After tying the score with a homer in the eighth inning, Billy Smith knocked in the Orioles' winning run with a double in the ninth to beat the Indians, 4-3. Smith also had another double earlier in the game. In his last 11 official at-bats, Smith had rapped nine hits.

The Indians staked Rick Wise to a 3-0 lead before the Orioles began their comeback with two runs in the fifth on a single by Lee May, double by Mark Belanger and single by Terry Crowley. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 4, Cleveland Indians 3
Game Played on Friday, May       26, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    2  1  0    0  0  0  -   3  9  1
Orioles      0  0  0    0  2  0    0  1  1  -   4  8  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Manning cf            4   1   2   1     1   1   .230      Harlow cf             4   0   0   0     1   2   .309
Kuiper 2b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .245      Smith 2b              4   1   3   2     1   1   .271
Bell 3b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .288      Kelly lf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .327
Grubb rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .266      Singleton rf          3   0   0   0     1   1   .305
Norris dh             3   1   1   1     1   0   .298      Murray 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .258
Cage 1b               4   0   1   1     0   2   .250      May dh                3   1   1   0     1   0   .253
Cox lf                4   0   1   0     0   1   .154      Dempsey c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .229
Hassey c              3   0   0   0     0   1   .222      Belanger ss           4   1   1   1     0   1   .239
  Pruitt ph,c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Dauer 3b              1   0   0   0     0   0   .191
Veryzer ss            4   0   1   0     0   0   .273        Crowley ph          1   0   1   1     0   0   .353
Wise p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        DeCinces pr,3b      2   1   1   0     0   0   .256
                                                          Briles p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            T. Martinez p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3   9   3     2   7             Totals               33   4   8   4     5   6

Time of Game: 2:53   Attendance: 29,215
Left on Base: Indians 7, Orioles 8
DP: Indians 2, Orioles 0
Errors: Kuiper
Doubles: Manning (6), Norris (3), Smith 2 (7), Belanger (8)
Home Runs: Manning (1), Smith (1)
Stolen Bases: DeCinces (2)
Caught Stealing: Manning (7)
GIDP: Singleton (3), Murray (6)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise L(2-8)             8.2   8   4   4   5   6   1  38   3.33
Totals                  8.2   8   4   4   5   6   1  38

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Briles                  4.2   7   3   3   1   2   1  21   3.63
T. Martinez W(1-1)      4.1   2   0   0   1   5   0  16   6.65
Totals                  9     9   3   3   2   7   1  37

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


INDIANS 1ST: Manning doubled; Kuiper made an out to catcher;
Bell flied out to right; Grubb lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Harlow struck out; Smith struck out; Kelly flied
out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Norris flied out to right; Cage struck out; Cox
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Singleton flied out to center; Murray grounded out
(first unassisted); May grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Hassey was called out on strikes; Veryzer grounded
out (shortstop to first); Manning walked; Manning was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dempsey grounded out (pitcher to first); Belanger
grounded out (pitcher to first); Dauer flied out to right; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Kuiper singled to right; Bell grounded out (third
to first) [Kuiper to second]; Grubb grounded out (second to
first); Norris doubled to left [Kuiper scored]; Cage singled to
center [Norris scored]; Cox singled to center [Cage to second];
Hassey grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Harlow grounded out (first to pitcher); Smith
doubled; Kelly walked; Singleton grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Kelly out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Orioles 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); Manning
homered; Kuiper grounded out (first to pitcher); Bell singled to
left; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED BRILES (PITCHING); Grubb singled to
center [Bell to third]; Norris forced Grubb (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Murray flied out to center; May singled to left;
Dempsey was called out on strikes; Belanger doubled to left [May
scored]; CROWLEY BATTED FOR DAUER; Crowley singled to left
[Belanger scored]; DECINCES RAN FOR CROWLEY; DeCinces stole
second; Harlow struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3,
Orioles 2.

INDIANS 6TH: DECINCES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Cage struck
out; Cox struck out; Hassey grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 6TH: Smith walked; Kelly reached on an error by Kuiper
[Smith to third, Kelly to first]; Singleton walked [Kelly to
second]; Murray grounded into a double play (third to catcher to
first) [Kelly to third, Singleton to second, Smith out at home];
May was walked intentionally; Dempsey grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Veryzer grounded out (third to first); Manning
flied out to left; Kuiper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 3, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 7TH: Belanger grounded out (third to first); DeCinces
grounded out (third to first); Harlow grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 2.

INDIANS 8TH: Bell grounded out (third to first); Grubb was
called out on strikes; Norris walked; Cage grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 8TH: Smith homered; Kelly flied out to right; Singleton
struck out; Murray singled to second; May forced Murray (second
to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 3.

INDIANS 9TH: Cox grounded out (shortstop to first); PRUITT
BATTED FOR HASSEY; Pruitt grounded out (shortstop to first);
Veryzer singled to center; Manning struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 3.

ORIOLES 9TH: PRUITT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Dempsey flied
out to center; Belanger was called out on strikes; DeCinces
singled to left; Harlow walked [DeCinces to second]; Smith
doubled to right [DeCinces scored, Harlow to third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Orioles 4.