Dennis Eckersley, who had lost two previous starts against the Athletics this season, made sure it didn't happen again by allowing only three hits and pitching the Indians to a 4-1 victory. The A's counted their run in the second inning on a single by Sheldon Mallory, a stolen base and double by Larry Murray.

The Indians tied the score in the third and forged ahead in the seventh when Jim Norris singled, stole second, stopped at third on a single by Ron Pruitt and came home on a sacrifice fly by Fred Kendall. Rico Carty doubled and Pruitt singled in the ninth to plate a pair of insurance runs. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 4, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Sunday, August    21, 1977 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Indians      0  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  2  -   4  6  1
A's          0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  3  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dade 3b               3   0   0   0     1   0   .300      Scott 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .244
Kuiper 2b             4   0   0   1     0   0   .275      Perez 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .244
Bochte lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .283      Page dh               3   0   1   0     1   0   .300
Thornton 1b           3   1   0   0     1   1   .268      Tabb 1b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .200
Carty dh              4   0   1   1     0   1   .270      Sanguillen c          3   0   0   0     0   1   .260
  Lowenstein pr,dh    0   1   0   0     0   0   .252      Tyrone rf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .238
Norris cf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .278      Mallory lf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .229
Pruitt rf             4   0   2   1     0   1   .295      Murray cf             3   0   1   1     0   0   .188
Kendall c             3   0   0   1     0   1   .254      Picciolo ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .163
Duffy ss              3   1   1   0     0   0   .203      Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Eckersley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bair p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   4   6   4     3   4             Totals               31   1   3   1     2   4

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance:  2,702
Left on Base: Indians 4, A's 6
DP: Indians 0, A's 2
Errors: Dade, Scott, Perez
Doubles: Duffy (9), Carty (18), Murray (4)
Stolen Bases: Norris (22), Page 2 (29), Mallory (9)
Caught Stealing: Bochte (3), Pruitt (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Kendall (4)
GIDP: Kendall (8)
Hit by Pitch: Sanguillen (2,by Eckersley)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Eckersley W(12-10)      9     3   1   1   2   4   0  34   3.55
Totals                  9     3   1   1   2   4   0  34

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford L(8-14)        8.1   5   4   3   2   4   0  32   3.58
Bair                    0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   4.33
Totals                  9     6   4   3   3   4   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Eckersley (5)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Jim McKean, 3B - Bill Deegan


INDIANS 1ST: Dade walked; Kuiper flied out to left; Bochte
grounded out (second to first) [Dade to second]; Thornton
walked; Carty struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Scott flied to left in foul territory; Perez
struck out; Page walked; Page stole second; Tabb struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Norris popped to third in foul territory; Pruitt
struck out; Kendall struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Sanguillen grounded out (third to first); Tyrone
struck out; Mallory singled to second; Mallory stole second;
Murray doubled to left [Mallory scored]; Picciolo made an out to
first; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Duffy doubled to left; Dade grounded out (second to
first) [Duffy to third]; Kuiper grounded out (first unassisted)
[Duffy scored]; Bochte reached on an error by Scott; Thornton
flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Scott grounded out (pitcher to first); Perez
flied out to right; Page grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Carty grounded out (third to first); Norris flied
out to right; Pruitt grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Tabb grounded out (first unassisted); Sanguillen
was hit by a pitch; Tyrone walked [Sanguillen to second];
Mallory flied out to left; Murray grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Kendall made an out to shortstop; Duffy flied out
to left; Dade flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Picciolo grounded out (third to first); Scott
flied out to left; Perez flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); Bochte
singled to right; Thornton struck out while Bochte was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Page singled to center; Tabb flied out to center;
Page stole second; Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Page to third]; Tyrone flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Carty grounded out (third to first); Norris
singled; Norris stole second; Pruitt singled [Norris to third];
Kendall hit a sacrifice fly to left [Norris scored]; Pruitt was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Mallory flied out to center; Murray popped to
third in foul territory; Picciolo popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Athletics 1.

INDIANS 8TH: Duffy grounded out (third to first); Dade flied out
to center; Kuiper flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Scott grounded out (pitcher to first); Perez
flied out to left; Page grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Athletics 1.

INDIANS 9TH: Bochte grounded out (second to first); Thornton
reached on an error by Perez; Carty doubled to center [Thornton
scored (unearned)]; LOWENSTEIN RAN FOR CARTY; BAIR REPLACED
LANGFORD (PITCHING); Norris was walked intentionally; Pruitt
singled to right [Lowenstein scored, Norris to second]; Kendall
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Pruitt out at second]; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Tabb
flied out to left; Sanguillen was called out on strikes; Tyrone
reached on an error by Dade; Mallory forced Tyrone (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Athletics 1.