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During the game, the Rangers took an early 5-1 advantage. Meanwhile, throughout the game, the Indians fans in attendance continually misbehaved and caused problems. Several fans ran on to the field, often Streaking . In addition, many more fans were throwing objects on the field. As the game progressed, and the crowd became more inebriated, more fans ran on to the field, and caused more problems. By the ninth inning, the Indians had put a rally together, and the 5-1 Texas advantage was narrowed to a 5-3 Texas advantage. In the bottom of the ninth, the Indians managed to rally and tie the game at five runs apiece, but with a crowd that had been consuming as much alcohol as they could for nine innings, the situation finally boiled over. After Texas outfielder Jeff Burroughs violently reacted to a fan stealing his Glove , hundreds of fans poured into the outfield, and many fans threw objects, such as cups, rocks, batteries, hot dogs, popcorn containers, golf balls, and even several chairs. As a result, the head umpire, realizing that order would not be restored in a timely fashion, Forfeited the game to the Texas Rangers. The forfeit was the first in Major League Baseball since a forfeit at RFK Stadium in 1971 in a game between the Washington Senators and the New York Yankees . Another game was not forfeited in Major League Baseball until 1979 , when the second game of a doubleheader between the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox at Comiskey Park in Chicago was forfeited during Disco Demolition Night , an equally ill-fated promotional idea. Interestingly, Rusty Torres of the Indians was involved in all three incidents (he was also playing for the Yankees in 1971, and the White Sox in 1979). EXTERNAL LINKS |
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