1975 ALDS, Game 1: Cleveland Indians At Minnesota Xpress 10/7/1975
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Xpress AB R H RBI AVG
B.McBride CF 5 2 3 1 .600 G.Gross RF 4 0 2 0 .500
J.Morgan 2B 4 0 1 1 .250 R.White LF 4 0 0 0 .000
K.Henderson RF 5 1 1 1 .200 R.Carew 2B 4 0 0 0 .000
G.Scott 1B 4 1 0 0 .000 G.Luzinski DH 4 0 1 0 .250
G.Nettles 3B 3 0 1 2 .333 T.Solaita 1B 3 0 0 0 .000
D.Duncan C 4 0 1 0 .250 A-R.Office PH 1 0 0 0 .000
H.McRae LF 4 0 1 0 .250 G.Maddox CF 3 0 2 0 .667
D.Porter DH 3 1 0 0 .000 B.Pocoroba C 3 0 0 0 .000
D.Kessinger SS 3 1 0 0 .000 D.Doyle 3B 3 0 0 0 .000
R.Metzger SS 3 0 0 0 .000
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Totals 35 6 8 5 Totals 32 0 5 0
A-Pinch Hit For Solaita In 9th Inning
Indians......... 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 - 6 8 0
Xpress.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 3
Indians (1-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Hunter WIN(1-0) 9 5 0 0 0 7 0 111 0.00
[1]Totals 9 5 0 0 0 7 0
Xpress (0-1) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
M.Pattin LOSS(0-1) 6 1/3 6 6 4 4 4 0 103 5.68
D.Bird 2 2/3 2 0 0 1 1 0 37 0.00
[1]Totals 9 8 6 4 5 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 34,722 DATE- Tuesday, October 7th 1975 TIME- Night
T- 2:19
LEFT ON BASE- Indians: 8 Xpress: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 0 Xpress: 1
ERRORS- G.Gross, R.Carew, B.Pocoroba
DOUBLES- K.Henderson(1st), D.Duncan(1st), G.Gross(1st), G.Maddox(1st)
TRIPLES- G.Gross(1st)
RBIs- B.McBride(1st), J.Morgan(1st), K.Henderson(1st), G.Nettles-2(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- B.McBride(1st)
WALKS- J.Morgan, G.Scott, G.Nettles, D.Porter, D.Kessinger
HIT BY PITCH- G.Nettles
STRIKE OUTS- J.Morgan, G.Scott, D.Duncan-2, H.McRae, R.White, R.Carew-2,
G.Luzinski-2, T.Solaita, G.Maddox
GIDP- D.Porter
2-out RBI- G.Nettles
RLISP 2-out- T.Solaita, R.Metzger, H.McRae-3, D.Duncan-2, R.White
Catfish Hunter had a strong outing as the Cleveland Indians defeated the
Minnesota Xpress by a score of 6 to 0 at Xpress Stadium.
Hunter(1-0) was tremendous on the mound for Cleveland. He didn't give up
much, just 5 hits and no walks in 9 innings. Cleveland rapped out 8 hits for
the night.
Marty Pattin(0-1) was given the loss. He allowed 6 runs and 6 hits in 6 and
1/3 innings.