The Indians blanked the Rangers, 6-0, as Rick Waits, who hurled only one complete game in 16 starts in 1977, tossed a two-hitter. All the Tribe runs came in the sixth inning. With one out, Paul Dade was safe on Bump Wills' error then stole second. Larvell Blanks doubled home Dade and scored on Buddy Bell's single to right.

Bell moved to second on a wild pitch and Andre Thornton was given an intentional walk. After Willie Horton struck out, Ted Cox lined a single to left to score Bell and Ron Pruitt followed with a three-run homer. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 6, Texas Rangers 0

Game Played on Monday, April 17, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 3 Indians 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 x - 6 8 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .233 Dade rf 4 1 2 0 0 0 .412 Campaneris ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .067 Blanks ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 .273 Oliver lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Bell 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .419 Zisk rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Thornton 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .192 Harrah 3b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .226 Horton dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .281 Bevacqua dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Cox lf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .167 Beniquez cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Pruitt c 4 1 1 3 0 0 .238 Wills 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Manning cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .107 Sundberg c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Kuiper 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .156 Matlack p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Waits p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 28 0 2 0 2 3 Totals 33 6 8 6 1 4 Time of Game: 2:13 Attendance: 3,713 Left on Base: Rangers 3, Indians 4 DP: Rangers 1, Indians 1 Errors: Wills 2, Matlack Doubles: Blanks (2), Dade (4) Home Runs: Pruitt (2) Stolen Bases: Campaneris (1), Dade 2 (4) GIDP: Horton (3) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matlack L(1-2) 6 6 6 1 1 3 1 26 2.01 Jenkins 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 8 7.20 Totals 8 8 6 1 1 4 1 34 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Waits W(1-0) 9 2 0 0 2 3 0 30 0.75 Totals 9 2 0 0 2 3 0 30 Wild Pitches: Matlack (1) Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Mike Reilly RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove singled to third; On a bunt Campaneris forced Hargrove (first to shortstop); Campaneris stole second; Oliver struck out; On a bunt Zisk made an out to catcher; Richie Zisk called for interference; Rangers manager Billy Hunter protested game; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Dade singled to right; Dade stole second; Blanks flied to right; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Thornton flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 0. RANGERS 2ND: Harrah walked; Bevacqua grounded out (third to first) [Harrah to second]; Beniquez grounded out (third to first); Wills flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Horton grounded out (third to first); Cox grounded out (shortstop to first); Pruitt flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 0. RANGERS 3RD: Sundberg struck out; Hargrove walked; Campaneris forced Hargrove (pitcher to shortstop); Oliver popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Manning was called out on strikes; Kuiper reached on an error by Matlack; Dade forced Kuiper (pitcher to second) [Dade to second (error by Wills)]; Blanks grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 0. RANGERS 4TH: Zisk flied out to right; Harrah grounded out (second to first); Bevacqua grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 4TH: Bell singled to left; Thornton popped to second in foul territory; Horton grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 0. RANGERS 5TH: Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills popped to catcher in foul territory; Sundberg grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 5TH: Cox lined to shortstop; Pruitt flied out to right; Manning flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 0. RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove flied out to left; Campaneris grounded out (second to first); Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 6TH: Kuiper struck out; Dade reached on an error by Wills; Dade stole second; Blanks doubled to center [Dade scored (unearned)]; Bell singled to right [Blanks scored]; Matlack threw a wild pitch [Bell to second]; Thornton was walked intentionally; Horton struck out; Cox singled to left [Bell scored (unearned), Thornton to second]; Pruitt homered (unearned) [Thornton scored (unearned), Cox scored (unearned)]; Manning flied out to center; 6 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 6. RANGERS 7TH: Zisk struck out; Harrah singled to left; Bevacqua hit into a double play (left to left to second) [Harrah out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 6. INDIANS 7TH: JENKINS REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); Kuiper flied to left in foul territory; Dade doubled to right; Blanks flied out to right [Dade to third]; Bell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 6. RANGERS 8TH: Beniquez grounded out (third to first); Wills grounded out (third to first); Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 6. INDIANS 8TH: Thornton grounded out (third to first); Horton singled to shortstop; Cox grounded out (pitcher to first) [Horton to second]; Pruitt popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 6. RANGERS 9TH: Hargrove lined to second; Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Indians 6.

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