Combining for four homers and nine RBIs, Cliff Johnson and Toby Harrah paced the Indians to a 16-3 rout of the Yankees. Harrah's solo blast and Johnson's two-run shot gave the Tribe a 3-0 lead in the first inning. Harrah connected for a three-run round-tripper to highlight an eight-run outburst in the fourth and Johnson added a three-run swat in the fifth. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 16, New York Yankees 3
Game Played on Tuesday, September 18, 1979 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    3  0  0  -   3  6  2
Indians      3  0  1    8  3  0    0  1  x  -  16 16  0


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Murcer cf             2   0   0   0     0   0   .256      Hargrove lf           4   1   2   0     1   0   .298
  Brown cf            2   0   0   0     0   1   .225        Alston lf           1   0   1   0     0   0   .288
Randolph 2b           2   0   0   0     0   1   .271      Manning cf            5   2   1   1     1   0   .258
  Doyle 2b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Harrah ss             4   3   2   4     1   0   .283
Gamble lf             3   1   1   1     0   1   .340      Thornton 1b           3   3   1   0     2   2   .233
  Stanley lf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .211        Cage 1b             0   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Jackson rf            2   0   0   0     0   0   .292      Johnson dh            3   3   2   5     1   1   .269
  Beniquez rf         2   1   2   0     0   0   .245      Pruitt rf             4   2   2   1     1   1   .308
Chambliss 1b          2   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Alexander c           5   0   2   2     0   0   .228
  Werth 1b            2   1   1   0     0   0   .333      Cox 3b                4   1   1   2     0   1   .214
Nettles 3b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Rosello 2b            4   1   2   1     1   1   .269
  Staiger 3b          1   0   0   1     0   0   .000      Paxton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Spencer dh            2   0   0   0     0   0   .289        Wihtol p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Narron ph,dh        1   0   0   0     1   1   .155        Cruz p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Robinson c            3   0   1   1     0   0   .250
Dent ss               0   0   0   0     1   0   .233
  Garcia ss           2   0   1   0     0   0   .333
Mirabella p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Anderson p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kammeyer p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kaat p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   3   6   3     2   4             Totals               37  16  16  16     8   6

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance:  8,908
Left on Base: Yankees 4, Indians 7
DP: Yankees 1, Indians 0
Errors: Robinson, Garcia
Doubles: Garcia (1), Beniquez (6), Rosello (5), Thornton (29), Pruitt (6)
Home Runs: Gamble (14), Harrah 2 (19), Johnson 2 (15), Cox (4)
Caught Stealing: Manning (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Staiger (1), Cox (1)
GIDP: Manning (13)
Hit by Pitch: Johnson (5,by Kammeyer)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Mirabella L(0-4)        0.2   3   3   3   2   0   2   6   8.79
Anderson                2.1   1   1   1   4   0   0  10   3.86
Kammeyer                0     7   8   8   0   0   2   8   0.00
Hood                    3     2   3   3   2   3   1  14   3.24
Kaat                    2     3   1   1   0   3   0   9   3.68
Totals                  8    16  16  16   8   6   5  47

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Paxton W(8-7)           7     5   3   3   2   3   1  27   5.72
Wihtol                  1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   6.75
Cruz                    1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   4.36
Totals                  9     6   3   3   2   4   1  34

Hit by Pitch: Kammeyer (1)

Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Joe Brinkman


YANKEES 1ST: Murcer grounded out (first unassisted); Randolph
struck out; Gamble struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Hargrove singled to center; Hargrove was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Robinson [Hargrove to third];
Manning reached on a fielder's choice [Hargrove out at home
(second to catcher)]; Manning was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Harrah homered; Thornton
walked; Johnson homered [Thornton scored]; Pruitt walked;
ANDERSON REPLACED MIRABELLA (PITCHING); Alexander grounded out
(pitcher to first); Debut game for Rick Anderson; 3 R, 3
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Indians 3.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson grounded out (first to pitcher); Chambliss
grounded out (first unassisted); Nettles popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Indians 3.

