Texas Rangers vs Cleveland Indians
April 18, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 18, 1979 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 4, Cleveland Indians 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Wills 2b 3 0 0 1
Sample lf 2 2 1 0
  Grubb lf 1 0 0 0
  Blanks ph 1 0 0 0
Oliver cf 3 1 2 1
Bell 3b 4 0 0 2
Zisk rf 4 0 1 0
Gamble dh 3 0 1 0
  Ellis ph,dh 0 0 0 0
  Roberts pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 0 1 0
Jorgensen 1b 3 0 0 0
  Gray ph 1 0 1 0
Norman ss 2 0 0 0
  Putnam ph 1 0 1 0
  Campaneris pr,ss 1 1 0 0
Alexander p 0 0 0 0
  Rajsich p 0 0 0 0
  Medich p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Norris lf 4 1 1 0
Manning cf 5 1 1 0
Bonds rf 2 0 1 1
Harrah 3b 3 1 1 0
Thornton 1b 3 1 0 0
Cage dh 2 0 1 0
  Dade pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Alexander c 3 1 3 4
Kuiper 2b 3 0 1 1
Veryzer ss 4 0 0 0
Wilkins p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 6 9 6
Texas 102 000 100481
Cleveland 003 000 30x690
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Alexander   2.2 4 3 3 5 0
  Rajsich   0.2 1 0 0 1 0
  Medich  L (0-1) 3.0 2 2 2 3 2
  Lyle   1.2 2 1 1 0 0
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
9
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wilkins   6.0 7 4 4 3 7
  Monge  W (1-0) 3.0 1 0 0 1 4
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
4
11

  E–Wills (1).  DP–Texas 1, Cleveland 1.  PB–Sundberg (1).  2B–Texas Putnam (2,off Wilkins), Cleveland Alexander (1,off Alexander).  3B–Texas Oliver (1,off Wilkins).  HR–Cleveland Alexander (1,7th inning off Lyle 2 on, 1 out).  SF–Wills (1,off Monge); Bonds (1,off Alexander).  IBB–Oliver (2,by Wilkins).  SB–Wills (5,2nd base off Wilkins/Alexander); Bonds 2 (5,2nd base off Alexander/Sundberg,2nd base off Medich/Sundberg); Manning (6,3rd base off Alexander/Sundberg); Harrah (6,2nd base off Medich/Sundberg).  CS–Manning (1,2nd base by Medich/Sundberg); Cage (2,Home by Medich/Sundberg); Bonds (1,2nd base by Lyle/Sundberg).  WP–Monge 2 (2).  IBB–Wilkins (1,Oliver).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–Harry Farnsworth, 2B–Don Schirmer, 3B–Bob Rice.  T–2:59.  A–6,192.
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