Steve Busby, making his first major league start since July 6, 1976, hurled 5 1/3 scoreless innings as the Royals edged the Indians, 5-4. The righthander, who fashioned a 65-41 mark including a pair of no-hitters, in three seasons prior to undergoing surgery two years ago, yielded just two hits and three walks before departing in the sixth inning.

A quintet of relievers struggled the rest of the game to preserve the victory. Darrell Porter drove in two runs for the Royals, including the winning tally in the eighth with a single following a triple by Al Cowens. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, Cleveland Indians 4
Game Played on Sunday, April     9, 1978 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Royals       0  1  0    0  0  2    1  1  0  -   5  8  4
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  3  0  -   4  7  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson cf             2   0   0   1     1   0   .167      Dade rf,cf            4   0   1   2     1   0   .333
McRae dh              5   0   1   0     0   1   .222      Kuiper 2b             5   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Brett 3b              3   1   0   0     1   0   .167      Grubb lf,rf           2   1   1   0     3   0   .333
Cowens rf             4   3   3   0     0   0   .429      Thornton 1b           5   0   0   0     0   2   .125
Porter c              4   0   2   2     0   1   .375      Horton dh             4   0   2   0     0   0   .500
Poquette lf           1   0   0   1     0   0   .000        Speed pr,dh         0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
  Otis ph             0   0   0   1     0   0   .250        Norris ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Zdeb lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Blanks ss             5   1   2   1     0   0   .333
Hurdle 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Bell 3b               3   1   1   1     1   0   .286
White 2b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .167      Manning cf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Washington ss         2   0   1   0     1   0   .500        Cox ph,lf           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Pruitt c              2   0   0   0     2   0   .167
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wise p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kreuger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gura p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kinney p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Colborn p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   5   8   5     3   3             Totals               35   4   7   4     7   3

Time of Game: 3:00   Attendance:  7,473
Left on Base: Royals 6, Indians 11
DP: Royals 0, Indians 1
Errors: Porter, Washington 2, Busby, Pruitt
Doubles: Cowens (1), Porter (1), White (1), Blanks (1), Grubb (1)
Triples: Cowens (1)
Stolen Bases: Washington 3 (3), Wilson (2), Grubb (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Washington (1), Zdeb (1), Wilson (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Poquette (1), Otis (1), Wilson (1)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby W(1-0)            5.1   2   0   0   3   0   0  21   0.00
Bird                    2     5   4   3   1   2   0  13  13.50
Hrabosky                0.1   0   0   0   2   1   0   3   0.00
Gura                    0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   0.00
Colborn                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Mingori SV(1)           0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   0.00
Totals                  9     7   4   3   7   3   0  42

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise L(0-1)             5.1   4   3   3   3   3   0  23   5.06
Kreuger                 1.2   1   1   1   0   0   0   7   5.40
Kinney                  1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   9.00
Kern                    1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Totals                  9     8   5   5   3   3   0  38

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Dale Ford, 3B - Russ Goetz


ROYALS 1ST: umpire Nick Bremigan missed game due to
illness; Wilson popped to third; 27 minute rain delay at
2:35; McRae popped to second; Brett flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Dade reached on an error by Washington; Dade was
picked off first but was safe on an error by Busby [Dade to
second]; Dade was out trying to advance to third (first to
third); Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb walked;
Thornton flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Indians 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Cowens doubled to left; Porter flied out to right
[Cowens to third]; Poquette lined out on a sacrifice fly to
right [Cowens scored]; Hurdle lined to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Horton grounded out (third to first); Blanks
doubled to center; Bell walked; Manning popped to catcher;
Pruitt popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1,
Indians 0.

ROYALS 3RD: White grounded out (third to first); Washington
walked; Washington stole second [Washington to third (error by
Pruitt)]; Wilson walked; Wilson stole second; McRae was called
out on strikes; Brett walked; Cowens forced Brett (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Dade grounded out (second to first); Kuiper
grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Porter was called out on strikes; Poquette grounded
out (first unassisted); Hurdle was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Thornton popped to shortstop; Horton singled to
left; Blanks grounded out (second to first) [Horton to second];
Bell flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1,
Indians 0.

ROYALS 5TH: White grounded out (third to first); Washington
grounded out (first to pitcher); Wilson lined to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Manning grounded out (second to first); Pruitt
grounded out (shortstop to first); Dade flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 0.

ROYALS 6TH: McRae singled to center; Brett forced McRae (first
to shortstop); Cowens singled to right [Brett to third]; Porter
doubled to right [Brett scored, Cowens to third]; KREUGER
REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); OTIS BATTED FOR POQUETTE; Otis hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Cowens scored, Porter to third]; Hurdle
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: ZDEB REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING LF); Kuiper grounded
out (shortstop to first); Grubb walked; BIRD REPLACED BUSBY
(PITCHING); Grubb stole second [Grubb to third (error by
Porter)]; Thornton struck out; Horton grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 0.

ROYALS 7TH: White doubled to center; Washington reached on a
fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [White to third]; Wilson
lined out on a sacrifice fly to center [White scored];
Washington stole second; McRae lined to third; Brett grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Indians
0.

INDIANS 7TH: Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell
reached on an error by Washington; Manning grounded out (second
to first) [Bell to second]; Pruitt walked; Dade singled to left
[Bell scored (unearned), Pruitt to second]; Kuiper grounded out
(second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4,
Indians 1.

ROYALS 8TH: KINNEY REPLACED KREUGER (PITCHING); Cowens tripled
to right; Debut game for Dennis Kinney; Porter singled to
left [Cowens scored]; Zdeb out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Porter to second]; Hurdle grounded out (second to
first) [Porter to third]; White flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Indians 1.

INDIANS 8TH: Grubb doubled to right; Thornton was called out on
strikes; Horton singled to right [Grubb to third]; SPEED RAN FOR
HORTON; Blanks singled to right [Grubb scored, Speed to third];
Bell singled to left [Speed scored, Blanks to second]; HRABOSKY
REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); COX BATTED FOR MANNING; Cox struck
out; Pruitt walked [Blanks to third, Bell to second]; Dade
walked [Blanks scored, Bell to third, Pruitt to second]; GURA
REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to
first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 5, Indians 4.

ROYALS 9TH: SPEED STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); COX STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING LF); DADE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); GRUBB
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); KERN REPLACED KINNEY (PITCHING);
Washington singled to left; Wilson out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Washington to second]; Washington stole
third; McRae flied into a double play to second [Washington out
at home (second to catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5,
Indians 4.

INDIANS 9TH: Grubb walked; COLBORN REPLACED GURA (PITCHING);
Thornton popped to catcher in foul territory; MINGORI REPLACED
COLBORN (PITCHING); NORRIS BATTED FOR SPEED; Norris popped to
second; Blanks forced Grubb (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Indians 4.