After the Rangers took a 5-0 lead with the aid of a grand-slam homer by Al Oliver, the Indians rallied to gain an 8-7 victory. The comeback started with two runs in the fifth inning and two more in the sixth before the Indians capped their scoring with four runs in the seventh.

Jerry Dybzinski led off that stanza with his first major league homer. Rick Manning followed with a single and Toby Harrah tripled to tie the score at 6-6. Mike Hargrove singled, driving in Harrah with the go-ahead run. Later in the stanza, Hargrove scored what proved to be the deciding run on a forceout by Jorge Orta. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 8, Texas Rangers 7
Game Played on Saturday, April     26, 1980 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    1  4  0    1  1  0  -   7  9  0
Indians      0  0  0    0  2  2    4  0  x  -   8 13  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             3   2   1   1     1   0   .355      Manning cf            4   1   1   1     0   1   .224
Wills 2b              3   1   0   0     2   2   .226      Harrah 3b             5   1   2   1     0   1   .173
Oliver rf             5   1   1   4     0   1   .238      Hargrove 1b           5   2   3   1     0   0   .277
Bell 3b               3   1   2   0     2   1   .345      Johnson dh            4   1   1   0     0   2   .200
Staub dh              3   0   1   1     0   1   .421      Charboneau lf         3   0   1   0     1   1   .341
  Zisk ph,dh          1   0   0   1     1   0   .143      Orta rf               2   1   1   2     1   0   .261
Grubb lf              3   0   0   0     0   0   .059      Diaz c                1   1   1   0     1   0   .364
  Sample ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Hassey ph,c         1   0   1   1     0   0   .382
  Norris ph,lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .111      Kuiper 2b             4   0   1   1     0   1   .295
Putnam 1b             3   1   2   0     1   1   .205      Veryzer ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Sundberg c            4   0   0   0     0   1   .324        Alexander ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .125
Norman ss             2   1   1   0     1   0   .200        Dybzinski ss        1   1   1   1     1   0   .250
  Ellis ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .308      Denny p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Frias pr,ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Matlack 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        Stanton p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   7   9   7     8   7             Totals               32   8  13   8     4   7

Time of Game: 3:05   Attendance:  7,092
Left on Base: Rangers 7, Indians 7
DP: Rangers 1, Indians 3
Doubles: Bell 2 (7), Diaz (1)
Triples: Harrah (1)
Home Runs: Oliver (2), Dybzinski (1)
Stolen Bases: Rivers 2 (5), Wills (8)
Caught Stealing: Orta (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Rivers (1), Manning (1), Orta (1), Hassey (2)
GIDP: Grubb (1), Sundberg (1), Zisk (3), Hargrove (2)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack                 5     6   4   3   2   6   0  22   1.44
Kern L(1-2)             1     3   3   3   1   0   1   7   3.00
Lyle                    2     4   1   1   1   1   0  10   2.89
Totals                  8    13   8   7   4   7   1  39

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny                   6.1   8   6   6   4   5   1  29   7.91
Monge                   0.1   0   0   0   2   1   0   3   6.00
Cruz W(1-2)             0.2   1   1   1   1   1   0   4  11.12
Stanton SV(1)           1.2   0   0   0   1   0   0   5   3.86
Totals                  9     9   7   7   8   7   1  41

Passed Balls: Sundberg (5)
Wild Pitches: Denny (2)
Balks: Kern (1), Denny (1)

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - John Shulock, 3B - Bill Kunkel


RANGERS 1ST: Rivers singled to left; Denny balked [Rivers to
second]; Wills struck out; Oliver grounded out (second to first)
[Rivers to third]; Bell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah
was called out on strikes; Hargrove singled to center; Johnson
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 0, Indians 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Staub grounded out (pitcher to first); Grubb
grounded out (second to first); Putnam singled to center;
Sundberg forced Putnam (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Charboneau struck out; Orta singled to left; Orta
was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop); Diaz doubled to right; Kuiper struck out; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Norman grounded out (second to first); Rivers
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Veryzer grounded out (third to first); Manning was
called out on strikes; Harrah grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Oliver grounded out (first unassisted); Bell
doubled to left; Staub singled to left [Bell scored]; Grubb
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Staub out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians
0.

INDIANS 4TH: Hargrove lined to left; Johnson was called out on
strikes; Charboneau flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Indians 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Putnam singled to third; Sundberg grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Putnam out at
second]; Norman singled to left; Rivers walked [Norman to
second]; Denny threw a wild pitch [Norman to third]; Rivers
stole second; Wills walked; Oliver homered [Norman scored,
Rivers scored, Wills scored]; Bell doubled to right; Staub
struck out (catcher to first); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Orta walked; Diaz walked [Orta to second]; Kuiper
singled to center [Orta scored, Diaz to second]; ALEXANDER
BATTED FOR VERYZER; Alexander struck out; Sundberg allowed a
passed ball [Diaz to third, Kuiper to second]; Manning lined out
on a sacrifice fly to left [Diaz scored (unearned)]; Harrah
flied out to center; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5,
Indians 2.

RANGERS 6TH: DYBZINSKI REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING SS); Grubb
grounded out (second to first); Putnam was called out on
strikes; Sundberg made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 5, Indians 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Hargrove singled to left; Johnson singled to left
[Hargrove to second]; KERN REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING);
Charboneau walked [Hargrove to third, Johnson to second]; Orta
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Hargrove scored, Johnson to
third]; HASSEY BATTED FOR DIAZ; Hassey hit a sacrifice fly to
shortstop [Johnson scored, Charboneau to second]; Kuiper lined
to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Indians 4.

RANGERS 7TH: HASSEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Norman walked;
Rivers forced Norman (pitcher to shortstop) [Rivers to first];
Wills walked [Rivers to second]; MONGE REPLACED DENNY
(PITCHING); Rivers stole third and Wills stole second; Oliver
struck out; Bell was walked intentionally; ZISK BATTED FOR
STAUB; Zisk walked [Rivers scored, Wills to third, Bell to
second]; SAMPLE BATTED FOR GRUBB; CRUZ REPLACED MONGE
(PITCHING); NORRIS BATTED FOR SAMPLE; Norris made an out to
third; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers 6, Indians 4.

INDIANS 7TH: ZISK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); NORRIS STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); Dybzinski homered; Manning singled to left;
Kern balked [Manning to second]; Harrah tripled to right
[Manning scored]; LYLE REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Hargrove
singled to center [Harrah scored]; Johnson struck out;
Charboneau singled to right [Hargrove to third]; Orta forced
Charboneau (second to shortstop) [Hargrove scored, Orta to
first]; Hassey singled to right [Orta to second]; Kuiper
grounded out (first unassisted); 4 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers
6, Indians 8.

RANGERS 8TH: Putnam walked; Sundberg struck out; ELLIS BATTED
FOR NORMAN; Ellis singled to right [Putnam to third]; FRIAS RAN
FOR ELLIS; STANTON REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); Rivers hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Putnam scored]; Wills grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 7, Indians 8.

INDIANS 8TH: FRIAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Dybzinski
walked; Manning lined to shortstop; Harrah singled to right
[Dybzinski to third]; Hargrove grounded into a double play
(first to shortstop to first) [Harrah out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 7, Indians 8.

RANGERS 9TH: Oliver flied out to left; Bell walked; Zisk
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Bell out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 7, Indians
8.