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