The Indians pounded Gaylord Perry, their former teammate, for 10 hits and defeated the Rangers, 5-1, to snap a seven-game losing streak. Perry, making his first appearance in a Texas uniform since the deal was announced on June 13, gave up two runs in the first inning on singles by Duane Kuiper and Rick Manning and a double by Bobbg Powell. Another double by Powell and single by George Hendrick added a run in third.

The Indians then wrapped up their scoring in the fifth with a single by Kuiper, triple by Manning and infield out by Hendrick. Jackie Brown, who went to the Indians in the Perry deal, made his first relief appearance in Cleveland livery and retired one batter after taking over for Dennis Eckersley. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 5, Texas Rangers 1

Game Played on Sunday, June 15, 1975 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Indians 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 5 11 1 Rangers 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 1 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .233 Tovar dh 5 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Kuiper 2b 5 2 2 0 0 0 .395 Harrah 3b 4 0 2 0 1 0 .268 Manning lf 4 2 2 1 0 0 .301 Randle 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Powell 1b 3 1 2 2 1 0 .284 Burroughs rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .235 Hendrick cf 4 0 1 2 0 0 .258 Hargrove lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .358 Gamble dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Spencer 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .266 Carty ph,dh 0 0 0 0 1 0 .280 Smalley ss 3 0 0 1 0 0 .265 Spikes rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .201 Lovitto cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .218 Ellis c 4 0 1 0 0 1 .226 Sundberg c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .235 Duffy ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .207 Cubbage ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 Eckersley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Perry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brown p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kekich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bacsik p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 5 11 5 2 3 Totals 33 1 6 1 4 3 Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 27,171 Left on Base: Indians 6, Rangers 10 DP: Indians 0, Rangers 1 Errors: Bell, Randle Doubles: Powell 2 (6), Duffy (7) Triples: Manning (2) Stolen Bases: Harrah (14) Caught Stealing: Ellis (1), Duffy (4) Sacrifice Hits: Bell (4) Sacrifice Flies: Smalley (2) GIDP: Ellis (8) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Eckersley W(4-0) 8.2 6 1 1 4 3 0 36 1.59 Brown 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.20 Totals 9 6 1 1 4 3 0 38 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Perry L(6-10) 6 10 5 5 1 3 0 29 3.75 Kekich 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4.50 Bacsik 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.00 Totals 9 11 5 5 2 3 0 38 Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Jerry Neudecker INDIANS 1ST: Bell struck out; Kuiper singled to first; Manning singled to center [Kuiper to second]; Powell doubled to left [Kuiper scored, Manning scored]; Hendrick flied out to right [Powell to third]; Gamble popped to first in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Tovar flied out to left; Harrah walked; Harrah stole second; Randle flied out to left; Burroughs struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Rangers 0. INDIANS 2ND: Spikes struck out; Ellis reached on an error by Randle; Duffy doubled to left [Ellis to third]; Ellis was caught stealing home (catcher to pitcher); Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Hargrove flied to left in foul territory; Spencer singled to right; Smalley flied out to left; Lovitto walked [Spencer to second]; Sundberg forced Lovitto (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 2, Rangers 0. INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper made an out to first; Manning grounded out (first unassisted); Powell doubled to right; Hendrick singled to center [Powell scored, Hendrick to second]; Gamble flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Tovar grounded out (second to first); Harrah grounded out (pitcher to first); Randle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Rangers 0. INDIANS 4TH: Spikes grounded out (third to first); Ellis struck out; Duffy grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Burroughs struck out; Hargrove singled to center; Spencer singled to right [Hargrove to third]; Smalley hit a sacrifice fly to center [Hargrove scored]; Lovitto was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Rangers 1. INDIANS 5TH: Bell grounded out (third to first); Kuiper singled to center; Manning tripled to right [Kuiper scored]; Powell was walked intentionally; Hendrick forced Powell (second to shortstop) [Manning scored]; Gamble grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Rangers 1. RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Tovar grounded out (third to first); Harrah singled to left; Randle forced Harrah (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Rangers 1. INDIANS 6TH: Spikes grounded out (second to first); Ellis singled to center; Duffy forced Ellis (third to second); Bell singled to shortstop [Duffy to second]; Kuiper lined to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 5, Rangers 1. RANGERS 6TH: Burroughs grounded out (pitcher to first); Hargrove walked; Spencer made an out to second; Smalley made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Rangers 1. INDIANS 7TH: KEKICH REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING); Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Powell grounded out (second to first); Hendrick grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Rangers 1. RANGERS 7TH: Lovitto flied out to center; Sundberg singled to left; Tovar flied out to center; Harrah singled to center [Sundberg to third]; Randle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 5, Rangers 1. INDIANS 8TH: CARTY BATTED FOR GAMBLE; Carty walked; BACSIK REPLACED KEKICH (PITCHING); Spikes forced Carty (shortstop to second); Debut game for Mike Bacsik; Ellis grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Spikes out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Rangers 1. RANGERS 8TH: Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Hargrove flied out to center; Spencer grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Rangers 1. INDIANS 9TH: Duffy singled to left; Bell out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Duffy to second]; Duffy was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Kuiper made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 5, Rangers 1. RANGERS 9TH: Smalley flied out to center; Lovitto flied out to right; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR SUNDBERG; Cubbage walked; BROWN REPLACED ECKERSLEY (PITCHING); Tovar reached on an error by Bell [Cubbage to second]; Harrah forced Cubbage (third unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Indians 5, Rangers 1.

The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".