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Indians 5 @ Royals 6
Royals Stadium
April 15, 1978

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Cleveland Indians, played on April 15, 1978 at Royals Stadium. The home team Royals beat the visiting Indians with a score of 6 to 5.

Game Summary

DateApril 15, 1978 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 5 H: 11 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 5
Hits: 11
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 6 H: 14 E: 1 LOB: 7
Runs: 6
Hits: 14
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherMarty Pattin  
Losing PitcherMike Paxton  
SaveAl Hrabosky  
Game Winning RBIClint Hurdle 

Game Info

DateApril 15, 1978 
Day of WeekSat 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherDon Hood  
Home Starting PitcherSteve Busby  
BallparkRoyals Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance18,110 
Time of Game2 hours 54 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Ken Kaiser
1B: Mike Reilly
2B: Bill Haller
3B: Lou DiMuro

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Paul Dade  Right Fielder 
Duane Kuiper  Second Baseman 
Johnny Grubb  Left Fielder 
Andre Thornton  First Baseman 
Willie Horton  DH 
Larvell Blanks  Shortstop 
Buddy Bell  Third Baseman 
Rick Manning  Center Fielder 
Bo Diaz  Catcher 
Jeff Torborg  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Willie Wilson  Left Fielder 
Hal McRae  DH 
George Brett  Third Baseman 
Al Cowens  Right Fielder 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
John Wathan  Catcher 
Clint Hurdle  First Baseman 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Frank White  Second Baseman 
Whitey Herzog  Manager 

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Indians 5 @ Royals 6
Royals Stadium
April 15, 1978

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         Game of 4/15/1978 -- Cleveland at Kansas City (N)

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Dade P, rf            4  1  1  0   Wilson W, lf-cf       5  0  2  2   
Kuiper D, 2b          4  0  0  1   McRae H, dh           4  1  2  1   
Grubb J, lf           3  0  1  0   Brett G, 3b           4  1  2  0   
Cox T, ph             1  0  0  0   Cowens A, rf          3  1  1  0   
Thornton A, 1b        3  0  0  0   Otis A, cf            3  0  2  0   
Horton W, dh          3  1  2  1   Zdeb J, pr-lf         0  0  0  0   
Blanks L, ss          4  1  1  0   Porter D, ph-c        1  0  1  1   
Bell B, 3b            4  1  3  2   Wathan J, c           3  0  0  0   
Manning R, cf         4  1  1  1   LaCock P, ph-1b       1  0  0  0   
Diaz B, c             3  0  2  0   Hurdle C, 1b-lf       4  1  2  2   
Pruitt R, c           1  0  0  0   Patek F, ss           4  1  1  0   
                                   White F, 2b           4  1  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  5 11  5                        36  6 14  6

Cleveland        100 400 000 --  5
Kansas City      110 101 20x --  6

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Hood D*               5.0 11  4  4  0  1
Paxton M (L)          3.0  3  2  2  1  0

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Busby S               3.1  6  5  5  2  1
Pattin M (W)+         3.2  5  0  0  1  0
Hrabosky A (S)        2.0  0  0  0  0  1
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 6th
  + Pitched to 1 batter in 8th

E -- White F, Dade P
DP -- Kansas City 4
LOB -- Cleveland 7, Kansas City 7
2B -- Brett G, Patek F, Wilson W, Otis A, White F, McRae H, Horton W
3B -- Bell B, Brett G
HR -- McRae H, Hurdle C
SB -- Manning R, Dade P, Kuiper D
CS -- Wilson W
SH -- Kuiper D
HBP -- by Pattin M (Dade P)
T -- 2:54
A -- 18110

    

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