1975 ALDS, Game 5: Minnesota Xpress At Cleveland Indians 10/12/1975
Xpress AB R H RBI AVG Indians AB R H RBI AVG
G.Gross RF 5 2 2 0 .333 B.McBride RF 4 1 2 1 .250
R.White LF 2 0 0 0 .316 H.McRae DH 5 0 2 0 .409
R.Carew 2B,1B 4 0 2 1 .333 J.Morgan 2B 4 0 1 0 .316
G.Luzinski DH 4 0 0 0 .105 K.Henderson CF 4 0 0 0 .091
T.Solaita 1B 2 0 0 0 .000 G.Scott 1B 4 1 1 0 .316
A-R.Office PR 0 1 0 0 .000 J.Rudi LF 4 0 1 1 .353
B-S.Bando 3B 1 0 0 0 .182 G.Nettles 3B 4 0 1 0 .353
G.Maddox CF 4 0 0 0 .235 D.Porter C 3 0 0 0 .067
B.Pocoroba C 3 0 1 1 .200 D-D.Duncan PH,C 1 0 0 0 .200
C-S.Yeager C 1 0 0 0 .286 D.Kessinger SS 3 0 0 0 .059
D.Doyle 3B,2B 4 0 1 0 .231 E-R.Blomberg PH 1 0 0 0 .000
R.Metzger SS 4 0 1 0 .200
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Totals 34 3 7 2 Totals 37 2 8 2
A-Pinch Ran For Solaita In 7th Inning
B-Subbed Defensively (3B) For Office In 7th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Pocoroba In 7th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Porter In 8th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Kessinger In 9th Inning
Xpress.......... 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 - 3 7 3
Indians......... 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 8 1
Xpress (2-3) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Folkers 6 8 2 2 1 3 1 90 3.00
D.Laroche WIN(1-0) 1 2/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 0.00
D.Miller HOLD(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 0 0 9 0.00
D.Bird SAVE(1st) 0 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 1.42
Totals 9 8 2 2 2 4 1
Indians (3-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
C.Hunter LOSS(1-1) 9 7 3 3 1 5 0 126 1.50
Totals 9 7 3 3 1 5 0
ATTENDANCE- 79,616 DATE- Sunday, October 12th 1975 TIME- Day
T- 2:32
LEFT ON BASE- Xpress: 7 Indians:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Xpress: 1 Indians: 0
ERRORS- D.Doyle-2, R.Metzger, J.Morgan
DOUBLES- R.Carew(1st), R.Metzger(1st), H.McRae(4th), G.Scott(1st)
TRIPLES- G.Gross(2nd)
HOME RUNS- B.McBride(1st)
RBIs- R.Carew(5th), B.Pocoroba(2nd), B.McBride(2nd), J.Rudi(5th)
STOLEN BASES- R.Office(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- R.White
WALKS- T.Solaita, B.McBride, J.Morgan
HIT BY PITCH- R.White
STRIKE OUTS- R.Carew, G.Luzinski-3, T.Solaita, H.McRae, G.Nettles-2, D.Porter
GIDP- H.McRae
WILD PITCHES- C.Hunter
RLISP 2-out- G.Scott, K.Henderson, T.Solaita, B.McBride-2, D.Kessinger,
R.Metzger, G.Maddox, D.Duncan, G.Gross
Right fielder Greg Gross had 2 base hits as the Minnesota Xpress topped the
Cleveland Indians by a score of 3 to 2 at Municipal Stadium.
The game was won by Minnesota with a run in the top of the 8th inning. Gross
lashed a single. Roy White was next and he laid down a sacrifice bunt. Rod
Carew then doubled. One out later, Sal Bando stepped up to the plate and he
reached on an error. Minnesota had a total of 7 hits for the game.
The winning pitcher was Dave Laroche(1-0) who allowed no runs in 1 and 2/3
innings. Doug Bird earned the save, his 1st. Catfish Hunter(1-1) took the loss.