Texas Rangers vs Cleveland Indians
April 17, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 17, 1979 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 2

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 5 1 1 0
Sample lf 5 3 3 0
Oliver cf 4 1 3 0
Bell 3b 3 0 1 3
Zisk rf 2 1 1 1
  Grubb rf 1 0 0 0
Ellis 1b 3 0 1 1
  Jorgensen pr,1b 1 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 0 1 1
Gray dh 2 0 1 0
  Gamble ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Norman ss 4 0 0 0
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 12 6
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Norris dh 4 0 2 1
Manning cf 3 0 1 0
Bonds rf 4 0 1 0
Harrah 3b 4 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 4 1 1 1
Alexander c 2 1 0 0
Kuiper 2b 2 0 1 0
Cox lf 4 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0
  Dade ph 1 0 0 0
  Rosello ss 0 0 0 0
  Cage ph 1 0 0 0
Waits p 0 0 0 0
  Spillner p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
  Barker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 6 2
Texas 000 103 1016120
Cleveland 000 010 001260
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins  W (3-0) 5.1 3 1 1 2 6
  Kern  SV (1) 3.2 3 1 1 5 6
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
7
12
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Waits  L (1-2) 5.2 8 4 4 2 2
  Spillner   1.0 2 1 1 1 1
  Monge   1.1 0 0 0 0 2
  Barker   1.0 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
6
6
3
5

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1.  2B–Texas Sample (2,off Waits); Bell (3,off Spillner).  HR–Cleveland Thornton (1,5th inning off Jenkins 0 on, 0 out).  SH–Oliver (1,off Waits).  SF–Bell 2 (2,off Waits,off Barker).  CS–Gray (1,2nd base by Waits/Alexander); Kuiper (2,2nd base by Jenkins/Sundberg).  SB–Manning (5,2nd base off Jenkins/Sundberg); Norris (5,2nd base off Kern/Sundberg).  U-HP–Bob Rice, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Harry Farnsworth, 3B–Don Schirmer.  T–2:34.  A–6,910.
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