynegar grounded out (shortstop to first); Bostock
walked; Hisle lined to left; Cubbage grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Twins 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Manning singled to center; Carty homered [Manning
scored]; Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Powell
lined to left; Bell flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 6, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Kusick grounded out (third to first); Randall doubled
to left; Braun grounded out (first unassisted) [Randall to
third]; Smalley singled to center [Randall scored]; Carew
singled to right [Smalley to third]; Wynegar struck out; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 6, Twins 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Spikes lined to right; Ashby made an out to
pitcher; Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 6, Twins 1.

TWINS 6TH: Bostock struck out; Hisle grounded out (third to
first); Cubbage grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 6, Twins 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Duffy singled to left; Manning grounded out (second
to first) [Duffy to second]; Duffy stole third; Carty struck
out; Hendrick grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 6, Twins 1.

TWINS 7TH: Kusick was called out on strikes; Randall made an out
to second; Braun singled; Smalley struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 6, Twins 1.

INDIANS 8TH: Powell flied out to center; Bell flied out to
right; Spikes walked; Ashby grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 6, Twins 1.

TWINS 8TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Wynegar flied
out to right; Bostock singled; Hisle singled [Bostock to
second]; Cubbage flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 6, Twins 1.

INDIANS 9TH: Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); Duffy
reached on an error by Cubbage; Manning grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Duffy out at second]; 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 6, Twins 1.

TWINS 9TH: Kusick lined to left; OLIVA BATTED FOR RANDALL; Oliva
grounded out (shortstop to first); Braun grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 6, Twins 1.