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Thursday August 31, 1978
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Cleveland Indians 12, Milwaukee Brewers 6 (Game 2)

Game Played on Thursday, August 31, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

Brewers      0  0  1    0  3  0    0  2  0  -   6  8  3
Indians      3  0  0    5  1  3    0  0  x  -  12 17  2


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Molitor 2b            4   2   1   0     1   0   .287      Dade dh               5   2   1   0     0   1   .257
Money 1b              5   1   3   2     0   0   .286      Veryzer ss            4   1   2   2     0   0   .273
Bando 3b              4   0   1   0     1   1   .283      Bell 3b               4   1   1   1     1   0   .292
Hisle dh              3   1   0   1     1   1   .289      Thornton 1b           4   2   2   3     1   0   .271
Lezcano rf            3   1   0   0     1   0   .278      Pruitt lf             4   2   2   1     0   1   .252
Wohlford lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .301        Grubb lf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .265
Yount ss              4   0   2   1     0   0   .301      Blanks 2b             4   2   2   1     1   0   .259
Thomas cf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .241      Manning cf            5   0   4   2     0   0   .268
Martinez c            4   1   0   0     0   0   .216      Speed rf              4   1   1   0     1   1   .232
Travers p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Diaz c                4   1   2   1     0   0   .248
  Mueller p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stein p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   6   8   4     4   4             Totals               39  12  17  11     4   3

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance:  5,328
Left on Base: Brewers 6, Indians 8
DP: Brewers 1, Indians 1
Errors: Bando, Martinez, Stein, Pruitt, Grubb
Doubles: Money (23), Yount (17), Blanks (10), Manning (24), Veryzer (15)
Triples: Molitor (3)
Home Runs: Thornton (27), Pruitt (4)
Stolen Bases: Speed (2)
Caught Stealing: Manning (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Veryzer (11)
GIDP: Hisle (13)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Travers L(9-8)          3     7   5   5   1   1   2  16   4.77
Mueller                 1     5   3   3   0   0   0   8   5.40
Stein                   4     5   4   3   3   2   0  20   5.08
Totals                  8    17  12  11   4   3   2  44

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits W(10-13)          8     8   6   5   4   3   0  36   3.05
Kern                    1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.90
Totals                  9     8   6   5   4   4   0  39

Wild Pitches: Travers (3)

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim McKean, 3B - Lou DiMuro


BREWERS 1ST: Umpire Vic Voltaggio out sick; Molitor
grounded out (shortstop to first); Money popped to shortstop;
Bando flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Dade singled to right; Veryzer out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Dade to second]; Bell walked; Travers
threw a wild pitch [Dade to third, Bell to second]; Thornton
homered [Dade scored, Bell scored]; Pruitt struck out; Blanks
flied out to right; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Indians 3.

BREWERS 2ND: Hisle was called out on strikes; Lezcano walked;
Wohlford forced Lezcano (shortstop to second); Yount singled to
center [Wohlford to second]; Thomas struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Brewers 0, Indians 3.

INDIANS 2ND: Manning singled to center; Speed popped to
shortstop; Diaz lined into a double play (pitcher to first)
[Manning out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Indians 3.

BREWERS 3RD: Martinez grounded out (shortstop to first); Molitor
tripled to center; Money singled to left [Molitor scored]; Bando
walked [Money to second]; Hisle grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Bando out at second]; 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Indians 3.

INDIANS 3RD: Dade grounded out (third to first); On a bunt
Veryzer singled to first; Bell flied out to center; Thornton
popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Indians 3.

BREWERS 4TH: Lezcano grounded out (second to first); Wohlford
grounded out (second to first); Yount grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Indians 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Pruitt homered; Blanks doubled to right; Manning
doubled to right [Blanks scored]; MUELLER REPLACED TRAVERS
(PITCHING); Manning was picked off and caught stealing third
(pitcher to third); Speed singled to left; Diaz singled to right
[Speed to third]; Dade reached on a fielder's choice [Speed out
at home (first to catcher), Diaz to second]; Veryzer doubled to
left [Diaz scored, Dade scored]; Bell singled to center [Veryzer
scored]; Thornton singled to left [Bell to second]; Pruitt
reached on an error by Bando [Bell to third, Thornton to
second]; Blanks flied out to right; 5 R, 8 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Brewers 1, Indians 8.

BREWERS 5TH: Thomas singled to left; Martinez forced Thomas
(shortstop to second); Molitor walked [Martinez to second];
Money doubled to left [Martinez scored, Molitor scored (error by
Pruitt) (no RBI)]; Bando singled to left [Money to third]; Hisle
grounded out (third to first) [Money scored, Bando to second];
Lezcano flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 4,
Indians 8.

INDIANS 5TH: STEIN REPLACED MUELLER (PITCHING); Manning grounded
out (first unassisted); Speed walked; Speed stole second [Speed
to third (error by Martinez)]; Diaz singled to left [Speed
scored]; Dade grounded out (shortstop to first) [Diaz to
second]; Veryzer flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 4, Indians 9.

BREWERS 6TH: Wohlford flied out to center; Yount flied out to
right; Thomas struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 4,
Indians 9.

INDIANS 6TH: Bell grounded out (pitcher to first); Thornton
walked; Pruitt singled to left [Thornton to second]; Blanks
singled to center [Thornton scored, Pruitt to second]; Manning
singled to left [Pruitt scored, Blanks scored (error by Stein)
(unearned) (no RBI), Manning to second (on throw to home)];
Speed flied out to center; Diaz grounded out (shortstop to
first); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 4, Indians 12.

BREWERS 7TH: Martinez popped to second; Molitor popped to third;
Money singled to left; Bando flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Brewers 4, Indians 12.

INDIANS 7TH: Dade struck out; Veryzer flied out to right; Bell
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 4, Indians 12.

BREWERS 8TH: GRUBB REPLACED PRUITT (PLAYING LF); Hisle walked;
Lezcano reached on an error by Grubb [Hisle scored (no RBI),
Lezcano to third]; Wohlford flied out to right; Yount doubled to
right [Lezcano scored (unearned)]; Thomas grounded out (third to
first); Martinez flied out to left; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
 Brewers 6, Indians 12.

INDIANS 8TH: Thornton grounded out (shortstop to first); Grubb
flied out to left; Blanks walked; Manning singled to left
[Blanks to second]; Speed struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Brewers 6, Indians 12.

BREWERS 9TH: KERN REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); Molitor grounded
out (shortstop to first); Money popped to third; Bando struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 6, Indians 12.



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