After pinch-hitting in the ninth inning, John Lowenstein remained in the game and smashed a two-run homer with two out in the 12th to give the Rangers a 4-3 victory over the Indians. The Rangers were on the verge of defeat in the 10th when Ted Cox homered to put the Indians ahead, 2-1, but a single by Mike Jorgensen, safe bunt by Toby Harrah, sacrifice by Juan Beniquez and sacrifice fly by Mike Hargrove tied the score. The Indians took the lead again in the 12th on a run-scoring double by Gary Alexander before the Rangers rallied to win when Beniquez singled and Lowenstein hit his homer. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 4, Cleveland Indians 3

Game Played on Saturday, August 5, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Indians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 - 3 12 2 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 - 4 8 1 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Norris 1b 6 0 2 0 0 0 .264 Hargrove dh 4 0 0 1 0 0 .251 Manning cf 6 1 2 0 0 0 .263 Wills 2b 5 0 1 0 0 1 .231 Grubb lf 5 0 1 1 0 1 .271 Sundberg c 5 0 1 0 0 1 .300 Alexander c 6 0 1 1 0 2 .232 Oliver lf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .324 Carbo dh 3 0 1 0 1 1 .265 Bonds rf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Speed pr,dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .221 Jorgensen 1b 5 1 1 0 0 1 .135 Pruitt ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Harrah ss,3b,ss 3 0 1 0 2 0 .209 Veryzer ss 5 0 2 0 0 0 .296 Beniquez cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .260 Kuiper 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .282 Bevacqua 3b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .200 Dade rf 5 0 1 0 0 1 .260 Campaneris pr,ss 0 1 0 0 0 0 .193 Cox 3b 3 2 1 1 2 0 .226 Lowenstein ph,3b 1 1 1 2 1 0 .231 Paxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Alexander p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cleveland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Umbarger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Barker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Comer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 45 3 12 3 3 7 Totals 38 4 8 3 5 7 Time of Game: 3:25 Attendance: 15,376 Left on Base: Indians 12, Rangers 6 DP: Indians 2, Rangers 1 Errors: Manning, Alexander, Bevacqua Doubles: Grubb (13), Alexander (14) Home Runs: Cox (1), Lowenstein (5) Stolen Bases: Manning (10), Oliver (1), Campaneris (18) Caught Stealing: Wills (5) Sacrifice Hits: Kuiper (11), Veryzer (9), Grubb (7), Beniquez (6) Sacrifice Flies: Hargrove (3) GIDP: Manning (6), Hargrove (7), Bonds (11) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Paxton 9 4 1 0 4 4 0 32 3.19 Kern L(8-6) 2.2 4 3 3 1 3 1 13 3.18 Totals 11.2 8 4 3 5 7 1 45 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Alexander 8 6 1 1 2 5 0 32 4.44 Cleveland 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 4 2.96 Umbarger 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 4.65 Barker 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 6 3.76 Comer W(4-3) 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 6 2.32 Totals 12 12 3 3 3 7 1 51 Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Bill Kunkel INDIANS 1ST: Norris flied out to left; Manning lined to shortstop; Grubb grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills grounded out (first to pitcher); Sundberg flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 0. INDIANS 2ND: Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); Carbo singled to shortstop; Veryzer singled to right [Carbo to third]; Kuiper popped to catcher in foul territory; Dade flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Oliver walked; Bonds lined to left; Jorgensen flied out to center; Oliver stole second; Harrah walked; Beniquez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 0. INDIANS 3RD: Cox made an out to shortstop; Norris singled to center; Manning grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Norris out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Bevacqua flied out to right; Hargrove grounded out (second to first); On a bunt Wills singled to third; Wills was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 0. INDIANS 4TH: Grubb grounded out (second to first); Alexander struck out; Carbo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Sundberg singled to right; Oliver flied out to center; Bonds forced Sundberg (shortstop to second); Jorgensen grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 0. INDIANS 5TH: Veryzer singled to right; Kuiper reached on an error by Bevacqua on a sacrifice bunt [Veryzer to second]; Dade struck out; Cox forced Kuiper (third to second) [Veryzer to third]; Norris forced Cox (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Harrah walked; Beniquez struck out; Bevacqua singled to left [Harrah to second]; Hargrove grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Bevacqua out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 0. INDIANS 6TH: Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb flied out to left; Alexander struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 6TH: Wills grounded out (second to first); Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 0. INDIANS 7TH: Carbo struck out; Veryzer popped to first in foul territory; Kuiper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 7TH: Bonds flied out to right; Jorgensen grounded out (third to first); Harrah grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Rangers 0. INDIANS 8TH: Dade grounded out (first unassisted); Cox walked; Norris singled to left [Cox to second]; Manning flied out to right [Cox to third]; Grubb doubled to right [Cox scored, Norris to third]; Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 8TH: Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); Bevacqua walked; CAMPANERIS RAN FOR BEVACQUA; Campaneris stole second [Campaneris scored (error by Alexander) (error by Manning) (unearned)]; Hargrove flied out to center; Wills struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Rangers 1. INDIANS 9TH: CAMPANERIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); HARRAH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Carbo walked; SPEED RAN FOR CARBO; CLEVELAND REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Veryzer out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Speed to second]; Kuiper grounded out (second to first) [Speed to third]; Dade lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Rangers 1. RANGERS 9TH: SPEED STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Sundberg struck out (catcher to first); Oliver singled to right; Bonds grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Oliver out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Rangers 1. INDIANS 10TH: Cox homered; UMBARGER REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING); Norris grounded out (second to first); Manning singled to right; Manning stole second; Grubb struck out; BARKER REPLACED UMBARGER (PITCHING); Alexander grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Rangers 1. RANGERS 10TH: KERN REPLACED PAXTON (PITCHING); Jorgensen singled to shortstop; On a bunt Harrah singled to first [Jorgensen to second]; Beniquez out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Jorgensen to third, Harrah to second]; LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR CAMPANERIS; Lowenstein was walked intentionally; Hargrove hit a sacrifice fly to center [Jorgensen scored, Harrah to third]; Wills flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 2, Rangers 2. INDIANS 11TH: LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); HARRAH CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Speed struck out; Veryzer grounded out (pitcher to first); Kuiper singled to center; Dade singled to right [Kuiper to second]; Cox walked [Kuiper to third, Dade to second]; COMER REPLACED BARKER (PITCHING); Norris grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Indians 2, Rangers 2. RANGERS 11TH: Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); Oliver struck out; Bonds was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Rangers 2. INDIANS 12TH: Manning singled to center; Grubb out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Manning to second]; Alexander doubled to left [Manning scored]; PRUITT BATTED FOR SPEED; Pruitt popped to first in foul territory; Veryzer grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Rangers 2. RANGERS 12TH: PRUITT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Jorgensen struck out; Harrah grounded out (third to first); Beniquez singled to center; Lowenstein homered [Beniquez scored]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Rangers 4.

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