Three Home Runs for Tribe's Thomas in Doubleheader

American League:
Kansas City 6 at Boston 7 (10)
- Jim Rice’s MLB best 35^th home run of the season was the walk-off winner as the Red Sox finally defeat the Royals for the first time in eight tries. Jerry Remy also had four hits for the Sox
Texas 3 at New York 5
-Rookie Jerry Mumphery lashed a two run single in the 8^th off Jim Kern (3-4, 2.16) to provide the difference for the pinstripes       
Oakland 3 at Baltimore 2
-Cliff Johnson had two doubles and two RBI’s and Dick Bosman (11-11, 3.31) struck out seven in seven innings as the A’s win the opener at Memorial Stadium
California 9 at Cleveland 6 (game 1)
-Rookie Bobby Jones hit his 8^th home run of the season and drove in five as the Angels outslug the Indians. George Hendrick had a pair of doubles and Gorman Thomas hit his 32^nd home run in a losing cause for the Indians … which is noteworthy because…
California 7 at Cleveland 10 (game 2)
-Gorman Thomas (34HR) and George Hendrick (10^th) each hit two home runs as it was the Indians turn to outslug the Angels. Hendrick hit a three-run home run in the 9^th to win the game
Chicago 1 at Detroit 4 (game 1)
-Steve Stone (2-13, 5.08) returned from the minors only to lose again as Chuck Scrivener (4HR) stunned the Sox with a  pair of home runs in the win
Chicago 1 at Detroit 8 (game 2)
-Ron LeFlore drove in three runs and Mark Fidrych (5-9, 3.75) struck out seven in the complete game victory for the Tigers.
Minnesota 5 at Milwaukee 9 (game 1)
-Jim Gantner had four hits including the game winning RBI as the Brewers take the opener of what will be a five game series with the Twins due to early season rain outs
Minnesota 4 at Milwaukee 3 (game 2)
-Each team only had four hits but made the most of them thanks to home runs by the Twins Chris Speier (6) and the Brewers Danny Thomas (9) and Cecil Cooper 10).

AL East: The Orioles lead is trimmed down to 2 by the Red Sox
AL West:  The Royals lead the Angels by 9 games

National League
Cincinnati 15 at Chicago 4
-Joe Morgan, Dave Concepcion and Johnny Bench each drove in five runs as the Reds romp the Cubs. Morgan (20) and Bench (31) each hit a pair of home runs  - duplicating the feat teammates of the cross-state Indians pulled off tonight
Atlanta 3 at Pittsburgh 10
-Omar Moreno (8HR, 19SB) homered and stole two bases and John Candelaria (11-7, 2.64) remained perfect since being acquired from the Expos as the Pirates roll again
Houston 5 at St. Louis 7
-Cesar Cedeno hits for the cycle at his former team – and the Astros still lose. J.R. Richard (7-10, 5.03) made a spot start for Houston and this could be the last one of the season for the 1975 Cy Young winner. Mark Littell struck out two in the 9^th for his 23^rd save
Philadelphia 3 at Los Angeles 1
-Nino Espinosa (5-5, 3.02) and Tug McGraw (22Sv, 2.00) combined to five hit the Dodgers.
Montreal 2 at San Diego 3
- Danny Frisella (7-5, 2.59) pitched two innings of perfect relief to earn the win. Rusty Staub (20) and Andre Thornton (6) homered in a losing cause for the Expos who’ve now dropped six straight
New York 4 at San Francisco 5 (11)
-Willie McCovey’s 20^th home run of the season was the game winner in the 11^th as the Giants halt the Mets season long five game winning streak. McCovey’s was the third game winning home run of the day

NL East: The Pirates maintain a commanding 9 game lead on the Cardinals
NL West: The Astros lead is down to 3 games over the Reds

 Cleveland 10, California 7

8/20/1976, CAL76-CLE76, game 2, Cleveland Municipal Stadium
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 California        0  0  1  0  0  1  3  0  2     7  9  1     9  2
1976 Cleveland         2  0  3  0  0  1  0  1  3    10 15  0     6  0
 
California           AB  R  H BI   AVG    Cleveland            AB  R  H BI   AVG
Chalk             2b  5  0  0  0  .270    Harrah            3b  5  1  1  1  .238
Rettenmund        lf  2  0  1  0  .229    Kuiper            2b  4  0  1  0  .294
 Lynn             ph  1  0  1  0  .327     Bannister        pr  0  1  0  0  .214
 Baylor           lf  1  1  1  1  .257    Bochte            1b  5  1  2  0  .324
Jackson,Re        rf  4  1  0  1  .294    Thomas.G          cf  4  2  2  3  .230
Thompson          1b  2  2  1  0  .265    Gamble            lf  4  2  2  0  .297
Jones             cf  4  2  1  2  .294    Hendrick          rf  5  2  3  5  .259
Jackson,Ron       3b  5  0  3  2  .270    Fosse             c   4  1  3  0  .278
Sudakis           c   4  0  0  0  .190    Crosby            ss  4  0  0  0  .258
Ramirez           ss  3  0  0  1  .225    Dobson            p   3  0  1  1  .167
John              p   2  1  1  0  .138     Easterly         p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Scott            p   0  0  0  0  .333     Lowenstein       ph  0  0  0  0  .267
 Doyle            ph  1  0  0  0  .251     Parker           p   0  0  0  0  .000
 Minton           p   0  0  0  0  .250                         38 10 15 10
 Boone            ph  1  0  0  0  .264
 Knapp            p   0  0  0  0  .077
                     35  7  9  7
 
California                       INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
John                             4.0  9  5  5  0  2  53  41  3.74
Scott                            1.0  1  0  0  0  0   5   4  4.87
Minton                           2.0  2  1  1  0  2  30  19  4.70
Knapp            L 0-5           1.2  3  4  4  3  4  49  26  5.11
                                 8.2 15 10 10  3  8 137  90 
 
Cleveland                        INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Dobson                           6.1  4  3  3  6  5 123  68  6.14
Easterly                         1.2  3  2  2  0  1  25  16  4.62
Parker           BS 7, W 6-7     1.0  2  2  2  1  1  24  13  5.27
                                 9.0  9  7  7  7  7 172  97 
 
CAL: Doyle batted for Scott in the 6th
     Lynn batted for Rettenmund in the 7th
     Baylor inserted at lf in the 7th
     Boone batted for Minton in the 8th
CLE: Lowenstein batted for Easterly in the 8th
     Bannister ran for Kuiper in the 9th
 
E-Sudakis. 2B-Jones, Jackson,Ron, Dobson. 3B-Gamble. HR-Baylor(25), 
Harrah(19), Thomas.G 2(34), Hendrick 2(10). SB-Bochte(5), Fosse(3), 
Bannister(12). K-Rettenmund, Jackson,Re, Jones, Jackson,Ron, Sudakis 3, 
Harrah 2, Bochte, Thomas.G 2, Hendrick, Fosse, Crosby. BB-Rettenmund, 
Jackson,Re, Thompson 3, Jones, Sudakis, Kuiper, Gamble, Lowenstein. 
SH-Thomas.G. SF-Ramirez. WP-Minton. 
GWRBI: Hendrick