Spoiling Jim Palmer's bid to become the first eight-time 20-game winner in 43 years, the Indians tallied a pair of eighth-inning runs to edge the Orioles, 2-1. The Tribe trailed, 1-0, when their rally began with a one-out double by Jim Norris.

With a count 1-0 on Buddy Bell, Palmer asked to be relieved. After Don Stanhouse took over, Bell singled home Norris with the tying run and took second on the throw to the plate. Wayne Cage followed with a single to plate the game-winning marker and pin the loss on Stanhouse. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 2, Baltimore Orioles 1
Game Played on Tuesday, September 19, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Orioles      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  4  0
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  x  -   2  8  0


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harlow cf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .238      Manning cf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .262
Kelly lf              3   0   1   0     1   0   .267      Norris lf             3   1   2   0     1   0   .281
Singleton rf          3   0   0   0     1   0   .294        Speed lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .229
  Smith 2b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .266      Bell 3b               4   1   2   1     0   0   .291
Murray 1b             2   0   0   0     2   0   .289      Thornton 1b           2   0   0   0     2   0   .266
DeCinces 3b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .278      Cage dh               4   0   1   1     0   2   .235
  Lopez rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .246      Briggs rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .125
May dh                4   1   2   1     0   0   .248      Pruitt c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Garcia ss             3   0   0   0     0   0   .254      Kuiper 2b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .283
  Bumbry ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .239      Veryzer ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .266
Dauer 2b,3b           3   0   0   0     0   0   .269      Paxton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   1   .265
Dempsey c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .256
  Hendricks ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   1   4   1     5   2             Totals               31   2   8   2     3   3

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance:  3,148
Left on Base: Orioles 8, Indians 8
DP: Orioles 1, Indians 0
Doubles: Norris (12)
Home Runs: May (25)
Stolen Bases: Kelly (10)
GIDP: Bell (22)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer                  7.1   6   1   1   2   2   0  29   2.52
Stanhouse L(6-7)        0.2   2   1   1   1   1   0   5   2.96
Totals                  8     8   2   2   3   3   0  34

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Paxton W(12-9)          9     4   1   1   5   2   1  36   3.56
Totals                  9     4   1   1   5   2   1  36

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


ORIOLES 1ST: Harlow grounded out (first unassisted); Kelly
singled to right; Kelly stole second; Singleton popped to
second; Murray walked; DeCinces struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Orioles 0, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Manning singled to left; Norris singled to left
[Manning to second]; Bell grounded into a double play (shortstop
to second to first) [Manning to third, Norris out at second];
Thornton flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Indians 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: May homered; Garcia grounded out (pitcher to
first); Dauer flied out to center; Dempsey grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Cage flied out to center; Briggs flied out to
center; Pruitt popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Indians 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Harlow grounded out (second to first); Kelly
grounded out (pitcher to first); Singleton grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Veryzer
flied out to left; Manning singled to right; Norris walked
[Manning to second]; Bell flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Orioles 1, Indians 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Murray popped to first in foul territory; DeCinces
singled to left; May singled to right [DeCinces to second];
Garcia popped to second; Dauer flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Thornton popped to second; Cage struck out; Briggs
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles
1, Indians 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: Dempsey flied out to right; Harlow made an out to
shortstop; Kelly walked; Singleton walked [Kelly to second];
Murray grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Pruitt flied out to right; Kuiper flied out to
left; Veryzer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 1, Indians 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: DeCinces lined to pitcher; May flied out to center;
Garcia made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Norris
flied out to center; Bell singled to center; Thornton walked
[Bell to second]; Cage struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 1, Indians 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); Dempsey
flied out to right; Harlow walked; Kelly flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Briggs flied out to right; Pruitt flied out to
right; Kuiper singled to right; Veryzer forced Kuiper (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1, Indians 0.

ORIOLES 8TH: Singleton grounded out (second to first); Murray
walked; DeCinces forced Murray (shortstop to second); May
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 8TH: SMITH REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING 2B); LOPEZ
REPLACED DECINCES (PLAYING RF); DAUER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
3B); Manning flied out to left; Norris doubled to left;
STANHOUSE REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING); Bell singled to center
[Norris scored]; Thornton walked [Bell to second]; Cage singled
to right [Bell scored, Thornton to third]; Briggs struck out;
Pruitt grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 1, Indians 2.

ORIOLES 9TH: SPEED REPLACED NORRIS (PLAYING LF); BUMBRY BATTED
FOR GARCIA; Bumbry flied out to center; CROWLEY BATTED FOR
DAUER; Crowley struck out; HENDRICKS BATTED FOR DEMPSEY;
Hendricks flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 1,
Indians 2.