In a Garrison finish, the Indians rallied for five runs in the bottom of the ninth to snare a victory from the Royals, 5-4. The winning outburst began with a single by Rick Manning. After a groundout, Bobby Bonds drew a walk and Al Hrabosky replaced Steve Busby on the hill for the Royals. After a wild pitch, a single by Duane Kuiper sent two runs home when rightfielder Al Cowens fumbled the ball. An infield hit by Gary Alexander plated another.

A single by Tom Veryzer drove home the tying marker and Eduardo Rodridguez came on to pitch for Hrabosky. A walk to Paul Dade filled the bases and after Toby Harrah struck out, Rodridguez was taken out in favor of Steve Mingori to face the lefthanded-hitting Manning. Mingori walked Manning on four pitches to force home the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 5, Kansas City Royals 4
Game Played on Sunday, May       6, 1979 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium
Royals       1  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   4  5  1
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  5  -   5  9  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White 2b              4   2   2   0     0   0   .297      Dade lf               4   0   0   0     1   0   .200
Brett 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .264      Harrah 3b             3   0   0   0     2   0   .182
Otis cf               3   1   0   0     0   1   .318      Manning cf            4   1   1   1     1   0   .250
Porter c              4   1   1   3     0   0   .337      Thornton 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .154
Cowens rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .299      Bonds rf              3   1   2   0     1   0   .290
LaCock 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .296      Cage dh               2   0   1   0     1   1   .182
McRae dh              3   0   0   0     0   2   .250        Alexander ph,dh     0   1   0   0     1   0   .208
Hurdle lf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .262      Kuiper 2b             4   0   2   1     0   0   .284
  Wilson lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .240        Norris pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .224
Patek ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .289      Diaz c                2   0   0   0     0   1   .182
Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Pruitt ph,c         2   0   1   1     0   0   .333
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Speed pr            0   1   0   0     0   0   .250
  Rodriguez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Veryzer ss            3   0   1   1     1   1   .215
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Paxton p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   4   5   3     0   4             Totals               31   5   9   4     8   3

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance: 16,352
Left on Base: Royals 2, Indians 8
DP: Royals 1, Indians 0
Errors: Cowens, Dade
Doubles: LaCock (7), Bonds (7)
Home Runs: Porter (4)
Stolen Bases: White (7)
Caught Stealing: Harrah (4), Kuiper (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Otis (2)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby                   8.1   6   2   2   5   3   0  32   1.53
Hrabosky L(3-1)         0     3   3   3   1   0   0   4   2.57
Rodriguez               0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   6.00
Mingori                 0     0   0   0   1   0   0   1   4.35
Totals                  8.2   9   5   5   8   3   0  39

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Paxton W(2-1)           9     5   4   3   0   4   1  33   6.00
Totals                  9     5   4   3   0   4   1  33

Wild Pitches: Hrabosky (1)

Umpires: HP - Bob Rice, 1B - Fred Spenn, 2B - Ted Theilander, 3B - Dale Davidson


ROYALS 1ST: White singled to third; White stole second; Brett
reached on an error by Dade [White scored (unearned) (no RBI),
Brett to second]; Otis out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Brett to third]; Porter flied out to center; Cowens
lined to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians
0.

INDIANS 1ST: Dade popped to first in foul territory; Harrah
walked; Manning flied out to left; Harrah was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Indians 0.

ROYALS 2ND: LaCock doubled to left; McRae popped to first;
Hurdle lined to right [LaCock to third]; Patek flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton popped to second in foul territory; Bonds
singled to center [Bonds out at second (center to first)]; Cage
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Indians 0.

ROYALS 3RD: White lined to left; Brett struck out; Otis popped
to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper singled to left; Kuiper was caught stealing
second (catcher to second); Diaz struck out; Veryzer was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Porter flied out to center; Cowens popped to second;
LaCock grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Dade grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah
lined to third; Manning lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Indians 0.

ROYALS 5TH: McRae struck out; Hurdle grounded out (second to
first); Patek lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Thornton singled to right; Bonds doubled to left
[Thornton to third]; Cage walked; Kuiper flied into a double
play (center to catcher) [Thornton out at home]; Diaz grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 0.

ROYALS 6TH: White singled to center; Brett singled to left
[White to second]; Otis forced Brett (shortstop to second)
[White to third]; Porter homered [White scored, Otis scored];
Cowens flied out to right; LaCock flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Veryzer popped to shortstop; Dade grounded out
(third to first); Harrah walked; Manning grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Indians 0.

ROYALS 7TH: McRae struck out; Hurdle grounded out (shortstop to
first); Patek flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 7TH: WILSON REPLACED HURDLE (PLAYING LF); Thornton
grounded out (third to first); Bonds grounded out (shortstop to
first); Cage singled to center; Kuiper lined to right; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Indians 0.

ROYALS 8TH: White flied out to center; Brett grounded out (first
to pitcher); Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 8TH: PRUITT BATTED FOR DIAZ; Pruitt popped to first in
foul territory; Veryzer walked; Dade forced Veryzer (pitcher to
shortstop); Harrah forced Dade (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Indians 0.

ROYALS 9TH: PRUITT STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Porter lined to
right; Cowens flied out to center; LaCock grounded out (second
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Indians 0.

INDIANS 9TH: Manning singled to right; Thornton grounded out
(third to first) [Manning to second]; Bonds walked; HRABOSKY
REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING); ALEXANDER BATTED FOR CAGE; Hrabosky
threw a wild pitch [Manning to third, Bonds to second];
Alexander walked; Kuiper singled to right [Manning scored, Bonds
scored (error by Cowens) (no RBI), Alexander to third]; NORRIS
RAN FOR KUIPER; Pruitt singled to first [Alexander scored,
Norris to second]; SPEED RAN FOR PRUITT; Veryzer singled to
center [Norris scored, Speed to second]; RODRIGUEZ REPLACED
HRABOSKY (PITCHING); Dade walked [Speed to third, Veryzer to
second]; Harrah popped to third; MINGORI REPLACED RODRIGUEZ
(PITCHING); Manning walked [Speed scored, Veryzer to third, Dade
to second]; 5 R, 4 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 4, Indians 5.