A three-run homer by Bobby Bonds paced the Indians to a 5-3 victory over the A's. After spotting the A's a one-run lead on a double by Jeff Newman in the second inning, the Indians came back with four in their half. Cleveland Indians 5, Oakland Athletics 3Game Played on Saturday, August 25, 1979 (Night game) at Cleveland StadiumA's 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 8 1 Indians 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 x - 5 10 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Henderson lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .257 Hargrove lf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .281 Murphy cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .260 Manning cf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .260 Gross 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .221 Bonds dh 4 1 2 3 0 0 .287 Revering 1b 4 2 2 0 0 1 .284 Harrah ss 4 1 1 1 0 1 .284 Page dh 4 1 2 1 0 1 .253 Thornton 1b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .234 Guerrero ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .220 Hassey c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .267 Newman c 4 0 2 1 0 0 .237 Norris rf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .253 Armas rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .249 Pruitt ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Chalk 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Alston rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .289 Morgan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kuiper 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .267 Hamilton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rosello 3b 2 1 0 0 1 0 .225 Barker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cruz p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 8 3 3 7 Totals 31 5 10 5 2 1 Time of Game: 2:34 Attendance: 8,815 Left on Base: A's 5, Indians 6 DP: A's 2, Indians 2 Errors: Armas Doubles: Newman 2 (15), Revering 2 (21), Kuiper (8) Home Runs: Bonds (20), Harrah (12) Caught Stealing: Page (15) Sacrifice Flies: Manning (6) GIDP: Chalk (7), Murphy (7), Hassey 2 (5) Hit by Pitch: Thornton (3,by Morgan) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Morgan L(2-7) 7.1 10 5 5 2 1 2 33 5.12 Hamilton 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.69 Totals 8 10 5 5 2 1 2 35 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barker W(4-4) 8.1 8 3 3 3 7 0 33 4.46 Cruz SV(9) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3.66 Totals 9 8 3 3 3 7 0 35 Hit by Pitch: Morgan (3) Umpires: HP - Fred Spenn, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Ted Hendry ATHLETICS 1ST: Henderson struck out; Murphy flied out to right; Gross flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Hargrove singled to right; Manning flied out to center; Bonds singled to left [Hargrove to second]; Harrah flied out to center; Thornton was hit by a pitch [Hargrove to third, Bonds to second]; Hassey popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 0, Indians 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering grounded out (second to first); Page singled to left; Guerrero flied out to right; Newman doubled to left [Page scored]; Armas grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Norris grounded out (first to pitcher); Kuiper doubled to left; Rosello walked; Hargrove walked [Kuiper to third, Rosello to second]; Manning hit a sacrifice fly to left [Kuiper scored]; Bonds homered [Rosello scored, Hargrove scored]; Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Indians 4. ATHLETICS 3RD: Chalk grounded out (pitcher to first); Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); Murphy struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Indians 4. INDIANS 3RD: Thornton singled to left; Hassey grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Thornton out at second]; Norris singled to left; Kuiper forced Norris (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Indians 4. ATHLETICS 4TH: Gross grounded out (first unassisted); Revering doubled to center; Page singled to center [Revering scored]; Page was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Guerrero grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 4. INDIANS 4TH: Rosello grounded out (third to first); Hargrove singled to right [Hargrove to second (error by Armas)]; Manning popped to third in foul territory; Bonds grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 4. ATHLETICS 5TH: Newman doubled to left; Armas walked; Chalk grounded into a double play (third to second) [Newman out at third, Armas out at second]; Henderson walked [Chalk to second]; Murphy walked [Chalk to third, Henderson to second]; Gross struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 4. INDIANS 5TH: Harrah struck out; Thornton singled to left; Hassey grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Thornton out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 4. ATHLETICS 6TH: Revering was called out on strikes; Page struck out; Guerrero struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 4. INDIANS 6TH: Norris grounded out (shortstop to first); Kuiper grounded out (second to shortstop to first); Rosello grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 4. ATHLETICS 7TH: Newman grounded out (third to first); Armas struck out; Chalk made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 4. INDIANS 7TH: Hargrove flied out to center; Manning grounded out (first to pitcher); Bonds flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 4. ATHLETICS 8TH: Henderson singled to center; Murphy grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Henderson out at second]; Gross made an out to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 4. INDIANS 8TH: Harrah homered; Thornton grounded out (third to first); Hassey singled to center; HAMILTON REPLACED MORGAN (PITCHING); PRUITT BATTED FOR NORRIS; Pruitt flied out to right; Kuiper flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 5. ATHLETICS 9TH: ALSTON REPLACED PRUITT (PLAYING RF); Revering doubled to left; Page grounded out (pitcher to first); Guerrero singled to center [Revering scored]; CRUZ REPLACED BARKER (PITCHING); Newman grounded out (second to first) [Guerrero to second]; Armas grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 3, Indians 5. |
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