Combining on a one-hitter, Steve Comer and Sparky Lyle, who made his first appearance in a Texas uniform, pitched the Rangers to a 4-0 victory over the Indians. The only Tribe hit was a third-inning single by Ted Cox.

The Rangers scored two runs in the second inning after Buddy Bell was hit by a pitch. Oscar Gamble reached first on an error by first baseman Andre Thornton and Jim Sundberg walked to load the bases. A sacrifice fly by Pat Putnam accounted for the first tally and a single by Nelson Norman drove in another. Al Oliver drove in a run with a double and John Ellis hit a sacrifice fly in the fifth. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 4, Cleveland Indians 0
Game Played on Wednesday, April     11, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  1  1
Rangers      0  2  0    0  2  0    0  0  x  -   4  5  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harrah 3b             3   0   0   0     1   2   .150      Wills 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .333
Manning cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sample lf             2   1   0   0     2   0   .167
Bonds rf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .190      Oliver cf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .333
Thornton 1b           3   0   0   0     0   2   .063      Grubb rf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .154
Alexander c           3   0   0   0     0   1   .063      Bell 3b               2   1   0   0     1   1   .100
Norris dh             3   0   0   0     0   0   .316      Gamble dh             1   1   0   0     1   0   .200
Cox lf                3   0   1   0     0   1   .133        J. Ellis ph,dh      1   0   0   1     0   0   .000
Kuiper 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .222      Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     1   0   .100
Veryzer ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .118      Putnam 1b             2   0   1   1     0   0   .600
Wilkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jorgensen 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
  Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Norman ss             3   0   1   1     0   1   .286
  Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Comer p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   0   1   0     1   6             Totals               26   4   5   4     5   4

Time of Game: 2:10   Attendance: 12,784
Left on Base: Indians 2, Rangers 6
DP: Indians 1, Rangers 0
Errors: Thornton
Doubles: Oliver (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Putnam (1), J. Ellis (1)
GIDP: Grubb (1)
Hit by Pitch: Bell (1,by Wilkins)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilkins L(0-1)          4     5   4   2   4   2   0  21   4.50
Hood                    0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   0.00
Spillner                3.2   0   0   0   0   2   0  11   0.00
Totals                  8     5   4   2   5   4   0  34

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Comer W(1-0)            7     1   0   0   1   6   0  23   0.00
Lyle                    2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   0.00
Totals                  9     1   0   0   1   6   0  29

Hit by Pitch: Wilkins (1)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Harrah struck out; Debut game for Eric
Wilkins; Manning grounded out (third to first); Bonds
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Rangers 0.

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

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton grounded out (third to first); Alexander
flied out to right; Norris grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Grubb grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell was
hit by a pitch; Gamble reached on an error by Thornton [Bell to
second]; Sundberg walked [Bell to third, Gamble to second];
Putnam hit a sacrifice fly to right [Bell scored (unearned)];
Norman singled to center [Gamble scored (unearned), Sundberg to
second]; Wills singled to center [Sundberg out at home (center
to catcher), Norman to second]; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 0, Rangers 2.

INDIANS 3RD: Cox singled to center; Kuiper made an out to third;
Veryzer flied out to center; Harrah struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Sample walked; Oliver forced Sample (shortstop to
second); Grubb grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop
to first) [Oliver out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
0, Rangers 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Manning lined to third; Bonds grounded out (third
to first); Thornton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 4TH: Bell flied out to center; Gamble walked; Sundberg
made an out to second; Putnam singled to right [Gamble to
second]; Norman struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0,
Rangers 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Alexander struck out; Norris flied out to center;
Cox struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Wills singled to center; Sample walked [Wills to
second]; Oliver doubled to right [Wills scored, Sample to
third]; HOOD REPLACED WILKINS (PITCHING); Grubb flied out to
right; Bell was walked intentionally; J. ELLIS BATTED FOR
GAMBLE; SPILLNER REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); J. Ellis hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Sample scored]; Sundberg grounded out
(third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 4.

INDIANS 6TH: J. ELLIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Kuiper made
an out to second; Veryzer lined to left; Harrah walked; Manning
lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 6TH: Putnam flied out to left; Norman grounded out
(shortstop to first); Wills grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 4.

INDIANS 7TH: Bonds grounded out (third to first); Thornton
struck out; Alexander popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Sample popped to catcher in foul territory; Oliver
flied out to left; Grubb struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Rangers 4.

INDIANS 8TH: LYLE REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); Norris grounded out
(pitcher to first); Cox grounded out (third to first); Kuiper
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
0, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: Bell was called out on strikes; J. Ellis made an
out to second; Sundberg made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 4.

INDIANS 9TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED PUTNAM (PLAYING 1B); Veryzer
grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah grounded out (third to
first); Manning grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 4.