Cleveland Indians vs Texas Rangers
July 16, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 16, 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 4, Texas Rangers 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Kuiper 2b 4 0 2 1
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Dade lf 4 0 0 0
Carty dh 4 0 0 0
Spikes rf 4 0 1 0
Thornton 1b 4 1 1 1
Norris cf 2 1 0 0
Kendall c 2 1 0 0
  Bochte ph 0 0 0 0
  Blanks ph 1 0 0 0
Duffy ss 3 1 1 2
  Melton ph 1 0 0 0
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 6 4
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 4 1 2 1
Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0
  Mason pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Washington lf 4 1 3 2
Horton dh 3 0 1 1
  Alomar pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Henderson ph,dh 1 0 0 0
May rf 4 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 3 1 1 0
Beniquez cf 4 0 0 0
Wills 2b 4 1 2 1
Sundberg c 3 1 2 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Knowles p 0 0 0 0
  Devine p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 11 5
Cleveland 030 100 000460
Texas 000 003 02x5111
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley   5.1 5 3 3 0 6
  Kern  L (3-6) 2.2 6 2 2 2 2
Totals
8.0
11
5
5
2
8
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander  W (10-5) 8.1 6 4 4 3 4
  Knowles   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Devine  SV (7) 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
6
4
4
3
4

  E–Hargrove (6).  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Cleveland Duffy (6,off Alexander), Texas Washington 2 (16,off Eckersley 2).  3B–Cleveland Kuiper (5,off Alexander).  HR–Cleveland Thornton (13,4th inning off Alexander 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Sundberg (12,off Kern).  HBP–Campaneris (2,by Kern).  SB–Harrah (10,2nd base off Kern/Kendall).  HBP–Kern (5,Campaneris).  U-HP–Dave Phillips, 1B–Larry McCoy, 2B–Nick Bremigan, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:45.  A–19,884.
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