Driving in three runs with a double and a pair of sacrifice flies, Buddy Bell paced the Rangers to a 6-2 victory over the Indians. Bell hit his first sacrifice fly in the sixth inning when the Rangers scored three runs. He doubled home Al Oliver in the seventh and scored Billy Sample with his second sacrifice fly in the ninth. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 6, Cleveland Indians 2
Game Played on Tuesday, April     17, 1979 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    1  0  3    1  0  1  -   6 12  0
Indians      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  1  -   2  6  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills 2b              5   1   1   0     0   1   .267      Norris dh             4   0   2   1     1   0   .265
Sample lf             5   3   3   0     0   1   .389      Manning cf            3   0   1   0     2   1   .286
Oliver cf             4   1   3   0     0   1   .452      Bonds rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .243
Bell 3b               3   0   1   3     0   0   .276      Harrah 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .189
Zisk rf               2   1   1   1     1   0   .429      Thornton 1b           4   1   1   1     0   2   .094
  Grubb rf            1   0   0   0     1   0   .120      Alexander c           2   1   0   0     2   1   .100
J. Ellis 1b           3   0   1   1     0   0   .182      Kuiper 2b             2   0   1   0     2   0   .355
  Jorgensen pr,1b     1   0   0   0     0   0   .235      Cox lf                4   0   0   0     0   2   .138
Sundberg c            4   0   1   1     0   1   .172      Veryzer ss            2   0   0   0     0   2   .148
Gray dh               2   0   1   0     0   0   .333        Dade ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
  Gamble ph,dh        1   0   0   0     1   0   .286        Rosello ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Norman ss             4   0   0   0     0   1   .278        Cage ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .133
Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Barker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   6  12   6     3   5             Totals               31   2   6   2     7  12

Time of Game: 2:34   Attendance:  6,910
Left on Base: Rangers 8, Indians 9
DP: Rangers 1, Indians 0
Doubles: Sample (2), Bell (3)
Home Runs: Thornton (1)
Stolen Bases: Manning (5), Norris (5)
Caught Stealing: Gray (1), Kuiper (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Oliver (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Bell 2 (2)
GIDP: Cox (1)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins W(3-0)          5.1   3   1   1   2   6   1  20   1.99
Kern SV(1)              3.2   3   1   1   5   6   0  18   2.38
Totals                  9     6   2   2   7  12   1  38

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits L(1-2)            5.2   8   4   4   2   2   0  26   3.00
Spillner                1     2   1   1   1   1   0   6   1.04
Monge                   1.1   0   0   0   0   2   0   4   1.23
Barker                  1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5  12.00
Totals                  9    12   6   6   3   5   0  41

Umpires: HP - Bob Rice, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Harry Farnsworth, 3B - Don Schirmer


RANGERS 1ST: Wills struck out; Sample made an out to second;
Oliver singled to shortstop; Bell grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Norris made an out to shortstop; Manning struck
out; Bonds flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, Indians 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Zisk flied out to center; J. Ellis grounded out
(shortstop to first); Sundberg grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); Thornton
grounded out (pitcher to first); Alexander struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Gray grounded out (third to first); Norman grounded
out (third to first); Wills grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper flied out to right; Cox grounded out
(shortstop to first); Veryzer was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Sample doubled to right; Oliver struck out; Bell
grounded out (third to first); Zisk singled to center [Sample
scored]; J. Ellis flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Norris flied out to left; Manning singled to right;
Bonds was called out on strikes; Manning stole second; Harrah
made an out to catcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Indians 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Gray
singled to left; Gray was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); Norman grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Thornton homered; Alexander grounded out (pitcher
to first); Kuiper walked; Kuiper was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Cox struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Indians 1.

RANGERS 6TH: Wills singled to catcher; Sample singled to third
[Wills to second]; Oliver out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to
second) [Wills to third, Sample to second]; Bell hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Wills scored, Sample to third]; Zisk walked; J.
Ellis singled to right [Sample scored, Zisk to second];
JORGENSEN RAN FOR J. ELLIS; Sundberg singled to center [Zisk
scored, Jorgensen to second]; GAMBLE BATTED FOR GRAY; SPILLNER
REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); Gamble walked (walk was charged to
Waits) [Jorgensen to third, Sundberg to second]; Norman flied
out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 4, Indians 1.

INDIANS 6TH: GAMBLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); GRUBB REPLACED
ZISK (PLAYING RF); JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B);
Veryzer struck out; Norris singled to center; Manning walked
[Norris to second]; KERN REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Bonds
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Norris to third, Manning to
second]; Harrah popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4, Indians 1.

RANGERS 7TH: Wills grounded out (second to first); Sample struck
out; Oliver singled to left; Bell doubled to left [Oliver
scored]; Grubb walked; MONGE REPLACED SPILLNER (PITCHING);
Jorgensen grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Rangers 5, Indians 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Thornton was called out on strikes; Alexander
walked; Kuiper walked [Alexander to second]; Cox grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Kuiper out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Indians 1.

RANGERS 8TH: Sundberg was called out on strikes; Gamble flied
out to right; Norman struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
5, Indians 1.

INDIANS 8TH: DADE BATTED FOR VERYZER; Dade struck out; Norris
walked; Norris stole second; Manning walked; Bonds singled to
first [Norris to third, Manning to second]; Harrah was called
out on strikes; Thornton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Rangers 5, Indians 1.

RANGERS 9TH: ROSELLO REPLACED DADE (PLAYING SS); BARKER REPLACED
MONGE (PITCHING); Wills grounded out (second to first); Sample
singled to right; Oliver singled to right [Sample to third];
Bell hit a sacrifice fly to center [Sample scored]; Grubb flied
out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 6, Indians 1.

INDIANS 9TH: Alexander walked; Kuiper singled to left [Alexander
to second]; Cox struck out; CAGE BATTED FOR ROSELLO; Cage struck
out; Norris singled to right [Alexander scored, Kuiper to
second]; Manning flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 6, Indians 2.