Extending his scoreless streak to 18 innings, Jon Matlack pitched the Rangers over the Indians, 3-0. The Rangers opened the scoring in the second inning when Buddy Bell doubled, moved to third on a groundout and came in on a sacrifice fly by Billy Sample. Singles by John Ellis, Sample and Jim Sundberg accounted for a marker in the fourth and Bump Wills stroked an RBI single in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 3, Cleveland Indians 0
Game Played on Tuesday, April     15, 1980 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0
Rangers      0  1  0    1  0  0    1  0  x  -   3  8  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Manning cf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .368      Rivers cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .417
Harrah 3b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .158      Wills 2b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .120
Hargrove 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .056      Oliver rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .120
Johnson dh            3   0   1   0     1   0   .167      Bell 3b               4   1   1   0     0   0   .174
Orta rf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .235      Ellis 1b              3   1   1   0     0   0   .273
Charboneau lf         4   0   1   0     0   1   .167        Putnam 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Diaz c                3   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Zisk dh               3   0   0   0     1   0   .158
Kuiper 2b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .353      Sample lf             2   0   1   1     0   0   .154
  Pruitt ph           1   0   1   0     0   0   .333      Sundberg c            2   1   2   1     1   0   .571
  Rosello 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Norman ss             2   0   1   0     0   0   .222
Veryzer ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Matlack p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mora ph             1   0   1   0     0   0   .333
  Dybzinski pr,ss     0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Owchinko 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               32   0   5   0     1   4             Totals               29   3   8   3     2   1

Time of Game: 2:15   Attendance: 11,895
Left on Base: Indians 6, Rangers 6
DP: Indians 0, Rangers 0
Errors: Bell, Ellis
Doubles: Johnson (1), Bell (1)
Stolen Bases: Wills (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Norman (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Sample (1)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Owchinko L(0-1)         6.2   8   3   3   2   1   0  29   4.05
Monge                   0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.86
Cruz                    1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3  13.50
Totals                  8     8   3   3   2   1   0  33

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack W(1-0)          9     5   0   0   1   4   0  33   0.00
Totals                  9     5   0   0   1   4   0  33

Wild Pitches: Matlack (1)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Steve Palermo


INDIANS 1ST: Manning lined to left; Harrah grounded out (third
to first); Hargrove flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Rivers flied out to right; Wills flied out to
center; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Johnson doubled to right; Orta made an out to
second; Ellis dropped a foul fly hit by Charboneau for an error;
Charboneau struck out; Diaz lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Bell doubled to right; Ellis grounded out (second
to first) [Bell to third]; Zisk walked; Sample lined out on a
sacrifice fly to center [Bell scored]; Sundberg walked [Zisk to
second]; Norman singled to left [Zisk out at home (left to
catcher), Sundberg to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0,
Rangers 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper flied out to left; Veryzer grounded out
(shortstop to first); Manning singled to center; Matlack threw a
wild pitch [Manning to second]; Harrah struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Rivers singled to left; Wills reached on a
fielder's choice [Rivers out at third (third to second to first
to second)]; Oliver forced Wills (pitcher to shortstop); Bell
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Hargrove popped to third in foul territory; Johnson
grounded out (third to first); Orta grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 4TH: Ellis singled to left; Zisk flied out to right;
Sample singled to left [Ellis to second]; Sundberg singled to
left [Ellis scored, Sample to third, Sundberg to second (on
throw)]; Norman popped to first in foul territory; Rivers struck
out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Charboneau singled to shortstop; Diaz flied out to
right; Kuiper flied out to center; Veryzer forced Charboneau
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers
2.

RANGERS 5TH: Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver
flied out to center; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah
was called out on strikes; Hargrove flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 6TH: Ellis lined to third; Zisk grounded out (third to
first); Sample grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 2.

INDIANS 7TH: PUTNAM REPLACED ELLIS (PLAYING 1B); Johnson popped
to third in foul territory; Orta grounded out (second to first);
Charboneau grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg singled to center; Norman out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Sundberg to second]; Rivers
flied out to center; Wills singled to left [Sundberg scored];
Wills stole second; MONGE REPLACED OWCHINKO (PITCHING); Oliver
flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Rangers 3.

INDIANS 8TH: Diaz grounded out (shortstop to first); PRUITT
BATTED FOR KUIPER; Pruitt singled to third [Pruitt to second
(error by Bell)]; MORA BATTED FOR VERYZER; Mora singled to right
[Pruitt to third]; DYBZINSKI RAN FOR MORA; Manning struck out;
Harrah made an out to first; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0,
Rangers 3.

RANGERS 8TH: ROSELLO REPLACED PRUITT (PLAYING 2B); DYBZINSKI
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); CRUZ REPLACED MONGE (PITCHING);
Bell grounded out (pitcher to first); Putnam flied out to right;
Zisk grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Rangers 3.

INDIANS 9TH: Hargrove grounded out (shortstop to first); Johnson
walked; Orta forced Johnson (third to second); Charboneau forced
Orta (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0,
Rangers 3.