On June 4 , the Indians decided to hold a promotion to attract fans to the park in a game against Texas : the now-infamous Ten Cent Beer Night . Torres did not start the game , but was inserted as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning , delivering a single . Two batters later , John Lowenstein hit a sacrifice fly , tying the game at 5 – 5 , and putting Torres in scoring position ( on second base ) with the chance to score the game-winning run for Cleveland . 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 , many of them throwing whatever they could lay their hands on , even several chairs . As a result , umpire crew chief Nestor Chylak forfeited the contest to the Rangers — the same franchise , of course , as the old Senators
Ten Cent Beer Night
Ten Cent Beer Night
Rusty Torres