Cleveland Indians vs Texas Rangers
August 5, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 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 3, Texas Rangers 4

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Norris 1b 6 0 2 0
Manning cf 6 1 2 0
Grubb lf 5 0 1 1
Alexander c 6 0 1 1
Carbo dh 3 0 1 0
  Speed pr,dh 1 0 0 0
  Pruitt ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 5 0 2 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 1 0
Dade rf 5 0 1 0
Cox 3b 3 2 1 1
Paxton p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 45 3 12 3
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove dh 4 0 0 1
Wills 2b 5 0 1 0
Sundberg c 5 0 1 0
Oliver lf 4 0 1 0
Bonds rf 5 0 0 0
Jorgensen 1b 5 1 1 0
Harrah ss,3b,ss 3 0 1 0
Beniquez cf 4 1 1 0
Bevacqua 3b 2 0 1 0
  Campaneris pr,ss 0 1 0 0
  Lowenstein ph,3b 1 1 1 2
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Cleveland p 0 0 0 0
  Umbarger p 0 0 0 0
  Barker p 0 0 0 0
  Comer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 4 8 3
Cleveland 000 000 010 1013122
Texas 000 000 010 102481
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Paxton   9.0 4 1 0 4 4
  Kern  L (8-6) 2.2 4 3 3 1 3
Totals
11.2
8
4
3
5
7
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander   8.0 6 1 1 2 5
  Cleveland   1.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Umbarger   0.2 1 0 0 0 1
  Barker   1.0 2 0 0 1 1
  Comer  W (4-3) 1.1 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
12.0
12
3
3
3
7

  E–Manning (2), Alexander (4), Bevacqua (5).  DP–Cleveland 2, Texas 1.  2B–Cleveland Grubb (13,off Alexander); Alexander (14,off Comer).  HR–Cleveland Cox (1,10th inning off Cleveland 0 on, 0 out), Texas Lowenstein (5,12th inning off Kern 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Kuiper (11,off Alexander); Veryzer (9,off Cleveland); Grubb (7,off Comer); Beniquez (6,off Kern).  SF–Hargrove (3,off Kern).  IBB–Lowenstein (2,by Kern).  SB–Manning (10,2nd base off Umbarger/Sundberg); Oliver (1,2nd base off Paxton/Alexander); Campaneris (18,2nd base off Paxton/Alexander).  CS–Wills (5,2nd base by Paxton/Alexander).  IBB–Kern (3,Lowenstein).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–3:25.  A–15,376.
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