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  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         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.