Completing the three-game series sweep, the Orioles edged the Indians, 3-2, behind the combined four-hit pitching of Jim Palmer and Don Stanhouse. The first Oriole run came in the opening inning on a sacrifice fly by Eddie Murray. Doug DeCinces, hitting safely in his 18th straight game, homered in the fourth frame and Ken Singleton added an RBI single in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Baltimore Orioles 3, Cleveland Indians 2
Game Played on Thursday, September 28, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2  -   2  4  0
Orioles      1  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  x  -   3  6  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Manning cf            4   1   1   0     0   0   .259      Lopez cf,rf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .238
Norris lf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .283      Roenicke lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .283
Bell 3b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .286        Anderson lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .094
Thornton 1b           3   0   0   1     0   1   .265      Singleton rf          4   0   1   1     0   0   .290
Cage dh               3   0   0   0     1   1   .256        Harlow cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .238
Kuiper 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .287      Murray 1b             2   0   0   1     0   0   .287
Briggs rf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .179      DeCinces 3b           2   1   1   1     1   1   .283
Diaz c                2   0   0   0     0   1   .236      May dh                3   0   0   0     0   1   .247
  Pruitt ph,c         1   0   0   0     0   1   .235      Dempsey c             2   0   1   0     1   0   .260
Griffin ss            1   1   1   0     2   0   .500      Dauer 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Hood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Belanger ss           3   1   1   0     0   0   .214
                                                          Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   2   4   2     3   4             Totals               27   3   6   3     2   2

Time of Game: 1:53   Attendance:  5,143
Left on Base: Indians 4, Orioles 3
DP: Indians 1, Orioles 1
Doubles: Dempsey (25), Belanger (13)
Home Runs: DeCinces (27)
Sacrifice Hits: Bell (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Thornton (8), Murray (8)
GIDP: Briggs (2), Dauer (16)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hood L(5-6)             8     6   3   3   2   2   1  30   4.48
Totals                  8     6   3   3   2   2   1  30

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer W(21-12)         8     4   2   2   2   4   0  29   2.46
Stanhouse SV(24)        1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   2.89
Totals                  9     4   2   2   3   4   0  33

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


INDIANS 1ST: Manning flied out to left; Norris grounded out
(second to first); Bell made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 0.

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

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton flied out to center; Cage flied out to
center; Kuiper made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 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
popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Briggs made an out to shortstop; Diaz flied out to
center; Griffin singled to left; Manning flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Lopez grounded out (third to first); Roenicke made
an out to second; Singleton lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Norris flied out to right; Bell lined to center;
Thornton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: Murray grounded out (third to first); DeCinces
homered; May grounded out (catcher to first); Dempsey doubled to
left; Dauer flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0,
Orioles 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Cage struck out; Kuiper singled to left; Briggs
grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first)
[Kuiper out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0,
Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 5TH: Belanger lined to third; Lopez grounded out (third
to first); Roenicke flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Orioles 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Diaz struck out; Griffin walked; Manning flied out
to center; Norris grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 6TH: Singleton grounded out (third to first); Murray
grounded out (third to first); DeCinces struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Bell flied out to right; Thornton grounded out
(third to first); Cage grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 7TH: May struck out; Dempsey flied out to right; Dauer
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 2.

INDIANS 8TH: Kuiper flied out to center; Briggs flied out to
center; PRUITT BATTED FOR DIAZ; Pruitt struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 2.

ORIOLES 8TH: PRUITT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Belanger
doubled to left; Lopez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Roenicke grounded out (third to first) [Belanger to third];
Singleton singled to left [Belanger scored, Singleton out at
second (left to third to first)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
0, Orioles 3.

INDIANS 9TH: ANDERSON REPLACED ROENICKE (PLAYING LF); HARLOW
REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING CF); LOPEZ CHANGED POSITIONS
(PLAYING RF); Griffin walked; Manning singled to left [Griffin
to second]; Norris singled to center [Griffin scored, Manning to
second]; STANHOUSE REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING); Bell out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Manning to third, Norris to
second]; Thornton hit a sacrifice fly to center [Manning
scored]; Cage walked; Kuiper grounded out (second to first); 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Orioles 3.