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.

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