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Indians 5 @ Royals 4
Royals Stadium
April 29, 1979

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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 29, 1979 at Royals Stadium. The home team Royals were bested by the visiting Indians with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateApril 29, 1979 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 5 H: 10 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 5
Hits: 10
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 4 H: 6 E: 2 LOB: 5
Runs: 4
Hits: 6
Errors: 2
Left On Base: 5
Winning PitcherRick Wise  
Losing PitcherLarry Gura  
SaveSid Monge  
Game Winning RBI(none) 

Game Info

DateApril 29, 1979 
Day of WeekSun 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherRick Wise  
Home Starting PitcherLarry Gura  
BallparkRoyals Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance26,184 
Time of Game3 hours 5 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Don Schulte
1B: Dick Nelson
2B: Al Purduski
3B: Johnny James

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Paul Dade  Right Fielder 
Rick Manning  Center Fielder 
Bobby Bonds  DH 
Andre Thornton  First Baseman 
Toby Harrah  Third Baseman 
Ted Cox  Left Fielder 
Duane Kuiper  Second Baseman 
Bo Diaz  Catcher 
Tom Veryzer  Shortstop 
Jeff Torborg  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
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 

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Indians 5 @ Royals 4
Royals Stadium
April 29, 1979

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 4/29/1979 -- Cleveland at Kansas City (D)

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Dade P, rf            5  0  1  0   White F, 2b           4  0  1  0   
Manning R, cf         5  2  2  0   Washington U, 2b      0  0  0  0   
Bonds B, dh           3  1  0  0   Brett G, 3b           4  0  0  0   
Thornton A, 1b        5  1  1  1   Otis A, cf            3  1  1  0   
Harrah T, 3b          4  1  1  2   Porter D, c           3  1  0  0   
Cox T, lf             3  0  1  0   Cowens A, rf          4  1  1  2   
Speed H, lf           1  0  0  0   LaCock P, 1b          4  1  1  1   
Kuiper D, 2b          4  0  1  0   McRae H, dh           4  0  2  1   
Diaz B, c             4  0  1  0   Wilson W, pr          0  0  0  0   
Veryzer T, ss         4  0  2  0   Hurdle C, lf          2  0  0  0   
                                   Zdeb J, ph            1  0  0  0   
                                   Patek F, ss           3  0  0  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     38  5 10  3                        32  4  6  4

Cleveland        001 040 000 --  5
Kansas City      000 400 000 --  4

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Wise R (W)*           8.0  6  4  4  3  3
Monge S (S)           1.0  0  0  0  0  2

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gura L (L)            6.0  8  5  3  2  3
Pattin M              3.0  2  0  0  0  3
  * Pitched to 1 batter in 9th

E -- Cox T, Brett G, Patek F
DP -- Kansas City 1
LOB -- Cleveland 8, Kansas City 5
2B -- Diaz B, McRae H, Harrah T
3B -- Cowens A, Manning R
SB -- Manning R 2, Otis A, Dade P
CS -- Manning R, Wilson W
SH -- Patek F
T -- 3:05
A -- 26184

    

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