Erupting for four runs in their first turn at bat, the Indians posted their first victory of the season, 7-1 over the Rangers, spoiling Texas' home opener. Mike Hargrove began the rally by drawing a base on balls, and Joe Charboneau followed with a single. Toby Harrah plated two tallies with a triple and came in on a two-bagger by Jorge Orta. Bo Diaz capped the rally with an RBi single. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 7, Texas Rangers 1
Game Played on Tuesday, April     14, 1981 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Indians      4  0  1    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   7  8  0
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1 10  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dilone lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .083      Wills 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .333
  Littleton lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rivers cf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .313
Manning cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Oliver dh             4   0   0   0     0   1   .111
Hargrove 1b           3   2   0   0     1   0   .364      Bell 3b,ss            4   0   3   1     0   1   .444
Charboneau dh         3   1   1   0     1   1   .333      Sample lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .071
Harrah 3b             3   2   1   2     1   0   .400      Grubb rf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .200
Orta rf               4   1   1   1     0   1   .182      Putnam 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .333
  Hayes rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sundberg c            3   0   1   0     1   0   .417
Diaz c                4   1   2   2     0   1   .429      Mendoza ss            2   0   1   0     0   0   .300
Bannister 2b          4   0   2   1     0   0   .167        Stein ph,3b         2   0   1   0     0   1   .500
Veryzer ss            4   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Matlack p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Babcock p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   7   8   6     3   3             Totals               34   1  10   1     2   3

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 22,761
Left on Base: Indians 5, Rangers 8
DP: Indians 2, Rangers 2
Errors: Wills, Matlack
Doubles: Orta (1), Diaz (1), Rivers (2)
Triples: Harrah (1)
Stolen Bases: Wills (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Manning (1)
GIDP: Harrah (1), Veryzer (1), Putnam (1)
Hit by Pitch: Hargrove (1,by Matlack)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits W(1-0)            9    10   1   1   2   3   0  36   1.00
Totals                  9    10   1   1   2   3   0  36

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Matlack L(0-2)          7.1   7   7   5   3   3   0  34   6.92
Babcock                 1.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   5   0.00
Totals                  9     8   7   5   3   3   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Matlack (1)
Wild Pitches: Waits (1), Matlack (1)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Greg Kosc


INDIANS 1ST: Dilone grounded out (shortstop to first); Manning
flied to left; Hargrove walked; Charboneau singled to pitcher
[Hargrove to second]; Harrah tripled to right [Hargrove scored,
Charboneau scored]; Orta doubled to right [Harrah scored]; Diaz
singled to left [Orta scored]; Bannister forced Diaz (second to
shortstop); 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Wills walked; Rivers flied to center; Oliver
grounded out (second to first) [Wills to second]; Bell was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Rangers
0.

INDIANS 2ND: Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); Dilone
grounded out (pitcher to first); Manning flied to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Sample singled to right; Grubb lined into a double
play (center to first) [Sample out at first]; Putnam flied to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Hargrove was hit by a pitch; Charboneau walked
[Hargrove to second]; Harrah grounded into a double play (second
to first) [Hargrove to third, Charboneau out at second]; Orta
reached on an error by Wills [Hargrove scored (unearned) (no
RBI)]; Diaz grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg singled to center; Mendoza forced Sundberg
(pitcher to shortstop); Wills forced Mendoza (shortstop to
second); Wills stole second; Rivers grounded out (pitcher
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Bannister grounded out (third to first); Veryzer
grounded out (pitcher to first); Dilone grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Bell singled
to left [Bell out at second (left to second)]; Sample flied to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Manning grounded out (second to first); Hargrove
grounded out (pitcher to first); Charboneau struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Grubb singled to right; Putnam grounded into a
double play (first to shortstop to first) [Grubb out at second];
Sundberg walked; On a bunt Mendoza singled to third [Sundberg to
second]; Wills forced Sundberg (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 5, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Harrah walked; Orta struck out; Diaz struck out;
Bannister singled to center [Harrah to third]; Veryzer grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 5,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Rivers doubled to right; Oliver struck out; Bell
singled to left [Rivers scored, Bell to second (on throw to
home)]; Sample grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb popped
to first in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5,
Rangers 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Dilone singled to right; Matlack threw a wild pitch
[Dilone to second]; Manning out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Dilone to third]; Hargrove flied to left; Charboneau
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 5, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 7TH: LITTLETON REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING LF); Putnam
popped to third in foul territory; Sundberg grounded out
(pitcher to first); STEIN BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Stein singled to
right; Wills forced Stein (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 5, Rangers 1.

INDIANS 8TH: STEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); BELL CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Harrah reached on an error by Matlack;
Orta popped to third; Diaz doubled to left [Harrah scored
(unearned)]; BABCOCK REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); Bannister
singled to left [Diaz scored]; Veryzer grounded into a double
play (shortstop to shortstop to first) [Bannister out at
second]; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 8TH: Rivers flied to right; Oliver flied to center; Bell
singled to left; Sample grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 7, Rangers 1.

INDIANS 9TH: Littleton grounded out (shortstop to first);
Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove popped to
third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7,
Rangers 1.

RANGERS 9TH: HAYES REPLACED ORTA (PLAYING RF); Grubb grounded
out (shortstop to first); Debut game for Von Hayes;
Putnam singled to right; Sundberg flied to center; Waits threw a
wild pitch [Putnam to second]; Stein struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 7, Rangers 1.