Led by rookie Clint Hurdle, the Royals edged the Indians, 6-5. Hurdle doubled home the first Royal run in the third inning and scored one of the three other runs the Royals collected in that frame on consecutive RBI singles by George Brett, Hal McRae and Al Cowens.

Hurdle, who extended his batting streak to eight games, walked in the fourth and scored on a double by Freddie Patek. The Royals scored what proved to be the winning run in the fifth on a single by McRae, walk to Cowens, a double steal and a groundout by Joe Zdeb to pin the defeat on David Clyde. Andre Thornton drove in three runs for the Indians with a homer and two singles. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 6, Cleveland Indians 5
Game Played on Monday, June      19, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Indians      0  0  2    0  2  0    0  1  0  -   5  9  0
Royals       0  0  4    1  1  0    0  0  x  -   6 10  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dade rf               4   2   0   0     1   2   .285      Patek ss              2   0   1   1     3   0   .261
Manning cf            5   0   1   1     0   1   .258      White 2b              5   1   0   0     0   2   .289
Bell 3b               4   1   2   1     0   1   .314      Brett 3b              5   1   1   1     0   0   .291
Thornton 1b           4   1   3   3     0   0   .281      McRae dh              4   1   3   1     0   1   .270
Grubb lf              4   0   0   0     0   3   .226      Cowens rf,cf          3   0   1   1     1   2   .250
Horton dh             4   0   0   0     0   1   .247      Zdeb lf               4   0   1   1     0   0   .283
Alexander c           4   0   0   0     0   2   .206      Porter c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .293
Kuiper 2b             4   0   2   0     0   1   .237      Hurdle 1b             2   2   2   1     2   0   .272
Veryzer ss            3   1   1   0     0   0   .259        Washington pr       0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
  Norris ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .263        LaCock 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Blanks ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .223      Wilson cf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .233
Clyde p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Poquette rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .225
  Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   5   9   5     1  11             Totals               33   6  10   6     6   6

Time of Game: 3:01   Attendance: 25,660
Left on Base: Indians 6, Royals 9
DP: Indians 0, Royals 0
Errors: Patek, Leonard
Doubles: Thornton (12), Hurdle (10), Patek (11)
Triples: Veryzer (2), Kuiper (1)
Home Runs: Thornton (11)
Stolen Bases: McRae 2 (6), Cowens (8)
Caught Stealing: McRae (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Blanks (2)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clyde L(4-2)            4.2   7   6   6   3   4   0  24   4.42
Monge                   2.2   3   0   0   3   1   0  13   2.67
Spillner                0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   2   4.60
Totals                  8    10   6   6   6   6   0  39

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard W(7-9)          8     9   5   3   1   9   1  35   3.92
Hrabosky SV(9)          1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   2.08
Totals                  9     9   5   3   1  11   1  38

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Jim McKean


INDIANS 1ST: Dade struck out; Manning grounded out (shortstop to
first); Bell singled to left; Thornton flied out to right; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek grounded out (first to pitcher); White was
called out on strikes; Brett grounded out (second to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Grubb struck out; Horton grounded out (shortstop to
first); Alexander struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: McRae struck out; Cowens struck out; Zdeb grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Royals 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Veryzer
tripled; Dade walked; Manning singled to left [Veryzer scored,
Dade to second]; Bell struck out; Thornton singled to left [Dade
scored, Manning to second]; Grubb flied out to right; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Porter singled to center; Hurdle doubled to center
[Porter scored]; Wilson grounded out (third to first); Patek
walked; White forced Patek (third to second) [Hurdle to third];
Brett singled to left [Hurdle scored, White to second]; McRae
singled to right [White scored, Brett to third]; Cowens singled
to left [Brett scored, McRae to second]; Zdeb forced Cowens
(shortstop to second); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals
4.

INDIANS 4TH: Horton grounded out (second to first); Alexander
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kuiper was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 4.

ROYALS 4TH: Porter grounded out (second to first); Hurdle
walked; Wilson struck out; Patek doubled to left [Hurdle
scored]; White flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
2, Royals 5.

INDIANS 5TH: Veryzer grounded out (third to first); Dade reached
on an error by Leonard [Dade to second]; Manning flied out to
right [Dade to third]; Bell singled to left [Dade scored
(unearned)]; Thornton doubled to left [Bell scored (unearned),
Thornton to third (error by Patek)]; Grubb was called out on
strikes; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Royals 5.

ROYALS 5TH: Brett flied out to right; McRae singled to left;
McRae stole second; Cowens walked; McRae stole third and Cowens
stole second; Zdeb grounded out (shortstop to first) [McRae
scored, Cowens to third]; MONGE REPLACED CLYDE (PITCHING);
Porter flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4,
Royals 6.

INDIANS 6TH: Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Alexander
grounded out (third to first); Kuiper tripled to left; Veryzer
popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Royals 6.

ROYALS 6TH: Hurdle singled to right; Wilson popped to pitcher;
Patek walked [Hurdle to second]; White popped to first; Brett
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians
4, Royals 6.

INDIANS 7TH: COWENS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); POQUETTE
REPLACED WILSON (PLAYING RF); Dade lined to center; Manning
flied out to center; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Royals 6.

ROYALS 7TH: McRae singled to left; McRae was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Cowens
struck out; Zdeb singled to center; Porter popped to second; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Royals 6.

INDIANS 8TH: Thornton homered; Grubb struck out; Horton struck
out; Alexander struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 5,
Royals 6.

ROYALS 8TH: Hurdle walked; WASHINGTON RAN FOR HURDLE; Poquette
popped to pitcher; Patek walked [Washington to second]; SPILLNER
REPLACED MONGE (PITCHING); White struck out; Brett lined to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 5, Royals 6.

INDIANS 9TH: LACOCK REPLACED WASHINGTON (PLAYING 1B); Kuiper
singled to center; NORRIS BATTED FOR VERYZER; HRABOSKY REPLACED
LEONARD (PITCHING); BLANKS BATTED FOR NORRIS; Blanks out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to catcher to pitcher) [Kuiper to second];
Dade struck out; Manning struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 5, Royals 6.