Texas Rangers vs Cleveland Indians
August 5, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 5, 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."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Texas Rangers 2, Cleveland Indians 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 1 1 0
Bell 3b,ss 4 0 1 1
Oliver lf 4 0 3 1
Zisk rf 3 0 1 0
Putnam dh 3 0 1 0
  Sample ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Jorgensen 1b 2 0 0 0
  Ellis ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 0 1 0
Roberts 2b 4 0 0 0
Norman ss 2 1 1 0
  Soderholm ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Medich p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 2 9 2
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove lf 3 0 2 0
Manning cf 4 1 1 1
Bonds rf 3 1 1 1
Thornton 1b 4 0 0 0
Johnson dh 4 1 1 3
Harrah 3b 3 0 1 0
Hassey c 3 1 1 0
Kuiper 2b 3 1 1 0
Veryzer ss 4 1 1 1
Barker p 0 0 0 0
  Monge p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 9 6
Texas 002 000 000290
Cleveland 300 300 00x690
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Medich  L (5-5) 8.0 9 6 6 4 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
4
1
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Barker  W (2-4) 7.0 8 2 2 2 7
  Monge   2.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
9
2
2
3
8

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1, Cleveland 1.  2B–Cleveland Hassey (6,off Medich).  HR–Cleveland Johnson (9,1st inning off Medich 2 on, 2 out).  SH–Hargrove (1,off Medich).  IBB–Kuiper (4,by Medich).  SB–Oliver (2,2nd base off Barker/Hassey).  IBB–Medich (3,Kuiper).  U-HP–Rocky Roe, 1B–Durwood Merrill, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Al Clark.  T–2:47.
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