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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