With a triple and homer, Buddy Bell batted in four runs to lead the Indians to a 9-4 victory, handing Bert Blyleven his third straight loss since the Rangers obtained the righthander in a deal with the Twins. Bell knocked in one run with his triple and three with his homer. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 9, Texas Rangers 4
Game Played on Wednesday, June      16, 1976 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Indians      0  2  2    0  0  0    0  4  1  -   9 10  0
Rangers      0  0  0    2  0  0    0  2  0  -   4 11  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Gonzalez 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .217      Clines lf             4   0   2   1     1   0   .299
Manning cf            5   2   2   0     0   1   .282      Randle 2b             4   0   1   0     1   1   .256
Lowenstein rf         3   1   0   0     1   1   .255      Hargrove 1b           5   0   1   0     0   2   .304
  Howard ph,rf        0   0   0   0     1   0   .211      Harrah ss             5   0   1   0     0   0   .286
Carty dh              4   0   0   1     0   2   .305      Burroughs rf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .240
Hendrick lf           4   2   2   3     0   1   .252      Howell 3b             3   2   2   0     1   0   .276
Ashby c               3   1   0   0     1   0   .234      Grieve dh             4   1   1   2     0   2   .264
Bell 3b               4   2   3   4     0   0   .319      Beniquez cf           4   1   2   0     0   1   .247
Duffy ss              4   0   1   1     0   1   .231      Sundberg c            3   0   1   1     1   1   .237
Kuiper 2b             4   1   2   0     0   1   .219      Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Brown p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Thomas p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hoerner p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   9  10   9     3   8             Totals               36   4  11   4     4   8

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 18,006
Left on Base: Indians 5, Rangers 9
DP: Indians 2, Rangers 0
Errors: Hargrove, Beniquez
Doubles: Manning (7), Hargrove (13)
Triples: Bell (1)
Home Runs: Hendrick (9), Bell (4), Grieve (8)
Stolen Bases: Clines (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Gonzalez (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Hendrick (4), Carty (4)
GIDP: Harrah (9)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brown W(6-2)            8    10   4   4   2   7   1  35   2.39
Thomas                  0     0   0   0   2   0   0   2   2.66
LaRoche                 1     1   0   0   0   1   0   3   1.57
Totals                  9    11   4   4   4   8   1  40

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(4-8)         7.2   8   7   7   2   7   1  33   3.62
Foucault                0.1   1   1   1   0   1   1   2   1.67
Hoerner                 1     1   1   0   1   0   0   6   1.84
Totals                  9    10   9   8   3   8   2  41

Wild Pitches: Brown (1), Blyleven 2 (2)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Dave Phillips


INDIANS 1ST: Gonzalez was called out on strikes; Manning struck
out; Lowenstein struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Clines grounded out (third to first); Randle struck
out; Hargrove doubled to center; Harrah grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Carty struck out; Hendrick singled to left; Ashby
grounded out (first unassisted) [Hendrick to second]; Bell
tripled to right [Hendrick scored]; Duffy singled to left [Bell
scored]; Kuiper singled to center [Duffy to third (error by
Beniquez)]; Gonzalez lined to third; 2 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 2, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Burroughs was called out on strikes; Howell singled
to center; Grieve was called out on strikes; Beniquez singled to
left [Howell to third]; Sundberg struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 2, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Manning singled to left; Lowenstein grounded out
(second to first) [Manning to second]; Blyleven threw a wild
pitch [Manning to third]; Carty struck out; Hendrick homered
[Manning scored]; Ashby grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Clines singled to right; Randle flied out to right;
Hargrove struck out; Clines stole second; Harrah flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Bell grounded out (second to first); Duffy flied
out to center; Kuiper was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Burroughs grounded out (third to first); Howell
walked; Grieve struck out; Beniquez singled to center [Howell to
third]; Sundberg singled to left [Howell scored, Beniquez to
second]; Clines singled to center [Beniquez scored, Sundberg to
second]; Brown threw a wild pitch [Sundberg to third, Clines to
second]; Randle walked; Hargrove grounded out (second to first);
2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 4, Rangers 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Gonzalez flied out to center; Manning grounded out
(first to pitcher); Lowenstein flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 4, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: On a bunt Harrah singled to catcher; Burroughs
flied out to left; Howell hit into a double play to left [Harrah
out at second (left to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
4, Rangers 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Hendrick
struck out; Ashby grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Grieve grounded out (shortstop to first); Beniquez
struck out; Sundberg grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Rangers 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Bell singled to center; Duffy flied out to center;
Kuiper flied out to center; Gonzalez lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Clines made an out to second; Randle grounded out
(second to first); Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Rangers 2.

INDIANS 8TH: Manning doubled to right; Lowenstein walked; Carty
flied out to right; Blyleven threw a wild pitch [Manning to
third, Lowenstein to second]; Hendrick hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Manning scored]; Ashby walked; FOUCAULT REPLACED
BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Bell homered [Lowenstein scored, Ashby
scored]; Duffy struck out; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 8,
Rangers 2.

RANGERS 8TH: Harrah made an out to shortstop; Burroughs flied
out to left; Howell singled to right; Grieve homered [Howell
scored]; Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 8, Rangers 4.

INDIANS 9TH: HOERNER REPLACED FOUCAULT (PITCHING); Kuiper
singled to left; Gonzalez reached on an error by Hargrove on a
sacrifice bunt [Kuiper to third, Gonzalez to second]; Manning
grounded out (shortstop to first); HOWARD BATTED FOR LOWENSTEIN;
Howard was walked intentionally; Carty hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Kuiper scored (unearned)]; Hendrick grounded out (second
to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 9, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 9TH: HOWARD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); THOMAS REPLACED
BROWN (PITCHING); Sundberg walked; Clines walked [Sundberg to
second]; LAROCHE REPLACED THOMAS (PITCHING); Randle singled to
right [Sundberg to third, Clines to second]; Hargrove struck
out; Harrah grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Randle out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 9,
Rangers 4.