Indians 5, Yankees 3 Box Score, May 27, 1976

May 27, 1976 · 7:05 PM EDT

Cleveland IndiansCLE · 81-78CLE81-785

Final

New York YankeesNYY · 97-62NYY97-62

W: Jim BibbyL: Rudy MayS: Dave LaRoche

Top performers

RCRico CartyDH1-4H-AB2 RBI · 1 RTop hitterMRMickey RiversCF1-5H-ABHR · 2 RBI · 1 R
JBJim BibbyP1.1IP0 ER · 2 K · WWinning pitcher
Losing pitcherRMRudy MayP6.0IP4 ER · 7 K · L
DLDave LaRocheP3.0IP0 ER · 2 K · SSave

Game flow

NYY100%50%100%CLE

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Biggest lead CLE by 3

Key plays

T4 +15% CLERico Carty singles on a line drive to right fielder Rick Dempsey. Rick Manning scores. Larvell Blanks scores. Rico Carty to 2nd.CLE 2 · NYY 0
B4 +17% NYYChris Chambliss triples (2) on a line drive to right fielder Charlie Spikes. Thurman Munson scores.CLE 3 · NYY 1
B5 +29% NYYMickey Rivers hits a home run (2). Fred Stanley scores.CLE 3 · NYY 3
T7 +19% CLEBoog Powell singles on a ground ball to right fielder Rick Dempsey. George Hendrick scores. Charlie Spikes to 3rd.CLE 4 · NYY 3
B7 +15% CLEChris Chambliss grounds into a force out, second baseman Larvell Blanks to shortstop Frank Duffy. Thurman Munson out at 2nd. Chris Chambliss to 1st.CLE 5 · NYY 3

Team stats

CLE

NYY

8Hits8
5Runs3
0Home runs1
2Walks3
8Strikeouts6
1Errors1

.235Batting average.229
.278On-base %.289
.265Slugging.429
3.00ERA4.00
12Left on base21

1976 AL East Standings

	W	L	PCT	GB
1NYYankees	97	62	.610	—
2BAOrioles	88	74	.543	10.5
3BORed Sox	83	79	.512	15.5
4CLGuardians	81	78	.509	16.0
5DETigers	74	87	.460	24.0
6MIBrewers	66	95	.410	32.0

Game info

Venue: Yankee Stadium I

Guardians

Batting


RMRick ManningCF	4	1	1	0	0	1
LBLarvell Blanks2B	4	1	1	0	0	0
BBBuddy Bell3B	2	0	0	0	0	1
RCRico CartyDH	4	1	1	2	0	0
GHGeorge HendrickLF	4	1	1	0	0	0
CSCharlie SpikesRF	4	1	2	0	0	1
DHDoug Howard1B	2	0	0	0	0	1
AAAlan AshbyC	3	0	0	0	1	2
FDFrank DuffySS	4	0	1	1	0	2
RPRon Pruitt3B	1	0	0	0	1	0
BPBoog Powell1B	2	0	1	1	0	0
Totals	34	5	8	4	2	8

2B: Blanks

RBI: Carty 2, Duffy, Powell

LOB: 12

Pitching


DLDave LaRocheS	3.0	1	0	1	2	0	19
FPFritz Peterson	4.2	6	3	1	2	1	27
JBJim BibbyW	1.1	1	0	1	2	0	13
Totals	9.0	8	3	3	6	1	59

Yankees

Batting


MRMickey RiversCF	5	1	1	2	1	0	0
RWRoy WhiteLF	5	0	1	0	0	0	2
TMThurman MunsonC	3	1	1	0	0	1	0
CCChris Chambliss1B	4	0	1	1	0	0	1
LPLou PiniellaDH	4	0	1	0	0	0	0
GNGraig Nettles3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
RDRick DempseyRF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1
WRWillie Randolph2B	3	0	1	0	0	1	0
FSFred StanleySS	1	1	0	0	0	1	1
OGOscar GamblePH	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
SASandy Alomar Sr.SS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	35	3	8	3	1	3	6

3B: Chambliss, Piniella

HR: Rivers

RBI: Rivers 2, Chambliss

LOB: 21

Pitching


DTDick Tidrow	0.0	1	0	0	0	1
RMRudy MayL	6.0	5	4	1	7	41
SLSparky Lyle	3.0	2	0	1	1	16
Totals	9.0	8	4	2	8	58

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1976 AL East Standings

Game info

Guardians

Batting

Pitching

Yankees

Batting

Pitching

1 · CLE 0–0 NYY · Tied 0–0

Guardians beat Yankees 5-3 as Carty goes 1-for-4

Players mentioned

Cleveland Indians at New York Yankees

Top performers

Game flow

Key plays

Team stats

1976 AL East Standings

Game info

Guardians

Batting

Pitching

Yankees

Batting

Pitching

1 · CLE 0–0 NYY · Tied 0–0

Guardians beat Yankees 5-3 as Carty goes 1-for-4

Players mentioned