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Royals
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
May 6, 1979
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Cleveland Indians and the Kansas City Royals, played on May 6, 1979 at Cleveland Municipal Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | May 6, 1979 |
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Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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Home Team |
Cleveland Indians
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | May 6, 1979 |
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Day of Week | Sun |
Day / Night | D |
Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
Home Team | Cleveland Indians |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Steve Busby |
Home Starting Pitcher | Mike Paxton |
Ballpark | Cleveland Municipal Stadium |
City | Cleveland |
State | OH |
Attendance | 16,352 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 48 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Bob Rice 1B: Fred Spenn 2B: Ted Theilander 3B: Dale Davidson |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Frank White | Second Baseman |
George Brett | Third Baseman |
Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
Darrell Porter | Catcher |
Al Cowens | Right Fielder |
Pete LaCock | First Baseman |
Hal McRae | DH |
Clint Hurdle | Left Fielder |
Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
Whitey Herzog | Manager |
Cleveland Indians Lineup
Name | Position |
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Paul Dade | Left Fielder |
Toby Harrah | Third Baseman |
Rick Manning | Center Fielder |
Andre Thornton | First Baseman |
Bobby Bonds | Right Fielder |
Wayne Cage | DH |
Duane Kuiper | Second Baseman |
Bo Diaz | Catcher |
Tom Veryzer | Shortstop |
Jeff Torborg | Manager |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Royals
@ Indians
Cleveland Municipal Stadium
May 6, 1979
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Paxton
White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Paxton
There goes White. The throw from Diaz and he is safe. White steals second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brett vs. Paxton
Brett hits a fly ball towards left. Dade settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Dade. White scores. Brett moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Otis vs. Paxton
Otis bunts towards the mound. Paxton fields it and throws to first for the out. Brett moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Porter vs. Paxton
Porter hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cowens vs. Paxton
Cowens hits a line drive into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dade vs. Busby
Dade hits a popup, foul, towards first. LaCock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Busby
Harrah takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Manning vs. Busby
Manning hits a fly ball into left field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thornton vs. Busby
There goes Harrah. The throw from Porter and he is out, White applying the tag. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaCock vs. Paxton
LaCock hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dade. LaCock reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McRae vs. Paxton
McRae hits a popup towards first. Thornton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hurdle vs. Paxton
Hurdle hits a line drive into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. LaCock moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Patek vs. Paxton
Patek hits a fly ball into left field. Dade settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thornton vs. Busby
Thornton hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Busby
Bonds hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Otis throws the ball in to LaCock who tags Bonds trying to return to first, for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cage vs. Busby
Cage is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Paxton
White hits a line drive into left field. Dade settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Paxton
Brett strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Paxton
Otis hits a popup towards first. Thornton settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kuiper vs. Busby
Kuiper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Diaz vs. Busby
There goes Kuiper. The throw from Porter and he is out, White applying the tag. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Diaz vs. Busby
Diaz strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Busby
Veryzer is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Paxton
Porter hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Paxton
Cowens hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaCock vs. Paxton
LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dade vs. Busby
Dade hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Busby
Harrah hits a line drive towards third. Brett reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Busby
Manning hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Paxton
McRae strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hurdle vs. Paxton
Hurdle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Paxton
Patek hits a line drive towards first. Thornton reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thornton vs. Busby
Thornton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bonds vs. Busby
Bonds hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Hurdle. Bonds reaches second base with a double. Thornton moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cage vs. Busby
Cage takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kuiper vs. Busby
Kuiper hits a fly ball towards cemter. Otis catches it and throws to home to double up Thornton. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Diaz vs. Busby
Diaz hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Paxton
White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Paxton
Brett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. White moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Otis vs. Paxton
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer fields it and throws to second for the out. White moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Porter vs. Paxton
Porter hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Paxton
Cowens hits a fly ball into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaCock vs. Paxton
LaCock hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Busby
Veryzer hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dade vs. Busby
Dade hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Busby
Harrah takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Manning vs. Busby
Manning hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Paxton
McRae strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hurdle vs. Paxton
Hurdle hits a ball on the ground towards short. Veryzer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Paxton
Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Thornton vs. Busby
Willie Wilson now playing left field.
