A leadoff homer by Andre Thornton in the 11th inning capped a comeback by the Indians, giving them a 9-8 victory over the Brewers. The Tribe trailed at one stage, 8-3, but rallied and eventually tied the game in the ninth. In that inning, Thornton and Gary Alexander walked, Ron Pruitt sacrificed and Duane Kuiper grounded out, scoring Thornton. Alexander had a two-run single in the third and a three-run homer in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 9, Milwaukee Brewers 8
Game Played on Thursday, August    24, 1978 (Day game) at County Stadium
Indians      0  0  3    0  0  0    4  0  1    0  1  -   9 11  1
Brewers      0  1  3    4  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  -   8 16  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dade rf               4   0   0   0     1   1   .262      Molitor 2b            6   1   2   0     0   0   .291
Veryzer ss            5   1   0   0     1   1   .278      Yount ss              5   1   2   0     0   0   .298
Bell 3b               5   2   1   0     1   0   .297      Oglivie lf            5   2   2   1     1   0   .295
Thornton 1b           4   3   2   2     2   0   .278      Lezcano rf            6   2   3   5     0   2   .284
Alexander dh          4   1   3   5     2   1   .232      Cooper 1b             6   1   3   1     0   1   .324
Pruitt lf,c           5   1   3   0     0   1   .255      Bando dh              4   0   1   0     1   0   .281
Kuiper 2b             6   0   0   1     0   0   .285      Gantner 3b            2   0   0   0     0   0   .211
Speed cf              5   1   2   0     1   0   .216        Money ph,3b         2   0   0   0     0   1   .285
Diaz c                3   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Thomas cf             5   0   1   1     0   2   .240
  Norris ph,lf        1   0   0   0     1   0   .279      Martinez c            4   1   2   0     0   0   .205
Paxton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hisle ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .295
  Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Moore c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .268
  Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Augustine p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stein p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Mueller p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Castro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McClure p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42   9  11   8     9   4             Totals               46   8  16   8     2   6

Time of Game: 4:02   Attendance: 16,362
Left on Base: Indians 11, Brewers 9
DP: Indians 1, Brewers 0
Errors: Speed, Molitor
Doubles: Speed (3), Alexander (16), Pruitt 2 (5), Cooper (18), Thomas (20), Yount (16), Martinez (9), Oglivie (18)
Triples: Lezcano (4)
Home Runs: Alexander (23), Thornton (26), Lezcano (13)
Caught Stealing: Speed (4), Molitor (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Pruitt (1), Dade (4), Yount (10)
Hit by Pitch: Gantner (2,by Paxton)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Paxton                  3.1  11   8   8   1   2   1  22   3.69
Hood                    3     1   0   0   1   2   0  11   4.59
Spillner W(3-1)         4.1   4   0   0   0   2   0  16   3.71
Monge SV(6)             0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.93
Totals                 11    16   8   8   2   6   1  50

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Augustine               2.2   3   3   3   3   2   0  14   4.68
Stein                   3.1   5   3   3   3   1   1  18   4.98
Mueller                 2     1   2   1   2   0   0   9   3.00
Castro                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   1.77
McClure L(2-4)          2.2   2   1   1   1   1   1  11   3.93
Totals                 11    11   9   8   9   4   2  53

Passed Balls: Martinez (2)
Hit by Pitch: Paxton (6)
Wild Pitches: Castro (3)

Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Ron Luciano


INDIANS 1ST: Dade grounded out (shortstop to first); Veryzer
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Molitor singled to right; Molitor was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Yount singled to
shortstop; Oglivie forced Yount (second to shortstop); Lezcano
struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton grounded out (third to first); Alexander
singled to left; Pruitt struck out; Kuiper grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Cooper doubled to left; Bando flied out to right;
Gantner lined to shortstop; Thomas doubled to left [Cooper
scored]; Martinez flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Brewers 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Speed doubled to left; Diaz grounded out (second to
first) [Speed to third]; Dade struck out; Veryzer walked; Bell
walked [Veryzer to second]; Thornton walked [Speed scored,
Veryzer to third, Bell to second]; Alexander doubled to right
[Veryzer scored, Bell scored, Thornton to third]; STEIN REPLACED
AUGUSTINE (PITCHING); Pruitt flied out to right; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 1.

