Paul Splittorff and Dan Quisenberry combined on a five-hitter as the Royals defeated the Indians, 5-1. Splittorff yielded four hits in 6 2/3 innings and Quisenberry finished up to record his fifth save. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, Cleveland Indians 1
Game Played on Saturday, April     24, 1982 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  5  1
Royals       1  2  0    0  0  0    0  2  x  -   5  8  1


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bannister cf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .310      Poquette lf           3   1   0   0     0   0   .178
Harrah 3b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .420      Wathan c              4   0   2   1     0   0   .263
Hargrove 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .292      Brett 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .236
Thornton dh           3   0   0   0     1   0   .353      Otis cf               3   0   1   0     1   1   .327
McBride rf            4   1   1   0     0   1   .394      McRae dh              3   0   1   1     0   0   .250
Charboneau lf         3   0   0   0     0   1   .167      May 1b                3   0   0   0     0   1   .389
  Hayes lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .190        Werth 1b            0   1   0   0     1   0   .000
Bando c               3   0   1   1     0   0   .179      Martin rf             4   1   1   2     0   1   .356
Perconte 2b           2   0   0   0     0   1   .200      White 2b              4   1   1   0     0   2   .289
  Craig ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Washington ss         4   1   1   1     0   0   .191
  Fischlin 2b         0   0   0   0     0   0  1.000      Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Dybzinski ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .286        Quisenberry p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Denny p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   1   5   1     1   3             Totals               32   5   8   5     2   6

Time of Game: 2:20   Attendance: 25,065
Left on Base: Indians 4, Royals 7
DP: Indians 1, Royals 2
Errors: Harrah, Quisenberry
Doubles: Bando (1), Washington (1), Otis (8), Brett (5)
Triples: White (1)
Home Runs: Martin (3)
Stolen Bases: McBride (2)
Caught Stealing: Thornton (1)
GIDP: Martin (1)
Hit by Pitch: Harrah (2,by Splittorff), Poquette (1,by Denny), McRae (1,by Denny)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Denny L(2-1)            8     8   5   5   2   6   1  36   3.68
Totals                  8     8   5   5   2   6   1  36

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(1-0)       6.2   4   1   1   1   3   0  25   1.72
Quisenberry SV(5)       2.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   7   1.38
Totals                  9     5   1   1   1   3   0  32

Hit by Pitch: Denny 2 (2), Splittorff (1)
Wild Pitches: Denny (3)

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Ted Hendry


INDIANS 1ST: Bannister grounded out (pitcher to first); Harrah
grounded out (third to first); Hargrove flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Poquette was hit by a pitch; Wathan singled to right
[Poquette to third]; Denny threw a wild pitch [Wathan to
second]; Brett struck out; Otis was walked intentionally; McRae
was hit by a pitch [Poquette scored, Wathan to third, Otis to
second]; May struck out; Martin forced McRae (shortstop to
second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 1.

INDIANS 2ND: Thornton walked; McBride struck out while Thornton
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Charboneau
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 2ND: White tripled to right; Washington doubled to center
[White scored]; Poquette flied out to right; Wathan singled to
center [Washington scored, Wathan to second]; Brett flied out to
center; Otis flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
0, Royals 3.

INDIANS 3RD: Bando popped to first in foul territory; Perconte
popped to third in foul territory; Dybzinski grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 3.

ROYALS 3RD: McRae singled to left; May reached on an error by
Harrah [McRae to second, May to first]; Martin grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [McRae to third, May
out at second]; White grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Bannister flied out to right; Harrah was hit by a
pitch; Hargrove flied out to center; Thornton forced Harrah
(third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 3.

ROYALS 4TH: Washington grounded out (pitcher to first); Poquette
flied out to center; Wathan grounded out (third to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 3.

INDIANS 5TH: McBride singled to shortstop; McBride stole second;
Charboneau flied out to right [McBride to third]; Bando grounded
out (shortstop to first) [McBride scored]; Perconte was called
out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Brett grounded out (second to first); Otis doubled
to left; McRae grounded out (third to first); May grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Royals 3.

INDIANS 6TH: Dybzinski flied to right in foul territory;
Bannister singled to shortstop; Harrah singled to left
[Bannister to second]; Hargrove grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Bannister to third, Harrah to second]; Thornton grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Martin struck out; White struck out; Washington
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Royals 3.

INDIANS 7TH: WERTH REPLACED MAY (PLAYING 1B); McBride grounded
out (first unassisted); Charboneau was called out on strikes;
Bando doubled to left; QUISENBERRY REPLACED SPLITTORFF
(PITCHING); CRAIG BATTED FOR PERCONTE; Bando was picked off
second but was safe on an error by Quisenberry [Bando to third];
Craig grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 7TH: HAYES REPLACED CHARBONEAU (PLAYING LF); FISCHLIN
REPLACED CRAIG (PLAYING 2B); Poquette grounded out (pitcher to
first); Wathan grounded out (pitcher to first); Brett doubled to
right; Otis was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 1, Royals 3.

INDIANS 8TH: Dybzinski grounded out (pitcher to first);
Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah flied out to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 8TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Werth
walked; Martin homered [Werth scored]; White struck out;
Washington flied out to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians
1, Royals 5.

INDIANS 9TH: Hargrove singled to right; Thornton lined into a
double play (pitcher to first) [Hargrove out at first]; McBride
lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Royals 5.