Claudell Washington's broken-bat single to left, his third hit of the game, drove in two runs in the top of the ninth and gave the Rangers a 6-4 decision over the Indians. Cleveland had taken a 4-3 lead in the seventh on a solo homer by Ray Fosse. But Jim Sundberg and Mike Hargrove drew walks off reliever and loser Jim Kern in the ninth and Ber tCampaneris tied the score with a single. Texas Rangers 6, Cleveland Indians 4Game Played on Monday, July 25, 1977 (Night game) at Cleveland StadiumRangers 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 - 6 12 1 Indians 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 - 4 11 3 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove 1b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .309 Kuiper 2b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .271 Campaneris ss 5 1 1 1 0 1 .254 Bell 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .287 Washington cf 5 1 3 2 0 1 .292 Blanks ss 4 2 3 0 0 0 .261 Horton dh 3 0 0 0 2 2 .285 Thornton 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .238 Harrah 3b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .276 Carty dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Kirkpatrick lf 4 0 1 0 0 3 .140 Bochte lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .280 Bevacqua ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Spikes rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .254 May rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .240 Norris cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .267 Wills 2b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .290 Fosse c 3 1 3 1 1 0 .281 Sundberg c 3 0 1 2 1 0 .252 Lowenstein pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Alomar pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .250 Bibby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Fahey c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .178 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 D. Ellis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Briles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Devine p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 6 12 6 5 9 Totals 35 4 11 3 2 4 Time of Game: 3:19 Attendance: 10,752 Left on Base: Rangers 9, Indians 7 DP: Rangers 1, Indians 1 Errors: D. Ellis, Bochte, Norris, Bibby Doubles: Wills (15) Triples: Blanks (3) Home Runs: Fosse (6) Stolen Bases: Washington (14), Kirkpatrick (1), Wills (15), Norris (18) Caught Stealing: Fosse (4), Kuiper (7) Sacrifice Flies: Harrah (1), Bochte (3) GIDP: Bevacqua (1), Spikes (2) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Ellis 6 6 3 1 2 3 0 25 4.21 Briles W(4-4) 2.1 4 1 1 0 1 1 10 4.00 Devine SV(8) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.32 Totals 9 11 4 2 2 4 1 38 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bibby 7 10 3 3 2 8 0 32 3.76 Kern L(4-7) 1 2 3 3 2 1 0 7 3.05 Hood 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3.20 Totals 9 12 6 6 5 9 0 42 Passed Balls: Sundberg (2), Fosse (3) Wild Pitches: Bibby (7) Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - Art Frantz RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove made an out to third; Campaneris made an out to second; Washington singled to right; Washington was picked off first (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper flied out to right; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Blanks tripled to right; Sundberg allowed a passed ball [Blanks scored (unearned)]; Thornton grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 1. RANGERS 2ND: Horton walked; Harrah flied out to center; Kirkpatrick struck out; May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 1. INDIANS 2ND: Carty struck out; Bochte singled to right; Spikes grounded into a double play (second to first) [Bochte out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 1. RANGERS 3RD: Wills walked; Wills was picked off first but was safe on an error by Bibby [Wills to third]; Sundberg popped to third in foul territory; Hargrove flied out to left; Campaneris was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 1. INDIANS 3RD: Norris grounded out (shortstop to first); Fosse singled to left; Fosse was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Kuiper lined to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 1. RANGERS 4TH: Washington singled to left; Bibby threw a wild pitch [Washington to second]; Horton struck out; Washington stole third; Harrah hit a sacrifice fly to center [Washington scored]; Kirkpatrick was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Indians 1. INDIANS 4TH: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Blanks singled to center; Thornton struck out; Carty flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Indians 1. RANGERS 5TH: May singled to right; Wills doubled to left [May to third]; Sundberg singled to left [May scored, Wills scored]; Hargrove singled to right [Sundberg to third]; Campaneris made an out to second; Washington struck out; Horton struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Indians 1. INDIANS 5TH: Bochte flied out to left; Spikes made an out to catcher; Norris walked; Norris stole second; Fosse walked; Kuiper singled to right [Norris scored, Fosse to second]; Bell made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Indians 2. RANGERS 6TH: Harrah struck out; Kirkpatrick singled to right; Kirkpatrick stole second; May was called out on strikes; Wills singled to shortstop [Kirkpatrick to third]; Wills stole second; Sundberg popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Indians 2. INDIANS 6TH: Blanks singled to center; Thornton struck out; Carty reached on an error by D. Ellis [Blanks to third]; Bochte hit a sacrifice fly to center [Blanks scored (unearned)]; Spikes lined to shortstop; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Indians 3. RANGERS 7TH: Hargrove singled to right; Campaneris forced Hargrove (catcher to shortstop); Washington flied out to left; Horton forced Campaneris (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Indians 3. INDIANS 7TH: BRILES REPLACED D. ELLIS (PITCHING); Norris flied out to left; Fosse homered; Kuiper singled to third; Kuiper was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop to first); Bell flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Indians 4. RANGERS 8TH: Harrah singled to left [Harrah to third (error by Bochte)]; KERN REPLACED BIBBY (PITCHING); Kirkpatrick struck out; May reached on a fielder's choice [Harrah out at home (second to catcher)]; Wills grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Indians 4. INDIANS 8TH: Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first); Thornton singled to left; Carty forced Thornton (third to second); Bochte lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Indians 4. RANGERS 9TH: Sundberg walked; ALOMAR RAN FOR SUNDBERG; Hargrove walked [Alomar to second]; Campaneris singled to center [Alomar scored, Hargrove to third, Campaneris to second (error by Norris)]; Washington singled to left [Hargrove scored, Campaneris scored]; HOOD REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Fosse allowed a passed ball [Washington to second]; Horton walked; Harrah forced Horton (shortstop to second) [Washington to third]; BEVACQUA BATTED FOR KIRKPATRICK; Bevacqua grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Harrah out at second]; 3 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Indians 4. INDIANS 9TH: BEVACQUA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); FAHEY REPLACED ALOMAR (PLAYING C ); Spikes was called out on strikes; Norris singled to center; DEVINE REPLACED BRILES (PITCHING); Fosse singled to left [Norris to second]; LOWENSTEIN RAN FOR FOSSE; Kuiper forced Lowenstein (second to shortstop) [Norris to third]; Bell flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 6, Indians 4. |
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