Veteran knuckleballer Charlie Hough pitched his fifth complete game in 24 major league starts and Buddy Bell swatted two homers as the Rangers downed the Indians, 8-3, in the season's opener for both clubs. Bell's circuit clouts were solo shots in the third and fifth innings. George Wright drove in three runs with a bases-empty homer in the third, RBI single in the fourth and run-scoring two-bagger in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 8, Cleveland Indians 3
Game Played on Saturday, April     10, 1982 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Rangers      0  1  2    1  1  2    0  0  1  -   8 15  0
Indians      2  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  2


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wright cf             4   2   3   3     1   1   .750      Dilone lf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .250
Mazzilli lf           5   0   2   0     0   0   .400      Harrah 3b             3   2   1   1     0   1   .333
Bell 3b               5   2   3   3     0   1   .600      Hargrove 1b           2   0   0   0     2   0   .000
Parrish rf            5   1   1   0     0   0   .200      Thornton dh           4   1   0   0     0   1   .000
L. Johnson 1b         3   0   0   0     0   0   .000      McBride rf            4   0   3   1     0   0   .750
  Putnam 1b           1   0   0   0     1   0   .000        Bannister rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Sundberg c            3   1   2   1     1   0   .667      Hassey c              4   0   1   1     0   1   .250
Richardt dh           5   0   1   1     0   0   .200      Manning cf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wagner ss             4   1   1   0     1   0   .250      Perconte 2b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .500
Flynn 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .500      Dybzinski ss          2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hough p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hayes ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Fischlin ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Brennan p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Whitson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   8  15   8     4   2             Totals               32   3   8   3     2   4

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 62,443
Left on Base: Rangers 9, Indians 5
DP: Rangers 2, Indians 1
Errors: Hassey, Dybzinski
Doubles: Flynn (1), Wright (1), Richardt (1)
Home Runs: Wright (1), Bell 2 (2), Harrah (1)
Stolen Bases: Richardt (1), Mazzilli (1), McBride (1), Perconte (1)
Caught Stealing: Wright (1), Dilone (1), Hargrove (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Sundberg (1)
GIDP: Bell (1), Dybzinski (1)
Hit by Pitch: Harrah (1,by Hough)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hough W(1-0)            9     8   3   3   2   4   1  35   3.00
Totals                  9     8   3   3   2   4   1  35

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits L(0-1)            4.2   9   5   4   2   1   3  24   7.71
Brennan                 2.1   3   2   2   1   0   0  11   7.71
Whitson                 2     3   1   1   1   1   0   9   4.50
Totals                  9    15   8   7   4   2   3  44

Hit by Pitch: Hough (1)

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Ted Hendry


RANGERS 1ST: Wright struck out; Debut game for George
Wright; Mazzilli singled to pitcher; Bell grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Mazzilli out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Dilone grounded out (second to first); Harrah was
hit by a pitch; Hargrove walked [Harrah to second]; Thornton
forced Hargrove (pitcher to shortstop) [Harrah to third,
Thornton to first]; McBride singled to left [Harrah scored,
Thornton to third]; Hassey singled to left [Thornton scored,
McBride to third]; Manning grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 2.

RANGERS 2ND: Parrish singled to right; L. Johnson reached on an
error by Dybzinski [Parrish to second]; Sundberg singled to left
[Parrish scored (unearned), L. Johnson out at third (left to
catcher to shortstop)]; Richardt forced Sundberg (second to
shortstop) [Richardt to first]; Richardt stole second [Richardt
to third (error by Hassey)]; Wagner walked; Flynn flied out to
center; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 1, Indians 2.

INDIANS 2ND: Perconte singled to first; Dybzinski grounded into
a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Perconte out at
second]; Dilone singled to shortstop; Dilone was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 1,
Indians 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Wright homered; Mazzilli grounded out (third to
first); Bell homered; Parrish flied out to left; L. Johnson
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 3, Indians 2.

INDIANS 3RD: Harrah homered; Hargrove popped to first in foul
territory; Thornton grounded out (third to first); McBride
singled to left; McBride stole second; Hassey grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Indians
3.

RANGERS 4TH: Sundberg grounded out (third to first); Richardt
lined to left; Wagner singled to second; Flynn singled to left
[Wagner to second]; Wright singled to center [Wagner scored,
Flynn to third]; Mazzilli made an out to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Rangers 4, Indians 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Manning flied out to center; Perconte singled to
left; Perconte stole second; Dybzinski grounded out (shortstop
to first); Dilone was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 4, Indians 3.

RANGERS 5TH: Bell homered; Parrish grounded out (shortstop to
first); L. Johnson grounded out (third to first); Sundberg
walked; BRENNAN REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); Richardt made an out
to second; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 5, Indians 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Hargrove
walked; Thornton struck out while Hargrove was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 5,
Indians 3.

RANGERS 6TH: Wagner flied out to left; Flynn doubled to left;
Wright doubled to center [Flynn scored]; Mazzilli grounded out
(second to first) [Wright to third]; Bell singled to left
[Wright scored]; Parrish made an out to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 7, Indians 3.

INDIANS 6TH: PUTNAM REPLACED L. JOHNSON (PLAYING 1B); McBride
singled to pitcher; Hassey grounded out (first unassisted)
[McBride to second]; Manning grounded out (first to pitcher)
[McBride to third]; Perconte grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 7, Indians 3.

RANGERS 7TH: Putnam walked; Sundberg out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Putnam to second]; Richardt made an out to
second; Wagner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Rangers 7, Indians 3.

INDIANS 7TH: HAYES BATTED FOR DYBZINSKI; Hayes grounded out
(pitcher to first); Dilone grounded out (pitcher to first);
Harrah struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 7, Indians 3.

RANGERS 8TH: FISCHLIN REPLACED HAYES (PLAYING SS); WHITSON
REPLACED BRENNAN (PITCHING); Flynn grounded out (second to
first); Wright walked; Wright was picked off and caught stealing
second (pitcher to first to shortstop); On a bunt Mazzilli
singled to pitcher; Mazzilli stole second; Bell was called out
on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 7, Indians 3.

INDIANS 8TH: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Thornton
made an out to third; McBride made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 7, Indians 3.

RANGERS 9TH: BANNISTER REPLACED MCBRIDE (PLAYING RF); Parrish
grounded out (shortstop to first); Putnam grounded out (second
to first); Sundberg singled to left; Richardt doubled to left
[Sundberg scored]; Wagner grounded out (shortstop to first); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 8, Indians 3.

INDIANS 9TH: Hassey struck out; Manning grounded out (second to
first); Perconte grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Rangers 8, Indians 3.