Rick Manning, Duane Kuiper and Rico Carty collected seven hits among them and led the Indians to a 5-3 victory over the Rangers, who suffered their first defeat of the season after winning four games. Dennis Eckersley shut out the Rangers until the ninth inning when Toby Harrah homered with two men on base. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 5, Texas Rangers 3
Game Played on Wednesday, April     13, 1977 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Indians      1  0  0    1  1  0    1  1  0  -   5 11  0
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  3  -   3  8  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Manning cf            3   3   2   0     2   0   .368      Campaneris ss         4   0   0   0     0   1   .174
Kuiper 2b             4   0   3   1     0   0   .368      Wills 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .238
Norris rf             4   0   0   1     0   1   .368      Washington lf         4   1   3   0     0   0   .455
Carty dh              5   0   2   2     0   1   .267      Hargrove 1b           4   1   2   0     0   0   .278
Thornton 1b           4   0   1   0     1   2   .125      Henderson rf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .250
Melton 3b             4   1   0   0     0   0   .313      Harrah 3b             4   1   1   3     0   0   .300
  Dade 3b             1   0   0   0     0   0   .500      Grieve dh             3   0   0   0     0   1   .235
Bell lf               4   1   1   0     0   1   .412        May ph,dh           0   0   0   0     1   0   .500
Fosse c               3   0   2   1     1   0   .214      Sundberg c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Duffy ss              3   0   0   0     1   1   .000        Howell ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Eckersley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Beniquez cf           3   0   0   0     0   1   .286
                                                          Boggs p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Briles p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Wallace p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   5  11   5     5   6             Totals               34   3   8   3     1   5

Time of Game: 2:44   Attendance: 12,260
Left on Base: Indians 10, Rangers 5
DP: Indians 1, Rangers 1
Errors: Campaneris
Home Runs: Harrah (2)
Stolen Bases: Kuiper (1), Norris (3), Carty (1), Washington (2)
Caught Stealing: Fosse (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Norris (2)
GIDP: Grieve (1)
Hit by Pitch: Kuiper (1,by Lindblad)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Eckersley W(1-0)        9     8   3   3   1   5   1  35   3.50
Totals                  9     8   3   3   1   5   1  35

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Boggs L(0-1)            4.1   8   3   3   2   4   0  22   6.23
Briles                  0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   0.00
Wallace                 2.2   3   2   2   3   1   0  13   6.75
Lindblad                1.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   5   0.00
Totals                  9    11   5   5   5   6   0  42

Hit by Pitch: Lindblad (1)

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Greg Kosc


INDIANS 1ST: Manning walked; Kuiper singled to left [Manning to
second]; Norris forced Kuiper (shortstop to second) [Manning to
third]; Carty reached on an error by Campaneris [Manning scored,
Norris to second]; Thornton singled to left [Norris out at home
(left to catcher), Carty out at third (catcher to second)]; 1 R,
2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Campaneris struck out; Wills flied out to center;
Washington singled to left; Hargrove singled to right
[Washington to third]; Henderson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 1, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Melton flied out to left; Bell struck out; Fosse
singled to center; Duffy struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Harrah flied out to left; Grieve struck out;
Sundberg singled to left; Beniquez struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 1, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Kuiper
singled to left; Kuiper stole second; Norris struck out; Carty
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Campaneris popped to second; Wills grounded out
(second to first); Washington singled to left; Washington stole
second; Hargrove flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 1, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Thornton walked; Melton forced Thornton (second to
shortstop); Bell grounded out (second to first) [Melton to
second]; Fosse singled to center [Melton scored]; Duffy forced
Fosse (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Henderson flied out to left; Harrah popped to
shortstop; Grieve lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
2, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Manning singled to center; Kuiper singled to right
[Manning to third]; Norris forced Kuiper (pitcher to shortstop)
[Manning scored]; Carty singled to right [Norris to second];
BRILES REPLACED BOGGS (PITCHING); Thornton struck out; Norris
stole third and Carty stole second; Melton grounded out (pitcher
to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg flied out to right; Beniquez flied out to
center; Campaneris flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 3, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 6TH: WALLACE REPLACED BRILES (PITCHING); Bell grounded
out (shortstop to first); Fosse walked; Fosse was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Duffy grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Wills grounded out (first unassisted); Washington
flied out to center; Hargrove grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 7TH: On a bunt Manning singled to second; Kuiper flied
out to center; Norris out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first)
[Manning to second]; Carty singled to center [Manning scored];
Thornton struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Henderson singled to right; Harrah forced Henderson
(third to second); Grieve grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Harrah out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 4, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 8TH: Melton grounded out (third to first); Bell singled
to left; Fosse popped to first in foul territory; Duffy walked
[Bell to second]; Manning walked [Bell to third, Duffy to
second]; LINDBLAD REPLACED WALLACE (PITCHING); Kuiper was hit by
a pitch [Bell scored, Duffy to third, Manning to second]; Norris
lined to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 5, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 8TH: DADE REPLACED MELTON (PLAYING 3B); Sundberg popped
to second; Beniquez flied out to center; Campaneris flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 9TH: Carty flied out to right; Thornton popped to first
in foul territory; Dade grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 9TH: Wills struck out; Washington singled to center;
Hargrove singled to right [Washington to second]; Henderson
flied out to right; Harrah homered [Washington scored, Hargrove
scored]; MAY BATTED FOR GRIEVE; May walked; HOWELL BATTED FOR
SUNDBERG; Howell grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 5, Rangers 3.