BREWERS 3RD: Molitor grounded out (shortstop to first); Yount
doubled to right; Oglivie singled to center [Yount scored,
Oglivie to second (error by Speed)]; Lezcano tripled to right
[Oglivie scored]; Cooper singled to right [Lezcano scored];
Bando flied out to left; Gantner was hit by a pitch [Cooper to
second]; Thomas struck out; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3,
Brewers 4.

INDIANS 4TH: Kuiper grounded out (first unassisted); Speed
walked; Martinez allowed a passed ball [Speed to second]; Diaz
popped to second; Dade walked; Veryzer popped to first; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 4.

BREWERS 4TH: Martinez singled to left; Molitor singled to third
[Martinez to second]; Yount out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Martinez to third, Molitor to second]; Oglivie was
walked intentionally; Lezcano homered [Martinez scored, Molitor
scored, Oglivie scored]; HOOD REPLACED PAXTON (PITCHING); Cooper
grounded out (second to first); Bando grounded out (shortstop to
first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 8.

INDIANS 5TH: Bell grounded out (first unassisted); Thornton
flied out to left; Alexander walked; Pruitt singled to shortstop
[Alexander to second]; Kuiper popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 8.

BREWERS 5TH: Gantner popped to first in foul territory; Thomas
struck out; Martinez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 8.

INDIANS 6TH: Speed singled to left; Diaz flied out to left; Dade
flied out to center; Veryzer struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 3, Brewers 8.

BREWERS 6TH: Molitor grounded out (pitcher to first); Yount
grounded out (shortstop to first); Oglivie grounded out (second
to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Brewers 8.

INDIANS 7TH: Bell singled to right; Thornton singled to first
[Bell to second]; Alexander homered [Bell scored, Thornton
scored]; MUELLER REPLACED STEIN (PITCHING); Pruitt doubled to
left; Kuiper flied out to center; Speed reached on an error by
Molitor [Pruitt scored (unearned)]; NORRIS BATTED FOR DIAZ;
Speed was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Norris
flied out to center; 4 R (3 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7,
Brewers 8.

BREWERS 7TH: NORRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); PRUITT CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); Lezcano singled to left; Cooper was
called out on strikes; Bando walked [Lezcano to second];
SPILLNER REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); MONEY BATTED FOR GANTNER;
Money flied out to left [Lezcano to third]; Thomas popped to
first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 7, Brewers 8.

INDIANS 8TH: MONEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Dade grounded
out (third to first); Veryzer grounded out (pitcher to first);
Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 7, Brewers 8.

BREWERS 8TH: Martinez doubled to left; On a bunt Molitor hit
into a double play (catcher to shortstop) [Martinez out at
third]; Yount flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
7, Brewers 8.

INDIANS 9TH: Thornton walked; CASTRO REPLACED MUELLER
(PITCHING); Castro threw a wild pitch [Thornton to second];
Alexander walked (walk was charged to Mueller); Pruitt out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Thornton to third, Alexander to
second]; MCCLURE REPLACED CASTRO (PITCHING); Kuiper grounded out
(second to first) [Thornton scored, Alexander to third]; Speed
flied out to left; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 8, Brewers 8.

BREWERS 9TH: Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted); Lezcano
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cooper singled to left; Bando
singled to right [Cooper to third]; Money struck out; 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 8, Brewers 8.

INDIANS 10TH: Norris walked; Dade out on a sacrifice bunt (first
to second) [Norris to second]; Veryzer grounded out (third to
first); Bell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
8, Brewers 8.

BREWERS 10TH: Thomas flied out to right; HISLE BATTED FOR
MARTINEZ; Hisle flied out to right; Molitor grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 8, Brewers
8.

INDIANS 11TH: MOORE REPLACED HISLE (PLAYING C ); Thornton
homered; Alexander was called out on strikes; Gary Alexander
ejected by HP umpire Ken Kaiser; Pruitt doubled to left;
Kuiper flied out to center; Speed lined to pitcher; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 9, Brewers 8.

BREWERS 11TH: Yount flied out to left; Oglivie doubled to left;
Lezcano struck out; MONGE REPLACED SPILLNER (PITCHING); Cooper
lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 9, Brewers 8.