Two homers by Larry Milbourne, including the first grand slam of his major league career, powered the Mariners to a 7-6 victory over the Indians. Milbourne connected with the bases loaded in the second inning to cap a five-run outburst.

After the Mariners added a run on a double by Bruce Bochte and a single by Bob Robertson in the third, Milbourne hit a solo shot in the fourth to produce what proved to be the deciding marker. Andre Thornton drove in three runs for the Indians with two homers and a single. [The Sporting News]

Seattle Mariners 7, Cleveland Indians 6

Game Played on Saturday, July 15, 1978 (Night game) at Kingdome

Indians      0  1  0    1  2  2    0  0  0  -   6  9  1
Mariners     0  5  1    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   7  7  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Manning cf            4   1   1   1     1   0   .268      Milbourne 2b          4   2   2   5     0   0   .323
Grubb lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .240        Meyer 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .206
Bell 3b               5   0   0   0     0   1   .294      Reynolds ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .303
Thornton 1b           4   2   3   3     0   0   .275      Paciorek dh           4   0   0   0     0   1   .338
Carbo dh              2   0   1   0     0   0   .261      Bochte lf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .269
  Dade ph,dh          2   0   0   0     0   1   .268      Roberts rf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .302
Alexander c           4   0   0   0     0   1   .237      Robertson 1b          2   1   2   1     1   0   .205
Norris rf             1   0   0   0     1   1   .254        Cruz pr,2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .249
  Speed ph,rf         2   0   0   0     0   2   .224      Stinson c             3   0   0   1     0   0   .279
Kuiper 2b             4   1   2   0     0   0   .267      Stein 3b              4   1   0   0     0   1   .246
Veryzer ss            4   1   1   1     0   0   .293      Hale cf               3   1   0   0     1   2   .162
Paxton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Parrott p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Rawley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Romo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   6   9   5     2   6             Totals               31   7   7   7     3   4

Time of Game: 2:33   Attendance: 26,117
Left on Base: Indians 6, Mariners 5
DP: Indians 0, Mariners 0
Errors: Kuiper, Hale
Doubles: Carbo (7), Manning (16), Reynolds (6), Bochte (19), Robertson (3)
Triples: Veryzer (3), Roberts (3)
Home Runs: Thornton 2 (18), Milbourne 2 (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Stinson (3)
Hit by Pitch: Grubb (1,by Parrott), Robertson (1,by Paxton)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Paxton L(6-6)           2.1   5   6   2   1   1   1  15   3.96
Hood                    2.2   1   1   1   1   1   1  10   5.18
Kern                    3     1   0   0   1   2   0  11   3.16
Totals                  8     7   7   3   3   4   2  36

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Parrott                 4.2   5   4   4   2   2   2  22   4.67
Rawley                  1.1   3   2   2   0   1   0   7   3.93
Romo W(8-2)             3     1   0   0   0   3   0  10   2.87
Totals                  9     9   6   6   2   6   2  39

Hit by Pitch: Paxton (5), Parrott (2)
Wild Pitches: Hood (7)

Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry McCoy


INDIANS 1ST: Manning flied out to center; Grubb flied to left in
foul territory; Bell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Milbourne flied out to left; Reynolds lined to
second; Paciorek grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 0, Mariners 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton homered; Carbo doubled to left; Alexander
flied out to right; Norris was called out on strikes; Kuiper
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Bochte flied out to center; Roberts tripled to
center; Robertson was hit by a pitch; Stinson reached on an
error by Kuiper [Roberts scored (RBI), Robertson to second];
Stein forced Stinson (third to second) [Robertson to third];
Hale walked [Stein to second]; Milbourne homered (unearned)
[Robertson scored (unearned), Stein scored (unearned), Hale
scored (unearned)]; Reynolds doubled to right; Paciorek struck
out; 5 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Mariners 5.

INDIANS 3RD: Veryzer flied out to center; Manning flied out to
left; Grubb was hit by a pitch; Bell forced Grubb (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Mariners 5.

MARINERS 3RD: Bochte doubled to left; Roberts flied out to
right; Robertson singled to center [Bochte scored]; HOOD
REPLACED PAXTON (PITCHING); Stinson forced Robertson (shortstop
to second); Hood threw a wild pitch [Stinson to second]; Stein
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 1, Mariners 6.

INDIANS 4TH: Thornton homered; Carbo grounded out (shortstop to
first); Alexander struck out; Norris walked; Kuiper flied out to
left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Mariners 6.

MARINERS 4TH: Hale struck out; Milbourne homered; Reynolds flied
out to center; Paciorek flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Indians 2, Mariners 7.

INDIANS 5TH: Veryzer popped to first in foul territory; Manning
walked; Grubb singled to center [Manning scored (error by Hale)
(no RBI), Grubb to second]; Bell grounded out (third to first);
Thornton singled to left [Grubb scored]; RAWLEY REPLACED PARROTT
(PITCHING); DADE BATTED FOR CARBO; Dade forced Thornton
(shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4,
Mariners 7.

MARINERS 5TH: DADE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Bochte grounded
out (third to first); Roberts grounded out (third to first);
Robertson walked; Stinson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 4, Mariners 7.

INDIANS 6TH: Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); SPEED
BATTED FOR NORRIS; Speed struck out; Kuiper singled; Veryzer
tripled to center [Kuiper scored]; Manning doubled to left
[Veryzer scored]; Grubb grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 6, Mariners 7.

MARINERS 6TH: SPEED STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); KERN REPLACED
HOOD (PITCHING); Stein made an out to second; Hale made an out
to second; Milbourne popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 6, Mariners 7.

INDIANS 7TH: ROMO REPLACED RAWLEY (PITCHING); Bell flied out to
center; Thornton grounded out (shortstop to first); Dade struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 6, Mariners 7.

MARINERS 7TH: Reynolds flied out to right; Paciorek grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bochte walked; Roberts grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 6, Mariners
7.

INDIANS 8TH: Alexander flied out to center; Speed was called out
on strikes; Kuiper singled to left; Veryzer popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 6, Mariners 7.

MARINERS 8TH: Robertson doubled to left; CRUZ RAN FOR ROBERTSON;
Stinson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Cruz to
third]; Stein struck out; Hale struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Indians 6, Mariners 7.

INDIANS 9TH: CRUZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MEYER REPLACED
MILBOURNE (PLAYING 1B); Manning grounded out (second to first);
Grubb flied out to center; Bell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 6, Mariners 7.

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