Homers by Dave May and Tom Grieve accounted for five runs and powered the Rangers to a 7-2 victory over the Indians. Grieve connected with a man on base in the second inning and May with two aboard in the third. Andre Thornton produced the Indians' runs with a homer in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 7, Cleveland Indians 2
Game Played on Tuesday, June      14, 1977 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Rangers      0  2  4    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   7 12  0
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   2  8  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills 2b              5   1   2   0     0   0   .317      Kuiper 2b             5   0   1   0     0   1   .260
Beniquez cf           4   1   0   0     1   0   .283      Bell 3b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .301
May rf                4   1   2   3     1   0   .253      Norris cf             3   1   0   0     1   0   .291
Horton dh             5   0   2   1     0   1   .287      Bochte 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .273
Harrah 3b             4   2   1   0     1   0   .268      Thornton dh           4   1   2   2     0   1   .169
Hargrove 1b           4   0   1   1     0   0   .304      Lowenstein lf         2   0   0   0     1   0   .290
Grieve lf             4   1   1   2     0   0   .188        Pruitt ph,lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Campaneris ss         4   0   1   0     0   1   .271      Dade rf               2   0   1   0     0   0   .303
Sundberg c            4   1   2   0     0   0   .245        Grubb ph,rf         2   0   0   0     0   2   .342
Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Fosse c               1   0   1   0     1   0   .252
  Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kendall c           2   0   0   0     0   1   .238
                                                          Duffy ss              4   0   1   0     0   2   .205
                                                          Garland p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Fitzmorris p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Buskey p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   7  12   7     3   2             Totals               34   2   8   2     3   8

Time of Game: 2:46   Attendance:  9,248
Left on Base: Rangers 7, Indians 8
DP: Rangers 1, Indians 1
Doubles: Harrah (15), Horton (8), Fosse (3)
Home Runs: Grieve (5), May (2), Thornton (4)
GIDP: Hargrove (6), Kuiper (2)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry W(6-5)            7.1   7   2   2   3   7   1  32   4.55
Lindblad                1.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   5   2.90
Totals                  9     8   2   2   3   8   1  37

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Garland L(2-7)          2.1   6   6   6   0   0   2  13   5.60
Hood                    2.2   2   1   1   2   1   0  11   3.23
Fitzmorris              2     2   0   0   1   0   0   9   4.78
Buskey                  2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   4.94
Totals                  9    12   7   7   3   2   2  41

Wild Pitches: Perry (1)

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Greg Kosc


RANGERS 1ST: Wills grounded out (second to first); Beniquez
grounded out (shortstop to first); May flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Bell singled
to third; Norris flied out to center; Bochte flied out to left;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah
doubled to right; Hargrove grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Harrah to third]; Grieve homered [Harrah scored]; Campaneris
grounded out (first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton grounded out (third to first); Lowenstein
grounded out (second to first); Dade singled to second; Fosse
walked [Dade to second]; Duffy made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Indians 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg singled to left; Wills singled to left
[Sundberg to second]; Beniquez lined to shortstop; May homered
[Sundberg scored, Wills scored]; Horton singled to right; HOOD
REPLACED GARLAND (PITCHING); Harrah forced Horton (third to
second); Hargrove singled to left [Harrah scored, Hargrove to
second (on throw to home)]; Grieve grounded out (second to
first); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper singled to left; Perry threw a wild pitch
[Kuiper to second]; Bell flied out to center; Norris grounded
out (first unassisted) [Kuiper to third]; Bochte popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6,
Indians 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Campaneris struck out; Sundberg grounded out
(pitcher to first); Wills grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Thornton struck out; Lowenstein flied out to left;
Dade popped to pitcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 6, Indians 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Beniquez walked; May grounded out (second to first)
[Beniquez to second]; Horton doubled to left [Beniquez scored];
Harrah was walked intentionally; Hargrove grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Harrah out at second]; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 7, Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Fosse doubled to left; Duffy struck out; Kuiper
struck out; Bell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 7,
Indians 0.

RANGERS 6TH: KENDALL REPLACED FOSSE (PLAYING C ); FITZMORRIS
REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); Grieve grounded out (shortstop to
first); Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Sundberg
singled to left; Wills singled to left [Sundberg to second];
Beniquez flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 7,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Norris made an out to shortstop; Bochte singled to
left; Thornton singled to center [Bochte to second]; Lowenstein
walked [Bochte to third, Thornton to second]; GRUBB BATTED FOR
DADE; Grubb struck out; Kendall struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Rangers 7, Indians 0.

RANGERS 7TH: GRUBB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); May walked;
Horton made an out to shortstop; Harrah made an out to
shortstop; Hargrove forced May (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 7, Indians 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Duffy was called out on strikes; Kuiper grounded
out (shortstop to first); Bell lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 7, Indians 0.

RANGERS 8TH: BUSKEY REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); Grieve made
an out to third; Campaneris singled to left; Sundberg forced
Campaneris (shortstop to second); Wills flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 7, Indians 0.

INDIANS 8TH: Norris walked; Bochte flied out to center; Thornton
homered [Norris scored]; LINDBLAD REPLACED PERRY (PITCHING);
PRUITT BATTED FOR LOWENSTEIN; Pruitt grounded out (shortstop to
first); Grubb struck out; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 7,
Indians 2.

RANGERS 9TH: PRUITT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Beniquez
grounded out (third to first); May singled to right; Horton
struck out; Harrah grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 7, Indians 2.

INDIANS 9TH: Kendall grounded out (shortstop to first); Duffy
singled to left; Kuiper grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Duffy out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Rangers 7, Indians 2.