Ted Cox and Andre Thornton each hit three-run homers and Paul Dade added a solo blast to pace the Indians in a 12-3 rout of the A's. The Indians picked up five runs in the second inning, with Cox and Dade hitting homers. They added two more in the fourth and five more in the sixth. Thornton's blow climaxed the scoring. Rick Waits recorded his sixth straight victory and eighth of the season. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 12, Oakland Athletics 3
Game Played on Tuesday, June      5, 1979 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Indians      0  5  0    2  0  5    0  0  0  -  12 14  0
A's          0  0  0    0  2  0    1  0  0  -   3  9  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dade lf               5   1   2   2     0   1   .302      Murphy cf             3   0   2   0     2   0   .297
Harrah ss             4   1   2   1     0   0   .228      Ramirez 3b            4   1   1   0     0   1   .207
  Rosello ss          1   0   0   0     0   1   .167      Newman c              4   0   1   1     0   0   .227
Bonds rf              4   1   1   0     0   2   .304      Revering 1b           3   0   1   0     1   1   .281
  Speed rf            1   0   0   0     0   1   .143      Guerrero ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .223
Thornton 1b           5   2   3   3     0   0   .226      Edwards 2b            4   0   1   0     0   0   .232
Manning cf            5   1   1   0     0   0   .243      Bryant dh             4   0   1   0     0   0   .135
Pruitt c              5   1   1   1     0   0   .222      Armas lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .148
Norris dh             4   1   1   0     0   1   .205      Murray rf             4   1   1   2     0   0   .188
Cox 3b                2   2   1   3     1   0   .194      Langford p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Kuiper 2b             4   2   2   1     0   0   .282        Minetto p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40  12  14  11     1   6             Totals               34   3   9   3     3   2

Time of Game: 2:17   Attendance:  1,175
Left on Base: Indians 3, A's 7
DP: Indians 2, A's 2
Errors: Armas
Doubles: Newman (5)
Triples: Kuiper (3)
Home Runs: Cox (1), Dade (2), Thornton (7), Murray (1)
Stolen Bases: Manning (15), Pruitt (2)
Caught Stealing: Harrah (6)
GIDP: Manning (4), Newman (8), Guerrero (3)
Hit by Pitch: Cox (1,by Minetto)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits W(8-3)            9     9   3   3   3   2   1  37   3.45
Totals                  9     9   3   3   3   2   1  37

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Langford L(1-9)         3.2  10   7   7   0   2   2  20   6.12
Minetto                 5.1   4   5   2   1   4   1  22   4.42
Totals                  9    14  12   9   1   6   3  42

Hit by Pitch: Minetto (2)
Wild Pitches: Langford (6)

Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Ken Kaiser


INDIANS 1ST: Dade popped to first in foul territory; Harrah
singled to left; Bonds struck out while Harrah was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Murphy walked; Ramirez struck out; Newman
grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Murphy
out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton singled; Manning singled to center
[Thornton to third]; Pruitt singled [Thornton scored, Manning to
second]; Manning stole third and Pruitt stole second; Norris
popped to first in foul territory; Cox homered [Manning scored,
Pruitt scored]; Kuiper flied out to left; Dade homered; Harrah
flied out to left; 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering singled to left; Guerrero grounded out
(second to first) [Revering to second]; Edwards grounded out
(second to first) [Revering to third]; Bryant grounded out
(catcher unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5,
Athletics 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Bonds singled to center; Thornton flied to right in
foul territory; Manning flied out to center; Pruitt flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Armas grounded out (third to first); Murray made
an out to second; Murphy singled to left; Ramirez singled to
left [Murphy to second]; Newman lined to shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 5, Athletics 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Norris singled to center; Cox flied out to right;
Kuiper singled to right [Norris to third]; Langford threw a wild
pitch [Norris scored, Kuiper to second]; Dade struck out; Harrah
singled to left [Kuiper scored]; MINETTO REPLACED LANGFORD
(PITCHING); Bonds struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 7,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Revering struck out; Guerrero grounded out
(pitcher to first); Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7, Athletics 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Thornton made an out to first; Manning flied out to
right; Pruitt grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 7, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Bryant grounded out (shortstop to first); Armas
singled to left; Murray homered [Armas scored]; Murphy singled;
Ramirez grounded out (pitcher to first) [Murphy to second];
Newman grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 7, Athletics 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Norris was called out on strikes; Cox was hit by a
pitch; Kuiper tripled to right [Cox scored]; Dade singled to
right [Kuiper scored]; Harrah forced Dade (shortstop to second);
Bonds reached on an error by Armas [Harrah to second]; Thornton
homered (unearned) [Harrah scored (unearned), Bonds scored
(unearned)]; Manning flied out to center; 5 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 12, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Revering walked; Guerrero grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Revering out at second];
Edwards singled; Bryant singled to center [Edwards to second];
Armas flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 12,
Athletics 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Pruitt flied out to center; Norris popped to third
in foul territory; Cox walked; Kuiper grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 12, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: ROSELLO REPLACED HARRAH (PLAYING SS); SPEED
REPLACED BONDS (PLAYING RF); Murray flied out to left; Murphy
walked; Ramirez forced Murphy (pitcher to shortstop); Newman
doubled to left [Ramirez scored]; Revering flied out to left; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 12, Athletics 3.

INDIANS 8TH: Dade grounded out (third to first); Rosello was
called out on strikes; Speed struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 12, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Guerrero flied out to center; Edwards flied out
to left; Bryant grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 12, Athletics 3.

INDIANS 9TH: Thornton singled to left; Manning grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Thornton out at
second]; Pruitt flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 12, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Armas flied out to right; Murray grounded out
(third to first); Murphy flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 12, Athletics 3.