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. Cleveland Indians 5, Kansas City Royals 4Game Played on Sunday, May 6, 1979 (Day game) at Cleveland StadiumRoyals 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. |
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