Cleveland Indians vs Texas Rangers
April 11, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 11, 1977 at Arlington Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 2, Texas Rangers 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Manning cf 4 0 1 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 1 0
Norris rf 4 0 1 0
Carty dh 3 0 1 0
  Pruitt pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Lowenstein ph,dh 0 1 0 0
Thornton 1b 4 0 0 0
Melton 3b 4 0 1 1
  Dade pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Bell lf 4 1 0 0
Fosse c 3 0 0 0
Duffy ss 1 0 0 0
  Blanks ph,ss 1 0 0 1
Dobson p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 2
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 0 1 0
Wills 2b 4 0 2 1
Washington lf 4 0 2 0
Hargrove 1b 5 0 2 0
Henderson rf 4 0 1 0
Harrah 3b 4 1 1 1
Grieve dh 4 1 1 1
Sundberg c 3 0 0 0
  Ellis ph 1 0 1 0
  Alomar pr 0 1 0 0
  Fahey c 0 0 0 0
Beniquez cf 2 0 1 0
Blyleven p 0 0 0 0
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 12 3
Cleveland 000 000 011 0252
Texas 000 100 001 13121
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Dobson   7.1 9 1 1 3 6
  Kern   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche  L (2-1) 1.1 3 2 2 1 2
Totals
9.1
12
3
3
4
8
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven   9.0 5 2 1 3 8
  Devine  W (1-0) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
10.0
5
2
1
3
9

  E–Melton (1), Dobson (1), Henderson (1).  HR–Texas Grieve (2,4th inning off Dobson 0 on, 2 out); Harrah (1,10th inning off LaRoche 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Kuiper (2,off Blyleven); Fosse (1,off Blyleven); Beniquez (1,off LaRoche).  SF–Blanks (1,off Blyleven); Wills (1,off LaRoche).  IBB–Henderson (1,by Dobson); Washington (1,by LaRoche).  SB–Duffy (1,2nd base off Blyleven/Sundberg); Manning (1,2nd base off Blyleven/Sundberg); Norris (2,2nd base off Blyleven/Sundberg); Campaneris (1,2nd base off LaRoche/Fosse).  CS–Beniquez (1,2nd base by Dobson/Fosse); Wills (1,2nd base by Dobson/Fosse).  IBB–Dobson (1,Henderson); LaRoche (1,Washington).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:58.  A–25,208.
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