Taking advantage of Rangers' errors, the Indians posted a 7-4 victory in a game played in steady rain. In the fourth inning, Toby Harrah reached first on shortstop Nelson Norman's wild throw, took third on a single by Mike Hargrove and scored on a double by Cliff Johnson.

A single by Jorge Orta plated Hargrove and Johnson also came home on the play when center fielder Mickey Rivers misplayed the ball. A two-out single by Tom Veryzer capped the four-run outburst. The Tribe picked up two more markers in the fifth on run-scoring singles by Hargrove and Joe Charboneau. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 7, Texas Rangers 4
Game Played on Sunday, April     27, 1980 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Rangers      1  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  2  -   4 15  3
Indians      0  0  0    4  2  0    1  0  x  -   7 13  1


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   1   3   0     0   0   .373      Manning cf            5   0   0   0     0   1   .204
Wills 2b              3   1   1   0     2   0   .231      Harrah 3b             4   2   1   0     1   0   .179
Oliver rf             5   0   2   1     0   0   .250      Hargrove 1b           5   2   2   1     0   0   .288
Bell 3b,ss            5   1   1   2     0   1   .333      Johnson dh            5   1   1   1     0   1   .200
Staub dh              5   0   2   0     0   0   .419      Orta rf               3   1   1   1     1   0   .265
Putnam 1b             5   0   2   0     0   0   .227      Charboneau lf         4   0   2   1     0   0   .354
Norris lf             5   0   3   1     0   0   .286      Hassey c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .368
Sundberg c            5   0   0   0     0   0   .286      Kuiper 2b             3   0   2   1     1   0   .319
Norman ss             2   0   1   0     0   0   .219      Veryzer ss            4   0   3   1     0   0   .286
  Sample ph           0   1   0   0     1   0   .250      Barker p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Frias ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143        Stanton p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Grubb ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .059
  Roberts 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Rajsich p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Devine p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   4  15   4     4   1             Totals               37   7  13   6     3   2

Time of Game: 3:09   Attendance: 12,879
Left on Base: Rangers 13, Indians 9
DP: Rangers 2, Indians 2
Errors: Rivers, Norman, Jenkins, Veryzer
Doubles: Johnson (2), Harrah (1)
Triples: Hassey (1)
Stolen Bases: Norris (1)
Caught Stealing: Norris (1)
GIDP: Bell (2), Norris (1), Veryzer (2), Hassey (4)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins L(1-2)          3.2   5   4   1   1   1   0  18   6.86
Rajsich                 0.1   2   2   2   0   0   0   3   3.97
Devine                  4     6   1   1   2   1   0  19   2.35
Totals                  8    13   7   4   3   2   0  40

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barker W(2-1)           6.1  10   2   2   1   1   0  28   4.26
Stanton                 2.2   5   2   2   3   0   0  16   4.66
Totals                  9    15   4   4   4   1   0  44

Passed Balls: Sundberg (6)

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


RANGERS 1ST: Rivers singled to left; Wills singled to left
[Rivers to second]; Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Rivers to third, Wills to second]; Bell grounded out (third to
first) [Rivers scored]; Staub singled to shortstop [Wills to
third]; Putnam grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Manning was called out on strikes; Harrah grounded
out (third to first); Hargrove lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Norris singled to center; Norris stole second;
Sundberg grounded out (second to first) [Norris to third];
Norris was caught stealing home (catcher to third); Norman
singled to right; Rivers flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Johnson flied out to left; Orta flied out to
center; Charboneau singled to right; Hassey forced Charboneau
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians
0.

RANGERS 3RD: Wills reached on an error by Veryzer [Wills to
first]; Oliver singled to left [Wills to second]; Bell grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Wills to
third, Oliver out at second]; Staub flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper reached on an error by Jenkins (assist by
Putnam) [Kuiper to first]; Fergie Jenkins missed the bag;
Veryzer grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [Kuiper out at second]; Manning lined to center; 0 R, 0
H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Putnam singled to left; Norris grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Putnam out at
second]; Sundberg lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Harrah reached on an error by Norman [Harrah to
first]; Hargrove singled to right [Harrah to third]; Johnson
doubled to left [Harrah scored (unearned), Hargrove to third];
Orta singled to center [Hargrove scored, Johnson scored (error
by Rivers) (unearned) (no RBI), Orta to second]; Charboneau made
an out to second; Hassey lined to third; Kuiper was walked
intentionally; Veryzer singled to left [Orta scored (unearned),
Kuiper to second]; RAJSICH REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); Manning
flied out to center; 4 R (1 ER), 4 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Indians 4.

RANGERS 5TH: Norman grounded out (second to first); Rivers
singled to center; Wills flied out to left; Oliver singled to
center [Rivers to second]; Bell struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 4.

INDIANS 5TH: Harrah doubled to left; Sundberg allowed a passed
ball [Harrah to third]; Hargrove singled to left [Harrah
scored]; DEVINE REPLACED RAJSICH (PITCHING); Johnson flied out
to left; Orta walked [Hargrove to second]; Charboneau singled to
left [Hargrove scored, Orta to second]; Hassey grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Charboneau out at
second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 6.

RANGERS 6TH: Staub flied out to center; Putnam flied out to
left; Norris flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
1, Indians 6.

INDIANS 6TH: Kuiper singled to left; On a bunt Veryzer singled
[Kuiper to second]; Manning forced Veryzer (third to second)
[Kuiper to third]; Harrah walked [Manning to second]; Hargrove
flied out to right; Johnson lined to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 6.

RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg flied out to left; SAMPLE BATTED FOR
NORMAN; Sample walked; Rivers singled to right [Sample to
third]; STANTON REPLACED BARKER (PITCHING); Wills walked [Rivers
to second]; Oliver forced Wills (second to shortstop) [Sample
scored, Rivers to third, Oliver to first]; Bell grounded out
(second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2, Indians 6.

INDIANS 7TH: FRIAS REPLACED SAMPLE (PLAYING SS); Orta grounded
out (first to pitcher); Charboneau made an out to third; Hassey
tripled to center; Kuiper singled to center [Hassey scored];
Veryzer singled to center [Kuiper to second]; Manning grounded
out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 2,
Indians 7.

RANGERS 8TH: Staub singled to right; Putnam flied out to left;
Norris singled to left [Staub to second]; Sundberg forced Norris
(third to second) [Staub to third, Sundberg to first]; GRUBB
BATTED FOR FRIAS; Grubb walked [Sundberg to second]; Rivers
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Rangers
2, Indians 7.

INDIANS 8TH: BELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); ROBERTS
REPLACED GRUBB (PLAYING 3B); Harrah grounded out (second to
first); Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Johnson struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 2, Indians 7.

RANGERS 9TH: Wills walked; Oliver grounded out (second to first)
[Wills to second]; Bell singled to center [Wills scored]; Staub
grounded out (second to first) [Bell to second]; Putnam singled
to center [Bell to third]; Norris singled to center [Bell
scored, Putnam to second]; Sundberg grounded out (pitcher to
first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 4, Indians 7.