Jim Perry gained his 13th victory with the Indians and posted his third shutout of the season by defeating the Rangers, 4-0. Perry allowed only four hits. Two of the Indians' first three runs were unearned off Steve Hargan, who gave up six hits in 4 1/3 innings.

The Indians collected only one more hit the rest of the way, but it was a double by Rusty Torres off David Clyde in the eighth and resulted in a run when Torres moved to third after a long fly by Charlie Spikes and crossed the plate on a sacrifice fly by John Ellis. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 4, Texas Rangers 0
Game Played on Saturday, August    17, 1974 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  2
Indians      0  0  1    0  2  0    0  1  x  -   4  7  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Nelson 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .245      Lowenstein 3b         3   2   0   0     0   1   .252
Tovar lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .292      Brohamer 2b           4   0   2   1     0   1   .280
Burroughs rf          4   0   0   0     0   1   .299        Alvarado 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .180
Hargrove 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .342      McCraw cf             2   0   0   0     0   0   .292
Spencer dh            3   0   2   0     0   0   .311        Torres cf           1   1   1   1     0   0   .169
Randle 3b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .312      Spikes rf             4   0   1   1     0   1   .287
Harrah ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .257      Ellis 1b              3   0   0   1     0   0   .298
Lovitto cf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .198      Gamble dh             2   0   1   0     0   0   .291
Sundberg c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .274        Carty ph,dh         2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Hargan p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Lee lf                3   0   0   0     0   0   .246
  J. Brown p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Duncan c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .193
  Clyde p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Duffy ss              3   1   1   0     0   1   .239
  Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      J. Perry p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   4   0     0   1             Totals               30   4   7   4     0   4

Time of Game: 2:01   Attendance: 10,070
Left on Base: Rangers 4, Indians 5
DP: Rangers 0, Indians 0
Errors: Tovar, Hargan
Doubles: Nelson (9), Brohamer (8), Torres (2)
Stolen Bases: Tovar (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Randle (9), Lowenstein (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Torres (1), Ellis (2)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hargan L(9-8)           4.1   6   3   1   0   1   0  21   4.42
J. Brown                0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   3.70
Clyde                   2.1   1   1   1   0   3   0   8   4.07
Stanhouse               0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.45
Totals                  8     7   4   2   0   4   0  33

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
J. Perry W(13-8)        9     4   0   0   0   1   0  31   2.95
Totals                  9     4   0   0   0   1   0  31

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Larry Napp


RANGERS 1ST: Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar
singled to third; Tovar stole second; Burroughs grounded out
(shortstop to first); Hargrove grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Lowenstein grounded out (catcher to first);
Brohamer doubled to center; McCraw grounded out (first
unassisted) [Brohamer to third]; Spikes was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Spencer popped to second; Randle grounded out
(shortstop to first); Harrah grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Ellis popped to second; Gamble singled to left; Lee
flied out to right; Duncan singled to left [Gamble to second];
Duffy grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Rangers 0, Indians 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Lovitto grounded out (second to first); Sundberg
lined to pitcher; Nelson doubled to right; Tovar flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Lowenstein reached on an error by Tovar [Lowenstein
to second]; Brohamer lined to second; McCraw grounded out
(second to first) [Lowenstein to third]; Spikes singled to third
[Lowenstein scored (unearned)]; Ellis grounded out (second to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 1.

RANGERS 4TH: TORRES REPLACED MCCRAW (PLAYING CF); Burroughs
flied out to center; Hargrove grounded out (second to first);
Spencer singled to center; Randle grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Gamble flied out to left; Lee grounded out (second
to first); Duncan popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Indians 1.

RANGERS 5TH: Harrah flied out to center; Lovitto flied out to
left; Sundberg popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
0, Indians 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Duffy singled to center; Lowenstein reached on an
error by Hargan on a sacrifice bunt [Duffy to second, Lowenstein
to first]; Brohamer singled to right [Duffy scored, Lowenstein
to third]; Torres hit a sacrifice fly to right [Lowenstein
scored (unearned)]; J. BROWN REPLACED HARGAN (PITCHING); Spikes
forced Brohamer (shortstop to second); Ellis grounded out
(second to first); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Indians 3.

RANGERS 6TH: Nelson grounded out (shortstop to first); Tovar
flied out to center; Burroughs was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 3.

INDIANS 6TH: CARTY BATTED FOR GAMBLE; CLYDE REPLACED J. BROWN
(PITCHING); Carty grounded out (pitcher to third to first); Lee
flied out to right; Duncan popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 3.

RANGERS 7TH: Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Spencer
singled to right; Randle out on a sacrifice bunt (first
unassisted) [Spencer to second]; Harrah flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Duffy was called out on strikes; Lowenstein struck
out; Brohamer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0,
Indians 3.

RANGERS 8TH: Lovitto grounded out (second to first); Sundberg
grounded out (shortstop to first); Nelson grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 3.

INDIANS 8TH: Torres doubled to right; Spikes flied out to center
[Torres to third]; STANHOUSE REPLACED CLYDE (PITCHING); Ellis
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Torres scored]; Carty grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians
4.

RANGERS 9TH: ALVARADO REPLACED BROHAMER (PLAYING 2B); Tovar
flied out to left; Burroughs grounded out (shortstop to first);
Hargrove grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Rangers 0, Indians 4.