Strong relief by Jim Kern enabled David Clyde to gain his fourth straight victory as the Indians snapped out of a 21-inning scoreless streak to defeat the Twins, 7-3. The Indians ended their drouth by pushing over three runs in the second on a bases-loaded walk to Rick Manning, sacrifice fly by Tom Veryzer and single by Paul Dade.

Three more runs in the sixth made it 6-1 before Clyde was lifted in the seventh after the Twins counted twice on a single by Craig Kusick, triple by Larry Wolfe and single by Butch Wynegar. Mike Paxton took over and loaded the bases, but Kern relieved and retired the next three batters to quell the threat. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 7, Minnesota Twins 3
Game Played on Friday, June      9, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Twins        1  0  0    0  0  0    2  0  0  -   3  7  1
Indians      0  3  0    0  0  3    0  1  x  -   7 12  1


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Smalley ss            4   0   0   0     1   1   .252      Dade rf               4   0   3   1     0   0   .296
Rivera rf             3   1   1   0     0   0   .342      Kuiper 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .237
  Chiles ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   1   .214      Bell 3b               4   0   1   0     0   0   .300
Ford cf               4   0   1   0     0   2   .306      Thornton 1b           3   2   1   0     1   0   .262
Morales dh            4   0   1   1     0   1   .329      Horton dh             4   2   2   1     0   1   .255
Kusick 1b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .216      Cox lf                3   2   2   1     0   0   .210
Wolfe 3b              4   1   1   1     0   2   .257      Pruitt c              2   1   1   0     2   0   .255
Wynegar c             3   0   1   1     1   1   .248      Manning cf            3   0   2   3     1   0   .251
Norwood lf            2   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Veryzer ss            3   0   0   1     0   0   .240
  Cubbage ph,2b       2   0   1   0     0   0   .317      Clyde p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Randall 2b            2   0   0   0     0   1   .254        Paxton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Adams ph,lf         1   0   0   0     1   0   .228        Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Zahn p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Thayer p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3   7   3     4   9             Totals               29   7  12   7     4   1

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance:  8,390
Left on Base: Twins 7, Indians 5
DP: Twins 2, Indians 2
Errors: Kusick, Kuiper
Doubles: Horton (6), Manning (8)
Triples: Wolfe (1)
Stolen Bases: Rivera (1)
Caught Stealing: Dade (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Cox (1), Kuiper (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Veryzer (1)
GIDP: Kusick (7), Norwood (5), Manning (3), Veryzer (2)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Zahn L(5-4)             5.1   7   6   6   4   0   0  24   2.85
Thayer                  2.2   5   1   1   0   1   0  12   3.92
Totals                  8    12   7   7   4   1   0  36

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clyde W(4-0)            6     6   3   3   2   7   0  25   2.58
Paxton                  0     1   0   0   1   0   0   2   4.69
Kern SV(4)              3     0   0   0   1   2   0  10   4.38
Totals                  9     7   3   3   4   9   0  37

Wild Pitches: Thayer (1)

Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Russ Goetz


TWINS 1ST: Smalley struck out; Rivera singled to right; Ford
singled to pitcher [Rivera to second]; Morales singled to left
[Rivera scored, Ford to second]; Kusick grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Morales out at second]; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Dade grounded out (shortstop to first); Kuiper
grounded out (first to pitcher); Bell grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 0.

TWINS 2ND: Wolfe struck out; Wynegar was called out on strikes;
Norwood grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton singled to left; Horton singled to left
[Thornton to second]; Cox out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
first) [Thornton to third, Horton to second]; Pruitt was walked
intentionally; Manning walked [Thornton scored, Horton to third,
Pruitt to second]; Veryzer hit a sacrifice fly to center [Horton
scored]; Dade singled to right [Pruitt scored, Manning to
third]; Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 3.

TWINS 3RD: Randall struck out; Smalley walked; Rivera forced
Smalley (shortstop to second); Rivera stole second; Ford was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 3.

INDIANS 3RD: Bell flied out to right; Thornton flied out to
left; Horton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 3.

TWINS 4TH: Morales was called out on strikes; Kusick grounded
out (shortstop to first); Wolfe struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Cox flied out to right; Pruitt walked; Manning
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Pruitt out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians
3.

TWINS 5TH: Wynegar walked; Norwood grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Wynegar out at second]; Randall
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
1, Indians 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Veryzer grounded out (third to first); Dade singled
to left; Dade was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Kuiper grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Indians 3.

TWINS 6TH: Smalley grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivera
grounded out (third to first); Ford reached on an error by
Kuiper; Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Bell singled to left [Bell out at second (left to
second)]; Thornton walked; Horton doubled to center [Thornton
scored]; Cox singled to center [Horton scored]; THAYER REPLACED
ZAHN (PITCHING); Cox was picked off first but was safe on an
error by Kusick [Cox to second]; Thayer threw a wild pitch [Cox
to third]; Pruitt grounded out (third to first); Manning doubled
to right [Cox scored]; Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to
first); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 6.

TWINS 7TH: Kusick singled to center; Wolfe tripled to center
[Kusick scored]; Wynegar singled to center [Wolfe scored];
PAXTON REPLACED CLYDE (PITCHING); CUBBAGE BATTED FOR NORWOOD;
Cubbage singled to right [Wynegar to third]; ADAMS BATTED FOR
RANDALL; Adams walked [Cubbage to second]; KERN REPLACED PAXTON
(PITCHING); Smalley popped to first in foul territory; CHILES
BATTED FOR RIVERA; Chiles struck out; Ford struck out; 2 R, 4 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 6.

INDIANS 7TH: CHILES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); CUBBAGE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Dade
singled to left; Kuiper out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Dade to second]; Bell reached on a fielder's choice
[Dade out at third (shortstop to third)]; Thornton lined to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 6.

TWINS 8TH: Morales grounded out (second to first); Kusick
walked; Wolfe flied out to right; Wynegar flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 6.

INDIANS 8TH: Horton struck out; Cox singled to center; Pruitt
singled to center [Cox to third]; Manning singled to right [Cox
scored, Pruitt to second]; Veryzer grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Manning out at second]; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 7.

TWINS 9TH: Cubbage grounded out (second to first); Adams
grounded out (second to first); Smalley grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 3, Indians 7.