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Rangers
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 3, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Texas Rangers, played on August 3, 1979 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | August 3, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
|
| Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | August 3, 1979 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
| Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Fergie Jenkins |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Rick Wise |
| Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
| City | Cleveland |
| State | OH |
| Attendance | 21,920 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 56 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Dave Phillips 1B: Al Clark 2B: Rocky Roe 3B: Durwood Merrill |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mickey Rivers | Center Fielder |
| Buddy Bell | Third Baseman |
| Al Oliver | Left Fielder |
| Richie Zisk | Right Fielder |
| Pat Putnam | First Baseman |
| Johnny Grubb | DH |
| Jim Sundberg | Catcher |
| Dave Roberts | Second Baseman |
| Nelson Norman | Shortstop |
| Pat Corrales | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mike Hargrove | Left Fielder |
| Rick Manning | Center Fielder |
| Bobby Bonds | Right Fielder |
| Andre Thornton | First Baseman |
| Cliff Johnson | DH |
| Toby Harrah | Third Baseman |
| Ron Hassey | Catcher |
| Duane Kuiper | Second Baseman |
| Tom Veryzer | Shortstop |
| Dave Garcia | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rangers
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 3, 1979
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Wise
Rivers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Wise
Bell hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Oliver vs. Wise
Oliver hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Bell moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Zisk vs. Wise
Zisk strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Putnam vs. Wise
Putnam hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Jenkins
Hargrove strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Jenkins
Manning hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Jenkins
Bonds is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Wise
Grubb hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Wise
Sundberg hits a fly ball into left field. Hargrove settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Wise
Roberts hits a popup towards short. Veryzer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thornton vs. Jenkins
Thornton strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Jenkins
Johnson strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Jenkins
Harrah bunts on two strikes. And it's a foul ball, for strike 3. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Norman vs. Wise
Norman strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Wise
Rivers hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bell vs. Wise
Bell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hargrove. Bell reaches second base with a double. Rivers goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Oliver vs. Wise
Oliver is walked intentionally. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Zisk vs. Wise
There's a wild pitch. Bell moves to third. Oliver moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Zisk vs. Wise
Zisk hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Bell scores. Oliver scores. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Putnam vs. Wise
Putnam hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Wise
Grubb is called out on strikes. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Wise
Sundberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roberts vs. Wise
Roberts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sundberg moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Norman vs. Reuschel
Paul Reuschel now pitching.
Norman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hassey vs. Jenkins
Hassey takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuiper vs. Jenkins
Kuiper hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hassey moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Veryzer vs. Jenkins
Veryzer bunts towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Veryzer for the out. Hassey moves to third. Kuiper moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hargrove vs. Jenkins
Hargrove hits a fly ball towards cemter. Rivers catches it and throws to home to double up Hassey. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Reuschel
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Reuschel
Bell hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hargrove. Bell reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Oliver vs. Reuschel
Oliver hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Zisk vs. Reuschel
Zisk hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bonds. Zisk reaches second base with a double. Bell scores. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Putnam vs. Reuschel
Putnam hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Jenkins
Manning hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Jenkins
Bonds strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thornton vs. Jenkins
Thornton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Reuschel
Grubb hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Reuschel
Sundberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Roberts vs. Reuschel
Roberts hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Sundberg moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Norman vs. Reuschel
Norman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper fields it and throws to second for the out. Sundberg moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rivers vs. Reuschel
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 6 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Jenkins
Johnson hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Jenkins
Harrah hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hassey vs. Jenkins
Hassey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts scoops it up and throws to first, with Jenkins covering, for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuiper vs. Jenkins
Kuiper is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Andersen
Jim Norris now playing center field. Larry Andersen now pitching.
Bell is called out on strikes. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Andersen
Oliver hits a fly ball into center field. Norris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zisk vs. Andersen
Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Jenkins
Veryzer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Norman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Jenkins
Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards first. Putnam scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hargrove for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Norris vs. Jenkins
Norris hits a line drive towards short. Norman reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Putnam vs. Andersen
Putnam hits a fly ball into left field. Hargrove settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grubb vs. Andersen
Grubb takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sundberg vs. Andersen
Sundberg hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Grubb moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Roberts vs. Andersen
Mike Jorgensen pinch runs for Johnny Grubb.
