Jim Kern pitched 2 1/3 innings of hitless relief and was rewarded with a victory when the Indians defeated the A's, 4-2. With the score tied 2-2, Duane Kuiper bunted safely in the seventh inning, moved to second on a sacrifice by Ted Cox and scored the Indians' go-ahead run on a single by Rick Manning.

The Indians added an insurance run in the eighth on a triple by Andre Thornton and single by Tom Veryzer for his second RBI of the game. Later in the eighth, Kern became the first A.L. pitcher to bat for himself this season. He struck out. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 4, Oakland Athletics 2
Game Played on Friday, July      28, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
A's          1  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  6  0
Indians      0  0  0    0  2  0    1  1  x  -   4 10  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Murphy ss             1   1   1   0     0   0   .204      Dade rf               3   0   0   0     0   2   .261
  Picciolo ss         1   0   0   0     1   0   .212        Speed rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .210
  Duncan ph,2b        0   0   0   0     1   0   .261        Carbo ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .262
Edwards 2b,ss         2   0   0   0     0   0   .279      Manning cf            4   0   2   1     0   0   .264
Wallis cf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .297      Grubb lf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .276
Page lf               4   0   1   0     0   2   .288      Thornton 1b           4   1   1   0     0   1   .268
Horton dh             4   0   0   0     0   3   .262      Alexander dh,c        3   1   1   0     0   1   .234
Revering 1b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .269      Veryzer ss            3   1   2   2     1   0   .294
Gross 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .201      Kuiper 2b             4   1   2   0     0   1   .288
Newman c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .256      Cox 3b                3   0   1   1     0   1   .221
  Dilone pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .242      Diaz c                2   0   0   0     0   0   .233
  Essian c            0   0   0   0     1   0   .235        Norris ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .253
Burke rf              4   0   2   1     0   1   .248        Kern p              1   0   0   0     0   1   .000
Broberg p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Freisleben p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   6   2     3   6             Totals               31   4  10   4     3   7

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance:  8,032
Left on Base: A's 7, Indians 8
DP: A's 2, Indians 0
Doubles: Burke (5), Alexander (11), Manning (20), Cox (2)
Triples: Thornton (3)
Stolen Bases: Burke (11), Dilone (36)
Sacrifice Hits: Edwards 2 (8), Cox (5)
GIDP: Thornton 2 (12)
Hit by Pitch: Alexander (2,by Broberg)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Broberg L(9-8)          6.2   7   3   3   3   5   0  29   4.47
Heaverlo                1.1   3   1   1   0   2   0   7   2.92
Totals                  8    10   4   4   3   7   0  36

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Freisleben              5     3   1   1   1   2   0  19   6.36
Spillner                1.2   3   1   1   0   1   0   8   4.40
Kern W(7-4)             2.1   0   0   0   2   3   0   9   2.76
Totals                  9     6   2   2   3   6   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Broberg (3)
Wild Pitches: Freisleben (4)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Bill Kunkel


ATHLETICS 1ST: Murphy singled to right; Edwards out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Murphy to second]; Wallis
singled to center [Murphy scored]; Page struck out; Freisleben
threw a wild pitch [Wallis to second]; Horton flied out to
right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: PICCIOLO REPLACED MURPHY (PLAYING SS); Dade struck
out; Manning grounded out (first to pitcher); Grubb flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering grounded out (third to first); Gross
lined to second; Newman popped to catcher in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton struck out; Alexander struck out; Veryzer
walked; Kuiper grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 1, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Burke singled to right; Burke stole second;
Picciolo walked; Edwards out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Burke to third, Picciolo to second]; Wallis flied out
to right; Page flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Cox struck out; Diaz grounded out (shortstop to
first); Dade flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Horton struck out; Revering flied out to right;
Gross flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Manning flied out to left; Grubb singled to right;
Thornton grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to
first) [Grubb out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
1, Indians 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Newman grounded out (second to first); Burke
grounded out (shortstop to first); Picciolo grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Indians
0.

INDIANS 5TH: Alexander doubled to center; Veryzer singled to
right [Alexander scored]; Kuiper singled to left [Veryzer to
third]; Cox forced Kuiper (shortstop to second) [Veryzer
scored]; Diaz made an out to second; Dade struck out; 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Indians 2.

ATHLETICS 6TH: SPILLNER REPLACED FREISLEBEN (PITCHING); Edwards
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wallis flied out to left;
Page singled to left; Horton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 1, Indians 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Manning doubled to center; Grubb walked; Thornton
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Manning
to third, Grubb out at second]; Alexander was hit by a pitch;
Veryzer forced Alexander (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 1, Indians 2.

ATHLETICS 7TH: SPEED REPLACED DADE (PLAYING RF); Revering flied
out to left; Gross made an out to second; Newman singled to
center; DILONE RAN FOR NEWMAN; Dilone stole second; Burke
doubled to left [Dilone scored]; DUNCAN BATTED FOR PICCIOLO;
KERN REPLACED SPILLNER (PITCHING); Duncan walked; Edwards
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 2, Indians 2.

INDIANS 7TH: DUNCAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); EDWARDS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); ESSIAN REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING C ); On
a bunt Kuiper singled; Cox out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
second) [Kuiper to second]; NORRIS BATTED FOR DIAZ; Norris was
walked intentionally; CARBO BATTED FOR SPEED; Carbo forced
Norris (second to shortstop) [Kuiper to third]; Manning singled
to left [Kuiper scored, Carbo to second]; HEAVERLO REPLACED
BROBERG (PITCHING); Grubb flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Athletics 2, Indians 3.

ATHLETICS 8TH: CARBO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); ALEXANDER
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); KERN REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING);
Wallis grounded out (first unassisted); Page struck out; Horton
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, Indians 3.

INDIANS 8TH: Thornton tripled to left; Alexander popped to
pitcher; Veryzer singled to left [Thornton scored]; Kuiper
struck out; Cox doubled to center [Veryzer to third]; Kern
struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, Indians 4.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Revering flied out to center; Gross made an out
to first; Essian walked; Burke struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Athletics 2, Indians 4.