Two-run homers by Walt Williams and John Ellis, together with a run-scoring triple by Buddy Bell, enabled the Indians to defeat the Rangers, 5-4. Dave Nelson led off the game with a homer for the Rangers, but the Indians went ahead with three runs in the third.

Bell's triple drove in Leo Cardenas, who was safe on an error, and Williams followed with his homer. The Rangers regained the lead with three runs in the sixth, but in the Indians' half George Hendrick singled and Ellis hit his homer to decide the game. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 5, Texas Rangers 4
Game Played on Tuesday, June      12, 1973 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Rangers      1  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   4  8  1
Indians      0  0  3    0  0  2    0  0  x  -   5  7  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nelson 2b             4   2   3   1     0   0   .302      Bell 3b               3   1   2   1     1   0   .278
Harrah 3b             4   1   1   1     0   0   .235      Williams lf           4   1   1   2     0   1   .236
Carty lf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .207        Torres rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Johnson dh            3   0   1   0     1   1   .301      Hendrick cf           4   1   1   0     0   1   .255
Spencer 1b            4   1   2   1     0   1   .292      Spikes rf,lf          3   0   0   0     0   1   .222
Billings c            2   0   0   0     0   0   .203      Ellis c               3   1   2   2     0   0   .314
  Suarez c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .330      Lolich dh             3   0   0   0     0   0   .208
Biittner rf           3   0   1   1     0   0   .226      Chambliss 1b          3   0   1   0     0   0   .173
  Burroughs ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Ragland 2b            3   0   0   0     0   1   .289
Harris cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .254      Cardenas ss           3   1   0   0     0   0   .188
Mason ss              3   0   0   0     0   2   .287      Wilcox p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sudakis ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .194        Hilgendorf p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Merritt p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gogolewski p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   4   8   4     2   5             Totals               29   5   7   5     1   4

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance:  2,105
Left on Base: Rangers 5, Indians 1
DP: Rangers 3, Indians 0
Errors: Harris, Chambliss
Doubles: Johnson (9)
Triples: Bell (2)
Home Runs: Nelson (4), Williams (1), Ellis (2)
Stolen Bases: Nelson (14)
Caught Stealing: Johnson (3)
GIDP: Cardenas (3)
Hit by Pitch: Carty (1,by Wilcox), Billings (2,by Wilcox)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Merritt L(0-2)          6     6   5   4   0   2   2  24   4.29
Gogolewski              2     1   0   0   1   2   0   6   3.00
Totals                  8     7   5   4   1   4   2  30

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilcox W(4-3)           6     6   4   4   2   2   1  25   5.29
Hilgendorf SV(1)        3     2   0   0   0   3   0  11   1.69
Totals                  9     8   4   4   2   5   1  36

Hit by Pitch: Wilcox 2 (6)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Larry Napp, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Ron Luciano


RANGERS 1ST: Nelson homered; Harrah grounded out (second to
first); Carty grounded out (third to first); Johnson walked;
Johnson was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Bell singled to left; Williams lined into a double
play (second to first) [Bell out at first]; Hendrick popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Indians 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Spencer popped to catcher in foul territory;
Billings popped to third; Biittner grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Spikes grounded out (pitcher to first); Ellis
singled to left; Lolich flied out to right; Chambliss flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Harris grounded out (pitcher to first); Mason
grounded out (second to first); Nelson flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Ragland grounded out (third to first); Cardenas
reached on an error by Harris [Cardenas to second]; Bell tripled
to center [Cardenas scored (unearned)]; Williams homered [Bell
scored]; Hendrick grounded out (shortstop to first); Spikes
grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Indians 3.

RANGERS 4TH: Harrah flied out to center; Carty grounded out
(second to first); Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Indians 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Ellis popped to second; Lolich flied out to center;
Chambliss flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Indians 3.

RANGERS 5TH: Spencer singled to center; Billings grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Spencer to second]; Biittner grounded out
(third to first); Harris walked; Mason struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Ragland flied out to center; Cardenas grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 3.

RANGERS 6TH: Nelson singled to right; Nelson stole second;
Harrah singled to center [Nelson scored]; Carty was hit by a
pitch [Harrah to second]; Johnson forced Carty (third to second)
[Harrah to third]; Spencer singled to left [Harrah scored,
Johnson out at third (left to third)]; Billings was hit by a
pitch [Spencer to second]; Biittner singled to left [Spencer
scored, Billings to third, Biittner out at second (left to
catcher to second)]; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Indians 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Williams struck out; Hendrick singled to left;
Spikes struck out; Ellis homered [Hendrick scored]; Lolich flied
out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Indians 5.

RANGERS 7TH: HILGENDORF REPLACED WILCOX (PITCHING); Harris
struck out; Mason was called out on strikes; Nelson singled to
first [Nelson to second (error by Chambliss)]; Harrah grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Indians
5.

INDIANS 7TH: SUAREZ REPLACED BILLINGS (PLAYING C ); GOGOLEWSKI
REPLACED MERRITT (PITCHING); Chambliss singled to center;
Ragland was called out on strikes; Cardenas grounded into a
double play (second to first) [Chambliss out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Indians 5.

RANGERS 8TH: Carty lined to shortstop; Johnson doubled; Spencer
struck out; Suarez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Indians 5.

INDIANS 8TH: Bell walked; Williams lined into a double play
(first to second) [Bell out at second]; Hendrick struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Indians 5.

RANGERS 9TH: TORRES REPLACED WILLIAMS (PLAYING RF); SPIKES
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); BURROUGHS BATTED FOR BIITTNER;
Burroughs flied out to center; Harris popped to catcher in foul
territory; SUDAKIS BATTED FOR MASON; Sudakis flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Indians 5.