Solo homers by Bo Diaz and Bernie Carbo, plus a pair of RBI singles by Andre Thornton, provided the Indians with a 4-1 victory over the Twins. David Clyde, who started for the Tribe, gave up four hits in seven innings before yielding the mound. Roger Erickson was the loser, although striking out 9. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 4, Minnesota Twins 1
Game Played on Friday, September 1, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium
Indians      1  0  0    1  1  1    0  0  0  -   4  7  0
Twins        0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  4  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Manning cf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .268      Randall 2b            3   0   2   0     0   0   .291
Norris lf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .278        Carew ph,2b         0   0   0   0     1   0   .334
Bell 3b               4   1   2   0     0   0   .294      Rivera rf             2   0   0   0     1   0   .269
Thornton 1b           3   0   2   2     0   0   .274        Powell ph,rf        0   0   0   0     1   0   .248
  Cox 1b              1   0   0   0     0   1   .228      Ford cf               4   0   0   0     0   3   .285
Carbo rf              3   1   1   1     0   1   .264      Morales dh            3   0   1   0     0   0   .322
  Speed rf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .229        Adams ph,dh         1   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Alexander dh          4   0   0   0     0   4   .230      Smalley ss            2   1   0   0     2   0   .285
Kuiper 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .289      Norwood lf            3   0   0   0     0   1   .264
Veryzer ss            3   0   0   0     0   1   .271        Wynegar ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .245
Diaz c                3   1   1   1     0   1   .250      Wolfe 3b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .239
Clyde p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Chiles ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .271
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Borgmann c            2   0   0   1     0   0   .208
  Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Cubbage ph          0   0   0   0     1   0   .282
                                                          Kusick 1b             3   0   0   0     1   2   .181
                                                          Erickson p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   4   7   4     0   9             Totals               28   1   4   1     7   8

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance:  4,917
Left on Base: Indians 2, Twins 8
DP: Indians 2, Twins 1
Errors: Erickson
Triples: Bell (8)
Home Runs: Diaz (2), Carbo (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Norris (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Borgmann (2)
GIDP: Norwood (14), Morales (10)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clyde W(6-9)            7     4   1   1   4   5   0  27   4.32
Kern                    0     0   0   0   2   0   0   2   2.90
Spillner SV(3)          2     0   0   0   1   3   0   7   3.55
Totals                  9     4   1   1   7   8   0  36

Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Erickson L(13-9)        9     7   4   4   0   9   2  33   4.15
Totals                  9     7   4   4   0   9   2  33

Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Nick Bremigan


INDIANS 1ST: Manning singled to shortstop; Norris out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Manning to second]; Bell
grounded out (second to first) [Manning to third]; Thornton
singled to right [Manning scored]; Carbo struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 1ST: Randall singled to second; Rivera forced Randall
(catcher to shortstop); Ford struck out; Morales grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Alexander struck out; Kuiper popped to third in
foul territory; Veryzer grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 2ND: Smalley grounded out (third to first); Norwood flied
out to center; Wolfe grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Diaz grounded out (second to first); Manning lined
to left; Norris flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Twins 0.

TWINS 3RD: Borgmann grounded out (shortstop to first); Kusick
walked; Randall singled to right [Kusick to second]; Rivera
flied out to center; Ford grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Twins 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Bell tripled to left; Thornton singled to left
[Bell scored]; Carbo forced Thornton (first to shortstop);
Alexander struck out; Kuiper popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Indians 2, Twins 0.

TWINS 4TH: Morales singled to center; Smalley walked [Morales to
second]; Norwood grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Morales to third, Smalley out at second];
Wolfe struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Twins 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Veryzer made an out to third; Diaz homered; Manning
grounded out (third to first); Norris struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 3, Twins 0.

TWINS 5TH: Borgmann popped to first in foul territory; Kusick
struck out; Randall grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 3, Twins 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Bell singled to left; Bell was picked off first but
was safe on an error by Erickson [Bell to second]; Thornton
lined into a double play (shortstop unassisted) [Bell out at
second]; Carbo homered; Alexander struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 4, Twins 0.

TWINS 6TH: Rivera walked; Ford struck out; Morales grounded into
a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rivera out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Twins 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Veryzer
struck out; Diaz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4,
Twins 0.

TWINS 7TH: COX REPLACED THORNTON (PLAYING 1B); SPEED REPLACED
CARBO (PLAYING RF); Smalley walked; Norwood struck out; Wolfe
singled to center [Smalley to third]; Borgmann hit a sacrifice
fly to left [Smalley scored]; Kusick grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Twins 1.

INDIANS 8TH: Manning lined to left; Norris popped to third in
foul territory; Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Twins 1.

TWINS 8TH: KERN REPLACED CLYDE (PITCHING); CAREW BATTED FOR
RANDALL; Carew walked; POWELL BATTED FOR RIVERA; Powell walked
[Carew to second]; SPILLNER REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Ford
struck out; ADAMS BATTED FOR MORALES; Adams flied out to left;
Smalley popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Indians 4, Twins 1.

INDIANS 9TH: ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); CAREW STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 2B); POWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Cox
struck out; Speed flied out to left; Alexander was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Twins 1.

TWINS 9TH: WYNEGAR BATTED FOR NORWOOD; Wynegar flied out to
center; CHILES BATTED FOR WOLFE; Chiles was called out on
strikes; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR BORGMANN; Cubbage walked; Kusick
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Twins 1.