After Buddy Bell and Andre Thornton hit back-to-back homers in the eighth inning, the Indians scored again on singles by Duane Kuiper, Ron Pruitt and Paul Dade in the ninth to edge the Brewers, 7-6. Charlie Moore and Don Money homered for the Brewers. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 7, Milwaukee Brewers 6
Game Played on Friday, June      2, 1978 (Night game) at County Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  3    1  2  1  -   7 11  1
Brewers      0  2  2    0  0  0    1  0  1  -   6 14  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dade rf               4   1   3   1     1   0   .263      Molitor 2b            5   0   1   0     0   3   .291
Norris dh             3   1   0   0     2   0   .276      Money 3b              5   1   2   1     0   2   .247
Bell 3b               5   2   2   2     0   0   .307      Bando 1b              4   1   1   0     1   1   .271
Thornton 1b           4   1   2   3     0   2   .256      Lezcano rf            4   2   3   0     1   1   .311
Grubb lf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .256      Davis dh              5   0   1   0     0   2   .243
Manning cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .233      Wohlford lf           4   0   1   1     0   0   .200
Kuiper 2b             3   2   2   0     1   0   .244        Cooper ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .313
Veryzer ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .246      Thomas cf             4   1   3   1     0   0   .232
Hassey c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .193        Hisle ph            1   0   1   1     0   0   .263
  Vail ph             0   0   0   1     0   0   .258        May pr              0   0   0   0     0   0   .154
  Pruitt c            1   0   1   0     0   0   .229      Yount ss              3   0   0   0     1   0   .277
Clyde p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Moore c               3   1   1   2     0   0   .327
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Oglivie ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .255
                                                            Gantner pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .189
                                                            Martinez c          1   0   0   0     0   1   .207
                                                          Replogle p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McClure p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Rodriguez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   7  11   7     4   4             Totals               40   6  14   6     4  11

Time of Game: 2:51   Attendance: 16,779
Left on Base: Indians 5, Brewers 12
DP: Indians 1, Brewers 1
Errors: Veryzer, Bando
Doubles: Dade (8), Thornton (7), Thomas (9)
Home Runs: Bell (2), Thornton (7), Moore (2), Money (2)
Stolen Bases: Manning (9), Dade (7), Lezcano (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Veryzer (2), Yount (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Vail (1)
GIDP: Bell (12), Money (2)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clyde                   6.1  10   5   5   2   6   2  31   2.29
Kern W(5-1)             2.2   4   1   1   2   5   0  14   5.06
Totals                  9    14   6   6   4  11   2  45

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Replogle                5.1   5   3   3   3   2   0  22   4.08
McClure L(0-2)          2.2   4   4   3   0   1   2  12   4.81
Rodriguez               1     2   0   0   1   1   0   5   3.38
Totals                  9    11   7   6   4   4   2  39

Passed Balls: Pruitt (1)

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


INDIANS 1ST: Dade doubled to left; Norris flied out to center;
Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Thornton struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Molitor struck out; Money singled to right; Bando
singled to right [Money to third]; Lezcano struck out; Davis was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers
0.

INDIANS 2ND: Grubb popped to third in foul territory; Manning
singled to center; Manning stole second [Manning out at third
(catcher to shortstop to second to third)]; Kuiper walked;
Veryzer lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Wohlford grounded out (pitcher to first); Thomas
doubled to left; Yount grounded out (shortstop to first); Moore
homered [Thomas scored]; Molitor struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 2.

INDIANS 3RD: Hassey lined to second; Dade walked; Norris flied
out to left; Bell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Brewers 2.

BREWERS 3RD: Money was called out on strikes; Bando walked;
Lezcano singled to left [Bando to third]; Davis flied out to
center; Wohlford singled to right [Bando scored, Lezcano to
second]; Thomas singled to right [Lezcano scored, Wohlford to
third]; Yount grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 4.

INDIANS 4TH: Thornton was called out on strikes; Grubb grounded
out (first unassisted); Manning grounded out (second to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 4TH: Moore flied out to center; Molitor singled to
pitcher; Money grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Molitor out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Brewers 4.

INDIANS 5TH: Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Veryzer
grounded out (shortstop to first); Hassey popped to third in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 5TH: Bando grounded out (third to first); Lezcano
singled to pitcher; Davis flied out to right; Wohlford grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers
4.

INDIANS 6TH: Dade singled to center; Norris walked [Dade to
second]; Bell singled to left [Dade scored, Norris to second];
Thornton doubled to left [Norris scored, Bell scored, Thornton
out at third (left to shortstop to catcher to third)]; MCCLURE
REPLACED REPLOGLE (PITCHING); Grubb grounded out (first
unassisted); Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 6TH: Thomas grounded out (shortstop to first); Yount
grounded out (shortstop to first); Moore reached on an error by
Veryzer; Molitor struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 3,
Brewers 4.

INDIANS 7TH: Kuiper singled to first [Kuiper to second (error by
Bando)]; Veryzer out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted)
[Kuiper to third]; VAIL BATTED FOR HASSEY; Vail hit a sacrifice
fly to right [Kuiper scored (unearned)]; Dade grounded out
(second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4,
Brewers 4.

BREWERS 7TH: PRUITT REPLACED VAIL (PLAYING C ); Money homered;
Bando grounded out (third to first); Lezcano walked; KERN
REPLACED CLYDE (PITCHING); Lezcano stole second; Davis struck
out; Wohlford grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 4, Brewers 5.

INDIANS 8TH: Norris grounded out (first unassisted); Bell
homered; Thornton homered; Grubb struck out; Manning flied out
to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 6, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 8TH: Thomas singled to left; Yount out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Thomas to second]; OGLIVIE BATTED FOR
MOORE; Oglivie walked; GANTNER RAN FOR OGLIVIE; Molitor forced
Gantner (first to shortstop) [Thomas to third]; Money struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 6, Brewers 5.

INDIANS 9TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED GANTNER (PLAYING C ); Kuiper
singled to right; RODRIGUEZ REPLACED MCCLURE (PITCHING); Veryzer
struck out; Pruitt singled to left [Kuiper to second]; Dade
singled to right [Kuiper scored, Pruitt to third]; Dade stole
second; Norris was walked intentionally; Bell grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Norris out at second]; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 7, Brewers 5.

BREWERS 9TH: Bando was called out on strikes; Lezcano singled to
left; Davis singled to left [Lezcano to second]; COOPER BATTED
FOR WOHLFORD; Cooper struck out; HISLE BATTED FOR THOMAS; Hisle
singled to left [Lezcano scored, Davis to second]; MAY RAN FOR
HISLE; Pruitt allowed a passed ball [Davis to third]; Yount
walked [May to second]; Martinez struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Indians 7, Brewers 6.