1972 EDS, Game 2: Cleveland Indians At Springfield Bulls 10/7/1972
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Bulls AB R H RBI AVG
B.Tolan CF 4 0 0 0 .250 A.Otis CF 3 2 1 0 .143
D.Kessinger SS 4 0 0 0 .000 R.Hunt 2B 4 0 2 1 .286
J.Morgan 2B 3 0 0 0 .000 A-E.Leon 2B 0 0 0 0 ----
K.Henderson LF 4 0 0 0 .000 R.Blomberg 1B 4 1 3 2 .500
T.Crowley 1B 4 1 1 0 .250 C-J.Torre 1B 0 0 0 0 ----
G.Nettles 3B 4 0 2 1 .286 T.Simmons C 4 0 0 0 .125
E.Kirkpatrick C 3 0 1 0 .333 R.Hebner 3B 3 0 0 0 .000
R.Scheinblum RF 2 0 0 0 .000 J.Briggs LF 4 0 0 0 .250
G.Nolan P 2 0 0 0 .000 D-A.Kaline LF 0 0 0 0 ----
B-J.Rudi PH 1 0 0 0 .200 J.Callison RF 3 0 2 0 .667
D.Giusti P 0 0 0 0 ---- C.Campaneris SS 3 0 0 0 .167
C.Kirby P 3 0 0 0 .000
B.Johnson P 0 0 0 0 ----
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Totals 31 1 4 1 Totals 31 3 8 3
A-Subbed Defensively (2B) For Hunt In 8th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Nolan In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (1B) For Blomberg In 9th Inning
D-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Briggs In 9th Inning
Indians......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 1
Bulls........... 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 8 1
Indians (0-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
G.Nolan LOSS(0-1) 7 7 3 2 1 0 1 105 2.57
D.Giusti 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0.00
Totals 8 8 3 2 1 0 1
Bulls (2-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Kirby WIN(1-0) 8 4 1 1 2 3 0 129 1.13
B.Johnson SAVE(1st) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 11 0.00
Totals 9 4 1 1 2 4 0
ATTENDANCE- 45,664 DATE- Saturday, October 7th 1972 TIME- Day
T- 2:12
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 5 Bulls: 6
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 2 Bulls: 1
ERRORS- G.Nettles, C.Kirby
DOUBLES- T.Crowley(1st), R.Blomberg(2nd)
HOME RUNS- R.Blomberg(1st)
STOLEN BASES- A.Otis(1st)
WALKS- J.Morgan, R.Scheinblum, A.Otis
HIT BY PITCH- R.Hebner
STRIKE OUTS- K.Henderson, T.Crowley, G.Nolan, J.Rudi
GIDP- R.Hunt, T.Simmons
WILD PITCHES- D.Giusti, B.Johnson
2-out RBI- R.Blomberg, G.Nettles
At Illini Reservation, the Springfield fans witnessed a great pitcher's duel.
Clay Kirby(1-0) finally bested his Cleveland opposite, Gary Nolan(0-1), by
the score of 3 to 1.
Kirby gave Springfield a solid outing. He allowed just 4 hits and 2 walks in
8 innings. Springfield had 8 hits for the afternoon while Cleveland had 4.
Bob Johnson recorded the save, his 1st. Nolan was the loser. He pitched 7
innings and surrendered 7 hits and 1 walk.