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Brewers 6 @ Indians 12
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 31, 1978

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Milwaukee Brewers, played on August 31, 1978 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium. The home team Indians beat the visiting Brewers with a score of 12 to 6.

Game Summary

DateAugust 31, 1978 
Visiting Team
Milwaukee Brewers
R: 6 H: 8 E: 3 LOB: 6
Runs: 6
Hits: 8
Errors: 3
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 12 H: 17 E: 2 LOB: 8
Runs: 12
Hits: 17
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 8
Winning PitcherRick Waits  
Losing PitcherBill Travers  
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Game Winning RBIAndre Thornton 

Game Info

DateAugust 31, 1978 
Day of WeekThu 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamMilwaukee Brewers 
Home TeamCleveland Indians 
Visiting Starting PitcherBill Travers  
Home Starting PitcherRick Waits  
BallparkCleveland Municipal Stadium 
CityCleveland 
StateOH 
Attendance5,328 
Time of Game2 hours 31 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Larry Barnett
1B: Jim McKean
2B: (none)
3B: Lou DiMuro

Milwaukee Brewers Lineup 

Name  Position 
Paul Molitor  Second Baseman 
Don Money  First Baseman 
Sal Bando  Third Baseman 
Larry Hisle  DH 
Sixto Lezcano  Right Fielder 
Jim Wohlford  Left Fielder 
Robin Yount  Shortstop 
Gorman Thomas  Center Fielder 
Buck Martinez  Catcher 
George Bamberger  Manager 

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Paul Dade  DH 
Tom Veryzer  Shortstop 
Buddy Bell  Third Baseman 
Andre Thornton  First Baseman 
Ron Pruitt  Left Fielder 
Larvell Blanks  Second Baseman 
Rick Manning  Center Fielder 
Horace Speed  Right Fielder 
Bo Diaz  Catcher 
Jeff Torborg  Manager 

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Brewers 6 @ Indians 12
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
August 31, 1978

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         Game of 8/31/1978, game 2 -- Milwaukee at Cleveland (N)

  Milwaukee          AB  R  H RBI    Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI
Molitor P, 2b         4  2  1  0   Dade P, dh            5  2  1  0   
Money D, 1b           5  1  3  2   Veryzer T, ss         4  1  2  2   
Bando S, 3b           4  0  1  0   Bell B, 3b            4  1  1  1   
Hisle L, dh           3  1  0  1   Thornton A, 1b        4  2  2  3   
Lezcano S, rf         3  1  0  0   Pruitt R, lf          4  2  2  1   
Wohlford J, lf        4  0  0  0   Grubb J, lf           1  0  0  0   
Yount R, ss           4  0  2  1   Blanks L, 2b          4  2  2  1   
Thomas G, cf          4  0  1  0   Manning R, cf         5  0  4  2   
Martinez B, c         4  1  0  0   Speed H, rf           4  1  1  0   
                                   Diaz B, c             4  1  2  1   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     35  6  8  4                        39 12 17 11

Milwaukee        001 030 020 --  6
Cleveland        300 513 00x -- 12

  Milwaukee            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Travers B (L)*        3.0  7  5  5  1  1
Mueller W             1.0  5  3  3  0  0
Stein R               4.0  5  4  3  3  2

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Waits R (W)           8.0  8  6  5  4  3
Kern J                1.0  0  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 3 batters in 4th

E -- Bando S, Pruitt R, Martinez B, Stein R, Grubb J
DP -- Milwaukee 1, Cleveland 1
LOB -- Milwaukee 6, Cleveland 8
2B -- Blanks L, Manning R, Veryzer T, Money D, Yount R
3B -- Molitor P
HR -- Thornton A, Pruitt R
SB -- Speed H
CS -- Manning R
SH -- Veryzer T
WP -- Travers B
T -- 2:31
A -- 5328

    

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