A sacrifice fly that Bobby Bonds dropped in right field allowed two runs to score and resulted in the Indians losing to the Orioles, 3-2. The Orioles trailed, 1-0, going into the bottom of the eighth inning when Al Bumbry drew a one-out walk, stole second and reached third on a throwing error by catcher Gary Alexander.

After Kiko Garcia walked, Ken Singleton lined a fly to Bonds, who dropped it as Bumbry and Garcia scored. After Eddie Murray was retired, a double by Gary Roenicke produced the third run of the inning. [The Sporting News]

Baltimore Orioles 3, Cleveland Indians 2

Game Played on Monday, June 25, 1979 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Indians      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   2  3  2
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  3  x  -   3  6  2


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bonds rf              3   0   0   0     1   2   .307      Bumbry cf             2   1   1   0     2   0   .285
Harrah 3b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Garcia ss             3   1   2   0     1   0   .262
Manning cf            4   1   2   0     0   0   .263      Singleton rf          3   1   0   1     0   2   .315
Thornton 1b           3   1   1   1     1   1   .240        Skaggs c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .211
Johnson dh            3   0   0   0     0   0   .262      Murray 1b             3   0   0   0     1   2   .278
  Rosello pr,dh       0   0   0   0     0   0   .313      Roenicke lf           4   0   2   1     0   2   .297
Hargrove lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .197      DeCinces 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .225
  Speed lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143      May dh                3   0   0   0     0   2   .291
  Norris ph           0   0   0   1     0   0   .228      Dauer 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .265
Alexander c           3   0   0   0     1   2   .208      Dempsey c             2   0   0   0     0   0   .266
Kuiper 2b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .267        Lowenstein ph,rf    1   0   0   0     0   0   .293
Veryzer ss            2   0   0   0     1   0   .233      Stone p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Garland p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Stanhouse p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cruz p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   2   3   2     4   5             Totals               28   3   6   2     4   8

Time of Game: 2:49   Attendance: 16,497
Left on Base: Indians 6, Orioles 6
DP: Indians 1, Orioles 0
Errors: Bonds, Alexander, Garcia, Murray
Doubles: Roenicke 2 (7)
Home Runs: Thornton (9)
Stolen Bases: Bumbry 2 (17), Garcia (5)
Caught Stealing: Harrah (7), Bonds (12), Bumbry (9)
Sacrifice Flies: Norris (2), Singleton (5)
GIDP: Dauer (11)
Hit by Pitch: Johnson (1,by Stanhouse)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Garland L(3-8)          7.2   5   3   0   4   8   0  31   5.31
Cruz                    0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.19
Totals                  8     6   3   0   4   8   0  33

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Stone W(5-5)            8     3   2   2   3   4   1  30   4.14
Stanhouse SV(7)         1     0   0   0   1   1   0   5   2.70
Totals                  9     3   2   2   4   5   1  35

Hit by Pitch: Stanhouse (1)

Umpires: HP - Dallas Parks, 1B - Dan Morrison, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Durwood Merrill


INDIANS 1ST: Orioles Manager Earl Weaver ejected by HP umpire
Dallas Parks sometime in game; Bonds struck out; On a bunt
Harrah reached on an error by Murray (assist by Dempsey); Harrah
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Manning
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry flied out to center; Garcia singled to
center; Singleton struck out; Murray walked [Garcia to second];
Roenicke struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Orioles 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton homered; Johnson grounded out (shortstop
to first); Hargrove grounded out (shortstop to first); Alexander
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: DeCinces grounded out (shortstop to first); May
struck out; Dauer made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Orioles 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper lined to shortstop; Veryzer reached on an
error by Garcia; Bonds flied out to left; Harrah grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Dempsey grounded out (first unassisted); Bumbry
walked; Garcia flied out to left; Bumbry was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1,
Orioles 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Manning singled to right; Thornton forced Manning
(third to second); Johnson made an out to shortstop; Hargrove
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton grounded out (first unassisted); Murray
struck out; Roenicke was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Alexander struck out; Kuiper grounded out (first to
pitcher); Veryzer grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces made an out to shortstop; May flied out to
left; Dauer made an out to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
1, Orioles 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Bonds walked; Bonds was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); Harrah grounded out (third to first);
Manning flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Dempsey flied out to right; Bumbry singled to
right; Bumbry stole second; Garcia singled to shortstop [Bumbry
stayed at second]; Singleton struck out; Murray struck out; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Thornton struck out; Johnson grounded out (third to
first); Hargrove lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: Roenicke doubled to left; DeCinces singled to left
[Roenicke to third]; May struck out; Dauer grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [DeCinces out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 0.

INDIANS 8TH: Alexander walked; Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to
first) [Alexander to second]; Veryzer walked; Bonds struck out;
Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 1, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 8TH: SPEED REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING LF); LOWENSTEIN
BATTED FOR DEMPSEY; Lowenstein flied out to center; Bumbry
walked; Bumbry stole second [Bumbry to third (error by
Alexander)]; Garcia walked; Garcia stole second; Singleton
reached on an error by Bonds on a sacrifice fly [Bumbry scored
(unearned), Garcia scored (unearned) (no RBI), Singleton to
second]; Murray grounded out (second to pitcher) [Singleton to
third]; CRUZ REPLACED GARLAND (PITCHING); Roenicke doubled to
left [Singleton scored (unearned)]; DeCinces lined to third; 3 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Orioles 3.

INDIANS 9TH: LOWENSTEIN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); SKAGGS
REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING C ); Manning singled to center;
STANHOUSE REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Thornton walked [Manning to
second]; Johnson was hit by a pitch [Manning to third, Thornton
to second]; ROSELLO RAN FOR JOHNSON; NORRIS BATTED FOR SPEED;
Norris hit a sacrifice fly to left [Manning scored]; Alexander
struck out; Kuiper lined to pitcher; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 2, Orioles 3.

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