After yielding six runs and six hits in the first inning, including a grand-slam homer by Andre Thornton and solo round-tripper by Ron Hassey, Rick Langford pitched one-hit ball over the final eight frames and the A's prevailed over the Indians, 8-6. The A's, who had scored three runs in the top half of the first, came back with a two-run homer by Mike Heath in the sixth and tied the score in the seventh. Oakland Athletics 8, Cleveland Indians 6Game Played on Thursday, August 23, 1979 (Night game) at Cleveland StadiumA's 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 - 8 11 0 Indians 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 7 2 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf 5 1 2 1 0 0 .259 Hargrove lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .278 Murphy cf 3 2 1 1 1 2 .264 Manning cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .264 Gross 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .223 Bonds rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .283 Picciolo ph,3b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .270 Harrah 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .284 Revering 1b 5 0 2 2 0 1 .282 Johnson dh 3 1 0 0 0 1 .274 Newman c 5 2 1 0 0 1 .237 Thornton 1b 4 1 1 4 0 1 .230 Heath dh 5 1 2 3 0 0 .260 Hassey c 4 1 1 1 0 0 .272 Armas rf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .252 Kuiper 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .267 Guerrero ss 1 0 1 0 2 0 .216 Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Edwards 2b 4 1 0 0 0 0 .240 Norris ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Monge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 8 11 8 4 5 Totals 34 6 7 6 1 3 Time of Game: 2:29 Attendance: 7,495 Left on Base: A's 7, Indians 3 DP: A's 0, Indians 1 Errors: Harrah, Veryzer Doubles: Hargrove (12), Manning (10), Kuiper (7) Home Runs: Heath (3), Thornton (20), Hassey (2) Stolen Bases: Henderson 3 (20) Sacrifice Hits: Guerrero (3) Sacrifice Flies: Murphy (3) GIDP: Edwards (8) Hit by Pitch: Johnson (4,by Langford) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford W(9-13) 9 7 6 6 1 3 2 36 4.21 Totals 9 7 6 6 1 3 2 36 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wise 6 8 5 2 2 3 1 27 3.56 Monge L(7-9) 1.2 3 3 2 2 1 0 11 2.56 Cruz 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 3.70 Totals 9 11 8 4 4 5 1 42 Hit by Pitch: Langford (4) Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Fred Spenn, 3B - Jim Evans ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson reached on an error by Harrah; Henderson stole second; Murphy singled to center [Henderson to third]; Gross flied out to right; Revering singled to right [Henderson scored (unearned), Murphy to second]; Newman forced Revering (shortstop to second) [Murphy to third]; Heath singled to right [Murphy scored (unearned), Newman to third]; Armas singled to center [Newman scored (unearned), Heath to second]; Guerrero singled to right [Heath out at home (right to catcher to second to catcher), Armas to second]; 3 R (0 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 3, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Hargrove doubled to right; Manning doubled to center [Hargrove scored]; Bonds grounded out (first unassisted) [Manning to third]; On a bunt Harrah singled [Manning stayed at third]; Johnson was hit by a pitch [Harrah to second]; Thornton homered [Manning scored, Harrah scored, Johnson scored]; Hassey homered; Kuiper doubled to right; Veryzer flied out to right; Hargrove flied out to left; 6 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Indians 6. ATHLETICS 2ND: Edwards grounded out (first unassisted); Henderson singled to second; Henderson stole second; Murphy struck out; Gross grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Indians 6. INDIANS 2ND: Manning grounded out (pitcher to first); Bonds grounded out (pitcher to first); Harrah flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Indians 6. ATHLETICS 3RD: Revering grounded out (first unassisted); Newman grounded out (pitcher to first); Heath grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Indians 6. INDIANS 3RD: Johnson struck out; Thornton made an out to shortstop; Hassey flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Indians 6. ATHLETICS 4TH: Armas flied out to center; Guerrero walked; Edwards grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Guerrero out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Indians 6. INDIANS 4TH: Kuiper made an out to shortstop; Veryzer grounded out (third to first); Hargrove was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Indians 6. ATHLETICS 5TH: Henderson grounded out (pitcher to first); Murphy struck out; Gross struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 3, Indians 6. INDIANS 5TH: Manning grounded out (second to first); Bonds flied out to left; Harrah walked; Johnson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Indians 6. ATHLETICS 6TH: Revering grounded out (first unassisted); Newman singled to center; Heath homered [Newman scored]; Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); Guerrero walked; Edwards grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Indians 6. INDIANS 6TH: Thornton struck out; Hassey grounded out (first unassisted); Kuiper grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Indians 6. ATHLETICS 7TH: MONGE REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); Murphy walked; PICCIOLO BATTED FOR GROSS; Picciolo singled to center [Murphy to second]; Revering singled to right [Murphy scored, Picciolo to third]; Newman struck out; Heath flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 6, Indians 6. INDIANS 7TH: PICCIOLO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Veryzer made an out to second; Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Manning flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 6, Indians 6. ATHLETICS 8TH: Armas walked; Guerrero out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Armas to second]; Edwards reached on an error by Veryzer; Henderson singled to center [Armas scored, Edwards to third]; Henderson stole second; Murphy hit a sacrifice fly to left [Edwards scored (unearned)]; CRUZ REPLACED MONGE (PITCHING); Picciolo grounded out (second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 8, Indians 6. INDIANS 8TH: Bonds grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 8, Indians 6. ATHLETICS 9TH: Revering struck out; Newman flied out to left; Heath grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 8, Indians 6. INDIANS 9TH: Thornton flied out to left; Hassey flied out to left; Kuiper singled to right; NORRIS BATTED FOR VERYZER; Norris flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 8, Indians 6. |
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