While rumors swirled that Jim Palmer might be traded, the Orioles' ace yielded only four hits in 7 1/3 innings and beat the Indians, 2-1, for his first victory since April 29. The Orioles scored both their runs off Rick Wise in the second on a double by Eddie Murray and singles by Lee May, Rick Dempsey and Rich Dauer.

The Indians' run off Palmer in the seventh was unearned. Palmer was removed after walking Jim Norris with one out in the eighth and Don Stanhouse finished, picking up his seventh save. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 2, Cleveland Indians 1
Game Played on Saturday, May       20, 1978 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Orioles      0  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 10  2
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  4  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harlow cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .322      Manning cf            3   0   0   0     1   0   .234
Belanger ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .255      Norris dh             3   0   1   0     1   0   .304
Kelly lf              4   0   2   0     0   0   .342      Dade rf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .252
Singleton rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .353      Bell 3b               4   0   0   0     0   1   .304
  Smith 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .202      Grubb lf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .255
Murray 1b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .272        Lintz pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
May dh                4   1   1   1     0   1   .255      Thornton 1b           2   1   1   0     2   0   .235
DeCinces 2b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .246      Hassey c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
  Lopez rf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .229      Kuiper 2b             4   0   0   1     0   0   .252
Dempsey c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .258      Veryzer ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .259
Dauer 3b              4   0   2   1     0   0   .200        Vail ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .333
Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Blanks ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .227
  Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wise p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   2  10   2     0   2             Totals               29   1   4   1     6   2

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance: 11,426
Left on Base: Orioles 7, Indians 7
DP: Orioles 1, Indians 0
Errors: DeCinces 2
Doubles: Murray (6)
Caught Stealing: Harlow (3), Manning (6), Lintz (1)
GIDP: Bell (9)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer W(4-4)           7.1   4   1   0   4   1   0  29   3.19
Stanhouse SV(7)         1.2   0   0   0   2   1   0   6   4.12
Totals                  9     4   1   0   6   2   0  35

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise L(2-7)             9    10   2   2   0   2   0  36   3.21
Totals                  9    10   2   2   0   2   0  36

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Marty Springstead


ORIOLES 1ST: Harlow singled to right; Harlow was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Belanger flied out to center;
Kelly popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Manning flied out to center; Norris flied out to
right; Dade flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles
0, Indians 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Singleton grounded out (third to first); Murray
doubled to right; May singled to left [Murray scored]; DeCinces
popped to third in foul territory; Dempsey singled to right [May
to third]; Dauer singled to left [May scored, Dempsey to
second]; Harlow flied out to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Bell flied out to center; Grubb flied out to
center; Thornton singled to left; On a bunt Hassey grounded out
(catcher unassisted); Ron Hassey called for interference for
running into his own ball; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2,
Indians 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger grounded out (shortstop to first); Kelly
singled to right; Singleton singled to left [Kelly to third];
Murray popped to third; May flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Orioles 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); Veryzer
grounded out (shortstop to first); Manning reached on an error
by DeCinces [Manning to first]; Manning was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2,
Indians 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: DeCinces popped to first in foul territory; Dempsey
flied out to right; Dauer singled to right; Harlow struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Norris singled to center; Dade popped to second;
Bell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Norris out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2,
Indians 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Belanger grounded out (first unassisted); On a bunt
Kelly singled; Singleton flied out to right; Murray singled to
center [Kelly to third]; May flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Orioles 2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Grubb singled to right; Thornton flied out to left;
Hassey grounded out (pitcher to first) [Grubb to second]; Kuiper
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
2, Indians 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: DeCinces popped to third; Dempsey flied out to
right; Dauer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles
2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Veryzer flied out to left; Manning walked; Norris
flied out to left; Dade walked [Manning to second]; Bell popped
to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 2, Indians 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: Harlow flied out to center; Belanger flied out to
right; Kelly flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles
2, Indians 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Grubb grounded out (first to pitcher); Thornton
walked; Hassey singled to second [Thornton to third (error by
DeCinces), Hassey to second]; Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Thornton scored (unearned), Hassey to third]; VAIL
BATTED FOR VERYZER; Vail struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 2, Indians 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: BLANKS REPLACED VAIL (PLAYING SS); Singleton
grounded out (second to first); Murray popped to third; May
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Indians 1.

INDIANS 8TH: SMITH REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING 2B); LOPEZ
REPLACED DECINCES (PLAYING RF); Manning popped to shortstop;
Norris walked; STANHOUSE REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING); Dade forced
Norris (right to shortstop); Bell was called out on strikes; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 2, Indians 1.

ORIOLES 9TH: Lopez grounded out (shortstop to first); Dempsey
flied to right in foul territory; Dauer grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 2, Indians 1.

INDIANS 9TH: Grubb walked; LINTZ RAN FOR GRUBB; Lintz was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); Thornton walked; Hassey
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Thornton to second]; Kuiper
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
2, Indians 1.