The Indians, who had lost six in a row, pounded Catfish Hunter and Dick Tidrow for six runs in the first two innings. Andre Thornton hit a two-run homer in the first while Gary Alexander's leadoff shot in the second snapped a 2-2 tie and touched off a four-run uprising that was capped by Buddy Bell's two-run single.

Cleveland's Rick Waits, 15-15, settled down after yielding two runs in the bottom of the first and allowed only one more hit the rest of the way, finishing with a five-hitter. [ap]



Cleveland Indians 9, New York Yankees 2
Game Played on Sunday, October   1, 1978 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Indians      2  4  0    1  0  0    0  0  2  -   9 13  0
Yankees      2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Manning cf            5   2   3   2     0   0   .263      Rivers cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .264
Norris lf             5   2   3   0     0   0   .283      Munson c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .297
Bell 3b               4   0   1   2     1   0   .282      Piniella dh           4   1   1   0     0   0   .314
Thornton 1b           3   1   1   2     2   0   .262      Jackson rf            4   0   0   1     0   1   .274
Cage dh               4   1   1   1     1   1   .245      Nettles 3b            4   0   2   1     0   0   .278
Alexander c           5   1   2   2     0   2   .225      Chambliss 1b          3   0   0   0     1   2   .274
Briggs rf             4   0   1   0     1   1   .163      White lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .268
Kuiper 2b             4   1   0   0     0   0   .283      Dent ss               2   0   0   0     1   0   .243
Veryzer ss            4   1   1   0     0   0   .271      Stanley 2b            2   0   0   0     1   0   .220
Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hunter p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Rajsich p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McCall p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   9  13   9     5   4             Totals               31   2   5   2     3   3

Time of Game: 2:06   Attendance: 39,189
Left on Base: Indians 7, Yankees 5
DP: Indians 1, Yankees 2
Doubles: Norris 2 (14), Manning (27), Cage (6), Alexander (20), Piniella (34), Nettles (23)
Home Runs: Thornton (33), Alexander (27)
GIDP: Cage (2), Thornton (16), Dent (10)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits W(13-15)          9     5   2   2   3   3   0  34   3.20
Totals                  9     5   2   2   3   3   0  34

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hunter L(12-6)          1.2   4   5   5   1   0   2  10   3.58
Tidrow                  5     5   2   2   2   3   0  21   3.84
Rajsich                 1.1   1   0   0   1   1   0   6   4.05
McCall                  0.2   3   2   2   1   0   0   5   5.63
Lindblad                0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.88
Totals                  9    13   9   9   5   4   2  43

Wild Pitches: Hunter (2)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Marty Springstead


INDIANS 1ST: Manning singled to shortstop; Norris grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Manning to second]; Bell made an out to
second; Thornton homered [Manning scored]; Cage made an out to
shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); Munson
singled to left; Piniella doubled to right [Munson to third];
Jackson grounded out (shortstop unassisted) [Munson scored];
Nettles singled to center [Piniella scored]; Chambliss struck
out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Yankees 2.

INDIANS 2ND: Alexander homered; Briggs walked; Kuiper forced
Briggs (first to shortstop); Hunter threw a wild pitch [Kuiper
to second]; Veryzer grounded out (third to first); Manning
singled to center [Kuiper scored]; TIDROW REPLACED HUNTER
(PITCHING); Norris doubled to left [Manning to third]; Bell
singled to center [Manning scored, Norris scored, Bell to second
(on throw to home)]; Thornton grounded out (third to first); 4
R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 6, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 2ND: White grounded out (third to first); Dent walked;
Stanley forced Dent (second to shortstop); Rivers forced Stanley
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 6, Yankees
2.

INDIANS 3RD: Cage struck out; Alexander was called out on
strikes; Briggs flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 6, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 3RD: Munson flied out to right; Piniella flied out to
left; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 6,
Yankees 2.

INDIANS 4TH: Kuiper flied out to center; Veryzer singled to
center; Manning doubled to left [Veryzer scored]; Norris
grounded out (second to first) [Manning to third]; Bell grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 7, Yankees
2.

YANKEES 4TH: Nettles flied out to right; Chambliss walked; White
singled to third [Chambliss to second]; Dent grounded into a
double play (third to first) [Chambliss out at third]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 7, Yankees 2.

INDIANS 5TH: Thornton walked; Cage grounded into a double play
(second to first) [Thornton out at second]; Alexander popped to
first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7,
Yankees 2.

YANKEES 5TH: Stanley grounded out (pitcher to first); Rivers
made an out to shortstop; Munson grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7, Yankees 2.

INDIANS 6TH: Briggs struck out; Kuiper flied out to center;
Veryzer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7,
Yankees 2.

YANKEES 6TH: Piniella grounded out (second to first); Jackson
grounded out (first to pitcher); Nettles lined to second; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 7, Yankees 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Manning flied out to right; Norris doubled to left;
Bell flied out to left; Thornton walked; RAJSICH REPLACED TIDROW
(PITCHING); Cage walked [Norris to third, Thornton to second];
Alexander struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 7, Yankees
2.

YANKEES 7TH: Chambliss flied out to center; White grounded out
(third to first); Dent lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 7, Yankees 2.

INDIANS 8TH: Briggs singled to left; Kuiper grounded out (second
to first) [Briggs to second]; Veryzer flied out to right;
Manning flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 7,
Yankees 2.

YANKEES 8TH: Stanley walked; Rivers flied out to right; Munson
lined to third; Piniella forced Stanley (shortstop to second); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 7, Yankees 2.

INDIANS 9TH: MCCALL REPLACED RAJSICH (PITCHING); Norris singled
to left; Bell walked [Norris to second]; Thornton grounded into
a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Norris to third,
Bell out at second]; Cage doubled to left [Norris scored];
Alexander doubled to center [Cage scored]; LINDBLAD REPLACED
MCCALL (PITCHING); Briggs flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 9, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 9TH: Jackson lined to first; Nettles doubled to left;
Chambliss struck out; White flied out to right; the Red Sox
would defeat Toronto 5-0 a few moments later, thus tying Boston
and New York for first place; the two teams played a one-game
playoff the next afternoon at Fenway Park; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Indians 9, Yankees 2.