| Driving in three runs, Al Oliver led the Rangers to an 8-0 pasting of the Indians. Oliver cracked a solo homer in the first inning, RBI double in the fifth and run-scoring fielder's choice grounder in the seventh. [The Sporting News] |
Texas Rangers 8, Cleveland Indians 0
Game Played on Wednesday, April 15, 1981 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Indians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 6 1 Rangers 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 3 x - 8 12 0 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dilone dh 4 0 2 0 0 1 .188 Wills 2b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .350 Manning cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .143 Rivers cf 5 2 1 1 0 0 .286 Hargrove 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Oliver dh 5 1 2 3 0 0 .174 Charboneau lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .231 Bell 3b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .429 Orta rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .133 Grubb rf 4 0 1 1 0 1 .211 Harrah 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .385 Putnam 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .368 Hassey c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .167 Sample lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .118 Diaz c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .429 Sundberg c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .375 Bannister 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .200 Mendoza ss 3 1 1 1 1 0 .308 Veryzer ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Medich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kelly ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 J. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Littleton ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dybzinski ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Barker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 0 6 0 0 4 Totals 36 8 12 8 2 4 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 10,845 Left on Base: Indians 5, Rangers 7 DP: Indians 0, Rangers 1 Errors: Hargrove Doubles: Bannister (1), Bell (1), Oliver (1), Rivers (3) Home Runs: Oliver (1) Stolen Bases: Dilone (1), Putnam (1), Sample (1) Caught Stealing: Grubb (1) Sacrifice Flies: Bell (1) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barker L(0-1) 6.1 9 5 4 1 2 1 29 5.68 Lacey 1.2 3 3 3 1 2 0 10 15.43 Totals 8 12 8 7 2 4 1 39 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Medich W(1-0) 7.1 5 0 0 0 4 0 26 0.00 J. Johnson 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 1.93 Totals 9 6 0 0 0 4 0 32 Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Don Denkinger INDIANS 1ST: On a bunt Dilone singled to shortstop; Dilone stole second; Manning flied to left; Hargrove hit into a double play (third to first) [Dilone out at home (first to catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Wills flied to left; Rivers popped to shortstop; Oliver homered; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 1. INDIANS 2ND: Charboneau grounded out (pitcher to first); Orta grounded out (second to first); Harrah was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 2ND: Grubb lined to second; Putnam singled to center; Putnam stole second; Sample struck out; Sundberg struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 1. INDIANS 3RD: Hassey grounded out (second to first); Bannister doubled to center; Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first) [Bannister to third]; Dilone was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 3RD: Mendoza walked; Wills flied to left; Rivers flied to left; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 1. INDIANS 4TH: Manning grounded out (second to first); Hargrove grounded out (first to pitcher); Charboneau was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 4TH: Bell doubled to left; Grubb singled to left [Bell scored]; Grubb was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Putnam flied to center; Sample singled to left; Sample stole second; Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 2. INDIANS 5TH: Orta grounded out (second to first); Harrah singled to shortstop; Hassey was called out on strikes; Bannister grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 2. RANGERS 5TH: Mendoza grounded out (third to first); Wills flied to center; Rivers reached on an error by Hargrove [Rivers to second]; Oliver doubled to center [Rivers scored (unearned)]; Bell flied to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 3. INDIANS 6TH: Veryzer singled to right; Dilone flied to left; Manning singled to center [Veryzer to second]; Hargrove flied to center; Charboneau flied to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 3. RANGERS 6TH: Grubb flied to center; Putnam singled to center; Sample popped to shortstop; Sundberg lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 3. INDIANS 7TH: Orta grounded out (pitcher to first); Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); Hassey grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 3. RANGERS 7TH: Mendoza grounded out (second to first); Wills singled to center; Rivers doubled to right [Wills to third]; LACEY REPLACED BARKER (PITCHING); Oliver reached on a fielder's choice [Wills scored, Rivers to third]; Ron Hassey injured left knee on play at home; DIAZ REPLACED HASSEY (PLAYING C ); Bell hit a sacrifice fly to right [Rivers scored]; Grubb struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 5. INDIANS 8TH: Bannister grounded out (third to first); KELLY BATTED FOR VERYZER; J. JOHNSON REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); LITTLETON BATTED FOR KELLY; Littleton flied to right; Dilone singled to center; Manning flied to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 5. RANGERS 8TH: DYBZINSKI REPLACED LITTLETON (PLAYING SS); Putnam struck out; Sample walked; Sundberg singled to center [Sample to second]; Mendoza singled to left [Sample scored, Sundberg to second]; Wills singled to center [Sundberg scored, Mendoza to third]; Rivers grounded out (second to first) [Mendoza scored, Wills to second]; Oliver lined to shortstop; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 8. INDIANS 9TH: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Charboneau grounded out (first to pitcher); Orta grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 8.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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