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Cleveland Guardians @ California Angels

1979-08-21 · Night game · Angel Stadium of Anaheim · Att: 30902 · night · 3:19

Cleveland Indians defeated California Angels 12–7. Cleveland Indians put up 5 in the 5th. Paul Reuschel earned the win. Cliff Johnson went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	1	0	0	0	5	0	3	3	0	12	15
CAL	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	7	15

W: Paul Reuschel L: Dave Frost SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Ken Kaiser · 1B: Rocky Roe · 2B: Ron Luciano · 3B: Russ Goetz · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mike Hargrove	4	2	3	0	1	0
Rick Manning	5	3	3	1	0	0
Bobby Bonds	2	2	1	2	2	0
Toby Harrah	4	1	2	3	1	0
Cliff Johnson	5	2	2	4	0	1
Andre Thornton	3	0	0	1	1	1
Ron Hassey	5	0	1	1	0	0
Duane Kuiper	5	1	3	0	0	0
Tom Veryzer	5	1	0	0	0	0

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rick Miller	5	0	1	0	0	2
Carney Lansford	5	0	2	0	0	0
Rod Carew	4	1	2	0	1	1
Don Baylor	5	3	3	1	0	0
Willie Aikens	5	2	3	3	0	1
Bobby Grich	4	0	1	1	0	1
Larry Harlow	4	0	1	0	1	0
Jim Anderson	5	1	1	0	0	0
Tom Donohue	3	0	1	2	1	1
Dickie Thon	1	0	0	0	0	1

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Mike Paxton	4.1	11	2	2
Paul Reuschel	4.2	4	1	5

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dave Frost	4.2	6	3	1
Don Aase	1.1	3	2	0
Mike Barlow	3.0	6	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mike Hargrove: 3/G
Rick Manning: D7
Bobby Bonds: 7/L
Toby Harrah: D7.2-H
Cliff Johnson: 8

Bot 1

Rick Miller: 7
Carney Lansford: 63
Rod Carew: W
Don Baylor: SB2
Don Baylor: S7.2-H
Willie Aikens: SB2
Willie Aikens: S9.2-H
Bobby Grich: 8

Top 2

Andre Thornton: W
Ron Hassey: 46(1)3/GDP
Duane Kuiper: 63

Bot 2

Larry Harlow: 43
Jim Anderson: 7
Tom Donohue: 7

Top 3

Tom Veryzer: 9
Mike Hargrove: S9
Rick Manning: 9
Bobby Bonds: WP.1-2
Bobby Bonds: W
Toby Harrah: 64(1)/FO

Bot 3

Rick Miller: S8
Carney Lansford: S5.1-2
Rod Carew: S5/BG.2-3;1-2
Don Baylor: 12(3)/FO.2-3;1-2
Willie Aikens: K
Bobby Grich: 54(1)/FO

Top 4

Cliff Johnson: K
Andre Thornton: 53
Ron Hassey: 8

Bot 4

Larry Harlow: S7
Jim Anderson: CS2(26)
Jim Anderson: S8
Tom Donohue: D7.1-H
Rick Miller: 7
Carney Lansford: 63

Top 5

Duane Kuiper: S7
Tom Veryzer: FC1.1X3(1E4);B-1
Mike Hargrove: W.1-2
Rick Manning: S7.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Bobby Bonds: 9/SF.3-H
Toby Harrah: 4
Cliff Johnson: WP.2-3;1-2
Cliff Johnson: HR/7.3-H(UR);2-H(UR);B-H(UR)
Andre Thornton: 9

Bot 5

Rod Carew: K/C
Don Baylor: S8
Willie Aikens: S7.1-2
Bobby Grich: S8.2-H;1-2
Larry Harlow: W.2-3;1-2
Jim Anderson: 7
Tom Donohue: W.3-H;2-3;1-2
Rick Miller: K

Top 6

Ron Hassey: 9
Duane Kuiper: S7
Tom Veryzer: 8
Mike Hargrove: S8.1-3
Rick Manning: 13

Bot 6

Carney Lansford: 63
Rod Carew: S7
Don Baylor: E6.1-2
Willie Aikens: 4
Bobby Grich: K

Top 7

Bobby Bonds: W
Toby Harrah: PO1(E1).1-2
Toby Harrah: W
Cliff Johnson: S7.2-H;1-2
Andre Thornton: WP.2-3;1-2
Andre Thornton: 8/SF.3-H;2-3
Ron Hassey: S9.3-H
Duane Kuiper: 6(B)3(1)/LDP

Bot 7

Larry Harlow: 5/L
Jim Anderson: 1/L
Tom Donohue: K

Top 8

Tom Veryzer: 63
Mike Hargrove: S9
Rick Manning: S8.1-3
Bobby Bonds: S7.3-H;1-3;B-2(TH)
Toby Harrah: S8.3-H;2-H
Cliff Johnson: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 8

Rick Miller: K
Carney Lansford: S9
Rod Carew: 46(1)3/GDP

Top 9

Andre Thornton: K/C
Ron Hassey: 43
Duane Kuiper: S4
Tom Veryzer: 64(1)/FO

Bot 9

Don Baylor: D7
Willie Aikens: HR/9.2-H
Dickie Thon: K/C
Larry Harlow: 63
Jim Anderson: 63

Notes & reviews

Indians coach McCraw ejected by 2B umpire Luciano for yelling that Luciano should have run into outfield to see play better before ruling Bonds' ball was caught
Debut game for Bob Clark

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