Lining home runs into the teeth of a 35 mph wind in his first two at-bats, Al Oliver paced the Rangers to a 5-0 scalping of the Indians. His first round-tripper was a solo shot in the first inning and the other clout was a two-run swat that capped a three-run third frame.

Doyle Alexander and Jim Kern combined for the shutout with the reliever getting the win after taking over in the fifth inning with the bases loaded and two out to retire Andre Thornton with one pitch. The game was played under a tornado watch with a gale blowing in from right field. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 5, Cleveland Indians 0

Game Played on Tuesday, April 10, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  1
Rangers      1  0  3    0  0  0    1  0  x  -   5  9  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harrah 3b             4   0   1   0     1   0   .176      Wills 2b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Norris cf             4   0   1   0     1   0   .375      Sample lf             3   0   0   1     0   0   .250
Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     1   2   .222      Oliver cf             4   2   2   3     0   0   .375
Thornton 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .077      Grubb rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .222
Alexander c           3   0   1   0     1   2   .077      Bell 3b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .125
Cage dh               4   0   0   0     0   2   .154      Gamble dh             2   0   1   0     1   0   .250
Cox lf                4   0   1   0     0   0   .083        J. Ellis ph,dh      1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kuiper 2b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .267      Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Veryzer ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .143      Jorgensen 1b          3   2   2   0     0   0   .333
Wise p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Norman ss             2   1   1   0     0   0   .250
  Reuschel p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Putnam ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .667
  Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Campaneris pr,ss    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

Totals               35   0   7   0     4   8             Totals               31   5   9   5     1   3

Time of Game: 2:39   Attendance: 22,424
Left on Base: Indians 12, Rangers 4
DP: Indians 1, Rangers 0
Errors: Wise, Norman, Kern
Doubles: Jorgensen (1), Bell (1)
Home Runs: Oliver 2 (2)
Stolen Bases: Harrah (2), Norris (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Sample (1)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise L(0-2)             6     5   4   4   1   3   2  24   7.36
Reuschel                1.2   4   1   1   0   0   0   8   5.40
Monge                   0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Totals                  8     9   5   5   1   3   2  33

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander               4.2   3   0   0   3   2   0  21   0.00
Kern W(1-0)             4.1   4   0   0   1   6   0  18   0.00
Totals                  9     7   0   0   4   8   0  39

Umpires: HP - Fred Spenn, 1B - Johnny James, 2B - Mike Thompson, 3B - Jeff Brown


INDIANS 1ST: Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); Norris
grounded out (second to first); Bonds flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Wills flied out to right; Sample grounded out
(third to first); Oliver homered; Grubb grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton struck out; Alexander walked; Cage struck
out; Cox reached on an error by Norman [Alexander to second];
Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 2ND: Bell struck out; Gamble popped to second in foul
territory; Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Veryzer flied to left in foul territory; Harrah
grounded out (third to first); Norris popped to third in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Jorgensen singled to right; Norman singled to
shortstop [Jorgensen to second]; Norman was picked off first but
was safe on an error by Wise [Jorgensen to third, Norman to
second]; Wills struck out; Sample hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Jorgensen scored]; Oliver homered [Norman scored]; Grubb struck
out; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 4.

INDIANS 4TH: Bonds flied out to center; Thornton singled to
left; Alexander singled to left [Thornton to second]; Cage made
an out to shortstop; Cox flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 4TH: Bell flied out to left; Gamble singled to right;
Sundberg forced Gamble (shortstop to second); Jorgensen popped
to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0,
Rangers 4.

INDIANS 5TH: Kuiper singled to left; Veryzer grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Kuiper to second]; Harrah walked; Norris
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Kuiper to third, Harrah to
second]; Bonds walked; KERN REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING);
Thornton flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 0,
Rangers 4.

RANGERS 5TH: Norman flied out to right; Wills flied out to left;
Sample grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Rangers 4.

INDIANS 6TH: Alexander struck out; Cage grounded out (third to
first); Cox singled to right; Kuiper grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 6TH: Oliver flied out to center; Grubb grounded out
(pitcher to first); Bell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 4.

INDIANS 7TH: Veryzer grounded out (third to first); Harrah
singled to left; Harrah was picked off first but was safe on an
error by Kern [Harrah to second]; Norris walked; Harrah stole
third and Norris stole second; Bonds was called out on strikes;
Thornton flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0,
Rangers 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Gamble walked; REUSCHEL REPLACED WISE (PITCHING);
Sundberg lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Gamble
out at first]; Jorgensen doubled to center; PUTNAM BATTED FOR
NORMAN; Putnam singled to left [Jorgensen scored, Putnam to
second (on throw to home)]; CAMPANERIS RAN FOR PUTNAM; Wills
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
0, Rangers 5.

INDIANS 8TH: CAMPANERIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Alexander
struck out; Cage struck out; Cox grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 8TH: Sample grounded out (third to first); Oliver
grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb singled to center; Bell
doubled to right [Grubb to third]; MONGE REPLACED REUSCHEL
(PITCHING); J. ELLIS BATTED FOR GAMBLE; J. Ellis flied out to
center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 5.

INDIANS 9TH: J. ELLIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Kuiper
singled to first; Veryzer struck out; Harrah flied out to right;
Norris singled to left [Kuiper to second]; Bonds struck out; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 5.

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