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 Texas Rangers defeated the Cleveland Indians 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 14, Cleveland Indians 3

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 6 0 0 0
Bell ss 4 3 3 0
  Norman ph,ss 1 0 0 0
Oliver lf 3 2 2 1
Zisk rf 4 3 3 4
  Jorgensen rf 1 0 1 0
Putnam 1b 5 2 2 3
Ellis dh 5 2 3 1
Soderholm 3b 5 0 1 2
Roberts c 5 1 1 1
Blanks 2b 3 1 1 2
Darwin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 14 17 14
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove lf 3 1 0 0
Manning cf 4 1 1 0
Bonds rf 2 0 0 0
  Norris rf 1 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 3 1 2 2
Johnson dh 3 0 0 1
Harrah 3b 3 0 0 0
Alexander c 4 0 0 0
Kuiper 2b 3 0 1 0
Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0
  Alston ph 1 0 0 0
  Rosello ss 0 0 0 0
Paxton p 0 0 0 0
  Reuschel p 0 0 0 0
  Andersen p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 3 4 3
Texas 000 530 31214170
Cleveland 200 001 000341
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin  W (3-2) 9.0 4 3 3 3 2
Totals
9.0
4
3
3
3
2
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Paxton  L (7-6) 4.0 6 7 6 2 1
  Reuschel   2.1 5 4 4 0 1
  Andersen   2.2 6 3 3 0 0
Totals
9.0
17
14
13
2
2

  E–Harrah (11).  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Texas Putnam (14,off Paxton); Bell (28,off Paxton); Zisk (13,off Reuschel); Blanks (4,off Andersen); J Ellis (8,off Andersen).  3B–Texas Roberts (1,off Andersen).  HR–Texas Zisk (11,5th inning off Reuschel 2 on, 0 out), Cleveland Thornton (19,6th inning off Darwin 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Blanks 2 (4,off Paxton,off Andersen); Thornton (6,off Darwin); Johnson (4,off Darwin).  SB–Manning (22,2nd base off Darwin/Roberts).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Al Clark, 3B–Rocky Roe.  T–2:22.  A–45,534.
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