Texas Rangers vs Cleveland Indians
August 13, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 13, 1978 at Cleveland 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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Texas Rangers 6, Cleveland Indians 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove 1b 5 0 2 1
  Sundberg c 0 0 0 0
Wills 2b 4 1 2 0
  Bevacqua pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Lowenstein 3b 4 1 0 0
Oliver lf 3 1 2 1
Bonds rf 4 1 2 2
Beniquez cf 4 1 1 1
Gray dh 4 1 1 0
Ellis c 3 0 2 1
  Jorgensen pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Mason ss 4 0 0 0
Mirabella p 0 0 0 0
  Comer p 0 0 0 0
  Barker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 12 6
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dade lf 1 0 1 2
  Grubb pr,lf 2 0 1 0
Veryzer ss 5 0 2 0
Bell 3b 4 0 2 0
Thornton 1b 5 1 1 1
Alexander dh 4 1 0 0
Blanks 2b 3 1 1 0
Cox rf 3 0 1 0
Speed cf 1 1 0 0
  Manning ph,cf 2 0 1 0
Diaz c 3 1 1 2
  Norris ph 0 0 0 0
  Pruitt c 0 0 0 0
Wise p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 11 5
Texas 040 020 0006120
Cleveland 000 500 0005110
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Mirabella   3.2 5 5 5 4 3
  Comer  W (5-3) 4.1 6 0 0 2 3
  Barker  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
5
5
6
7
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wise  L (9-15) 8.0 12 6 6 1 5
  Kern   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
1
5

  E–None.  DP–Texas 3, Cleveland 2.  2B–Cleveland Dade (11,off Comer).  3B–Texas Bonds (1,off Wise).  HR–Cleveland Thornton (23,4th inning off Mirabella 0 on, 1 out).  SF–J Ellis (3,off Wise).  SH–Cox (8,off Comer); Bell (5,off Barker).  SB–Gray (1,2nd base off Wise/Diaz); Wills (38,2nd base off Wise/Diaz).  CS–Oliver (6,2nd base by Wise/Diaz); Bevacqua (1,2nd base by Wise/Diaz).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Ted Hendry.  T–2:49.  A–14,137.
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