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. Cleveland Indians 4, Seattle Mariners 1Game Played on Tuesday, May 2, 1978 (Night game) at KingdomeIndians 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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