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.

Other productive hits in the Indians' subsequent attack included two-run singles by Tom Veryzer and Rick Manning. Homers accounted for seven of the Rangers' runs. Buddy Bell and Dave Roberts each connected with two men on base and John Ellis with the sacks empty. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 12, Texas Rangers 8
Game Played on Saturday, August    4, 1979 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Rangers      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.