Remaining the only unbeaten team in the major leagues, the Rangers copped a 5-3 decision over the Indians when Toby Harrah let Buddy Bell's bases-loaded roller get through him for an error in the third inning. Walks to Bump Wills and Billy Sample and an infield hit by Al Oliver loaded the bases. Bell, who was traded by Cleveland to Texas for Harrah, then drove a liner off Harrah's glove for two runs.

The third tally of the inning came across on a single by John Ellis. The other two markers came on an RBI single by Sample in the fourth and a solo homer by Oscar Gamble in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 5, Cleveland Indians 3
Game Played on Thursday, April     12, 1979 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Indians      1  0  0    0  1  1    0  0  0  -   3  6  2
Rangers      0  0  3    1  0  0    0  1  x  -   5  9  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harrah 3b             5   2   2   0     0   1   .200      Wills 2b              2   1   0   0     3   0   .286
Manning cf            4   0   2   1     0   0   .250      Sample lf             3   1   1   1     2   0   .222
Bonds rf              4   0   0   0     0   2   .160      Oliver cf             4   1   2   0     0   1   .375
Thornton 1b           3   0   0   0     1   2   .053      Bell 3b               4   0   1   1     0   0   .143
Alexander c           4   0   0   0     0   3   .050      J. Ellis 1b           3   0   1   1     0   0   .200
Norris dh             2   1   0   1     2   0   .286        Jorgensen 1b        1   0   0   0     0   1   .286
Cox lf                4   0   1   0     0   1   .158      Sundberg c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .143
Kuiper 2b             3   0   1   0     1   1   .238      Gray dh               3   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Veryzer ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .100        Gamble ph,dh        1   1   1   1     0   0   .333
  Cage ph             0   0   0   0     0   0   .154      Roberts rf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
  Pruitt ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Norman ss             2   1   1   0     1   0   .333
Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cruz p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lyle p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   6   2     4  10             Totals               31   5   9   4     6   3

Time of Game: 2:24   Attendance: 15,777
Left on Base: Indians 7, Rangers 9
DP: Indians 1, Rangers 1
Errors: Harrah, Veryzer, J. Ellis
Doubles: Harrah (1), Sundberg (1)
Home Runs: Gamble (1)
Stolen Bases: Harrah (3), Manning 2 (2), Norris (4)
Caught Stealing: J. Ellis (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Norman (2)
GIDP: Kuiper (1), Sundberg (1)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits L(1-1)            6.1   7   4   3   6   3   0  32   1.76
Cruz                    1.2   2   1   1   0   0   1   6   4.05
Totals                  8     9   5   4   6   3   1  38

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins W(2-0)          8.1   6   3   2   4  10   0  35   2.08
Lyle SV(1)              0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.00
Totals                  9     6   3   2   4  10   0  37

Umpires: HP - Mike Thompson, 1B - Fred Spenn, 2B - Jeff Brown, 3B - Johnny James


INDIANS 1ST: Harrah singled to left; Harrah stole second;
Manning singled to first [Harrah to third]; Manning stole
second; Bonds was called out on strikes; Thornton walked;
Alexander struck out; Norris walked [Harrah scored, Manning to
third, Thornton to second]; Cox struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Indians 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Wills walked; Sample walked [Wills to second];
Oliver struck out; Bell flied out to right [Wills to third]; J.
Ellis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 1, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Kuiper was called out on strikes; Veryzer popped to
first in foul territory; Harrah struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Sundberg doubled to right; Gray grounded out (third
to first); Roberts grounded out (third to first); Norman
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
1, Rangers 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Manning grounded out (second to first); Bonds flied
out to left; Thornton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Wills walked; Sample walked [Wills to second];
Oliver singled to pitcher [Wills to third, Sample to second];
Bell reached on an error by Harrah [Wills scored (RBI), Sample
scored (no RBI), Oliver to third, Bell out at second (left to
second)]; J. Ellis singled to right [Oliver scored (unearned)];
J. Ellis was caught stealing second (catcher to second);
Sundberg grounded out (third to first); 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 1, Rangers 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Alexander grounded out (pitcher to first); Norris
walked; Cox flied out to right; Norris stole second; Kuiper
walked; Veryzer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 1, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 4TH: Gray struck out; Roberts grounded out (shortstop to
first); Norman walked; Wills walked [Norman to second]; Sample
singled to center [Norman scored, Wills to second]; Oliver flied
out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Rangers 4.

INDIANS 5TH: Harrah doubled to right; Manning singled to center
[Harrah scored]; Bonds flied out to left; Thornton struck out;
Manning stole second; Alexander struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 2, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 5TH: Bell flied out to center; J. Ellis flied to right
in foul territory; Sundberg flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 2, Rangers 4.

INDIANS 6TH: Norris reached on an error by J. Ellis; Cox singled
to center [Norris to third]; Kuiper grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Norris scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Cox out at second]; Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 6TH: Gray flied out to right; Roberts flied out to
right; Norman singled to right; Wills reached on an error by
Veryzer [Norman to second]; Sample forced Wills (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Rangers 4.

INDIANS 7TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED J. ELLIS (PLAYING 1B); Harrah
grounded out (third to first); Manning grounded out (shortstop
to first); Bonds struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3,
Rangers 4.

RANGERS 7TH: Oliver singled to center; Bell singled to center
[Oliver to second]; Jorgensen struck out; CRUZ REPLACED WAITS
(PITCHING); Sundberg grounded into a double play (shortstop to
first) [Bell out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3,
Rangers 4.

INDIANS 8TH: Thornton grounded out (third to first); Alexander
struck out; Norris grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 8TH: GAMBLE BATTED FOR GRAY; Gamble homered; Roberts
singled to left; Norman out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Roberts to second]; Wills flied out to right; Sample
flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Rangers 5.

INDIANS 9TH: Cox flied out to right; Kuiper singled to left;
CAGE BATTED FOR VERYZER; LYLE REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING);
PRUITT BATTED FOR CAGE; Pruitt flied out to left; Harrah made an
out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Rangers 5.