Tossing a two-hitter and tying a major league record by striking out four batters in one inning, Mike Paxton hurled the Indians to an 11-0 rout of the Mariners. Dan Meyer led off the Mariners' fifth by swinging at a third strike, but reached first when the ball got by catcher Gary Alexander. Paxton then struck out Bruce Bochte, Tom Paciorek and Bill Stein in succession. The lst pitcher to strike out four batters in one inning was Mike Cuellar of the Baltimore Orioles on May 29, 1970.

Rick Manning and John Grubb each drove in three runs to support Paxton. Manning doubled home two tallies to cap a four-run second stanza and also had an RBI single in the fifth frame. Grubb doubled home two runs to highlight a three-run fourth and had an RBI single in the fifth. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 11, Seattle Mariners 0
Game Played on Friday, July      21, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Mariners     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  2  1
Indians      0  4  0    3  3  0    0  1  x  -  11 13  0


Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cruz 2b               3   0   1   0     1   0   .257      Manning cf            4   1   2   3     0   0   .261
Milbourne ss          3   0   0   0     1   0   .290        Speed cf            1   0   0   0     0   1   .220
Ruppert Jones cf      4   0   0   0     0   1   .252      Grubb lf              4   1   2   3     0   0   .252
Roberts rf            2   0   0   0     0   0   .303        Dade ph,rf          0   0   0   0     1   0   .268
  Hale rf             2   0   0   0     0   0   .164      Bell 3b               3   0   0   1     1   0   .306
Meyer 1b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .217        Pruitt ph,3b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .236
Bochte lf             2   0   0   0     0   1   .265      Thornton 1b           1   1   0   0     3   1   .273
  Stanton lf          2   0   0   0     0   1   .187        Cox 1b              1   1   1   0     0   0   .221
Paciorek dh           3   0   0   0     0   1   .292      Carbo dh              3   1   1   0     2   1   .268
Stein 3b              2   0   0   0     0   1   .255      Alexander c           3   0   1   0     0   1   .233
  Bernhardt 3b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .267        Blanks 2b           1   0   0   1     0   0   .252
Stinson c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .267      Norris rf,lf          5   2   4   0     0   0   .267
Parrott p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Kuiper 2b             3   1   1   1     0   0   .280
  Rawley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Diaz c              2   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Veryzer ss            3   3   1   1     1   0   .295
                                                          Paxton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   2   0     3   6             Totals               35  11  13  10     8   4

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance: 13,908
Left on Base: Mariners 6, Indians 9
DP: Mariners 1, Indians 0
Errors: Stein
Doubles: Manning (18), Grubb (10)
Triples: Norris (2)
Caught Stealing: Thornton (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Blanks (2)


Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Parrott L(1-2)          1.2   3   4   4   2   0   0  10   5.45
Rawley                  2     2   3   2   3   2   0  10   4.17
Todd                    4.1   8   4   4   3   2   0  24   4.64
Totals                  8    13  11  10   8   4   0  44

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Paxton W(7-6)           9     2   0   0   3   6   0  33   3.60
Totals                  9     2   0   0   3   6   0  33

Passed Balls: Alexander (2)
Wild Pitches: Paxton (2)

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


MARINERS 1ST: Cruz flied out to left; Milbourne grounded out
(first to pitcher); Ruppert Jones struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mariners 0, Indians 0.

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

MARINERS 2ND: Roberts flied out to right; Meyer grounded out
(first unassisted); Bochte flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mariners 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton walked; Carbo walked [Thornton to second];
Alexander singled [Thornton to third, Carbo to second]; Norris
made an out to shortstop; Kuiper forced Alexander (second to
shortstop) [Thornton scored, Carbo to third]; Veryzer singled
[Carbo scored, Kuiper to second]; Manning doubled to center
[Kuiper scored, Veryzer scored]; RAWLEY REPLACED PARROTT
(PITCHING); Grubb grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Indians 4.

MARINERS 3RD: Paciorek grounded out (third to first); Stein
flied out to right; Stinson singled to right; Cruz flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Indians 4.

INDIANS 3RD: Bell walked; Thornton walked [Bell to second];
Carbo struck out; Thornton was caught stealing second (catcher
to second) [Bell to third]; Alexander struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Indians 4.

MARINERS 4TH: Milbourne grounded out (second to first); Ruppert
Jones flied out to left; Roberts lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mariners 0, Indians 4.

INDIANS 4TH: Norris singled to left; Kuiper grounded out (second
to first) [Norris to second]; Veryzer walked; Manning grounded
out (second to first) [Norris to third, Veryzer to second];
Grubb doubled to left [Norris scored, Veryzer scored]; TODD
REPLACED RAWLEY (PITCHING); Bell reached on an error by Stein
[Grubb scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Thornton walked [Bell to
second]; Carbo walked [Bell to third, Thornton to second];
Alexander forced Carbo (shortstop to second); 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 3 LOB.  Mariners 0, Indians 7.

MARINERS 5TH: Meyer struck out but advanced to first on a passed
ball; Bochte struck out; Paciorek struck out; Stein struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Indians 7.

INDIANS 5TH: Norris singled to right; Kuiper singled to center
[Norris to second]; Veryzer forced Kuiper (third to second)
[Norris to third]; Manning singled to left [Norris scored,
Veryzer to second]; Grubb singled to right [Veryzer scored,
Manning to third]; Bell forced Grubb (third to second) [Manning
scored]; Thornton struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0,
Indians 10.

MARINERS 6TH: SPEED REPLACED MANNING (PLAYING CF); BLANKS
REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING 2B); DIAZ REPLACED KUIPER (PLAYING C
); Stinson grounded out (second to first); Cruz walked;
Milbourne flied out to left; Ruppert Jones flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Indians 10.

INDIANS 6TH: HALE REPLACED ROBERTS (PLAYING RF); STANTON
REPLACED BOCHTE (PLAYING LF); BERNHARDT REPLACED STEIN (PLAYING
3B); Carbo grounded out (second to first); Blanks made an out to
shortstop; Norris tripled to center; Diaz grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Indians
10.

MARINERS 7TH: COX REPLACED THORNTON (PLAYING 1B); Hale grounded
out (second to first); Meyer walked; Stanton was called out on
strikes; Paciorek flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mariners 0, Indians 10.

INDIANS 7TH: Veryzer grounded out (third to first); Speed was
called out on strikes; DADE BATTED FOR GRUBB; Dade walked;
PRUITT BATTED FOR BELL; Pruitt made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Indians 10.

MARINERS 8TH: DADE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); NORRIS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); PRUITT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B);
Bernhardt grounded out (second to first); Stinson flied out to
center; Cruz singled to center; Milbourne walked [Cruz to
second]; Paxton threw a wild pitch [Cruz to third, Milbourne to
second]; Ruppert Jones made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mariners 0, Indians 10.

INDIANS 8TH: Cox singled to center; Carbo singled to right [Cox
to third]; Blanks hit a sacrifice fly to left [Cox scored];
Norris singled to center [Carbo to second]; Diaz lined into a
double play (shortstop to second) [Carbo out at second]; 1 R, 3
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Indians 11.

MARINERS 9TH: Hale flied out to center; Meyer lined to second;
Stanton flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0,
Indians 11.