Jim Norris knocked in five runs with a pair of homers and three Indians' pitchers combined on a four-hitter to shut out the Tigers, 6-0. Starter Rick Waits was lifted in the seventh inning after hitting Rusty Staub with a pitch and walking Steve Kemp. Don Hood issued a pass with one out to load the bases before Dan Spillner took over to complete the shutout. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 6, Detroit Tigers 0
Game Played on Saturday, May       19, 1979 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
Indians      0  0  0    3  0  3    0  0  x  -   6 11  2


Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
LeFlore cf            4   0   0   0     0   1   .333      Bonds dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .296
Whitaker 2b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .315      Dade rf               4   2   3   0     0   0   .299
Staub dh              3   0   0   0     0   0   .275      Manning cf            3   0   2   1     0   0   .262
Kemp lf               2   0   2   0     2   0   .402      Thornton 1b           4   2   1   0     0   0   .174
Thompson 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .263      Norris lf             4   2   3   5     0   0   .220
Parrish c             2   0   2   0     1   0   .276      Harrah 3b             3   0   1   0     0   1   .221
Morales rf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .223      Alexander c           3   0   0   0     0   1   .192
Rodriguez 3b          3   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Kuiper 2b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .254
Wagner ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .333        Rosello 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Morris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Veryzer ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .239
  Taylor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               27   0   4   0     4   2             Totals               31   6  11   6     0   3

Time of Game: 2:12   Attendance:  7,229
Left on Base: Tigers 5, Indians 2
DP: Tigers 2, Indians 4
Errors: Parrish, Thornton, Harrah
Doubles: Manning (4)
Home Runs: Norris 2 (2)
Stolen Bases: Dade 2 (7), Thornton (2)
Caught Stealing: Parrish (2), Kemp (2), Norris (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Manning (2)
GIDP: Rodriguez 2 (4), LeFlore (5), Thompson (2), Alexander (2)
Hit by Pitch: Staub (2,by Waits)


Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Morris L(1-1)           6     9   6   6   0   3   2  25   5.40
Taylor                  2     2   0   0   0   0   0   7   5.74
Totals                  8    11   6   6   0   3   2  32

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits W(5-3)            6     3   0   0   3   1   0  22   3.71
Hood                    0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   4.50
Spillner                2.2   1   0   0   0   1   0   8   3.38
Totals                  9     4   0   0   4   2   0  32

Hit by Pitch: Waits (3)

Umpires: HP - Derryl Cousins, 1B - Don Schirmer, 2B - Russ Terlop, 3B - Bob Rice


TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore flied out to right; Whitaker walked; Staub
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Whitaker to second]; Kemp
walked; Thompson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Bonds struck out; Dade singled to right; Dade stole
second; Manning grounded out (shortstop to first) [Dade to
third]; Thornton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Parrish singled to right; Parrish was caught
stealing second but was safe at first (error by Thornton);
Lance Parrish returned safely to 1B after Andre Thornton dropped
the ball in a rundown; Morales flied out to center;
Rodriguez grounded into a double play (second to first) [Parrish
out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Norris singled to left; Norris was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Harrah struck out; Alexander flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 0.

TIGERS 3RD: Wagner reached on an error by Harrah; LeFlore
grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Wagner out at
second]; Whitaker grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper grounded out (third to first); Veryzer
grounded out (third to first); Bonds flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 0.

TIGERS 4TH: Staub grounded out (first to pitcher); Kemp singled;
Kemp was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first
to shortstop); Thompson made an out to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Dade singled to right; Dade stole second [Dade to
third (error by Parrish)]; Manning hit a sacrifice fly to left
[Dade scored]; Thornton singled to center; Thornton stole
second; Norris homered [Thornton scored]; Harrah singled to
center; Alexander grounded into a double play (third to second
to first) [Harrah out at second]; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers
0, Indians 3.

TIGERS 5TH: Parrish singled to right; Morales forced Parrish
(third to second); Rodriguez grounded into a double play (third
to second to first) [Morales out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Kuiper flied out to left; Veryzer grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bonds popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 3.

TIGERS 6TH: Wagner grounded out (shortstop to first); LeFlore
grounded out (shortstop to first); Whitaker flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Dade singled to left; Manning singled [Dade to
second]; Thornton forced Manning (third to second) [Dade to
third]; Norris homered [Dade scored, Thornton scored]; Harrah
popped to third in foul territory; Alexander struck out; 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 6.

TIGERS 7TH: Staub was hit by a pitch; Kemp walked [Staub to
second]; HOOD REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); Thompson flied out to
center; Parrish walked [Staub to third, Kemp to second];
SPILLNER REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); Morales made an out to first;
Rodriguez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Tigers 0, Indians 6.

INDIANS 7TH: TAYLOR REPLACED MORRIS (PITCHING); Kuiper singled
to center; Veryzer forced Kuiper (shortstop to second); Bonds
flied out to left [Veryzer to second]; Dade grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 6.

TIGERS 8TH: ROSELLO REPLACED KUIPER (PLAYING 2B); Wagner
grounded out (second to first); LeFlore struck out; Whitaker
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0, Indians 6.

INDIANS 8TH: Manning doubled to left; Thornton flied out to left
[Manning to third]; Norris lined into a double play (pitcher to
third) [Manning out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Indians 6.

TIGERS 9TH: Staub flied out to center; Kemp singled to center;
Thompson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Kemp out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Tigers 0,
Indians 6.