Gaylord Perry pitched a six-hitter as the Indians breezed to an 8-1 victory over the Rangers. The Indians scored their first five runs off David Clyde, but the Rangers' youngster was a victim of poor support that resulted in three tainted tallies.

Walt Williams started the Indians' scoring with a homer in the first inning. Chris Chambliss singled and scored when John Ellis singled and Bill Sudakis booted the ball in right field for a two-base error. Ellis then counted on a sacrifice fly by Charlie Spikes. With two out in the fourth, a double by Buddy Bell, intentional pass to Williams, infield hit by Chambliss and wild throw by Toby Harrah on the play admitted two more markers. Jeff Burroughs saved Rangers from being shutout with a homer in the fifth. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 8, Texas Rangers 1
Game Played on Friday, August    10, 1973 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Indians      3  0  0    2  1  0    1  0  1  -   8 13  0
Rangers      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  5


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bell 3b               5   1   1   0     0   0   .275      Nelson 2b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .276
Williams lf           3   2   1   1     2   2   .278      Harrah ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .268
Chambliss 1b          5   1   2   1     0   0   .263      Spencer 1b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .278
Ellis c               4   1   2   1     1   1   .280      Johnson dh            2   0   0   0     0   2   .292
Spikes dh             3   1   1   1     1   0   .236        Biittner ph,dh      2   0   1   0     0   0   .212
Hendrick cf           4   1   1   0     1   0   .267      Sudakis rf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .211
Lolich rf             2   0   0   0     0   0   .216      Burroughs lf          2   1   1   1     1   0   .273
  Torres ph,rf        3   1   2   0     0   0   .201      Fregosi 3b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .249
Duffy ss              5   0   2   2     0   1   .244      Harris cf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .252
Ragland 2b            5   0   1   0     0   1   .259      Suarez c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .276
Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Clyde p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gogolewski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Siebert p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Allen p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   8  13   6     5   5             Totals               30   1   6   1     1   6

Time of Game: 2:11   Attendance: 28,326
Left on Base: Indians 10, Rangers 3
DP: Indians 2, Rangers 2
Errors: Harrah 3, Sudakis, Fregosi
Doubles: Bell (19)
Triples: Ellis (2), Duffy (2)
Home Runs: Williams (4), Burroughs (19)
Sacrifice Flies: Spikes (3)
GIDP: Torres (6), Harrah (7), Sudakis (5)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(12-15)          9     6   1   1   1   6   1  31   3.43
Totals                  9     6   1   1   1   6   1  31

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clyde L(3-4)            4     8   5   3   3   2   1  22   3.66
Gogolewski              3     3   2   1   1   1   0  15   3.35
Siebert                 1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   2.50
Allen                   1     2   1   1   1   0   0   5  10.96
Totals                  9    13   8   5   5   5   1  45

Umpires: HP - Hank Morgenweck, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Joe Brinkman


INDIANS 1ST: Bell flied out to center; Williams homered;
Chambliss singled to center; Ellis tripled to right [Chambliss
scored]; Sudakis dropped a foul fly hit by Spikes for an error;
Spikes hit a sacrifice fly to left [Ellis scored (unearned)];
Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Nelson struck out; Harrah grounded out (shortstop
to first); Spencer was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 3, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Lolich grounded out (second to first); Duffy
grounded out (second to first); Ragland singled to right; Bell
forced Ragland (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Johnson struck out; Sudakis was called out on
strikes; Burroughs walked; Fregosi singled to left [Burroughs
out at third (left to third)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3,
Rangers 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Williams walked; Chambliss lined into a double play
(third to first) [Williams out at first]; Ellis singled to
center; Spikes singled to center [Ellis to second]; Hendrick
walked [Ellis to third, Spikes to second]; Lolich forced Spikes
(third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Harris flied out to right; Suarez grounded out
(shortstop to first); Nelson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 3, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Duffy struck out; Ragland was called out on
strikes; Bell doubled to left; Williams was walked
intentionally; Chambliss singled to left [Bell scored, Williams
scored (error by Harrah) (unearned) (no RBI), Chambliss to
third]; Ellis grounded out (second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Harrah flied out to left; Spencer flied out to
center; Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5,
Rangers 0.

INDIANS 5TH: GOGOLEWSKI REPLACED CLYDE (PITCHING); Spikes
grounded out (third to first); Hendrick popped to second; TORRES
BATTED FOR LOLICH; Torres singled to right; Duffy tripled
[Torres scored]; Ragland flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 6, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: TORRES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Sudakis lined
to center; Burroughs homered; Fregosi flied out to right; Harris
grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
6, Rangers 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Bell reached on an error by Fregosi [Bell to
second]; Williams struck out; Chambliss flied out to center;
Ellis walked; Spikes grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 6, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Suarez singled to left; On a bunt Nelson singled to
third [Suarez to second]; Harrah grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Suarez to third, Nelson out at
second]; Spencer grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 6, Rangers 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Hendrick reached on an error by Harrah; Torres
singled to left [Hendrick to second]; Duffy popped to second;
Ragland forced Torres (second to shortstop) [Hendrick scored
(error by Harrah) (unearned), Ragland to second]; Bell flied out
to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 7, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 7TH: BIITTNER BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Biittner singled to
right; Sudakis grounded into a double play (second to shortstop
to first) [Biittner out at second]; Burroughs grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7, Rangers
1.

INDIANS 8TH: SIEBERT REPLACED GOGOLEWSKI (PITCHING); Williams
struck out; Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Ellis
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 8TH: Fregosi flied out to right; Harris flied out to
left; Suarez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 7, Rangers 1.

INDIANS 9TH: ALLEN REPLACED SIEBERT (PITCHING); Spikes walked;
Hendrick singled to third [Spikes to second]; Torres grounded
into a double play (second to first) [Spikes to third, Hendrick
out at second]; Duffy singled to pitcher [Spikes scored];
Ragland grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 8, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 9TH: Nelson grounded out (second to first); On a bunt
Harrah singled to pitcher; Spencer flied out to left; Biittner
forced Harrah (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 8, Rangers 1.