Wednesday April 15, 1981
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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.



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