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Tuesday May 2, 1978
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Designated hitter Willie Horton stroked a two-run homer in the seventh inning to trigger the Indians to a 4-1 victory over the Mariners. Horton's round-tripper followed a single by Johnny Grubb and wiped out a 1-0 Mariner lead.

The Tribe added two more runs in the eighth on a double by Paul Dade, triple by Rick Manning and sacrifice fly by Buddy Bell. The Mariners' tally came in the fourth on walks to Leon Roberts and Bill Stein, an error by Larvell Blanks and a double play. [The Sporting News]


Cleveland Indians 4, Seattle Mariners 1

Game Played on Tuesday, May 2, 1978 (Night game) at Kingdome

Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    2  2  0  -   4  9  1
Mariners     0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dade rf               4   1   3   0     0   0   .325      Cruz 2b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .257
Manning cf            3   1   1   1     0   1   .213      Bochte lf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .295
Bell 3b               3   0   0   1     0   0   .392      Roberts rf            3   1   0   0     1   0   .302
Thornton 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .264      Stanton dh            3   0   1   0     1   0   .217
Grubb lf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .290      Stein 3b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .215
Horton dh             4   1   1   2     0   1   .314      Ruppert Jones cf      3   0   1   0     1   0   .202
Blanks ss             4   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Meyer 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .182
Pruitt c              4   0   2   0     0   0   .222      Pasley c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .115
Kuiper 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .192        Robertson ph        1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Reynolds ss           2   0   1   0     1   0   .328
  Kreuger p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Braun ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .160
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Pole p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4   9   4     1   2             Totals               30   1   5   0     6   4

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance:  5,552
Left on Base: Indians 5, Mariners 8
DP: Indians 2, Mariners 1
Errors: Blanks
Doubles: Dade (7), Cruz (3)
Triples: Manning (1)
Home Runs: Horton (4)
Stolen Bases: Reynolds 2 (4), Cruz (7), Bochte (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Manning (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Bell (1)
GIDP: Horton (5), Meyer (2), Ruppert Jones (2)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits W(2-1)            8     5   1   0   5   1   0  32   1.59
Kreuger                 0.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   2   5.14
Kern SV(2)              0.2   0   0   0   0   2   0   2   4.22
Totals                  9     5   1   0   6   4   0  36

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pole L(2-4)             7     8   4   4   1   2   1  29   5.14
House                   2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   5.33
Totals                  9     9   4   4   1   2   1  36

Wild Pitches: Waits (2)
Balks: House (1)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Dade grounded out (third to first); Manning flied
out to center; Bell popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (second to first); Bochte popped
to third in foul territory; Roberts grounded out (pitcher
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Mariners 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb
lined to second; Horton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Stanton walked; Stein popped to third; Ruppert
Jones singled to right [Stanton to second]; Meyer grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Ruppert Jones out
at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Mariners 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Blanks popped to second; Pruitt singled to left;
Kuiper singled to left [Pruitt to second]; Dade singled to left
[Pruitt to third, Kuiper to second]; Manning struck out; Bell
forced Kuiper (third unassisted); 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians
0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 3RD: Pasley struck out; Reynolds singled to center;
Reynolds stole second; Cruz popped to right; Bochte grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Mariners 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Thornton grounded out (third to first); Grubb
walked; Horton grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Grubb out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Mariners 0.

MARINERS 4TH: Roberts walked; Stanton reached on an error by
Blanks [Roberts to second]; Stein walked [Roberts to third,
Stanton to second]; Ruppert Jones grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Roberts scored (unearned) (no
RBI), Stanton to third, Stein out at second]; Meyer grounded out
(first to pitcher); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0,
Mariners 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first); Pruitt
popped to left; Kuiper grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 5TH: Pasley lined to left; Reynolds popped to
shortstop; Cruz doubled to left; Cruz stole third; Bochte
walked; Bochte stole second; Roberts grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Mariners 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Dade singled; Manning out on a sacrifice bunt
(catcher to second) [Dade to second]; Bell grounded out (third
to first); Thornton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 6TH: Stanton singled to right; Stanton was picked off
first (pitcher to first); Stein flied out to center; Ruppert
Jones grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Mariners 1.

INDIANS 7TH: Grubb singled; Horton homered [Grubb scored];
Blanks grounded out (third to first); Pruitt popped to first in
foul territory; Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 7TH: Meyer flied out to center; Pasley grounded out
(first unassisted); Reynolds walked; Reynolds stole second;
Waits threw a wild pitch [Reynolds to third]; Cruz grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Mariners
1.

INDIANS 8TH: Dade doubled to center; Manning tripled to center
[Dade scored]; HOUSE REPLACED POLE (PITCHING); Bell hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Manning scored]; Thornton flied out to
center; Grubb lined to first; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4,
Mariners 1.

MARINERS 8TH: Bochte flied out to left; Roberts flied out to
left; Stanton popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 4, Mariners 1.

INDIANS 9TH: Horton grounded out (second to first); Blanks
grounded out (shortstop to first); Pruitt singled to left; House
balked [Pruitt to second]; Kuiper lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 4, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 9TH: Stein singled; KREUGER REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING);
Ruppert Jones walked [Stein to second]; Meyer struck out;
ROBERTSON BATTED FOR PASLEY; KERN REPLACED KREUGER (PITCHING);
Robertson struck out; BRAUN BATTED FOR REYNOLDS; Braun struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4, Mariners 1.



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