After being held hitless for the first seven innings, the Indians exploded for six runs in the eighth to down the A's 6-4. Pinch-hitter Jim Norris triggered the uprising with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Ron Hassey.

After Paul Dade singled, Dave Heaverlo replaced A's starter Mike Norris and was greeted with a single by Toby Harrah. After a single by Bobby Bonds plated Dade, Bob Lacey relieved Heaverlo and Andre Thornton drilled a three-run homer. A triple by Dave Rosello knocked in the final run. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 6, Oakland Athletics 4
Game Played on Wednesday, June      13, 1979 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
A's          3  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   4  9  0
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  6  x  -   6  7  1


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bryant lf             5   0   2   1     0   0   .185      Dade lf,3b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .282
Murray rf             4   1   0   0     1   0   .189      Harrah dh,ss          4   1   1   0     0   1   .244
Murphy cf             5   1   1   0     0   1   .277      Bonds rf              3   1   1   1     0   1   .317
Revering 1b           5   1   2   2     0   1   .292      Thornton 1b           3   1   1   3     0   1   .230
Newman c              4   0   3   1     0   0   .229      Manning cf            3   1   1   0     1   0   .256
Page dh               4   0   0   0     0   1   .223      Alexander c           4   0   0   0     0   2   .209
Gross 3b              1   0   0   0     3   1   .251        Garland p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Edwards 2b            3   1   1   0     1   0   .242      Kuiper 2b             1   0   0   0     1   0   .279
Picciolo ss           3   0   0   0     0   1   .205        Rosello 2b          2   0   1   1     0   0   .250
Norris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cox 3b                2   0   0   0     0   2   .191
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Norris ph,lf        2   1   1   0     0   0   .220
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Veryzer ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .229
                                                            Hassey ph,c         0   0   0   1     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4   9   4     5   5             Totals               29   6   7   6     3   7

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance:  5,204
Left on Base: A's 9, Indians 5
DP: A's 1, Indians 1
Errors: Veryzer
Doubles: Revering (15), Bryant (2), Newman (6)
Triples: Norris (1), Rosello (1)
Home Runs: Thornton (8)
Stolen Bases: Gross (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Picciolo (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Hassey (1)
GIDP: Newman (9), Veryzer (5)
Hit by Pitch: Bonds (7,by Norris), Thornton (1,by Norris)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norris                  7.1   2   2   2   3   6   0  28   5.43
Heaverlo                0     2   2   2   0   0   0   2   2.86
Lacey L(1-4)            0.2   3   2   2   0   1   1   5   4.93
Totals                  8     7   6   6   3   7   1  35

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Garland W(3-7)          9     9   4   3   5   5   0  40   5.60
Totals                  9     9   4   3   5   5   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Norris 2 (6)

Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Derryl Cousins, 3B - Don Denkinger


ATHLETICS 1ST: Bryant flied out to center; Murray walked; Murphy
reached on a fielder's choice [Murray to third (error by
Veryzer), Murphy to second]; Revering doubled to right [Murray
scored (unearned), Murphy scored]; Newman singled to center
[Revering scored]; Page struck out; Gross walked [Newman to
second]; Edwards walked [Newman to third, Gross to second];
Picciolo forced Edwards (shortstop unassisted); 3 R (2 ER), 2 H,
1 E, 3 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Dade walked; Harrah was called out on strikes;
Bonds was hit by a pitch [Dade to second]; Thornton struck out;
Manning walked [Dade to third, Bonds to second]; Alexander
forced Bonds (third unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Athletics 3, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Bryant doubled to center; Murray grounded out
(first to pitcher) [Bryant to third]; Murphy grounded out
(second to first); Revering struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Kuiper grounded out (first to pitcher); Cox struck
out; Veryzer flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 3, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Newman singled to left; Page flied out to left;
Gross walked [Newman to second]; Edwards grounded out (second to
pitcher) [Newman to third, Gross to second]; Picciolo flied out
to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Dade grounded out (third to first); Harrah grounded
out (third to first); Bonds was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Bryant grounded out (pitcher to first); Murray
flied to left in foul territory; Murphy grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Thornton grounded out (shortstop to first); Manning
grounded out (second to first); Alexander struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Revering grounded out (second to first); Newman
doubled to center; Page flied out to right; Gross struck out
(catcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians
0.

INDIANS 5TH: Kuiper walked; Cox struck out; Veryzer grounded
into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Kuiper out at
second]; Duane Kuiper bruised his left hip sliding; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 3, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: ROSELLO REPLACED KUIPER (PLAYING 2B); Edwards
singled to left; Picciolo out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Edwards to second]; Bryant singled to center [Edwards
scored, Bryant out at second (center to first to shortstop to
first to second)]; Murray grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Dade flied out to center; Harrah grounded out
(pitcher to first); Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Murphy struck out; Revering singled to center;
Newman grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Revering out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Thornton was hit by a pitch; Manning lined to
second; Alexander flied out to center; Rosello flied out to
left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Page grounded out (first to pitcher); Gross
walked; Gross stole second; Edwards grounded out (second to
first) [Gross to third]; Picciolo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 8TH: NORRIS BATTED FOR COX; Norris tripled to right;
HASSEY BATTED FOR VERYZER; Hassey hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Norris scored]; Dade singled to right; HEAVERLO REPLACED NORRIS
(PITCHING); Harrah singled to center [Dade to second]; Bonds
singled to left [Dade scored, Harrah to second]; LACEY REPLACED
HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Thornton homered [Harrah scored, Bonds
scored]; Manning singled to shortstop; Alexander struck out;
Rosello tripled to left [Manning scored]; Norris grounded out
(shortstop to first); 6 R, 7 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4,
Indians 6.

ATHLETICS 9TH: DADE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); HARRAH
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); GARLAND REPLACED ALEXANDER
(PITCHING); NORRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HASSEY STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING C ); Bryant flied out to center; Murray grounded
out (second to first); Murphy singled to second; Revering
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 4, Indians 6.