Taking Kurt Bevacqua lightly proved costly when the Rangers' third baseman smashed a three-run homer to spark a 6-1 victory over the Indians. In the fourth inning, after Al Oliver singled and advanced on an infield out by Bobby Bonds, the Indians passed Richie Zisk intentionally to get at Bevacqua, who was batting only .211 and had just two homers previously this season. Bevacqua responded to the challenge by smashing a pitch from David Clyde into the left field stands. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 6, Cleveland Indians 1

Game Played on Saturday, August 12, 1978 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium

Rangers 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 - 6 10 0 Indians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 10 1 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove 1b 3 2 2 0 1 0 .256 Manning cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .263 Jorgensen 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Bell 3b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .301 Beniquez cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .269 Grubb lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .269 Sundberg c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .302 Thornton 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Oliver dh 4 1 2 1 0 0 .327 Carbo dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .270 Bonds rf 2 0 0 1 1 1 .275 Norris rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .276 Lowenstein rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Veryzer ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .290 Zisk lf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .254 Blanks 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .245 Bevacqua 3b 4 1 1 3 0 0 .212 Diaz c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .239 Harrah ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .211 Alexander ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .232 Wills 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .233 Pruitt c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Alexander p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Clyde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Barker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 6 10 6 4 1 Totals 34 1 10 1 0 5 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 13,783 Left on Base: Rangers 5, Indians 6 DP: Rangers 2, Indians 3 Errors: Norris Doubles: Grubb (14) Home Runs: Bevacqua (3) Stolen Bases: Wills (37) Sacrifice Hits: Beniquez (7) Sacrifice Flies: Bonds (8) GIDP: Bevacqua (7), Veryzer 2 (5) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Alexander W(7-8) 7 7 0 0 0 4 0 27 4.24 Barker 2 3 1 1 0 1 0 7 3.79 Totals 9 10 1 1 0 5 0 34 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Clyde L(5-7) 4.1 7 6 6 3 1 1 21 4.56 Hood 4.2 3 0 0 1 0 0 17 4.73 Totals 9 10 6 6 4 1 1 38 Wild Pitches: Clyde (8) Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Jerry Neudecker RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove walked; Beniquez singled to center [Hargrove to second]; Sundberg flied out to right [Hargrove to third]; Oliver forced Beniquez (shortstop to second) [Hargrove scored]; Bonds was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Manning grounded out (second to first); Bell singled to center; Grubb flied out to left; Thornton popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Indians 0. RANGERS 2ND: Zisk walked; Bevacqua grounded into a double play (second to first) [Zisk out at second]; Harrah singled to right; Wills grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Carbo grounded out (third to first); Norris singled to center; Veryzer grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Norris out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Indians 0. RANGERS 3RD: Hargrove singled to left; Beniquez lined into a double play (first to shortstop) [Hargrove out at second]; Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Blanks popped to catcher in foul territory; Diaz grounded out (shortstop to first); Manning singled to center; Bell struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Indians 0. RANGERS 4TH: Oliver singled to right; Bonds grounded out (third to first) [Oliver to second]; Zisk was walked intentionally; Bevacqua homered [Oliver scored, Zisk scored]; Harrah grounded out (third to first); Wills flied out to right; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Indians 0. INDIANS 4TH: Grubb flied out to left; Thornton flied out to center; Carbo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Indians 0. RANGERS 5TH: Hargrove singled to left; Clyde threw a wild pitch [Hargrove to second]; Beniquez out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Hargrove to third]; Sundberg singled to right [Hargrove scored]; HOOD REPLACED CLYDE (PITCHING); Oliver singled to right [Sundberg to third, Oliver to second (error by Norris)]; Bonds sacrifice flied into a double play to left [Sundberg scored, Oliver out at third (left to third to shortstop)]; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Indians 0. INDIANS 5TH: Norris flied out to left; Veryzer singled to left; Blanks singled to left [Veryzer to second]; Diaz struck out; Manning flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 6, Indians 0. RANGERS 6TH: Zisk grounded out (third to first); Bevacqua grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Indians 0. INDIANS 6TH: Bell flied out to center; Grubb flied out to left; Thornton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Indians 0. RANGERS 7TH: Wills flied out to right; Hargrove flied out to right; Beniquez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Indians 0. INDIANS 7TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING 1B); Carbo struck out; Norris singled to right; Veryzer singled to right [Norris to second]; Blanks grounded out (second to first) [Norris to third, Veryzer to second]; ALEXANDER BATTED FOR DIAZ; Alexander struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 6, Indians 0. RANGERS 8TH: PRUITT REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING C ); Sundberg singled to right; Oliver made an out to third; Bonds walked [Sundberg to second]; Zisk flied out to center [Sundberg to third]; Bevacqua grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 6, Indians 0. INDIANS 8TH: LOWENSTEIN REPLACED BONDS (PLAYING RF); BARKER REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Manning flied out to center; Bell singled to third; Grubb doubled to right [Bell scored, Grubb out at third (right to second to third to shortstop)]; Thornton was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Indians 1. RANGERS 9TH: Harrah flied out to left; Wills singled to left; Wills stole second; Jorgensen grounded out (first unassisted) [Wills to third]; Beniquez flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Indians 1. INDIANS 9TH: Carbo singled to center; Norris flied out to left; Veryzer grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Carbo out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Indians 1.

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