The Rangers posted their third straight victory, beating the Indians, 3-1, as Mike Hargrove hit a home run for the third consecutive game. The Rangers scored all their runs in the fifth inning.

Jim Sundberg tripled to open the frame and, one out later, Bert Campaneris, batting .073, singled in Sundberg. Hargrove followed with his clout into the right field bleachers. The Tribe's tally came in the sixth on successive singles by Buddy Bell, Andre Thornton and Larvell Blanks. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 3, Cleveland Indians 1
Game Played on Thursday, April     27, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  9  1
Rangers      0  0  0    0  3  0    0  0  x  -   3  5  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dade rf               3   0   0   0     1   1   .308      Hargrove 1b           4   1   2   2     0   1   .231
Cox lf                3   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Beniquez cf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .196
  Grubb lf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .300      Oliver lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .231
Bell 3b               4   1   2   0     0   0   .422      Zisk rf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .295
Thornton 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .293      Harrah 3b             2   0   0   0     2   0   .241
Blanks ss             4   0   2   1     0   1   .273      Bevacqua dh           3   0   0   0     0   1   .150
Horton dh             3   0   1   0     1   0   .278      Sundberg c            3   1   1   0     0   1   .255
  Veryzer pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wills 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .255
Pruitt c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .213      Campaneris ss         3   1   2   1     0   1   .116
  Norris ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .333      Matlack p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Speed cf              3   0   1   0     0   1   .250        Barker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Manning ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .160
Kuiper 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .219
Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   1   9   1     2   7             Totals               30   3   5   3     2   7

Time of Game: 2:04   Attendance: 11,133
Left on Base: Indians 8, Rangers 5
DP: Indians 0, Rangers 1
Errors: Blanks
Triples: Sundberg (2)
Home Runs: Hargrove (4)
Stolen Bases: Harrah (2)
GIDP: Horton (4)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits L(1-1)            8     5   3   3   2   7   1  32   2.08
Totals                  8     5   3   3   2   7   1  32

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack W(2-3)          8.1   8   1   1   2   6   0  33   3.18
Barker SV(1)            0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.72
Totals                  9     9   1   1   2   7   0  36

Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry McCoy


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

RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove struck out; Beniquez grounded out (first
unassisted); Oliver grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Blanks singled to shortstop; Horton grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Blanks out at
second]; Pruitt was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Indians 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Zisk lined to second; Harrah walked; Bevacqua
struck out; Harrah stole second; Sundberg grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Speed struck out; Kuiper was called out on strikes;
Dade grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Wills grounded out (pitcher to first); Campaneris
struck out; Hargrove singled to center; Beniquez grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Cox lined to second; Bell flied out to center;
Thornton flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Zisk
grounded out (catcher to first); Harrah walked; Bevacqua forced
Harrah (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0,
Rangers 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Blanks popped to first in foul territory; Horton
singled to shortstop; Pruitt flied out to center; Speed singled
to left [Horton to second]; Kuiper forced Speed (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg tripled to right; Wills flied out to
right; Campaneris singled to left [Sundberg scored]; Hargrove
homered [Campaneris scored]; Beniquez reached on an error by
Blanks [Beniquez to second]; Oliver struck out; Zisk was called
out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Dade walked; Cox lined to center; Dade was picked
off first (pitcher to first); Bell singled to left; Thornton
singled to left [Bell to second]; Blanks singled to center [Bell
scored, Thornton to second]; Horton flied out to left; 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 6TH: GRUBB REPLACED COX (PLAYING LF); Harrah popped to
third; Bevacqua flied out to right; Sundberg struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Rangers 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Pruitt flied out to left; Speed flied out to
center; Kuiper singled to second; Dade struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 7TH: Wills struck out; Campaneris singled to left;
Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted) [Campaneris to second];
Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 1, Rangers 3.

INDIANS 8TH: Grubb grounded out (third to first); Bell flied out
to left; Thornton popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 8TH: Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); Zisk
lined to third; Harrah popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Rangers 3.

INDIANS 9TH: Blanks struck out; Horton walked; VERYZER RAN FOR
HORTON; BARKER REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); NORRIS BATTED FOR
PRUITT; Norris struck out; MANNING BATTED FOR SPEED; Manning
singled to left [Veryzer to second]; Kuiper popped to shortstop;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Rangers 3.