A .259 career batter, Mario Guerrero rapped two singles in five trips, raising his current average to .349, as the A's defeated the Indians, 5-1. Guerrero drove in four runs. Buddy Bell hit a single, double and triple to account for half of the Indians' hits off Pete Broberg. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 5, Cleveland Indians 1
Game Played on Saturday, April     29, 1978 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Indians      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  6  1
A's          2  3  0    0  0  0    0  0  x  -   5  9  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dade rf               3   0   0   0     0   0   .310      Edwards 2b            5   1   1   0     0   0   .313
  Norris ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .308      Murphy cf             2   2   0   0     3   1   .000
Grubb lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .268      Page lf               4   1   2   0     0   0   .361
Bell 3b               4   1   3   0     0   0   .425        Dilone pr,lf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .214
Thornton 1b           3   0   0   1     0   0   .281      Alexander dh          4   1   1   1     1   2   .250
Blanks ss             3   0   0   0     1   1   .260      Guerrero ss           5   0   2   4     0   0   .349
Horton dh             4   0   1   0     0   1   .306      Revering 1b           3   0   2   0     1   0   .274
Pruitt c              4   0   2   0     0   0   .218      Gross 3b              1   0   1   0     2   0   .262
Manning cf            1   0   0   0     2   0   .167      Essian c              3   0   0   0     1   0   .206
  Cox ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .158      Thomasson rf          4   0   0   0     0   3   .131
Kuiper 2b             2   0   0   0     1   0   .200      Broberg p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Speed ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .222        Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Garland p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Clyde p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   6   1     4   3             Totals               32   5   9   5     8   6

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance:  5,692
Left on Base: Indians 8, A's 12
DP: Indians 0, A's 1
Errors: Pruitt
Doubles: Bell (7), Page (2)
Triples: Bell (2)
Stolen Bases: Edwards (2)
Caught Stealing: Revering (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Thornton (2)
GIDP: Kuiper (2)
Hit by Pitch: Gross (1,by Clyde)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Garland L(2-3)          1.2   6   5   4   3   2   0  14   7.89
Clyde                   4.1   3   0   0   2   2   0  18   0.00
Monge                   2     0   0   0   3   2   0   9   0.00
Totals                  8     9   5   4   8   6   0  41

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Broberg W(3-0)          8.1   6   1   1   4   3   0  34   1.33
Lacey SV(1)             0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.50
Totals                  9     6   1   1   4   3   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Clyde (1)
Wild Pitches: Clyde (1)

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Nick Bremigan


INDIANS 1ST: Dade grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb
struck out; Bell doubled to left; Thornton made an out to first;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards grounded out (third to first); Murphy
walked; Page doubled to right [Murphy to third]; Alexander
struck out; Guerrero singled to center [Murphy scored, Page
scored]; Revering singled to center [Guerrero to third]; Gross
walked [Revering to second]; Essian grounded out (second to
first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 2.

INDIANS 2ND: Blanks flied out to right; Horton made an out to
shortstop; Pruitt grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Thomasson was called out on strikes; On a bunt
Edwards singled; Edwards stole second; Murphy walked; Page flied
out to left; Alexander singled to center [Edwards scored, Murphy
to second]; Alexander was picked off first but was safe on an
error by Pruitt [Murphy to third, Alexander to second]; Guerrero
singled to left [Murphy scored, Alexander scored (unearned)];
CLYDE REPLACED GARLAND (PITCHING); Revering grounded out (second
to first); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 5.

INDIANS 3RD: Manning walked; Kuiper grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Manning out at second]; Dade
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Gross singled to center; Essian grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Gross to second]; Thomasson flied out to
left; Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 0, Athletics 5.

INDIANS 4TH: Grubb grounded out (second to first); Bell tripled
to center; Thornton hit a sacrifice fly to left [Bell scored];
Blanks walked; Horton flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Indians 1, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Murphy was called out on strikes; Page grounded
out (pitcher to first); Alexander grounded out (pitcher to
shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics
5.

INDIANS 5TH: Pruitt grounded out (third to first); Manning
walked; Kuiper walked [Manning to second]; Dade flied out to
right; Grubb flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
1, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Guerrero grounded out (second to first); Revering
singled to shortstop; Gross was hit by a pitch [Revering to
second]; Essian forced Gross (second to shortstop) [Revering to
third]; Revering was caught stealing home (catcher to shortstop
to catcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 5.

INDIANS 6TH: Bell grounded out (second to first); Thornton
grounded out (pitcher to first); Blanks grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Thomasson was called out on strikes; Edwards
grounded out (shortstop to first); Murphy walked; Clyde threw a
wild pitch [Murphy to second]; Page singled to second [Murphy to
third]; DILONE RAN FOR PAGE; Alexander walked [Dilone to
second]; Guerrero flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Indians 1, Athletics 5.

INDIANS 7TH: DILONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Horton struck
out; Pruitt singled to center; Manning grounded out (first
unassisted) [Pruitt to second]; Kuiper flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 7TH: MONGE REPLACED CLYDE (PITCHING); Revering walked;
Gross walked [Revering to second]; Essian walked [Revering to
third, Gross to second]; Thomasson struck out; Edwards flied out
to right; Murphy grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Indians 1, Athletics 5.

INDIANS 8TH: NORRIS BATTED FOR DADE; Norris made an out to
shortstop; Grubb made an out to shortstop; Bell singled to left;
Thornton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 1, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 8TH: NORRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Dilone
grounded out (second to first); Alexander struck out; Guerrero
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
1, Athletics 5.

INDIANS 9TH: Blanks was called out on strikes; Horton singled to
center; Pruitt singled to center [Horton to second]; LACEY
REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING); COX BATTED FOR MANNING; Cox forced
Horton (pitcher to third) [Pruitt to second]; SPEED BATTED FOR
KUIPER; Speed flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
1, Athletics 5.