The Indians took advantage of Mariners' errors to erase a 4-1 deficit and come away with a 5-4 triumph. With two out in the Tribe seventh, Mariner shortstop Craig Reynolds let Duane Kuiper's grounder go through him to permit one run to score and his wild throw on pinch-hitter Paul Dade's grounder let the Indians' third and fourth runs cross the plate to tie the game. In the bottom of the ninth, the Indians scored the game-winner when Larvell Blanks singled, advanced to second on a walk and scored on Mike Vail's liner over third with two out. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 5, Seattle Mariners 4
Game Played on Tuesday, May       9, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Mariners     0  0  1    0  0  0    3  0  0  -   4  7  2
Indians      0  0  1    0  0  0    3  0  1  -   5  8  2


Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cruz 2b               4   1   2   0     0   0   .290      Manning cf            2   1   2   0     1   0   .231
Bochte lf             4   0   1   1     1   2   .288        Vail ph,rf          2   1   2   1     0   0  1.000
Roberts rf            2   0   0   0     2   0   .298      Norris rf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .320
  Hale pr,rf          1   0   0   0     0   1   .102        Dade ph,cf          1   0   0   0     0   0   .284
Stanton dh            5   0   2   2     0   2   .215      Bell 3b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .343
Stein 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .220      Thornton 1b           3   0   1   1     1   1   .247
Ruppert Jones cf      4   0   1   0     0   2   .216      Grubb lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .256
Meyer 1b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .179      Horton dh             2   0   0   0     2   1   .309
Stinson c             2   1   0   0     1   0   .286      Blanks ss             4   2   2   0     0   0   .247
Reynolds ss           3   2   1   0     1   2   .338      Hassey c              3   0   0   0     0   2   .235
McLaughlin p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Pruitt ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .229
  Rawley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kuiper 2b             3   1   0   0     0   1   .240
                                                            Cox ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
                                                          Hood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kinney p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   4   7   3     6  11             Totals               32   5   8   2     5   6

Time of Game: 2:41   Attendance:  3,515
Left on Base: Mariners 9, Indians 6
DP: Mariners 2, Indians 0
Errors: Reynolds 2, Bell 2
Doubles: Bochte (6), Manning (5), Vail (1)
Stolen Bases: Cruz (9), Horton (2), Manning (4)
Caught Stealing: Thornton (2), Dade (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Cruz (2), Stinson (1)
GIDP: Norris (2), Blanks (4)


Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McLaughlin              6.2   5   3   1   4   4   0  27   5.87
Rawley L(0-2)           2     3   2   1   1   2   0  10   2.96
Totals                  8.2   8   5   2   5   6   0  37

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hood                    6.1   6   4   3   5   7   0  31   4.50
Kinney                  1.1   0   0   0   1   2   0   5   3.78
Kern W(3-1)             1.1   1   0   0   0   2   0   4   7.30
Totals                  9     7   4   3   6  11   0  40

Wild Pitches: McLaughlin (1)

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Vic Voltaggio


MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (third to first); Bochte struck
out; Roberts walked; Stanton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Manning singled to center; Norris grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Manning out at
second]; Bell singled to center; Thornton walked [Bell to
second]; Grubb flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mariners 0, Indians 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Stein grounded out (pitcher to first); Ruppert
Jones struck out; Meyer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mariners 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Horton walked; Blanks flied out to right; Horton
stole second; Hassey struck out; Kuiper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Indians 0.

MARINERS 3RD: Stinson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Reynolds walked; Cruz flied out to center; Bochte doubled to
center [Reynolds scored]; Roberts grounded out (third to first);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Manning walked; Manning stole second; Norris
grounded out (second to first) [Manning to third]; Bell flied
out to left; Thornton singled [Manning scored]; Thornton was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mariners 1, Indians 1.

MARINERS 4TH: Stanton grounded out (pitcher to first); Stein
flied out to right; Ruppert Jones singled to right; Meyer
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners
1, Indians 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Grubb flied out to center; Horton walked; Blanks
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Horton out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 1,
Indians 1.

MARINERS 5TH: Stinson flied out to center; Reynolds was called
out on strikes; Cruz singled to center; Cruz stole second;
Bochte walked; Roberts flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Mariners 1, Indians 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Hassey struck out; Kuiper grounded out (third to
first); Manning doubled to left; McLaughlin threw a wild pitch
[Manning to third]; Norris struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mariners 1, Indians 1.

MARINERS 6TH: Stanton singled to right; Stein flied out to
right; Ruppert Jones was called out on strikes; Meyer forced
Stanton (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners
1, Indians 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Thornton
grounded out (third to first); Grubb flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 1, Indians 1.

MARINERS 7TH: Stinson walked; Reynolds singled to center
[Stinson to second]; Cruz reached on an error by Bell on a
sacrifice bunt [Stinson scored (no RBI), Reynolds to third, Cruz
to second (error by Bell)]; Bochte was called out on strikes;
Roberts was walked intentionally; HALE RAN FOR ROBERTS; Stanton
singled to center [Reynolds scored, Cruz scored (unearned), Hale
to second]; KINNEY REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); Stein was called
out on strikes; Ruppert Jones made an out to shortstop; 3 R (2
ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 4, Indians 1.

INDIANS 7TH: HALE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Horton flied out
to center; Blanks singled to right; Hassey grounded out (second
to first) [Blanks to second]; Kuiper reached on an error by
Reynolds [Blanks scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; RAWLEY REPLACED
MCLAUGHLIN (PITCHING); VAIL BATTED FOR MANNING; Vail doubled to
right [Kuiper to third]; DADE BATTED FOR NORRIS; Dade reached on
an error by Reynolds [Kuiper scored (unearned) (no RBI), Vail
scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Dade was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 4,
Indians 4.

MARINERS 8TH: VAIL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); DADE STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING CF); Meyer walked; Stinson out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Meyer to second]; Reynolds struck out; KERN
REPLACED KINNEY (PITCHING); Cruz singled to left [Meyer out at
home (left to catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 4,
Indians 4.

INDIANS 8TH: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Thornton
struck out; Grubb grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 4, Indians 4.

MARINERS 9TH: Bochte flied out to left; Hale struck out; Stanton
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 4,
Indians 4.

INDIANS 9TH: Horton struck out; Blanks singled to center; PRUITT
BATTED FOR HASSEY; Pruitt walked [Blanks to second]; COX BATTED
FOR KUIPER; Cox flied out to center; Vail singled to left
[Blanks scored, Pruitt to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mariners 4, Indians 5.