Cleveland Indians vs Texas Rangers
April 27, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 27, 1978 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 1, Texas Rangers 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dade rf 3 0 0 0
Cox lf 3 0 0 0
  Grubb lf 1 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 1 2 0
Thornton 1b 4 0 1 0
Blanks ss 4 0 2 1
Horton dh 3 0 1 0
  Veryzer pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Pruitt c 3 0 0 0
  Norris ph 1 0 0 0
Speed cf 3 0 1 0
  Manning ph 1 0 1 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 1 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 1 9 1
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 4 1 2 2
Beniquez cf 4 0 0 0
Oliver lf 4 0 0 0
Zisk rf 4 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 2 0 0 0
Bevacqua dh 3 0 0 0
Sundberg c 3 1 1 0
Wills 2b 3 0 0 0
Campaneris ss 3 1 2 1
Matlack p 0 0 0 0
  Barker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 3 5 3
Cleveland 000 001 000–191
Texas 000 030 00x–350
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits  L (1-1) 8.0 5 3 3 2 7
Totals
8.0
5
3
3
2
7
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Matlack  W (2-3) 8.1 8 1 1 2 6
  Barker  SV (1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
1
1
2
7
  E–Blanks (7).  DP–Texas 1.  3B–Texas Sundberg (2,off Waits).  HR–Texas Hargrove (4,5th inning off Waits 1 on, 1 out).  SB–Harrah (2,2nd base off Waits/Pruitt).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:04.  A–11,133.
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