With a crowd of 56,969 on hand, the largest in the American League this season, Cliff Johnson responded to the big turnout by hitting a grand-slam homer in the first inning to start the Indians off to a 7-3 victory over the White Sox. With two out, Bobby Bonds singled, Andre Thornton walked and Toby Harrah was hit by a pitch to set the stage for Johnson's smash off Ken Kravec. Johnson also accounted for a fifth RBI with a single in the eighth. [The Sporting News]
Cleveland Indians 7, Chicago White Sox 3

Game Played on Tuesday, July 3, 1979 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

White Sox    0  0  1    0  1  0    1  0  0  -   3  7  3
Indians      4  1  1    0  0  0    0  1  x  -   7  6  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               4   0   1   1     0   0   .296      Norris cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .239
Kessinger ss          3   0   0   0     0   1   .189      Pruitt lf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Moore ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .293        Hargrove ph,lf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .186
  Bell ss             0   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Bonds rf              3   1   3   1     1   0   .296
Orta dh               3   0   0   0     0   0   .217      Thornton 1b           3   2   0   0     1   0   .238
Johnson 1b            4   0   0   0     0   0   .309      Harrah 3b             2   2   0   0     0   0   .274
Bannister 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .314      Johnson dh            4   1   3   5     0   1   .275
Lemon cf              3   2   3   0     1   0   .307        Alston pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Washington rf         4   0   1   0     0   1   .270      Alexander c           2   0   0   1     1   2   .204
Pryor 2b              3   1   1   1     0   0   .290      Kuiper 2b             2   1   0   0     2   0   .255
May c                 3   0   1   1     0   2   .236      Veryzer ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .225
Kravec p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wise p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Scarbery p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Farmer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   7   3     1   4             Totals               27   7   6   7     6   5

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance: 56,969
Left on Base: White Sox 5, Indians 5
DP: White Sox 2, Indians 2
Errors: Bannister 2, Washington, Thornton, Kuiper
Doubles: Lemon (21), Pryor (9), Washington (23)
Home Runs: Johnson (3)
Stolen Bases: Alston (1)
Caught Stealing: Garr (3), Bonds (14)
Sacrifice Flies: Pryor (4), Alexander (6)
GIDP: Johnson (7), Moore (5), Kuiper (7)
Hit by Pitch: Orta (1,by Monge), Harrah 2 (6,by Kravec 2)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kravec L(8-7)           2     4   6   5   3   2   1  15   3.65
Scarbery                5     1   0   0   2   2   0  15   3.70
Farmer                  1     1   1   0   1   1   0   6   5.63
Totals                  8     6   7   5   6   5   1  36

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise W(8-5)             7     7   3   3   0   4   0  27   3.64
Monge SV(8)             2     0   0   0   1   0   0   8   1.82
Totals                  9     7   3   3   1   4   0  35

Hit by Pitch: Kravec 2 (10), Monge (1)
Wild Pitches: Monge (6)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Vic Voltaggio


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr flied out to center; Kessinger grounded out
(pitcher to first); Orta made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Norris grounded out (second to first); Pruitt flied
out to right; Bonds singled to center; Thornton walked [Bonds to
second]; Harrah was hit by a pitch [Bonds to third, Thornton to
second]; Johnson homered [Bonds scored, Thornton scored, Harrah
scored]; Alexander struck out; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
0, Indians 4.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Johnson flied out to center; Bannister made an
out to shortstop; Lemon doubled to left; Washington struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 4.

INDIANS 2ND: Kuiper walked; Veryzer struck out; Norris walked
[Kuiper to second]; Pruitt flied out to center; Bonds singled to
left [Kuiper scored, Norris to second]; Thornton flied out to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Indians 5.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Pryor doubled to left; May struck out; Garr
singled to right [Pryor scored]; Garr was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Kessinger struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 White Sox 1, Indians 5.

INDIANS 3RD: Harrah was hit by a pitch; Johnson singled to right
[Harrah to third (error by Washington)]; SCARBERY REPLACED
KRAVEC (PITCHING); Alexander sacrifice flied into a double play
to right [Harrah scored (unearned), Johnson out at second (right
to shortstop)]; Kuiper flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Indians 6.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Orta grounded out (second to first); Johnson made
an out to shortstop; Bannister made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Indians 6.

INDIANS 4TH: Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); Norris
was called out on strikes; Pruitt made an out to first; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Indians 6.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Lemon singled to left; Washington grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Lemon to second]; Pryor grounded out (third
to first) [Lemon to third]; May singled to left [Lemon scored];
Garr made an out to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Indians 6.

INDIANS 5TH: Bonds walked; Bonds was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Thornton flied out to center; Harrah flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Indians 6.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Kessinger grounded out (pitcher to first); Orta
reached on an error by Thornton; Johnson grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Orta out at second]; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Indians 6.

INDIANS 6TH: Johnson struck out; Alexander walked; Kuiper
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Alexander out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Indians 6.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Bannister grounded out (pitcher to first); Lemon
singled to right; Washington doubled to center [Lemon to third];
Pryor hit a sacrifice fly to left [Lemon scored]; May struck
out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Indians 6.

INDIANS 7TH: Veryzer flied out to right; Norris flied out to
center; HARGROVE BATTED FOR PRUITT; Hargrove grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Indians 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: HARGROVE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); MONGE
REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); Garr reached on an error by Kuiper;
MOORE BATTED FOR KESSINGER; Moore grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Garr out at second]; Orta was
hit by a pitch; Monge threw a wild pitch [Orta to second];
Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 White Sox 3, Indians 6.

INDIANS 8TH: BELL REPLACED MOORE (PLAYING SS); Bonds singled to
left; FARMER REPLACED SCARBERY (PITCHING); Thornton reached on
an error by Bannister [Bonds out at third (third to second to
third to catcher), Thornton to second]; Harrah reached on an
error by Bannister; Johnson singled to center [Thornton scored
(unearned), Harrah to third]; ALSTON RAN FOR JOHNSON; Alston
stole second; Alexander struck out; Kuiper was walked
intentionally; Veryzer grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R (0
ER), 2 H, 2 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 3, Indians 7.

WHITE SOX 9TH: ALSTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Bannister
flied out to right; Lemon walked; Washington flied out to right;
Pryor made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
3, Indians 7.
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