Roberts hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jorgensen scores. Sundberg moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Norman vs. Andersen
Norman hits a popup towards third. Harrah settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rivers vs. Andersen
Rivers hits a fly ball into center field. Norris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Jenkins
Bonds is called out on strikes. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thornton vs. Jenkins
Thornton hits a fly ball into left field. Oliver settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Johnson vs. Jenkins
Johnson hits a popup towards short. Norman settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bell vs. Andersen
Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Hargrove settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Oliver vs. Andersen
Oliver hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zisk vs. Andersen
Zisk hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Oliver moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Putnam vs. Andersen
Putnam hits a fly ball into center field. Norris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Oliver tags and scores. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jorgensen vs. Andersen
Jorgensen strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Jenkins
Harrah hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hassey vs. Jenkins
Hassey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Roberts fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuiper vs. Jenkins
Kuiper takes first base on ball four. Hassey moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Alston vs. Jenkins
Dell Alston pinch hits for Tom Veryzer.
Alston bunts towards the mound. Jenkins fields it and throws to first for the out. Hassey moves to third. Kuiper moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Hargrove vs. Jenkins
Hargrove hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Andersen
Dave Rosello now playing third base. Toby Harrah now playing shortstop.
Sundberg hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Roberts vs. Andersen
Roberts hits a fly ball into left field. Hargrove settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Norman vs. Andersen
Norman strikes out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Rangers, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Norris vs. Jenkins
Norris hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Jenkins
Bonds hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Norris moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Thornton vs. Jenkins
Thornton takes first base on ball four. Norris moves to third. Bonds moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Indians, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Johnson vs. Lyle
Sparky Lyle now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. Norris scores. Bonds moves to third. Thornton moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Johnson vs. Lyle
Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Harrah vs. Lyle
Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out. Bonds scores. View Play -
Rangers, 8 - Indians, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Alexander vs. Lyle
Gary Alexander pinch hits for Ron Hassey.
Alexander strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 8/3/1979 -- Texas at Cleveland (N)
Texas AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI
Rivers M, cf 5 1 2 0 Hargrove M, lf 4 0 0 0
Bell B, 3b 5 2 2 1 Manning R, cf 2 0 0 0
Oliver A, lf 4 2 2 0 Norris J, cf 2 1 1 0
Zisk R, rf 5 1 3 3 Bonds B, rf 4 1 1 0
Putnam P, 1b 4 1 1 3 Thornton A, 1b 3 0 0 0
Grubb J, dh 3 0 0 0 Johnson C, dh 4 1 1 1
Jorgensen M, pr 1 1 0 0 Harrah T, 3b-ss 4 0 1 1
Sundberg J, c 5 0 3 0 Hassey R, c 2 0 0 0
Roberts D, 2b 5 0 3 1 Alexander G, ph 1 0 0 0
Norman N, ss 5 0 0 0 Kuiper D, 2b 2 0 1 0
Veryzer T, ss 1 0 0 0
Alston D, ph 1 0 0 0
Rosello D, 3b 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
42 8 16 8 30 3 5 2
Texas 005 100 110 -- 8
Cleveland 000 010 002 -- 3
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins F (W)* 8.0 5 3 3 3 8
Lyle S 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO
Wise R (L) 2.2 8 5 5 1 3
Reuschel P 2.1 4 1 1 0 0
Andersen L 4.0 4 2 2 1 3
* Pitched to 3 batters in 9th
DP -- Texas 1
LOB -- Texas 10, Cleveland 4
2B -- Bell B 2, Zisk R
HR -- Putnam P, Johnson C
SH -- Veryzer T
SF -- Putnam P
WP -- Wise R, Lyle S
T -- 2:56
A -- 21920
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