After pinch-hitting in the ninth inning, John Lowenstein remained in the game and smashed a two-run homer with two out in the 12th to give the Rangers a 4-3 victory over the Indians. The Rangers were on the verge of defeat in the 10th when Ted Cox homered to put the Indians ahead, 2-1, but a single by Mike Jorgensen, safe bunt by Toby Harrah, sacrifice by Juan Beniquez and sacrifice fly by Mike Hargrove tied the score. The Indians took the lead again in the 12th on a run-scoring double by Gary Alexander before the Rangers rallied to win when Beniquez singled and Lowenstein hit his homer. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 4, Cleveland Indians 3
Game Played on Saturday, August    5, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  1  -   3 12  2
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  2  -   4  8  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Norris 1b             6   0   2   0     0   0   .264      Hargrove dh           4   0   0   1     0   0   .251
Manning cf            6   1   2   0     0   0   .263      Wills 2b              5   0   1   0     0   1   .231
Grubb lf              5   0   1   1     0   1   .271      Sundberg c            5   0   1   0     0   1   .300
Alexander c           6   0   1   1     0   2   .232      Oliver lf             4   0   1   0     1   1   .324
Carbo dh              3   0   1   0     1   1   .265      Bonds rf              5   0   0   0     0   1   .270
  Speed pr,dh         1   0   0   0     0   1   .221      Jorgensen 1b          5   1   1   0     0   1   .135
  Pruitt ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .240      Harrah ss,3b,ss       3   0   1   0     2   0   .209
Veryzer ss            5   0   2   0     0   0   .296      Beniquez cf           4   1   1   0     0   2   .260
Kuiper 2b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .282      Bevacqua 3b           2   0   1   0     1   0   .200
Dade rf               5   0   1   0     0   1   .260        Campaneris pr,ss    0   1   0   0     0   0   .193
Cox 3b                3   2   1   1     2   0   .226        Lowenstein ph,3b    1   1   1   2     1   0   .231
Paxton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Cleveland p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Umbarger p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Barker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Comer p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               45   3  12   3     3   7             Totals               38   4   8   3     5   7

Time of Game: 3:25   Attendance: 15,376
Left on Base: Indians 12, Rangers 6
DP: Indians 2, Rangers 1
Errors: Manning, Alexander, Bevacqua
Doubles: Grubb (13), Alexander (14)
Home Runs: Cox (1), Lowenstein (5)
Stolen Bases: Manning (10), Oliver (1), Campaneris (18)
Caught Stealing: Wills (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Kuiper (11), Veryzer (9), Grubb (7), Beniquez (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Hargrove (3)
GIDP: Manning (6), Hargrove (7), Bonds (11)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Paxton                  9     4   1   0   4   4   0  32   3.19
Kern L(8-6)             2.2   4   3   3   1   3   1  13   3.18
Totals                 11.2   8   4   3   5   7   1  45

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander               8     6   1   1   2   5   0  32   4.44
Cleveland               1     1   1   1   0   0   1   4   2.96
Umbarger                0.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   3   4.65
Barker                  1     2   0   0   1   1   0   6   3.76
Comer W(4-3)            1.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   6   2.32
Totals                 12    12   3   3   3   7   1  51

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Bill Kunkel


INDIANS 1ST: Norris flied out to left; Manning lined to
shortstop; Grubb grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills
grounded out (first to pitcher); Sundberg flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); Carbo
singled to shortstop; Veryzer singled to right [Carbo to third];
Kuiper popped to catcher in foul territory; Dade flied out to
right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Oliver walked; Bonds lined to left; Jorgensen flied
out to center; Oliver stole second; Harrah walked; Beniquez
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Cox made an out to shortstop; Norris singled to
center; Manning grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Norris out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Bevacqua flied out to right; Hargrove grounded out
(second to first); On a bunt Wills singled to third; Wills was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Grubb grounded out (second to first); Alexander
struck out; Carbo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Sundberg singled to right; Oliver flied out to
center; Bonds forced Sundberg (shortstop to second); Jorgensen
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
0, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Veryzer singled to right; Kuiper reached on an
error by Bevacqua on a sacrifice bunt [Veryzer to second]; Dade
struck out; Cox forced Kuiper (third to second) [Veryzer to
third]; Norris forced Cox (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Harrah walked; Beniquez struck out; Bevacqua
singled to left [Harrah to second]; Hargrove grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Bevacqua out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb
flied out to left; Alexander struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Rangers 0.

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

INDIANS 7TH: Carbo struck out; Veryzer popped to first in foul
territory; Kuiper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Bonds flied out to right; Jorgensen grounded out
(third to first); Harrah grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 8TH: Dade grounded out (first unassisted); Cox walked;
Norris singled to left [Cox to second]; Manning flied out to
right [Cox to third]; Grubb doubled to right [Cox scored, Norris
to third]; Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 8TH: Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Bevacqua walked; CAMPANERIS RAN FOR BEVACQUA; Campaneris stole
second [Campaneris scored (error by Alexander) (error by
Manning) (unearned)]; Hargrove flied out to center; Wills struck
out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Rangers 1.

INDIANS 9TH: CAMPANERIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); HARRAH
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Carbo walked; SPEED RAN FOR
CARBO; CLEVELAND REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Veryzer out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Speed to second]; Kuiper
grounded out (second to first) [Speed to third]; Dade lined to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 9TH: SPEED STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Sundberg struck
out (catcher to first); Oliver singled to right; Bonds grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Oliver out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Rangers 1.

INDIANS 10TH: Cox homered; UMBARGER REPLACED CLEVELAND
(PITCHING); Norris grounded out (second to first); Manning
singled to right; Manning stole second; Grubb struck out; BARKER
REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING); Alexander grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 10TH: KERN REPLACED PAXTON (PITCHING); Jorgensen singled
to shortstop; On a bunt Harrah singled to first [Jorgensen to
second]; Beniquez out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first)
[Jorgensen to third, Harrah to second]; LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR
CAMPANERIS; Lowenstein was walked intentionally; Hargrove hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Jorgensen scored, Harrah to third];
Wills flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2,
Rangers 2.

INDIANS 11TH: LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); HARRAH
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Speed struck out; Veryzer
grounded out (pitcher to first); Kuiper singled to center; Dade
singled to right [Kuiper to second]; Cox walked [Kuiper to
third, Dade to second]; COMER REPLACED BARKER (PITCHING); Norris
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Indians 2, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 11TH: Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver
struck out; Bonds was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 2, Rangers 2.

INDIANS 12TH: Manning singled to center; Grubb out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Manning to second];
Alexander doubled to left [Manning scored]; PRUITT BATTED FOR
SPEED; Pruitt popped to first in foul territory; Veryzer
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3,
Rangers 2.

RANGERS 12TH: PRUITT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Jorgensen
struck out; Harrah grounded out (third to first); Beniquez
singled to center; Lowenstein homered [Beniquez scored]; 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Rangers 4.