The Indians, who had lost eight of nine previous games, used their appearance on national television as an occasion to defeat the Brewers, 1-0, in 12 innings. An unearned run decided the contest. John Lowenstein led off the Indians' 12th with a single. Larvell Blanks bunted and catcher Larry Haney, after fielding the ball, threw wildly to first. Lowenstein reached third on the error and scored when Fred Kendall hit a deep sacrifice fly to center field. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 1, Milwaukee Brewers 0

Game Played on Saturday, April 30, 1977 (Day game) at County Stadium

Indians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 1 9 0 Brewers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 1 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Manning cf 6 0 1 0 0 2 .243 Joshua cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Kuiper 2b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .269 Yount ss 5 0 1 0 0 2 .303 Norris rf,1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .320 Cooper 1b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .274 Grubb lf 3 0 1 0 2 0 .190 Money 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Carty dh 5 0 1 0 0 0 .224 Bando 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .190 Bell 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .317 Lezcano rf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .210 Thornton 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .164 Quirk dh 3 0 0 0 1 2 .184 Lowenstein ph,rf 2 1 1 0 0 1 .333 Heidemann ph,dh 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Blanks ss 3 0 2 0 1 0 .227 Wohlford lf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .208 Duffy pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .114 Hegan ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Kendall c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .333 Brye lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Eckersley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Moore c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .222 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McMullen ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Haney c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Slaton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McClure p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 40 1 9 1 3 4 Totals 38 0 4 0 5 8 Time of Game: 3:16 Attendance: 12,324 Left on Base: Indians 9, Brewers 9 DP: Indians 1, Brewers 2 Errors: Haney Triples: Bando (2) Stolen Bases: Blanks (1), Lezcano (2), Yount (4) Caught Stealing: Norris (2) Sacrifice Hits: Norris (3), Blanks (1), Bando (1) Sacrifice Flies: Kendall (1) GIDP: Carty (2), Brye (1) Hit by Pitch: Money (3,by Eckersley) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Eckersley W(2-1) 11 3 0 0 3 7 0 40 3.40 Kern 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2.16 LaRoche SV(2) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 6.59 Totals 12 4 0 0 5 8 0 45 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Slaton L(1-1) 11.1 9 1 0 3 4 0 45 1.65 McClure 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Totals 12 9 1 0 3 4 0 46 Hit by Pitch: Eckersley (2) Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry McCoy INDIANS 1ST: Manning grounded out (first to pitcher); Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Norris flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Joshua grounded out (second to first); Yount struck out; Cooper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Brewers 0. INDIANS 2ND: Grubb grounded out (shortstop to first); Carty flied out to left; Bell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Money popped to catcher in foul territory; Bando grounded out (third to first); Lezcano popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Brewers 0. INDIANS 3RD: Thornton grounded out (pitcher to first); Blanks walked; Kendall flied out to center; Manning singled to right [Blanks to third]; Kuiper flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 3RD: Quirk struck out; Wohlford flied out to right; Moore singled to center; Joshua flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Brewers 0. INDIANS 4TH: Norris flied out to center; Grubb grounded out (pitcher to first); Carty singled to center; Bell forced Carty (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 4TH: Yount flied out to left; Cooper grounded out (shortstop to first); Money flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Brewers 0. INDIANS 5TH: Thornton grounded out (third to first); Blanks singled to left; Kendall flied out to left; Blanks stole second; Manning struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 5TH: Bando struck out; Lezcano singled to left; Lezcano stole second; Quirk flied out to right; Wohlford walked; Moore flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Brewers 0. INDIANS 6TH: Kuiper lined to second; Norris singled to center; Grubb walked [Norris to second]; Norris was caught stealing third (catcher to third) [Grubb to second]; Carty grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 6TH: Joshua popped to third in foul territory; Yount flied out to center; Cooper flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Brewers 0. INDIANS 7TH: Bell grounded out (third to first); Thornton struck out; Blanks singled to left; Kendall singled to left [Blanks to third]; Manning grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 7TH: Money grounded out (pitcher to first); Bando flied out to left; Lezcano flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Brewers 0. INDIANS 8TH: Kuiper singled to center; Norris out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Kuiper to second]; Grubb was walked intentionally; Carty flied out to left; Bell forced Kuiper (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 8TH: Quirk struck out; HEGAN BATTED FOR WOHLFORD; Hegan was called out on strikes; Moore popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Brewers 0. INDIANS 9TH: BRYE REPLACED HEGAN (PLAYING LF); LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR THORNTON; Lowenstein was called out on strikes; Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first); Kendall grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 9TH: LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); NORRIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); Joshua made an out to third; Yount struck out; Cooper flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Brewers 0. INDIANS 10TH: Manning was called out on strikes; Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Norris grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 10TH: Money was hit by a pitch; Bando out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Money to second]; Lezcano grounded out (pitcher to first); Quirk was walked intentionally; Brye forced Quirk (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Brewers 0. INDIANS 11TH: Grubb singled to left; Carty grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Grubb out at second]; Bell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 11TH: MCMULLEN BATTED FOR MOORE; McMullen flied out to center; Joshua flied out to center; Yount singled to center; Yount stole second; Cooper was walked intentionally; Money flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Brewers 0. INDIANS 12TH: HANEY REPLACED MCMULLEN (PLAYING C ); Lowenstein singled to right; Blanks reached on an error by Haney on a sacrifice bunt [Lowenstein to third, Blanks to second]; DUFFY RAN FOR BLANKS; Kendall hit a sacrifice fly to center [Lowenstein scored (unearned), Duffy to third]; MCCLURE REPLACED SLATON (PITCHING); Manning hit into a double play (left to catcher) [Duffy out at home]; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Brewers 0. BREWERS 12TH: DUFFY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); KERN REPLACED ECKERSLEY (PITCHING); Bando tripled to right; Lezcano walked; LAROCHE REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); HEIDEMANN BATTED FOR QUIRK; Heidemann walked [Lezcano to second]; Brye grounded into a double play (pitcher to catcher to first) [Lezcano to third, Heidemann to second, Bando out at home]; Haney struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 1, Brewers 0.

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