Airtight relief pitching by Sid Monge enabled the Indians to gain a 2-1 triumph over the Royals. Monge came on in the ninth inning with one run in, the bases loaded and none out and prevented further scoring. The Tribe got both its runs in the first inning on a single by Jim Norris, an error by Dennis Leonard on a sacrifice bunt, a single by Andre Thornton and sacrifice fly by Cliff Johnson. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 2, Kansas City Royals 1
Game Played on Thursday, July      19, 1979 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Indians      2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  0
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  7  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Norris cf             4   1   3   0     0   0   .248      Wilson lf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .310
Harrah 3b             3   1   0   0     0   1   .289      Brett 3b              4   1   1   0     0   0   .318
Bonds rf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .293      Cowens rf             3   0   2   0     1   0   .314
Thornton 1b           3   0   1   1     1   0   .229      Porter c              4   0   1   1     0   1   .306
Johnson dh            3   0   0   1     0   0   .294      Otis cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .298
Hassey c              3   0   0   0     1   0   .244      LaCock dh             3   0   0   0     0   0   .275
Hargrove lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .203        Wathan ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .243
  Alston lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Scott 1b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .245
Kuiper 2b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .242      White 2b              2   0   0   0     0   1   .262
Veryzer ss            3   0   0   0     0   0   .228        Braun ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .263
Wise p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Washington pr,2b    1   0   0   0     0   1   .252
  Cruz p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Cruz ss               2   0   1   0     0   0   .213
  Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Quirk ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .303
                                                            Patek ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .242
                                                          Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   2   5   2     2   2             Totals               34   1   7   1     1   5

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 24,046
Left on Base: Indians 5, Royals 7
DP: Indians 0, Royals 0
Errors: Leonard
Triples: Norris (4)
Stolen Bases: Washington (5)
Caught Stealing: Norris (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Harrah (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Johnson (2)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wise W(9-5)             8     6   1   1   1   4   0  31   3.32
Cruz                    0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.35
Monge SV(10)            1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   2.10
Totals                  9     7   1   1   1   5   0  35

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard L(5-7)          9     5   2   1   2   2   0  34   4.24
Totals                  9     5   2   1   2   2   0  34

Wild Pitches: Leonard (5)

Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Mike Reilly


INDIANS 1ST: Norris singled to left; Harrah reached on an error
by Leonard on a sacrifice bunt [Norris to second]; Bonds struck
out; Thornton singled to left [Norris scored, Harrah to second];
Leonard threw a wild pitch [Harrah to third, Thornton to
second]; Johnson hit a sacrifice fly to right [Harrah scored
(unearned), Thornton to third]; Hassey walked; Hargrove lined to
shortstop; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: On a bunt Wilson made an out to pitcher; Brett flied
out to right; Cowens singled to center; Porter lined to center;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Kuiper lined to second; Veryzer flied out to
center; Norris singled to center; Norris was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Otis lined to second; LaCock flied out to left;
Scott flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2,
Royals 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Bonds
grounded out (third to first); Thornton grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: White struck out; Cruz singled to left; Wilson flied
out to right; Brett forced Cruz (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Johnson flied to left in foul territory; Hassey
popped to shortstop; Hargrove grounded out (first to pitcher); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Cowens grounded out (pitcher to first); Porter
struck out; Otis popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 0.

INDIANS 5TH: Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Veryzer
grounded out (shortstop to first); Norris grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: LaCock popped to shortstop in foul territory; Scott
flied out to center; White popped to first in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 0.

INDIANS 6TH: Harrah grounded out (second to first); Bonds flied
out to center; Thornton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Cruz flied out to left; Wilson lined to right; Brett
popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 0.

INDIANS 7TH: Johnson popped to second; Hassey grounded out
(second to first); Hargrove flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 7TH: ALSTON REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING LF); Cowens
singled to right; Porter flied out to left; Otis flied out to
right; LaCock forced Cowens (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 0.

INDIANS 8TH: Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Veryzer
grounded out (third to first); Norris tripled to center; Harrah
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 2,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 8TH: Scott was called out on strikes; BRAUN BATTED FOR
WHITE; Braun singled to center; WASHINGTON RAN FOR BRAUN; QUIRK
BATTED FOR CRUZ; Quirk struck out; Washington stole second;
Wilson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 2, Royals 0.

INDIANS 9TH: WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); PATEK
REPLACED QUIRK (PLAYING SS); Bonds singled to left; Thornton
walked [Bonds to second]; Johnson flied out to left; Hassey
popped to third; Alston lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 9TH: Brett singled to center; Cowens walked [Brett to
second]; Porter singled to center [Brett scored, Cowens to
second]; CRUZ REPLACED WISE (PITCHING); On a bunt Otis singled
[Cowens to third, Porter to second]; MONGE REPLACED CRUZ
(PITCHING); WATHAN BATTED FOR LACOCK; Wathan popped to second;
Scott lined to shortstop; Washington struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 1.