Driving in four runs, Gary Alexander sparked the Indians to a 6-4 triumph over the Rangers. After the Rangers took a 4-3 lead in the top of the seventh inning on a sacrifice fly by Bump Wills, Alexander pumped a three-run homer off reliever Sparky Lyle in the bottom of the frame for the Indians' first victory over the Rangers in 14 games. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 6, Texas Rangers 4
Game Played on Wednesday, April     18, 1979 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Rangers      1  0  2    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   4  8  1
Indians      0  0  3    0  0  0    3  0  x  -   6  9  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wills 2b              3   0   0   1     1   1   .242      Norris lf             4   1   1   0     1   1   .263
Sample lf             2   2   1   0     1   1   .400      Manning cf            5   1   1   0     0   0   .269
  Grubb lf            1   0   0   0     0   1   .115      Bonds rf              2   0   1   1     2   0   .256
  Blanks ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Harrah 3b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .200
Oliver cf             3   1   2   1     1   1   .471      Thornton 1b           3   1   0   0     1   0   .086
Bell 3b               4   0   0   2     0   1   .242      Cage dh               2   0   1   0     2   0   .176
Zisk rf               4   0   1   0     0   3   .364        Dade pr,dh          0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Gamble dh             3   0   1   0     0   0   .294      Alexander c           3   1   3   4     1   0   .182
  J. Ellis ph,dh      0   0   0   0     1   0   .182      Kuiper 2b             3   0   1   1     1   0   .353
  Roberts pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Veryzer ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .129
Sundberg c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .182      Wilkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Jorgensen 1b          3   0   0   0     0   2   .200        Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gray ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .429
Norman ss             2   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Putnam ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .417
  Campaneris pr,ss    1   1   0   0     0   0   .200
Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rajsich p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Medich p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4   8   4     4  11             Totals               29   6   9   6     9   2

Time of Game: 2:59   Attendance:  6,192
Left on Base: Rangers 7, Indians 9
DP: Rangers 1, Indians 1
Errors: Wills
Doubles: Putnam (2), Alexander (1)
Triples: Oliver (1)
Home Runs: Alexander (1)
Stolen Bases: Wills (5), Bonds 2 (5), Manning (6), Harrah (6)
Caught Stealing: Manning (1), Cage (2), Bonds (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Wills (1), Bonds (1)
GIDP: Jorgensen (1), Veryzer (1)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander               2.2   4   3   3   5   0   0  16   4.26
Rajsich                 0.2   1   0   0   1   0   0   4   0.00
Medich L(0-1)           3     2   2   2   3   2   0  13   6.00
Lyle                    1.2   2   1   1   0   0   1   6   5.19
Totals                  8     9   6   6   9   2   1  39

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wilkins                 6     7   4   4   3   7   0  27   5.40
Monge W(1-0)            3     1   0   0   1   4   0  11   0.87
Totals                  9     8   4   4   4  11   0  38

Passed Balls: Sundberg (1)
Wild Pitches: Monge 2 (2)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Wills was called out on strikes; Sample walked;
Oliver singled to left [Sample to third]; Bell grounded out
(second to first) [Sample scored, Oliver to second]; Zisk struck
out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Norris grounded out (pitcher to first); Manning
grounded out (first to pitcher); Bonds walked; Bonds stole
second; Harrah flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 1, Indians 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Gamble singled to third; Sundberg flied out to
right; Jorgensen struck out; Norman grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton flied out to center; Cage singled to
right; Alexander doubled to right [Cage to third]; Kuiper
walked; Veryzer grounded into a double play (third to catcher to
first) [Cage out at home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Indians 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Wills grounded out (first unassisted); Sample
singled to second; Oliver tripled to left [Sample scored]; Bell
grounded out (third to first) [Oliver scored]; Zisk was called
out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Norris singled to center; Manning singled to right
[Norris to third]; Bonds hit a sacrifice fly to center [Norris
scored, Manning to second]; Harrah flied out to left; Manning
stole third; Thornton walked; Cage walked [Thornton to second];
Alexander walked [Manning scored, Thornton to third, Cage to
second]; RAJSICH REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Kuiper singled
to pitcher [Thornton scored, Cage to third, Alexander to
second]; Veryzer forced Kuiper (third to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Rangers 3, Indians 3.

RANGERS 4TH: Gamble grounded out (first unassisted); Sundberg
flied out to center; Jorgensen was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Indians 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Norris walked; Manning forced Norris (pitcher to
shortstop); MEDICH REPLACED RAJSICH (PITCHING); Manning was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); Bonds walked; Bonds
stole second; Sundberg allowed a passed ball [Bonds to third];
Harrah walked; Harrah stole second; Thornton grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Indians 3.

RANGERS 5TH: Norman flied out to left; Wills walked; Wills stole
second; Sample was called out on strikes; Billy Sample
ejected by HP umpire Ted Hendry; Oliver was walked
intentionally; Bell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers
3, Indians 3.

INDIANS 5TH: GRUBB REPLACED SAMPLE (PLAYING LF); Cage reached on
an error by Wills; Alexander singled to center [Cage to third,
Alexander to second (on throw to 3b)]; Cage was caught stealing
home (catcher to third); Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to
first); Veryzer was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Rangers 3, Indians 3.

RANGERS 6TH: Zisk singled to center; Gamble forced Zisk (second
to shortstop); Sundberg singled to pitcher [Gamble to second];
Jorgensen grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Sundberg out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3,
Indians 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Norris struck out; Manning grounded out (pitcher to
first); Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 3, Indians 3.

RANGERS 7TH: PUTNAM BATTED FOR NORMAN; Putnam doubled to center;
CAMPANERIS RAN FOR PUTNAM; MONGE REPLACED WILKINS (PITCHING);
Monge threw a wild pitch [Campaneris to third]; Wills hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Campaneris scored]; Grubb was called out
on strikes; Oliver was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 4, Indians 3.

INDIANS 7TH: CAMPANERIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Harrah
singled to center; Thornton lined to shortstop; Cage walked
[Harrah to second]; DADE RAN FOR CAGE; LYLE REPLACED MEDICH
(PITCHING); Alexander homered [Harrah scored, Dade scored];
Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Veryzer flied out to
center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Indians 6.

RANGERS 8TH: DADE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Bell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Zisk was called out on strikes; J. ELLIS
BATTED FOR GAMBLE; J. Ellis walked; ROBERTS RAN FOR J. ELLIS;
Sundberg forced Roberts (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 4, Indians 6.

INDIANS 8TH: ROBERTS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Norris flied
out to center; Manning grounded out (first unassisted); Bonds
singled to left; Bonds was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4,
Indians 6.

RANGERS 9TH: GRAY BATTED FOR JORGENSEN; Gray singled to right;
Monge threw a wild pitch [Gray to second]; Campaneris popped to
shortstop in foul territory; Wills made an out to first; BLANKS
BATTED FOR GRUBB; Blanks struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 4, Indians 6.