A sacrifice fly by Hal McRae scored Al Cowens with an unearned run in the 10th inning and gave the Royals a 5-4 victory over the Indians. After Sid Monge, pitching in relief for the Indians, had retired six straight batters, including four on strikeouts, Cowens led off the Royals' 10th with a single, stole second, continued to third on a wild throw by catcher Bo Diaz and scored on McRae's fly. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, Cleveland Indians 4
Game Played on Friday, May       4, 1979 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Royals       1  0  0    0  0  1    2  0  0    1  -   5 12  2
Indians      0  1  0    0  0  2    1  0  0    0  -   4 13  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White 2b              5   1   3   0     0   0   .301      Dade lf               4   0   2   1     0   0   .227
Brett 3b              5   1   2   0     0   1   .275        Speed lf            2   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Otis cf               4   1   1   2     1   2   .341      Harrah 3b             3   0   1   0     2   0   .188
Cowens rf             5   1   3   1     0   1   .326      Manning cf            5   0   1   1     0   1   .238
McRae dh              4   1   1   1     0   1   .245      Thornton 1b           5   0   2   0     1   2   .157
Porter c              4   0   1   0     0   0   .346      Bonds rf              5   0   1   0     0   0   .287
Wathan 1b             5   0   1   1     0   2   .323      Alexander dh          5   1   1   0     0   0   .219
Patek ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .312      Kuiper 2b             4   2   2   0     0   0   .288
Wilson lf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .240      Diaz c                3   0   1   0     1   0   .222
Gura p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Veryzer ss            3   1   1   2     1   0   .208
  Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Waits p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               40   5  12   5     1  10             Totals               39   4  13   4     5   3

Time of Game: 3:20   Attendance:  4,056
Left on Base: Royals 8, Indians 15
DP: Royals 2, Indians 1
Errors: Wilson, Gura, Diaz
Doubles: White (9), McRae (9), Wathan (2), Alexander (4), Dade (1), Harrah (5)
Home Runs: Otis (2)
Stolen Bases: White (6), Cowens (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Diaz (1)
Sacrifice Flies: McRae (1), Manning (1), Veryzer (1)
GIDP: McRae (3), Thornton (1), Diaz (1)
Hit by Pitch: Porter (1,by Waits), Harrah (3,by Gura), Kuiper (2,by Gura)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gura                    5.2   9   3   3   3   0   0  30   5.52
Pattin                  1     3   1   1   2   0   0   8   3.38
Hrabosky W(3-0)         3.1   1   0   0   0   3   0  11   0.75
Totals                 10    13   4   4   5   3   0  49

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Waits                   7    11   4   4   1   5   1  33   4.73
Monge L(1-2)            3     1   1   0   0   5   0  10   1.27
Totals                 10    12   5   4   1  10   1  43

Hit by Pitch: Gura 2 (2), Waits (2)
Wild Pitches: Gura (1)

Umpires: HP - Fred Spenn, 1B - Don Schirmer, 2B - Ted Theilander, 3B - Bob Rice


ROYALS 1ST: White singled to third; Brett flied out to left;
Otis walked [White to second]; Cowens singled to left [White
scored, Otis to third]; McRae grounded into a double play
(shortstop to first) [Cowens out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Dade singled to third; Harrah was hit by a pitch
[Dade to second]; Manning forced Dade (pitcher to third) [Harrah
to second]; Thornton grounded into a double play (third to
second to first) [Manning out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 1, Indians 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Porter was hit by a pitch; Wathan grounded out
(pitcher to first) [Porter to second]; Patek flied out to right;
Wilson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Bonds grounded out (third to first); Alexander
doubled to right; Kuiper flied out to center; Diaz walked;
Veryzer singled to left [Alexander scored, Diaz to second]; Dade
forced Diaz (third unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1,
Indians 1.

ROYALS 3RD: White singled to shortstop; Brett struck out; Otis
struck out; White stole second; Cowens singled to shortstop
[White to third]; McRae struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 1, Indians 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Harrah grounded out (second to first); Manning
singled to center; Thornton singled to left [Manning to third
(error by Wilson)]; Gura threw a wild pitch [Thornton to
second]; Bonds popped to second; Alexander grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Porter grounded out (pitcher to first); Wathan
popped to second; Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Kuiper was hit by a pitch; Diaz grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Kuiper out at second];
Veryzer reached on an error by Gura; Dade grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Wilson grounded out (second to first); White doubled
to left; Brett singled to center [White to third]; Otis popped
to first; Cowens struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1,
Indians 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Harrah flied out to left; Manning flied out to
center; Thornton singled to left; Bonds singled to right
[Thornton to second]; Alexander flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 1.

ROYALS 6TH: McRae doubled to left; Porter popped to second;
Wathan doubled to right [McRae scored]; Patek grounded out
(pitcher to first); Wilson flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 2, Indians 1.

INDIANS 6TH: On a bunt Kuiper singled to pitcher; Diaz out on a
sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Kuiper to second]; Veryzer
walked; Dade doubled to left [Kuiper scored, Veryzer to third];
Harrah was walked intentionally; Manning hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Veryzer scored]; PATTIN REPLACED GURA (PITCHING);
Thornton walked [Dade to third, Harrah to second]; Bonds lined
to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 2, Indians 3.

ROYALS 7TH: SPEED REPLACED DADE (PLAYING LF); White grounded out
(shortstop to first); Brett singled to right; Otis homered
[Brett scored]; Cowens popped to shortstop; McRae flied to right
in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Indians 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Alexander grounded out (first unassisted); Kuiper
singled to right; Diaz singled to left [Kuiper to third];
Veryzer hit a sacrifice fly to right [Kuiper scored]; Speed
singled to left [Diaz to third]; Harrah walked [Speed to
second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Manning flied out
to left; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 4, Indians 4.

ROYALS 8TH: Porter singled to left; MONGE REPLACED WAITS
(PITCHING); Wathan struck out; Patek struck out; Wilson was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Indians
4.

INDIANS 8TH: Thornton struck out; Bonds flied out to center;
Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 4, Indians 4.

ROYALS 9TH: White flied out to center; Brett flied out to left;
Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Indians 4.

INDIANS 9TH: Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); Diaz lined
to left; Veryzer popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Indians 4.

ROYALS 10TH: Cowens singled to center; Cowens stole second
[Cowens to third (error by Diaz)]; McRae hit a sacrifice fly to
left [Cowens scored (unearned)]; Porter popped to pitcher;
Wathan struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5,
Indians 4.

INDIANS 10TH: Speed flied out to center; Harrah doubled to left;
Manning was called out on strikes; Thornton struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Indians 4.