INDIANS 2ND: Cox grounded out (pitcher to first); Rosello
walked; Hargrove walked [Rosello to second]; Manning grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first to third)
[Rosello out at third, Hargrove out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 0, Indians 3.

YANKEES 3RD: Spencer flied out to center; Robinson flied out to
left; Dent walked; Murcer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 0, Indians 3.

INDIANS 3RD: On a bunt Harrah grounded out (pitcher to first);
Thornton walked; Johnson walked [Thornton to second]; Pruitt
flied out to left; Alexander singled to center [Thornton scored,
Johnson to third, Alexander out at second (center to
shortstop)]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Indians 4.

YANKEES 4TH: Randolph grounded out (third to first); Gamble
grounded out (second to first); Jackson grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Indians 4.

INDIANS 4TH: KAMMEYER REPLACED ANDERSON (PITCHING); Cox homered;
Rosello doubled to center; Hargrove singled to left [Rosello to
third]; Manning singled to center [Rosello scored, Hargrove to
second]; Harrah homered [Hargrove scored, Manning scored];
Thornton doubled to left; Johnson was hit by a pitch; Pruitt
singled to center [Thornton scored, Johnson to second]; HOOD
REPLACED KAMMEYER (PITCHING); Alexander singled to center
[Johnson scored, Pruitt to third]; Cox hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Pruitt scored]; Rosello struck out; Hargrove grounded out
(first unassisted); 8 R, 8 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Indians 12.

YANKEES 5TH: Chambliss grounded out (second to first); Nettles
grounded out (first unassisted); Spencer made an out to second;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Indians 12.

INDIANS 5TH: BROWN REPLACED MURCER (PLAYING CF); DOYLE REPLACED
RANDOLPH (PLAYING 2B); BENIQUEZ REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF);
WERTH REPLACED CHAMBLISS (PLAYING 1B); STAIGER REPLACED NETTLES
(PLAYING 3B); GARCIA REPLACED DENT (PLAYING SS); Manning walked;
Harrah walked [Manning to second]; Thornton struck out; Johnson
homered [Manning scored, Harrah scored]; Pruitt struck out;
Alexander flied out to right; 3 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Indians 15.

YANKEES 6TH: Robinson flied out to center; Garcia doubled to
left; Brown struck out; Doyle flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0, Indians 15.

INDIANS 6TH: Cox reached on an error by Garcia; Rosello grounded
out (third to first) [Cox to second]; Hargrove lined to first;
Manning grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 0, Indians 15.

YANKEES 7TH: ALSTON REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING LF); Gamble
homered; Beniquez doubled to left; Werth singled to center
[Beniquez to third]; Staiger hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Beniquez scored]; NARRON BATTED FOR SPENCER; Narron walked
[Werth to second]; Robinson singled to right [Werth scored,
Narron out at third (right to shortstop to third)]; Garcia
grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3,
Indians 15.

INDIANS 7TH: NARRON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); STANLEY
REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING LF); KAAT REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING);
Harrah grounded out (third to first); Thornton struck out;
Johnson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Indians 15.

YANKEES 8TH: CAGE REPLACED THORNTON (PLAYING 1B); WIHTOL
REPLACED PAXTON (PITCHING); Brown grounded out (first to
pitcher); Doyle flied out to center; Stanley flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Indians 15.

INDIANS 8TH: Pruitt doubled to center; Alexander grounded out
(shortstop to first); Cox struck out; Rosello singled to center
[Pruitt scored]; Alston singled to first [Rosello to second];
Manning grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 3, Indians 16.

YANKEES 9TH: CRUZ REPLACED WIHTOL (PITCHING); Beniquez singled
to center; Werth lined to center; Staiger flied out to center;
Narron struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Indians 16.