Handing reliever Mike Marshall his fifth consecutive defeat after an opening win, the Indians prevailed over the Twins, 2-1, in 10 innings. Marshall took over for starter Gary Serum in the 10th and immediately yielded a triple to Buddy Bell. After one out, Marshall issued a pair of walks to fill the bases and Ted Cox then drove the ball against the center field fence to end the game.

The Tribe had tied the contest in the eighth on a two-base error by Twins' left fielder Willie Norwood and a double by Rick Manning. The Twins' run came in the fifth when reliever Mike Paxton committed a balk with the bases loaded. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 2, Minnesota Twins 1
Game Played on Sunday, June      11, 1978 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  -   1  8  3
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0    1  -   2  8  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Norwood lf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .246      Norris rf             5   0   2   0     0   1   .264
Rivera rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .325      Kuiper 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Ford cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .304        Blanks ph,2b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .215
Morales dh            3   0   2   0     1   0   .342      Bell 3b               5   1   3   0     0   1   .307
Kusick 1b             4   0   0   0     0   3   .208      Thornton 1b           5   1   0   0     0   0   .255
Wolfe 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Grubb lf              3   0   0   0     2   0   .243
  Cubbage ph,3b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .306      Manning cf            4   0   1   1     1   1   .257
Smalley ss            4   0   0   0     0   1   .249      Cox dh                4   0   2   1     1   1   .229
Randall 2b            3   1   2   0     0   0   .263      Pruitt c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .245
  Adams ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .218        Speed pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Wilfong 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .135        Hassey c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Borgmann c            4   0   2   0     0   0   .256      Veryzer ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .235
Serum p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Marshall p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Paxton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   1   8   0     1   5             Totals               37   2   8   2     4   5

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 25,547
Left on Base: Twins 7, Indians 13
DP: Twins 0, Indians 1
Errors: Norwood, Smalley 2
Doubles: Borgmann (2), Cox (1), Bell (13), Manning (11)
Triples: Bell (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Rivera (1), Kuiper (6), Veryzer (4)
Hit by Pitch: Norwood (1,by Paxton)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Serum                   9     6   1   0   2   5   0  38   3.34
Marshall L(1-5)         0.1   2   1   1   2   0   0   5   2.74
Totals                  9.1   8   2   1   4   5   0  43

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hood                    4.1   5   0   0   0   2   0  16   4.67
Paxton W(3-3)           5.2   3   1   1   1   3   0  22   4.36
Totals                 10     8   1   1   1   5   0  38

Hit by Pitch: Paxton (4)
Balks: Paxton (1)

Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Dale Ford


TWINS 1ST: Norwood grounded out (third to first); On a bunt
Rivera grounded out (catcher to first); Ford grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Norris singled to right; Kuiper out on a sacrifice
bunt (third to second) [Norris to second]; Bell grounded out
(third to first); Thornton flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

TWINS 2ND: Morales singled to center; Kusick flied out to left;
Wolfe flied out to center; Smalley struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Grubb grounded out (first to pitcher); Manning
flied out to center; Cox doubled to left; Pruitt flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

TWINS 3RD: Randall singled to left; On a bunt Borgmann singled
[Randall to second]; Norwood flied out to center [Randall to
third]; Rivera flied into a double play (right to catcher to
first) [Borgmann out at first]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Veryzer flied out to center; Norris struck out;
Kuiper grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Indians 0.

TWINS 4TH: Ford singled to right; Morales singled to left [Ford
out at third (left to third)]; Kusick struck out; Wolfe flied
out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Bell doubled to left; Thornton grounded out (third
to first); Grubb walked; Manning grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Bell to third, Grubb to second]; Cox walked; Pruitt struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 0, Indians 0.

TWINS 5TH: Smalley grounded out (pitcher to first); PAXTON
REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); On a bunt Randall singled; Borgmann
doubled to left [Randall to third]; Norwood was hit by a pitch;
Paxton balked [Randall scored, Borgmann to third, Norwood to
second]; Rivera struck out; Ford made an out to second; 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Veryzer grounded out (third to first); Norris
grounded out (pitcher to first); Kuiper grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 0.

TWINS 6TH: Morales flied out to right; Kusick struck out; Wolfe
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Bell singled to right; Thornton grounded out (first
unassisted) [Bell to second]; Grubb flied out to right; Manning
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1,
Indians 0.

TWINS 7TH: Smalley flied out to center; Randall grounded out
(second to first); Borgmann grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Cox struck out; Pruitt flied out to right; Veryzer
reached on an error by Smalley; Norris singled to right [Veryzer
to third]; Kuiper grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 0.

TWINS 8TH: Norwood singled to pitcher; Rivera out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Norwood to second]; Ford flied out to
left; Morales was walked intentionally; Kusick struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 8TH: Bell was called out on strikes; Thornton reached on
an error by Norwood [Thornton to second]; Grubb grounded out
(shortstop to first); Manning doubled to left [Thornton scored
(unearned)]; Cox flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Twins 1, Indians 1.

TWINS 9TH: CUBBAGE BATTED FOR WOLFE; Cubbage flied out to
center; Smalley flied to left in foul territory; ADAMS BATTED
FOR RANDALL; Adams flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 1, Indians 1.

INDIANS 9TH: WILFONG REPLACED ADAMS (PLAYING 2B); CUBBAGE STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Pruitt reached on an error by Smalley
[Pruitt to second]; SPEED RAN FOR PRUITT; Veryzer out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Speed to third]; Norris
reached on a fielder's choice [Speed out at home (shortstop to
catcher to third to pitcher), Norris to second (on throw to
home)]; BLANKS BATTED FOR KUIPER; Blanks grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 1.

TWINS 10TH: HASSEY REPLACED SPEED (PLAYING C ); BLANKS STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 2B); Borgmann flied out to left; Norwood grounded
out (shortstop to first); Rivera grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 1.

INDIANS 10TH: MARSHALL REPLACED SERUM (PITCHING); Bell tripled
to left; Thornton popped to catcher in foul territory; Grubb was
walked intentionally; Manning walked [Grubb to second]; Cox
singled to center [Bell scored, Grubb to third, Manning to
second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 1, Indians 2.