Sox Scalped; Yaz Ties Ted

The seventh-place Cleveland Indians ambushed Boston's Pennant Express at Fenway Park yesterday, 6-3. A three-run Indian uprising in the sixth--with homers by Chuck Hinton and Chico Salmon--gave a 6-0 lead to Luis Tiant, who fanned eight in coasting to the victory. Red Sox starter Gary Bell suffered the defeat.

For 16,652 Red Sox fans, Carl Yastrzemski supplied the only happy moments in the Boston homecoming. Yaz drove in all three Sox runs in the seventh inning with a towering blast over the flagpole in left-center. The homer was Yastrzemski's 43rd of the season--tieing Ted Williams' club record for a left-hander--and boosted Yastrzemski's league totals in HR's and RBI's in his bid for the American League Triple Crown. He also hit a double in three official at-bats to raise his season average to' .319.

Boston and Cleveland each mustered eight hits, but the Sox stranded eight baserunners. In five different innings, they moved men into scoring position, but each time Tiant bore down to retire the side. Boston's biggest scoring threat came in the fourth when it loaded the bases with two out.