1975 ALDS, Game 2: Cleveland Indians At Minnesota Xpress 10/8/1975
Indians AB R H RBI AVG Xpress AB R H RBI AVG
B.McBride CF 3 0 0 0 .375 G.Gross RF 5 0 1 0 .333
B-S.Lezcano PH,RF 3 1 0 0 .000 R.White LF 5 1 4 0 .444
J.Morgan 2B 3 1 1 2 .286 R.Carew 2B,1B 5 1 2 3 .222
K.Henderson RF,CF 5 1 1 0 .200 G.Luzinski DH 4 1 0 0 .125
G.Scott 1B 4 2 3 4 .375 T.Solaita 1B 1 0 0 0 .000
J.Rudi LF 6 2 3 2 .500 A-S.Bando PH,3B 3 1 1 0 .333
G.Nettles 3B 4 1 1 1 .286 G.Maddox CF 4 0 0 0 .286
H.McRae DH 5 1 3 1 .444 B.Pocoroba C 4 0 1 1 .143
D.Porter C 3 1 1 0 .167 D.Doyle 3B,2B 3 1 2 1 .333
D.Kessinger SS 5 2 1 1 .125 R.Metzger SS 4 1 1 1 .143
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Totals 41 12 14 11 Totals 38 6 12 6
A-Pinch Hit For Solaita In 4th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For McBride In 6th Inning
Indians......... 0 0 0 10 0 1 1 0 0 - 12 14 1
Xpress.......... 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 - 6 12 2
Indians (2-0) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
J.Montefusco WIN(1-0) 8 1/3 12 6 6 2 9 1 153 6.48
R.Fingers 0 2/3 0 0 0 1 1 0 16 0.00
[1]Totals 9 12 6 6 3 10 1
Xpress (0-2) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA
R.Reuschel LOSS(0-1) 3 2/3 11 10 10 1 2 3 86 24.55
D.Bird 3 2 2 1 4 2 0 62 1.59
D.Laroche 2 1/3 1 0 0 4 1 0 48 0.00
[1]Totals 9 14 12 11 9 5 3
ATTENDANCE- 33,327 DATE- Wednesday, October 8th 1975 TIME- Night
T- 3:04
LEFT ON BASE- Indians:11 Xpress: 9
DOUBLE PLAYS- Indians: 1 Xpress: 1
ERRORS- D.Kessinger, R.Carew, R.Metzger
DOUBLES- J.Rudi(1st), G.Nettles(1st), H.McRae(1st), S.Bando(1st)
TRIPLES- D.Kessinger(1st), D.Doyle(1st)
HOME RUNS- J.Morgan(1st), G.Scott(1st), J.Rudi(1st), R.Carew(1st)
RBIs- J.Morgan-2(3rd), G.Scott-4(4th), J.Rudi-2(2nd), G.Nettles(3rd),
H.McRae(1st), D.Kessinger(1st), R.Carew-3(3rd), B.Pocoroba(1st),
D.Doyle(1st), R.Metzger(1st)
WALKS- J.Morgan-3, K.Henderson, G.Scott-2, G.Nettles, D.Porter-2, G.Luzinski,
S.Bando, D.Doyle
HIT BY PITCH- G.Maddox
STRIKE OUTS- B.McBride, S.Lezcano, J.Morgan, J.Rudi-2, G.Gross-2, R.Carew,
G.Luzinski-2, T.Solaita, S.Bando, G.Maddox, B.Pocoroba, D.Doyle
GIDP- D.Porter, G.Luzinski
BALKS- R.Reuschel
WILD PITCHES- J.Montefusco, R.Fingers
2-out RBI- J.Rudi-2, B.Pocoroba, D.Doyle, G.Scott
RLISP 2-out- H.McRae-3, J.Morgan, R.Carew, D.Doyle, R.Metzger, J.Rudi-3,
G.Maddox
WEB GEMS- Top 8th: Roger Metzger robbed Graig Nettles of a base hit.
George Scott slammed a homerun and had 4 RBI as the Cleveland Indians topped
the Minnesota Xpress by a score of 12 to 6 at Xpress Stadium.
Scott enjoyed a fine evening at the plate. He smashed a two-run homer in the
4th inning, laced a single in the 4th inning and singled bringing in a run in
the 6th inning. Cleveland totaled 14 hits on the night.
The winning pitcher was John Montefusco(1-0) who allowed 6 runs in 8 and 1/3
innings. Rick Reuschel(0-1) was the losing pitcher. He surrended 3 homeruns
in his 3 and 2/3 innings.