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. Cleveland Indians 4, Oakland Athletics 2Game Played on Friday, July 28, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland StadiumA'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. |
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