The Indians posted their 18th victory in the last 24 games, beating the Mariners, 7-4. The Tribe scored four runs in the first inning on an error by Seattle second baseman Julio Cruz, a triple by Toby Harrah and a wild pitch. Sid Monge bailed the Indians out of a ninth-inning jam to record his 16th save of the season. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 7, Seattle Mariners 4
Game Played on Tuesday, August    14, 1979 (Night game) at Kingdome
Indians      4  0  0    0  0  1    0  2  0  -   7  9  0
Mariners     0  0  0    0  1  2    0  0  1  -   4 12  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove lf           2   1   1   0     2   0   .262      Cruz 2b               3   0   2   1     2   0   .258
Manning cf            4   0   0   0     1   1   .261      R. Jones cf           5   0   0   0     0   1   .256
Bonds rf              4   1   0   0     1   1   .287      Bochte 1b             5   1   1   0     0   2   .324
Thornton 1b           3   2   0   0     2   1   .232      Horton dh             4   0   0   0     1   1   .271
Johnson dh            4   2   1   0     1   1   .268        Simpson pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .261
Harrah 3b             3   1   1   3     0   0   .280      Paciorek lf           5   1   1   1     0   2   .315
Hassey c              4   0   2   0     0   1   .279      B. Stein 3b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .239
Kuiper 2b             3   0   3   1     1   0   .262        Stinson c           1   0   0   0     0   1   .250
Veryzer ss            4   0   1   0     0   1   .221      Valentine rf          3   0   1   1     1   0   .254
Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cox c                 2   1   1   0     0   0   .231
  Cruz p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Meyer ph,3b         2   1   2   1     0   0   .295
  Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Mendoza ss            2   0   2   0     0   0   .206
                                                            Milbourne ph,ss     2   0   1   0     0   0   .286
                                                          O. Jones p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            R. Stein p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hinton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   7   9   4     8   6             Totals               37   4  12   4     4   7

Time of Game: 3:11   Attendance:  7,302
Left on Base: Indians 7, Mariners 10
DP: Indians 1, Mariners 2
Errors: Cruz, Stinson
Doubles: Johnson (12), Kuiper (6), Paciorek (18), Milbourne (11)
Triples: Harrah (1), Bochte (3)
Home Runs: Meyer (18)
Stolen Bases: Thornton (4), Johnson (1), R. Jones (23), Cruz (29)
Sacrifice Flies: Harrah (3)
GIDP: Veryzer (8), Bonds (5), Cox (7)
Hit by Pitch: Hargrove (4,by Hinton)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits W(12-10)          5.2   9   3   3   1   2   0  25   4.98
Cruz                    2.1   3   1   1   2   3   1  12   3.69
Monge SV(16)            1     0   0   0   1   2   0   4   2.28
Totals                  9    12   4   4   4   7   1  41

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
O. Jones L(3-11)        5.2   7   5   5   4   3   0  26   5.87
R. Stein                2.1   2   2   2   3   3   0  10   6.66
Hinton                  1     0   0   0   1   0   0   5   5.96
Totals                  9     9   7   7   8   6   0  41

Hit by Pitch: Hinton (4)
Wild Pitches: O. Jones (6)

Umpires: HP - Derryl Cousins (left in the 5th inning), 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Joe Brinkman,


INDIANS 1ST: Hargrove singled to center; Manning walked
[Hargrove to second]; Bonds forced Manning (third to second)
[Hargrove scored (error by Cruz) (no RBI), Bonds to second];
Thornton walked; Johnson made an out to first; Harrah tripled to
center [Bonds scored, Thornton scored]; O. Jones threw a wild
pitch [Harrah scored]; Hassey grounded out (first unassisted); 4
R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Cruz singled to right; R. Jones forced Cruz
(second to shortstop); R. Jones stole second; Bochte struck out;
Horton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 4, Mariners 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Kuiper walked; Veryzer grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Kuiper out at second]; Hargrove
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Paciorek grounded out (third to first); B. Stein
singled to left; Valentine walked [B. Stein to second]; Cox
grounded into a double play (third to first) [B. Stein out at
third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Mariners 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Manning flied out to center; Bonds struck out;
Thornton lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4,
Mariners 0.

MARINERS 3RD: Mendoza singled to left; Cruz forced Mendoza
(pitcher to shortstop); R. Jones grounded out (first unassisted)
[Cruz to second]; Bochte flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 4, Mariners 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Johnson struck out; Harrah grounded out (shortstop
to first); Hassey singled to center; Kuiper singled to center
[Hassey to third, Kuiper out at second (center to second)]; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 4TH: Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Paciorek
grounded out (third to first); B. Stein grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Mariners 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Veryzer flied out to left; Hargrove walked; Manning
flied out to center; Bonds popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 5TH: Valentine grounded out (second to first); HP
umpire Derryl Cousins injured and replaced by 2B umpire Joe
Brinkman with a 2-1 count on Larry Cox; Cox singled to
center; Mendoza singled [Cox to second]; Mendoza was picked off
first (catcher to first); Cruz singled to left [Cox scored]; R.
Jones grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 4, Mariners 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Thornton struck out; Johnson doubled to left;
Harrah flied to left in foul territory; Hassey singled [Johnson
to third]; Kuiper singled to center [Johnson scored, Hassey to
second]; R. STEIN REPLACED O. JONES (PITCHING); Veryzer struck
out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 5, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 6TH: Bochte tripled to center; Horton struck out;
Paciorek doubled to right [Bochte scored]; B. Stein grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Paciorek to third]; Valentine singled to
center [Paciorek scored]; CRUZ REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); MEYER
BATTED FOR COX; Meyer singled to left [Valentine to second];
MILBOURNE BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Milbourne made an out to second; 2
R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 5, Mariners 3.

INDIANS 7TH: STINSON REPLACED B. STEIN (PLAYING C ); MEYER
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); MILBOURNE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
SS); Hargrove walked; Manning struck out; Bonds grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Hargrove out at second];
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5, Mariners 3.

MARINERS 7TH: Cruz walked; Cruz stole second; R. Jones flied out
to center; Bochte struck out; Horton flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 5, Mariners 3.

INDIANS 8TH: Thornton walked; Johnson walked [Thornton to
second]; Thornton stole third and Johnson stole second [Thornton
scored (error by Stinson), Johnson to third]; Harrah hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Johnson scored]; Hassey struck out;
Kuiper doubled to center; Veryzer singled to right [Kuiper out
at home (right to catcher to shortstop to third)]; 2 R, 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 7, Mariners 3.

MARINERS 8TH: Paciorek struck out; Stinson struck out; Valentine
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7, Mariners 3.

INDIANS 9TH: HINTON REPLACED R. STEIN (PITCHING); Hargrove was
hit by a pitch; Manning flied out to center; Bonds walked
[Hargrove to second]; Thornton lined to left; Johnson flied out
to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 7, Mariners 3.

MARINERS 9TH: Meyer homered; Milbourne doubled to right; Cruz
walked; MONGE REPLACED CRUZ (PITCHING); R. Jones was called out
on strikes; Bochte forced Cruz (shortstop to second) [Milbourne
to third]; Horton walked [Bochte to second]; SIMPSON RAN FOR
HORTON; Paciorek struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 7,
Mariners 4.