Thornton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bonds vs. Busby
Bonds hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cage vs. Busby
Cage hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Kuiper vs. Busby
Kuiper hits a line drive into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Paxton
White hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Paxton
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thornton scoops it up and throws to first, with Paxton covering, for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Paxton
Otis strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Pruitt vs. Busby
Ron Pruitt pinch hits for Bo Diaz.
Pruitt hits a popup, foul, towards first. LaCock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Veryzer vs. Busby
Veryzer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dade vs. Busby
Dade hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Busby fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harrah vs. Busby
Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Paxton
Ron Pruitt now catching.
Porter hits a line drive into right field. Bonds settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Paxton
Cowens hits a fly ball into center field. Manning settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaCock vs. Paxton
LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Manning vs. Busby
Manning hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Thornton vs. Busby
Thornton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. Manning moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bonds vs. Busby
Bonds takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Alexander vs. Hrabosky
Al Hrabosky now pitching. Gary Alexander pinch hits for Wayne Cage.
There's a wild pitch. Manning moves to third. Bonds moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Alexander vs. Hrabosky
Alexander takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Kuiper vs. Hrabosky
Kuiper hits a line drive into right field. Cowens picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cowens. Manning scores. Bonds scores. Alexander moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Pruitt vs. Hrabosky
Jim Norris pinch runs for Duane Kuiper.
Pruitt hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaCock fields the ball and throws to Hrabosky covering. Safe. Alexander scores. Norris moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Veryzer vs. Hrabosky
Horace Speed pinch runs for Ron Pruitt.
Veryzer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Norris scores. Speed moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Dade vs. Rodriguez
Eduardo Rodriguez now pitching.
Dade takes first base on ball four. Speed moves to third. Veryzer moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Harrah vs. Rodriguez
Harrah hits a popup towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Indians, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Manning vs. Mingori
Steve Mingori now pitching.
Manning takes first base on ball four. Speed scores. Veryzer moves to third. Dade moves to second. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 5/6/1979 -- Kansas City at Cleveland (D) Kansas City AB R H RBI Cleveland AB R H RBI White F, 2b 4 2 2 0 Dade P, lf 4 0 0 0 Brett G, 3b 4 0 1 0 Harrah T, 3b 3 0 0 0 Otis A, cf 3 1 0 0 Manning R, cf 4 1 1 1 Porter D, c 4 1 1 3 Thornton A, 1b 4 0 1 0 Cowens A, rf 4 0 0 0 Bonds B, rf 3 1 2 0 LaCock P, 1b 4 0 1 0 Cage W, dh 2 0 1 0 McRae H, dh 3 0 0 0 Alexander G, ph 0 1 0 0 Hurdle C, lf 3 0 0 0 Kuiper D, 2b 4 0 2 1 Wilson W, lf 0 0 0 0 Norris J, pr 0 1 0 0 Patek F, ss 3 0 0 0 Diaz B, c 2 0 0 0 Pruitt R, ph-c 2 0 1 1 Speed H, pr 0 1 0 0 Veryzer T, ss 3 0 1 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 32 4 5 3 31 5 9 4 Kansas City 100 003 000 -- 4 Cleveland 000 000 005 -- 5 2 outs when winning run was scored. Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Busby S 8.1 6 2 2 5 3 Hrabosky A (L)* 0.0 3 3 3 1 0 Rodriguez E 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 Mingori S 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 Cleveland IP H R ER BB SO Paxton M (W) 9.0 5 4 3 0 4 * Pitched to 4 batters in 9th E -- Dade P, Cowens A DP -- Kansas City 1 LOB -- Kansas City 2, Cleveland 8 2B -- LaCock P, Bonds B HR -- Porter D SB -- White F CS -- Harrah T, Kuiper D SH -- Otis A WP -- Hrabosky A T -- 2:48 A -- 16352
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