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Paul Splittorff, who ended the 1977 season with eight straight victories, made it nine in a row when the Royals defeated the Indians, 3-1. Splittorff pitched seven innings and limited the Indians to six hits. Kansas City Royals 3, Cleveland Indians 1Game Played on Friday, April 14, 1978 (Night game) at Royals StadiumIndians 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 2
Royals 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 x - 3 8 1
Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Dade rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .409 Wilson lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .143
Kuiper 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .238 Poquette rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .167
Grubb lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .222 Brett 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .167
Thornton 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .294 McRae dh 3 1 2 1 1 0 .278
Horton dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Porter c 4 1 2 1 0 1 .389
Blanks ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Otis cf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .313
Bell 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .368 Hurdle 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .176
Manning cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .111 LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Diaz c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Patek ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .154
Norris ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .154
Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 33 1 7 1 3 4 Totals 33 3 8 3 1 3
Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 17,526
Left on Base: Indians 8, Royals 7
DP: Indians 0, Royals 1
Errors: Kuiper, Blanks, Hurdle
Doubles: Dade (3), Thornton (1), Bell (3), Otis (2)
Triples: Otis (1)
Home Runs: McRae (2)
Stolen Bases: Manning (1), Patek (1)
GIDP: Horton (2)
Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Wise L(0-2) 8 8 3 2 1 3 1 34 3.38
Totals 8 8 3 2 1 3 1 34
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Splittorff W(2-0) 7 6 1 1 2 3 0 28 1.76
Mingori 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.00
Bird SV(1) 1.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 7.36
Totals 9 7 1 1 3 4 0 36
Balks: Bird (1)
Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Haller
INDIANS 1ST: Dade flied out to right; Kuiper singled to right;
Grubb struck out; Thornton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Wilson flied out to left; Poquette popped to third;
Brett singled to right; McRae singled to center [Brett to
third]; Porter grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Indians 0, Royals 0.
INDIANS 2ND: Horton grounded out (third to first); Blanks flied
out to right; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Otis doubled to right; Hurdle grounded out (second
to first) [Otis to third]; Patek reached on a fielder's choice
[Otis out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; Patek stole second;
White flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0,
Royals 0.
INDIANS 3RD: Manning popped to third; Diaz grounded out (third
to first); Dade doubled to right [Dade out at third (right to
third)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Wilson grounded out (pitcher to first); Poquette
popped to shortstop; Brett flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Indians 0, Royals 0.
INDIANS 4TH: Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Grubb
walked; Thornton doubled to left [Grubb to third]; Horton struck
out; Blanks flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians
0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 4TH: McRae homered; Porter singled to right; Otis tripled
to center [Porter scored]; Hurdle lined to shortstop; Patek
popped to second; White was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 2.
INDIANS 5TH: Bell doubled to center; Manning was called out on
strikes; Diaz grounded out (pitcher to second to first) [Bell to
third]; Dade singled to right [Bell scored]; Kuiper walked [Dade
to second]; Grubb grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 2.
ROYALS 5TH: Wilson flied out to center; Poquette reached on an
error by Kuiper; Brett forced Poquette (pitcher to shortstop)
[Brett to second (error by Blanks)]; McRae walked; Porter
singled to left [Brett scored (unearned), McRae to third]; Otis
grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 1, Royals 3.
INDIANS 6TH: Thornton grounded out (third to first); Horton
grounded out (shortstop to first); Blanks grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 3.
ROYALS 6TH: Hurdle popped to second; Patek popped to catcher in
foul territory; White lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Royals 3.
INDIANS 7TH: Bell grounded out (third to first); Manning singled
to right; Diaz grounded out (shortstop to first) [Manning to
second]; Manning stole third; Dade flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 3.
ROYALS 7TH: Wilson grounded out (third to first); Poquette
singled to center; Brett popped to third in foul territory;
McRae flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1,
Royals 3.
INDIANS 8TH: MINGORI REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Kuiper
reached on an error by Hurdle; Grubb struck out; BIRD REPLACED
MINGORI (PITCHING); Bird balked [Kuiper to second]; Thornton
walked; Horton grounded into a double play (second to first)
[Thornton out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1,
Royals 3.
ROYALS 8TH: Porter was called out on strikes; Otis struck out;
Hurdle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Royals 3.
INDIANS 9TH: LACOCK REPLACED HURDLE (PLAYING 1B); Blanks
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell singled to right;
Manning flied out to right; NORRIS BATTED FOR DIAZ; Norris
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians
1, Royals 3.
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