With Doug DeCinces extending his hitting streak to 17 games, the Orioles defeated the Indians, 3-1. Gary Roenicke, who doubled in the first inning and scored on a single by DeCinces, had a solo homer in the fifth. Mark Belanger added an RBI single in the eighth for the Birds' final runs. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 3, Cleveland Indians 1
Game Played on Wednesday, September 27, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1 10  2
Orioles      1  0  0    0  1  0    0  1  x  -   3  8  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Manning cf            5   0   0   0     0   1   .259      Lopez cf,rf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .238
Norris lf             2   0   0   0     2   0   .283        Crowley ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .253
Bell 3b               3   1   2   0     1   0   .288        Dimmel rf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Thornton 1b           4   0   2   0     0   0   .266      Roenicke lf           2   2   2   1     2   0   .286
Cage dh               4   0   2   1     0   1   .265        Anderson lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .094
Alexander c           3   0   0   0     0   0   .224      Singleton rf          3   0   1   0     1   1   .290
  Pruitt c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .237        Harlow pr,cf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Kuiper 2b             4   0   2   0     0   0   .288      Murray 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .288
Briggs rf             3   0   1   0     1   0   .194      DeCinces 3b           3   1   1   1     1   0   .282
Griffin ss            3   0   1   0     0   1   .333      May dh                4   0   1   0     0   1   .248
  Cox ph              1   0   0   0     0   0   .233      Dempsey c             2   0   1   0     2   0   .259
Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dauer 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .266
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Belanger ss           4   0   1   1     0   0   .213
                                                          D. Martinez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   1  10   1     4   3             Totals               30   3   8   3     7   3

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance:  2,987
Left on Base: Indians 9, Orioles 10
DP: Indians 4, Orioles 2
Errors: Griffin, Waits
Doubles: Griffin (1), Cage (5), Roenicke (3)
Home Runs: Roenicke (3)
Stolen Bases: Norris (12), DeCinces (7)
GIDP: Bell (24), Kuiper (11), Dauer 2 (15), Murray (15), Crowley (4)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits L(12-15)          7     6   3   3   6   2   1  32   3.25
Kern                    1     2   0   0   1   1   0   5   2.90
Totals                  8     8   3   3   7   3   1  37

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Martinez W(15-11)    9    10   1   1   4   3   0  37   3.57
Totals                  9    10   1   1   4   3   0  37

Umpires: HP - Ted Hendry, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - George Maloney


INDIANS 1ST: Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Norris
grounded out (pitcher to first); Bell singled to right; Thornton
singled to left [Bell to third]; Cage forced Thornton (third to
second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Lopez made an out to second; Roenicke doubled to
left; Singleton grounded out (third to first); Murray walked;
DeCinces singled to left [Roenicke scored, Murray to second];
May flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0,
Orioles 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); Kuiper
singled to left; Briggs singled to left [Kuiper out at third
(left to third)]; Griffin doubled [Briggs out at home (center to
third to catcher)]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 2ND: Dempsey walked; Dauer grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Dempsey out at second]; Belanger
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Orioles 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Manning grounded out (second to first); Norris
walked; Norris stole second; Bell walked; Thornton flied out to
center; Cage struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0,
Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Lopez made an out to third; Roenicke walked;
Singleton walked [Roenicke to second]; Murray grounded into a
double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Singleton out at
second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Alexander grounded out (pitcher to first); Kuiper
singled; Briggs flied out to center; Griffin forced Kuiper
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles
1.

ORIOLES 4TH: DeCinces grounded out (third to first); May reached
on an error by Waits; Dempsey singled to right [May to third];
Dauer flied out to left; Belanger flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Manning was called out on strikes; Norris walked;
Bell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Norris out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Lopez struck out; Roenicke homered; Singleton was
called out on strikes; Murray grounded out (shortstop to first);
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Thornton flied out to right; Cage doubled to left;
Alexander grounded out (second to first) [Cage to third]; Kuiper
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 6TH: PRUITT REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING C ); DeCinces
reached on an error by Griffin; May singled [DeCinces to
second]; Dempsey flied out to center; Dauer grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [May out at second];
0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Briggs walked; Griffin was called out on strikes;
Manning flied out to left; Norris grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 7TH: Belanger grounded out (second to first); Lopez
grounded out (third to first); Roenicke walked; Singleton
singled to center [Roenicke to third]; HARLOW RAN FOR SINGLETON;
Murray grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 0, Orioles 2.

INDIANS 8TH: HARLOW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); LOPEZ CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Bell singled to center; Thornton singled
to left [Bell to second]; Cage singled to center [Bell scored,
Thornton to second]; Pruitt flied out to left; Kuiper grounded
into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Cage out at
second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 8TH: DeCinces walked; DeCinces stole second; KERN
REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); May struck out; Dempsey walked; Dauer
singled to pitcher [DeCinces to third, Dempsey to second];
Belanger singled to center [DeCinces scored, Dempsey to third,
Dauer to second]; CROWLEY BATTED FOR LOPEZ; Crowley grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Belanger out
at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 3.

INDIANS 9TH: DIMMEL REPLACED CROWLEY (PLAYING RF); ANDERSON
REPLACED ROENICKE (PLAYING LF); Briggs grounded out (second to
first); COX BATTED FOR GRIFFIN; Cox grounded out (first
unassisted); Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 3.