The Cleveland Indians handily defeated the Texas Rangers, 12 to 8, on August 4, 1979.

1979 Cleveland Indians

Final

TEX

Rangers

57-50

8

CLE

Indians

54-54

12

TEX

CLE

1

0

5

2

0

0

3

1

3

4

1

1

5

3

3

6

3

0

7

0

0

8

0

0

9

0

R

8

12

H

9

12

E

1

0

Bottom 1st

TEX

CLE

Indians

Home run by Toby Harrah; Mike Hargrove, Bobby Bonds, and Andre Thornton scored.

0

4

Indians

Home run by Gary Alexander.

0

5

Top 3rd

TEX

CLE

Rangers

Single by Mickey Rivers; Jim Sundberg scored.

1

5

Bottom 3rd

TEX

CLE

Indians

Single by Duane Kuiper; Bobby Bonds scored.

1

6

Indians

Single by Tom Veryzer; Andre Thornton and Gary Alexander scored.

1

8

Top 4th

TEX

CLE

Rangers

Home run by John Ellis.

2

8

Bottom 4th

TEX

CLE

Indians

Sacrifice fly by Cliff Johnson; Andre Thornton scored.

2

9

Top 5th

TEX

CLE

Rangers

Home run by Buddy Bell; Jim Sundberg and Nelson Norman scored.

5

9

Bottom 5th

TEX

CLE

Indians

Single by Rick Manning; Gary Alexander and Tom Veryzer scored.

5

11

Indians

Single by Bobby Bonds; Rick Manning scored.

5

12

Top 6th

TEX

CLE

Rangers

Home run by Dave Roberts; John Ellis and Jim Sundberg scored.

8

12

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mickey Rivers CF 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Buddy Bell 3B 5 1 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 5
Al Oliver DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Richie Zisk RF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
John Ellis 1B 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 4
Bill Sample LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Mike Jorgensen PH,LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Sundberg C 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3
Dave Roberts 2B 4 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 4
Nelson Norman SS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pat Putnam PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 8 9 8 3 3 3 0 0 19

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
John Henry Johnson (L) 2.0 5 7 7 3 1 2
Bob Babcock 2.1 2 4 3 4 2 0
Dave Rajsich 1.1 5 1 1 0 1 0
Jim Kern 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0
Sparky Lyle 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 8.0 12 12 11 8 6 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Mike Hargrove LF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Jim Norris LF 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Rick Manning CF 5 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1
Bobby Bonds RF 5 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Andre Thornton 1B 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1
Cliff Johnson DH 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Toby Harrah 3B 5 1 1 4 1 0 3 0 0 4
Gary Alexander C 3 3 2 1 1 2 0 0 0 6
Duane Kuiper 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Tom Veryzer SS 3 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
Totals 34 12 12 12 2 8 6 1 0 20

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rick Waits (W) 5.1 8 8 8 3 2 3
Dan Spillner (S) 3.2 1 0 0 0 1 0
Totals 9.0 9 8 8 3 3 3

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Naylor

Josh Naylor

RBI

23

Ramírez

José Ramírez

AVG

.343

Kwan

Steven Kwan

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

3

Allen

Logan Allen

K

26

Bibee

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ERA

0.69

Clase

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HR

26

18th

R

136

7th

SO

250

3rd

ERA

3.31

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2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
18 8 .692
Royals Royals
17 10 .630 1.5
Tigers Tigers
14 12 .538 4.0
Twins Twins
12 13 .480 5.5
White Sox White Sox
4 22 .154 14.0

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
7:20 PM
Sun
4/28
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM
Tue
4/30
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM
Wed
5/1
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM
Thu
5/2
CLE CLE
@
HOU HOU
8:10 PM

Last Game

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ATL Braves

18-6

6

Final

2

CLE Guardians

18-8

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HR Leaders

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10

Trout

Mike Trout

9

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

8

Henderson

Gunnar Henderson

RBI Leaders

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31

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

25

Perez

Salvador Perez

23

García

Adolis García

Batting Average Leaders

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.382

Betts

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.376

Smith

Will Smith

.356

Contreras

William Contreras

Hit Leaders

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42

Betts

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40

Ohtani

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37

Kwan

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28

Betts

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24

Cruz

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24

Contreras

William Contreras

OBP Leaders

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.485

Betts

Mookie Betts

.437

Soto

Juan Soto

.436

Contreras

William Contreras

SLG Leaders

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.681

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

.677

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.645

Betts

Mookie Betts

SB Leaders

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17

Cruz

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13

Turang

Brice Turang

11

Jr.

Ronald Acuña Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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4

Imanaga

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4

Suárez

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4

Minter

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Strikeout Leaders

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46

Wheeler

Zack Wheeler

44

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

42

Castillo

Luis Castillo

ERA Leaders

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0.72

López

Reynaldo López

0.98

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

José Berríos

WHIP Leaders

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0.70

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

0.74

Skubal

Tarik Skubal

0.74

Cease

Dylan Cease

K/9 Leaders

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12.13

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

12.10

Jones

Jared Jones

12.07

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

K/BB Leaders

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9.75

Jones

Jared Jones

9.50

Ryan

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9.33

Imanaga

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Walk Leaders

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3

Imanaga

Shota Imanaga

4

Jones

Jared Jones

4

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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487.6

Betts

Mookie Betts

457.8

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

439.3

Ohtani

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DraftKings Points Leaders

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370

Betts

Mookie Betts

347

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

337

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

NL East W L PCT GB
1
Braves Braves
104 58 .642
2
Phillies Phillies
90 72 .556 14.0
AL East W L PCT GB
1
Orioles Orioles
101 61 .623
2
Rays Rays
99 63 .611 2.0
NL West W L PCT GB
1
Dodgers Dodgers
100 62 .617
2
Diamondbacks Diamondbacks
84 78 .519 16.0
NL Central W L PCT GB
1
Brewers Brewers
92 70 .568
2
Cubs Cubs
83 79 .512 9.0
AL West W L PCT GB
1
Astros Astros
90 72 .556
2
Rangers Rangers
90 72 .556
AL Central W L PCT GB
1
Twins Twins
87 75 .537
2
Tigers Tigers
78 84 .481 9.0

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
4/25
ARI ARI
@
SEA SEA
1-6
Thu
4/25
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
2-6
Thu
4/25
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4-2
Thu
4/25
NYY NYY
@
MIL MIL
6-7
Thu
4/25
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
7-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/27
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
3:07 PM
Sat
4/27
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
4:05 PM
Sat
4/27
CHC CHC
@
BOS BOS
4:10 PM