Making his first major league start, Brian Allard allowed only five hits in 6 1/3 innings to gain his first victory as the Rangers defeated the Indians, 5-2. Jim Kern held the Indians hitless in the last 2 2/3 innings and picked up his 19th save. Texas Rangers 5, Cleveland Indians 2Game Played on Saturday, August 11, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington StadiumIndians 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 5 0 Rangers 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 x - 5 9 0 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove lf 3 1 2 1 1 0 .255 Rivers cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .272 Manning cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .266 Bell ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .305 Harrah ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Oliver lf 3 2 2 1 1 0 .326 Thornton 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .233 Zisk rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .277 Johnson dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .270 J. Ellis dh 4 0 2 2 0 0 .280 Norris rf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .256 Washington pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Alexander c 2 0 0 0 0 2 .221 Putnam 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .283 Hassey ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .262 Sample ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .257 Kuiper 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .251 Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Cox 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Soderholm 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .253 Alston ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .279 Sundberg c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Rosello 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Blanks 2b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .207 Paxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Allard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Monge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 2 5 2 2 6 Totals 31 5 9 5 2 1 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 21,902 Left on Base: Indians 3, Rangers 5 DP: Indians 1, Rangers 2 Doubles: Johnson (11), Bell (31), Soderholm (13), Zisk (15) Home Runs: Hargrove (5), Blanks (1) Stolen Bases: J. Ellis (2), Zisk (1) Caught Stealing: Hargrove (2) Sacrifice Flies: Sample (3) GIDP: Cox (6) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Paxton L(7-7) 5.1 8 4 4 1 1 1 24 5.89 Cruz 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.69 Monge 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 8 2.33 Totals 8 9 5 5 2 1 1 34 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Allard W(1-0) 6.1 5 2 2 1 4 1 23 4.32 Kern SV(19) 2.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 9 1.38 Totals 9 5 2 2 2 6 1 32 Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Dan Morrison, 3B - Dale Ford INDIANS 1ST: Hargrove singled to right; Manning struck out while Hargrove was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell doubled to right; Oliver singled to center [Bell scored]; Zisk lined into a double play (shortstop to first) [Oliver out at first]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 1. INDIANS 2ND: Thornton made an out to second; Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Norris flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 2ND: J. Ellis flied out to center; Putnam made an out to shortstop; Soderholm doubled to center; Sundberg flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 1. INDIANS 3RD: Alexander struck out; Kuiper singled to center; Cox grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Kuiper out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 3RD: Blanks homered; Rivers was called out on strikes; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver singled to center; Zisk doubled to right [Oliver to third]; J. Ellis singled to center [Oliver scored, Zisk scored]; J. Ellis stole second; Putnam made an out to third; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 4. INDIANS 4TH: Hargrove homered; Manning grounded out (first unassisted); Harrah grounded out (third to first); Thornton grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Rangers 4. RANGERS 4TH: Soderholm flied out to right; Sundberg grounded out (second to first); Blanks flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Rangers 4. INDIANS 5TH: Johnson struck out; Norris flied out to left; Alexander struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Rangers 4. RANGERS 5TH: Rivers flied out to center; Bell grounded out (third to first); Oliver grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Rangers 4. INDIANS 6TH: Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Cox grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove walked; Manning flied to left in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Rangers 4. RANGERS 6TH: Zisk singled to third; Zisk stole second; J. Ellis flied out to right; Putnam walked; CRUZ REPLACED PAXTON (PITCHING); Soderholm flied out to left; Sundberg flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 1, Rangers 4. INDIANS 7TH: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Thornton singled to third; Johnson doubled to left [Thornton to third]; KERN REPLACED ALLARD (PITCHING); Norris grounded out (first to pitcher) [Thornton scored, Johnson to third]; HASSEY BATTED FOR ALEXANDER; Hassey was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Rangers 4. RANGERS 7TH: HASSEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); MONGE REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Blanks grounded out (third to first); Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); Bell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Rangers 4. INDIANS 8TH: Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); ALSTON BATTED FOR COX; Alston struck out; Hargrove flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Rangers 4. RANGERS 8TH: ROSELLO REPLACED ALSTON (PLAYING 3B); Oliver walked; Zisk made an out to first; J. Ellis singled to right [Oliver to third]; WASHINGTON RAN FOR J. ELLIS; SAMPLE BATTED FOR PUTNAM; Sample hit a sacrifice fly to right [Oliver scored]; Soderholm flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Rangers 5. INDIANS 9TH: WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); JORGENSEN REPLACED SAMPLE (PLAYING 1B); Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah flied out to center; Thornton walked; Johnson made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Rangers 5. |
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