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. Kansas City Royals 5, Cleveland Indians 4Game Played on Sunday, April 9, 1978 (Day game) at Cleveland StadiumRoyals 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. |
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