The first major-league grand-slam homer by Gary Roenicke highlighted the Orioles' 10-3 romp over the Indians. The Birds tallied five times in their first turn at bat, Roenicke's blow plating four and a sacrifice fly by Doug DeCinces another. A bases-loaded triple by Billy Smith in the fifth inning gave the Orioles three markers in that frame and put the game on ice. [The Sporting News]
Baltimore Orioles 10, Cleveland Indians 3

Game Played on Monday, September 18, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

Orioles      5  1  0    0  3  0    1  0  0  -  10 15  2
Indians      3  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  5  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Belanger ss           5   2   2   0     1   2   .215      Manning cf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .261
Dauer 2b,3b           5   1   1   0     1   0   .271      Bell 3b               4   1   1   0     0   0   .290
Singleton rf          4   1   1   0     1   2   .296      Cage dh               4   0   0   0     0   1   .234
  Harlow cf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .240      Thornton 1b           4   1   1   3     0   1   .267
Murray 1b             5   4   3   0     1   0   .290      Pruitt c              4   0   0   0     0   2   .247
DeCinces 3b           2   0   1   1     0   1   .279      Cox lf                4   0   1   0     0   0   .237
  Smith ph,2b         2   0   2   3     0   0   .266        Griffin pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
May dh                3   1   1   1     2   1   .246      Kuiper 2b             4   0   1   0     0   2   .282
Roenicke lf           5   1   2   5     0   0   .261      Veryzer ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .268
  Anderson lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .100      Speed rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .229
Lopez cf,rf           4   0   1   0     1   1   .246      Clyde p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Skaggs c              5   0   1   0     0   2   .136        Freisleben p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
McGregor p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Spillner p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               41  10  15  10     7   9             Totals               34   3   5   3     0   8

Time of Game: 2:42   Attendance:  2,873
Left on Base: Orioles 12, Indians 4
DP: Orioles 0, Indians 0
Errors: Belanger, Dauer
Doubles: DeCinces (34), Singleton (20), Bell (27)
Triples: Smith (2)
Home Runs: Roenicke (2), Thornton (31)
Stolen Bases: Lopez (5)
Sacrifice Flies: DeCinces (2)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
McGregor W(15-13)       8     5   3   2   0   6   1  30   3.42
Stanhouse               1     0   0   0   0   2   0   4   2.86
Totals                  9     5   3   2   0   8   1  34

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Clyde L(7-11)           0.2   5   5   5   2   0   1   9   4.66
Freisleben              3.2   6   3   3   3   4   0  20   6.72
Spillner                4.2   4   2   2   2   5   0  20   4.02
Totals                  9    15  10  10   7   9   1  49

Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim McKean


ORIOLES 1ST: Belanger singled to center; Dauer grounded out
(second to pitcher) [Belanger to second]; Singleton walked;
Murray singled to center [Belanger to third, Singleton to
second]; DeCinces hit a sacrifice fly to center [Belanger
scored, Singleton to third]; May walked [Murray to second];
Roenicke homered [Singleton scored, Murray scored, May scored];
Lopez singled to left; Skaggs singled to left [Lopez to third];
FREISLEBEN REPLACED CLYDE (PITCHING); Belanger walked [Skaggs to
second]; Dauer grounded out (first to pitcher); 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Orioles 5, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Manning singled to left; Bell reached on an error
by Belanger [Manning to second]; Cage flied out to left;
Thornton homered [Manning scored, Bell scored (unearned)];
Pruitt struck out; Cox lined to second; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 5, Indians 3.

ORIOLES 2ND: Singleton was called out on strikes; Murray
singled; DeCinces doubled to right [Murray to third]; May was
walked intentionally; Roenicke forced DeCinces (shortstop to
third) [Murray scored, May to second, Roenicke to first]; Lopez
popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 6, Indians 3.

INDIANS 2ND: Kuiper singled to right; Veryzer flied out to
center; Speed was called out on strikes; Manning grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 6, Indians
3.

ORIOLES 3RD: Skaggs struck out; Belanger grounded out (shortstop
to first); Dauer singled to right; Singleton doubled to left
[Dauer to third]; Murray flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Orioles 6, Indians 3.

INDIANS 3RD: Bell doubled to left; Cage struck out; Thornton
flied out to right; Pruitt grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 6, Indians 3.

ORIOLES 4TH: SMITH BATTED FOR DECINCES; Smith struck out
(strikeout was charged to DeCinces); Doug DeCinces left after
fouling ball off face; May struck out; Roenicke singled to
left; Lopez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 6, Indians 3.

INDIANS 4TH: DAUER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); SMITH STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Cox singled to center; Kuiper struck out;
Veryzer flied out to center; Speed flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 6, Indians 3.

ORIOLES 5TH: Skaggs grounded out (third to first); Belanger
singled to left; Dauer walked [Belanger to second]; SPILLNER
REPLACED FREISLEBEN (PITCHING); Singleton flied out to left;
Murray walked [Belanger to third, Dauer to second]; Smith
tripled to right [Belanger scored, Dauer scored, Murray scored];
May grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 9, Indians 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Manning grounded out (pitcher to first); Bell
grounded out (third to first); Cage grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 9, Indians 3.

ORIOLES 6TH: Roenicke popped to shortstop; Lopez walked; Lopez
stole second; Skaggs struck out; Belanger struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 9, Indians 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Thornton flied out to center; Pruitt flied out to
right; Cox grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 9, Indians 3.

ORIOLES 7TH: Dauer flied out to center; Singleton was called out
on strikes; Murray singled to left; Smith singled to left
[Murray to third]; May singled to center [Murray scored, Smith
to second]; Roenicke popped to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 10, Indians 3.

INDIANS 7TH: HARLOW REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING CF); ANDERSON
REPLACED ROENICKE (PLAYING LF); LOPEZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
RF); Kuiper struck out; Veryzer flied out to right; Speed flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 10, Indians 3.

ORIOLES 8TH: Lopez struck out; Skaggs flied out to center;
Belanger was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 10, Indians 3.

INDIANS 8TH: Manning was called out on strikes; Bell flied out
to right; Cage flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles
10, Indians 3.

ORIOLES 9TH: Dauer flied out to left; Harlow popped to third in
foul territory; Murray grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 10, Indians 3.

INDIANS 9TH: STANHOUSE REPLACED MCGREGOR (PITCHING); Thornton
struck out; Pruitt was called out on strikes; Ron Pruitt
ejected by HP umpire Vic Voltaggio; Cox reached on an error
by Dauer [Cox to first]; GRIFFIN RAN FOR COX; Kuiper forced
Griffin (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
10, Indians 3.
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