The Indians blanked the Rangers, 6-0, as Rick Waits, who hurled only one complete game in 16 starts in 1977, tossed a two-hitter. All the Tribe runs came in the sixth inning. With one out, Paul Dade was safe on Bump Wills' error then stole second. Larvell Blanks doubled home Dade and scored on Buddy Bell's single to right.

Bell moved to second on a wild pitch and Andre Thornton was given an intentional walk. After Willie Horton struck out, Ted Cox lined a single to left to score Bell and Ron Pruitt followed with a three-run homer. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 6, Texas Rangers 0
Game Played on Monday, April     17, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  3
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  6    0  0  x  -   6  8  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .233      Dade rf               4   1   2   0     0   0   .412
Campaneris ss         4   0   0   0     0   0   .067      Blanks ss             4   1   1   1     0   0   .273
Oliver lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .270      Bell 3b               4   1   2   1     0   1   .419
Zisk rf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .333      Thornton 1b           3   1   0   0     1   0   .192
Harrah 3b             2   0   1   0     1   0   .226      Horton dh             4   0   1   0     0   1   .281
Bevacqua dh           3   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Cox lf                4   1   1   1     0   0   .167
Beniquez cf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .192      Pruitt c              4   1   1   3     0   0   .238
Wills 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Manning cf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .107
Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .143      Kuiper 2b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .156
Matlack p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Jenkins p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   0   2   0     2   3             Totals               33   6   8   6     1   4

Time of Game: 2:13   Attendance:  3,713
Left on Base: Rangers 3, Indians 4
DP: Rangers 1, Indians 1
Errors: Wills 2, Matlack
Doubles: Blanks (2), Dade (4)
Home Runs: Pruitt (2)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris (1), Dade 2 (4)
GIDP: Horton (3)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack L(1-2)          6     6   6   1   1   3   1  26   2.01
Jenkins                 2     2   0   0   0   1   0   8   7.20
Totals                  8     8   6   1   1   4   1  34

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits W(1-0)            9     2   0   0   2   3   0  30   0.75
Totals                  9     2   0   0   2   3   0  30

Wild Pitches: Matlack (1)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Mike Reilly


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove singled to third; On a bunt Campaneris
forced Hargrove (first to shortstop); Campaneris stole second;
Oliver struck out; On a bunt Zisk made an out to catcher;
Richie Zisk called for interference; Rangers manager Billy
Hunter protested game; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Dade singled to right; Dade stole second; Blanks
flied to right; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Thornton
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Harrah walked; Bevacqua grounded out (third to
first) [Harrah to second]; Beniquez grounded out (third to
first); Wills flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers
0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Horton grounded out (third to first); Cox grounded
out (shortstop to first); Pruitt flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg struck out; Hargrove walked; Campaneris
forced Hargrove (pitcher to shortstop); Oliver popped to second;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Manning was called out on strikes; Kuiper reached
on an error by Matlack; Dade forced Kuiper (pitcher to second)
[Dade to second (error by Wills)]; Blanks grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Zisk flied out to right; Harrah grounded out
(second to first); Bevacqua grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Bell singled to left; Thornton popped to second in
foul territory; Horton grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Bell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Indians 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills
popped to catcher in foul territory; Sundberg grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Cox lined to shortstop; Pruitt flied out to right;
Manning flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Indians 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove flied out to left; Campaneris grounded out
(second to first); Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Kuiper struck out; Dade reached on an error by
Wills; Dade stole second; Blanks doubled to center [Dade scored
(unearned)]; Bell singled to right [Blanks scored]; Matlack
threw a wild pitch [Bell to second]; Thornton was walked
intentionally; Horton struck out; Cox singled to left [Bell
scored (unearned), Thornton to second]; Pruitt homered
(unearned) [Thornton scored (unearned), Cox scored (unearned)];
Manning flied out to center; 6 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Indians 6.

RANGERS 7TH: Zisk struck out; Harrah singled to left; Bevacqua
hit into a double play (left to left to second) [Harrah out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 6.

INDIANS 7TH: JENKINS REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); Kuiper flied
to left in foul territory; Dade doubled to right; Blanks flied
out to right [Dade to third]; Bell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 6.

RANGERS 8TH: Beniquez grounded out (third to first); Wills
grounded out (third to first); Sundberg grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 6.

INDIANS 8TH: Thornton grounded out (third to first); Horton
singled to shortstop; Cox grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Horton to second]; Pruitt popped to catcher in foul territory;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 6.

RANGERS 9TH: Hargrove lined to second; Campaneris grounded out
(pitcher to first); Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 6.