Cleveland Indians vs Texas Rangers
August 10, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 10, 1979 at Arlington 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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Cleveland Indians 6, Texas Rangers 1

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Hargrove lf 2 1 0 0
Manning cf 4 0 0 0
Bonds rf 2 0 0 0
  Norris pr,rf 2 1 1 0
Thornton 1b 4 2 1 2
Johnson dh 4 1 1 1
Harrah 3b 5 1 1 1
Hassey c 4 0 3 1
Kuiper 2b 4 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 4 0 1 1
Barker p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 8 6
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 1 1 0
Bell ss 4 0 2 0
Oliver lf 4 0 2 0
Zisk rf 4 0 2 1
Putnam dh 3 0 1 0
Soderholm 3b 4 0 1 0
Jorgensen 1b 4 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 0 2 0
Blanks 2b 3 0 0 0
  Sample ph 1 0 0 0
Darwin p 0 0 0 0
  Rajsich p 0 0 0 0
  Gleaton p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 1 11 1
Cleveland 000 230 010680
Texas 001 000 0001111
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Barker  W (3-4) 9.0 11 1 1 1 6
Totals
9.0
11
1
1
1
6
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Darwin  L (3-3) 6.0 5 5 4 4 3
  Rajsich   1.2 2 1 1 2 4
  Gleaton   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Lyle   1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
6
5
6
9

  E–Jorgensen (3).  DP–Cleveland 2.  PB–Sundberg (4).  2B–Cleveland Hassey (7,off Darwin); Thornton (23,off Darwin), Texas Soderholm (12,off Barker).  HBP–Bonds (8,by Darwin).  IBB–Putnam (3,by Barker).  WP–Lyle (2).  HBP–Darwin (3,Bonds).  IBB–Barker (1,Putnam).  U-HP–Dale Ford, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Dan Morrison.  T–2:49.  A–17,832.
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