Taking Kurt Bevacqua lightly proved costly when the Rangers' third baseman smashed a three-run homer to spark a 6-1 victory over the Indians. In the fourth inning, after Al Oliver singled and advanced on an infield out by Bobby Bonds, the Indians passed Richie Zisk intentionally to get at Bevacqua, who was batting only .211 and had just two homers previously this season. Bevacqua responded to the challenge by smashing a pitch from David  Clyde into the left field stands. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 6, Cleveland Indians 1
Game Played on Saturday, August    12, 1978 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Rangers      1  0  0    3  2  0    0  0  0  -   6 10  0
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1 10  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           3   2   2   0     1   0   .256      Manning cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .263
  Jorgensen 1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Bell 3b               4   1   2   0     0   1   .301
Beniquez cf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .269      Grubb lf              4   0   1   1     0   0   .269
Sundberg c            4   1   2   1     0   0   .302      Thornton 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .270
Oliver dh             4   1   2   1     0   0   .327      Carbo dh              4   0   1   0     0   1   .270
Bonds rf              2   0   0   1     1   1   .275      Norris rf             4   0   2   0     0   0   .276
  Lowenstein rf       0   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Veryzer ss            4   0   2   0     0   0   .290
Zisk lf               2   1   0   0     2   0   .254      Blanks 2b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .245
Bevacqua 3b           4   1   1   3     0   0   .212      Diaz c                2   0   0   0     0   1   .239
Harrah ss             4   0   1   0     0   0   .211        Alexander ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .232
Wills 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .233        Pruitt c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .241
Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Clyde p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Barker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   6  10   6     4   1             Totals               34   1  10   1     0   5

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 13,783
Left on Base: Rangers 5, Indians 6
DP: Rangers 2, Indians 3
Errors: Norris
Doubles: Grubb (14)
Home Runs: Bevacqua (3)
Stolen Bases: Wills (37)
Sacrifice Hits: Beniquez (7)
Sacrifice Flies: Bonds (8)
GIDP: Bevacqua (7), Veryzer 2 (5)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander W(7-8)        7     7   0   0   0   4   0  27   4.24
Barker                  2     3   1   1   0   1   0   7   3.79
Totals                  9    10   1   1   0   5   0  34

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clyde L(5-7)            4.1   7   6   6   3   1   1  21   4.56
Hood                    4.2   3   0   0   1   0   0  17   4.73
Totals                  9    10   6   6   4   1   1  38

Wild Pitches: Clyde (8)

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Jerry Neudecker


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove walked; Beniquez singled to center
[Hargrove to second]; Sundberg flied out to right [Hargrove to
third]; Oliver forced Beniquez (shortstop to second) [Hargrove
scored]; Bonds was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Manning grounded out (second to first); Bell
singled to center; Grubb flied out to left; Thornton popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Indians 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Zisk walked; Bevacqua grounded into a double play
(second to first) [Zisk out at second]; Harrah singled to right;
Wills grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Carbo grounded out (third to first); Norris singled
to center; Veryzer grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Norris out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Indians 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Hargrove singled to left; Beniquez lined into a
double play (first to shortstop) [Hargrove out at second];
Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Blanks popped to catcher in foul territory; Diaz
grounded out (shortstop to first); Manning singled to center;
Bell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Oliver singled to right; Bonds grounded out (third
to first) [Oliver to second]; Zisk was walked intentionally;
Bevacqua homered [Oliver scored, Zisk scored]; Harrah grounded
out (third to first); Wills flied out to right; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Grubb flied out to left; Thornton flied out to
center; Carbo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 4, Indians 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Hargrove singled to left; Clyde threw a wild pitch
[Hargrove to second]; Beniquez out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to first) [Hargrove to third]; Sundberg singled to right
[Hargrove scored]; HOOD REPLACED CLYDE (PITCHING); Oliver
singled to right [Sundberg to third, Oliver to second (error by
Norris)]; Bonds sacrifice flied into a double play to left
[Sundberg scored, Oliver out at third (left to third to
shortstop)]; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Norris flied out to left; Veryzer singled to left;
Blanks singled to left [Veryzer to second]; Diaz struck out;
Manning flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6,
Indians 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Zisk grounded out (third to first); Bevacqua
grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Bell flied out to center; Grubb flied out to left;
Thornton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6,
Indians 0.

RANGERS 7TH: Wills flied out to right; Hargrove flied out to
right; Beniquez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 6, Indians 0.

INDIANS 7TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING 1B); Carbo
struck out; Norris singled to right; Veryzer singled to right
[Norris to second]; Blanks grounded out (second to first)
[Norris to third, Veryzer to second]; ALEXANDER BATTED FOR DIAZ;
Alexander struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 6, Indians
0.

RANGERS 8TH: PRUITT REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING C ); Sundberg
singled to right; Oliver made an out to third; Bonds walked
[Sundberg to second]; Zisk flied out to center [Sundberg to
third]; Bevacqua grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 6, Indians 0.

INDIANS 8TH: LOWENSTEIN REPLACED BONDS (PLAYING RF); BARKER
REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Manning flied out to center; Bell
singled to third; Grubb doubled to right [Bell scored, Grubb out
at third (right to second to third to shortstop)]; Thornton was
called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6, Indians
1.

RANGERS 9TH: Harrah flied out to left; Wills singled to left;
Wills stole second; Jorgensen grounded out (first unassisted)
[Wills to third]; Beniquez flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 6, Indians 1.

INDIANS 9TH: Carbo singled to center; Norris flied out to left;
Veryzer grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Carbo out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 6,
Indians 1.