A grand-slam homer by Toby Harrah in the first inning started the Indians off to a 12-8 victory in a slugfest with the Rangers. A double by Bobby Bonds around a pair of walks loaded the bases for Harrah's smash. Gary Alexander followed with a solo swat to make it 5-0. Cleveland Indians 12, Texas Rangers 8Game Played on Saturday, August 4, 1979 (Day game) at Cleveland StadiumRangers 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 - 8 9 1 Indians 5 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 x - 12 12 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rivers cf 5 0 1 1 0 0 .290 Hargrove lf 1 1 1 0 1 0 .238 Bell 3b 5 1 2 3 0 0 .298 Norris lf 1 0 1 0 2 0 .254 Oliver dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .309 Manning cf 5 1 1 2 0 1 .265 Zisk rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .258 Bonds rf 5 2 3 1 0 1 .292 J. Ellis 1b 3 2 1 1 1 1 .265 Thornton 1b 3 3 1 0 2 0 .237 Sample lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .260 Johnson dh 4 0 0 1 0 1 .278 Jorgensen ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Harrah 3b 5 1 1 4 0 3 .284 Sundberg c 2 3 2 0 2 0 .266 Alexander c 3 3 2 1 2 0 .225 Roberts 2b 4 1 1 3 0 1 .282 Kuiper 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .249 Norman ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .196 Veryzer ss 3 1 1 2 1 0 .218 Putnam ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Waits p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Spillner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Babcock p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rajsich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 8 9 8 3 3 Totals 34 12 12 12 8 6 Time of Game: 2:39 Attendance: 12,693 Left on Base: Rangers 3, Indians 7 DP: Rangers 1, Indians 1 Errors: J. Ellis Doubles: Sundberg (20), Bonds (21), Alexander (8) Home Runs: J. Ellis (11), Bell (11), Roberts (3), Harrah (11), Alexander (14) Stolen Bases: Manning (21) Sacrifice Flies: Johnson (3) GIDP: Oliver (10), Manning (7) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Johnson L(4-13) 2 5 7 7 3 1 2 13 4.59 Babcock 2.1 2 4 3 4 2 0 14 9.82 Rajsich 1.1 5 1 1 0 1 0 8 3.58 Kern 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 1.32 Lyle 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.02 Totals 8 12 12 11 8 6 2 43 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Waits W(11-9) 5.1 8 8 8 3 2 3 26 5.08 Spillner SV(1) 3.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 12 4.41 Totals 9 9 8 8 3 3 3 38 Wild Pitches: Babcock (1) Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Rocky Roe, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Dave Phillips RANGERS 1ST: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Bell singled to center; Oliver grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Bell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Hargrove walked; Manning flied out to right; Bonds doubled to center [Hargrove to third]; Thornton walked; Johnson struck out; Harrah homered [Hargrove scored, Bonds scored, Thornton scored]; Alexander homered; Kuiper flied out to center; 5 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 5. RANGERS 2ND: Zisk grounded out (pitcher to first); J. Ellis grounded out (third to first); Sample grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 5. INDIANS 2ND: Veryzer flied out to right; Hargrove singled to center; Manning grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Hargrove out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 5. RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg doubled to left; Mike Hargrove cut himself diving, requiring two stitches; NORRIS REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING LF); Roberts struck out; Norman grounded out (third to first); Rivers singled to center [Sundberg scored]; Bell forced Rivers (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Indians 5. INDIANS 3RD: Bonds singled to center; Thornton walked [Bonds to second]; BABCOCK REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Johnson made an out to shortstop; Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first) [Bonds to third, Thornton to second]; Alexander walked; Kuiper singled to left [Bonds scored, Thornton to third, Alexander to second]; Veryzer singled to right [Thornton scored, Alexander scored, Kuiper to third, Veryzer to second (on throw)]; Norris walked; Manning was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 1, Indians 8. RANGERS 4TH: Oliver grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Zisk struck out; J. Ellis homered; Sample flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Indians 8. INDIANS 4TH: Bonds flied out to left; Thornton reached on an error by J. Ellis [Thornton to second]; Babcock threw a wild pitch [Thornton to third]; Johnson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Thornton scored (unearned)]; Harrah struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Indians 9. RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg walked; Roberts lined to third; Norman singled to right [Sundberg to second]; On a bunt Rivers grounded out (pitcher to first) [Sundberg to third, Norman to second]; Bell homered [Sundberg scored, Norman scored]; Oliver singled to second; Zisk grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Indians 9. INDIANS 5TH: Alexander walked; Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first) [Alexander to second]; Veryzer walked; RAJSICH REPLACED BABCOCK (PITCHING); On a bunt Norris singled to third [Alexander to third, Veryzer to second]; Manning singled to right [Alexander scored, Veryzer scored, Norris out at third (right to catcher to third)]; Manning stole second; Bonds singled to left [Manning scored]; Thornton singled to second [Bonds to second]; Johnson flied out to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 5, Indians 12. RANGERS 6TH: J. Ellis walked; Sample made an out to second; Sundberg walked [J. Ellis to second]; Roberts homered [J. Ellis scored, Sundberg scored]; SPILLNER REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); Norman grounded out (second to first); Rivers flied out to center; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 8, Indians 12. INDIANS 6TH: Harrah was called out on strikes; Alexander doubled to center; Kuiper grounded out (second to first) [Alexander to third]; KERN REPLACED RAJSICH (PITCHING); Veryzer flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 8, Indians 12. RANGERS 7TH: Bell flied out to right; Oliver grounded out (second to first); Zisk popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 8, Indians 12. INDIANS 7TH: Norris walked; Manning made an out to shortstop; Bonds struck out; Thornton forced Norris (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 8, Indians 12. RANGERS 8TH: J. Ellis was called out on strikes; JORGENSEN BATTED FOR SAMPLE; Jorgensen grounded out (second to first); Sundberg singled to center; Roberts flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 8, Indians 12. INDIANS 8TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); LYLE REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Johnson flied out to right; Harrah was called out on strikes; Alexander grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 8, Indians 12. RANGERS 9TH: PUTNAM BATTED FOR NORMAN; Putnam made an out to shortstop; Rivers flied out to right; Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 8, Indians 12. |
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