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Cleveland Guardians @ Kansas City Royals

1978-04-15 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 18110 · 47°F, night · Wind 17 mph · 2:54

Kansas City Royals defeated Cleveland Indians 6–5. Kansas City Royals put up 2 in the 7th. Marty Pattin earned the win and Al Hrabosky picked up the save. Clint Hurdle went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	5	11
KCA	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	0		6	14

W: Marty Pattin L: Mike Paxton SV: Al Hrabosky

Umpires — HP: Ken Kaiser · 1B: Mike Reilly · 2B: Bill Haller · 3B: Lou DiMuro · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Paul Dade	4	1	1	0	0	0
Duane Kuiper	4	0	0	1	0	1
Johnny Grubb	3	0	1	0	1	0
Andre Thornton	3	0	0	0	1	1
Willie Horton	3	1	2	1	1	0
Larvell Blanks	4	1	1	0	0	0
Buddy Bell	4	1	3	2	0	0
Rick Manning	4	1	1	1	0	0
Bo Diaz	3	0	2	0	0	0
Ron Pruitt	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ted Cox	1	0	0	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Willie Wilson	5	0	2	2	0	0
Hal McRae	4	1	2	1	0	0
George Brett	4	1	2	0	0	0
Al Cowens	3	1	1	0	1	0
Amos Otis	3	0	2	0	0	0
John Wathan	3	0	0	0	0	0
Clint Hurdle	4	1	2	2	0	1
Freddie Patek	4	1	1	0	0	0
Frank White	4	1	1	0	0	0
Darrell Porter	1	0	1	1	0	0
Pete LaCock	1	0	0	0	0	0

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Don Hood	5.0	11	0	1
Mike Paxton	3.0	3	1	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Steve Busby	3.1	6	2	1
Marty Pattin	3.2	5	1	0
Al Hrabosky	2.0	0	0	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Paul Dade: S8
Duane Kuiper: 53/SH.1-2
Johnny Grubb: S9.2-3
Andre Thornton: W.1-2
Willie Horton: FC6.3-H;2-3;1X2(6E4)(4)
Larvell Blanks: 6/P

Bot 1

Willie Wilson: 63
Hal McRae: HR/78
George Brett: D7
Al Cowens: S1.2-2
Amos Otis: 7
John Wathan: 9

Top 2

Buddy Bell: 9
Rick Manning: 43
Bo Diaz: S1
Paul Dade: 13

Bot 2

Clint Hurdle: K/C
Freddie Patek: D9
Frank White: 7.2-3
Willie Wilson: D7.3-H
Hal McRae: 4/P

Top 3

Duane Kuiper: 5/L
Johnny Grubb: 5/FL/P
Andre Thornton: K/C

Bot 3

George Brett: 3/G
Al Cowens: 3/P
Amos Otis: D7
John Wathan: 53

Top 4

Willie Horton: W
Larvell Blanks: S8.1-2
Buddy Bell: T/78.2-H;1-H
Rick Manning: S9.3-H
Bo Diaz: SB2
Bo Diaz: 9.2-3
Paul Dade: HP
Duane Kuiper: SB2
Duane Kuiper: FC.3-H;2-3
Johnny Grubb: SB2
Johnny Grubb: IW
Andre Thornton: 54(1)3/GDP

Bot 4

Clint Hurdle: 5/FL
Freddie Patek: 5/L
Frank White: D7
Willie Wilson: S7.2-H
Hal McRae: POCS2(13)

Top 5

Willie Horton: S9
Larvell Blanks: 36(1)/FO
Buddy Bell: S7.1-2
Rick Manning: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 5

Hal McRae: D7
George Brett: 9
Al Cowens: FC5.2X3(5)
Amos Otis: S7.1-2
John Wathan: 7

Top 6

Bo Diaz: S8
Paul Dade: 8/L
Duane Kuiper: 14(1)3/GDP

Bot 6

Clint Hurdle: HR8/78/IPHR
Freddie Patek: 63
Frank White: 31
Willie Wilson: 13

Top 7

Johnny Grubb: 7
Andre Thornton: 7
Willie Horton: D9
Larvell Blanks: 9

Bot 7

Hal McRae: 5/FL/P
George Brett: T7
Al Cowens: W
Darrell Porter: S9.3-H;1-3;B-2(E9)
Pete LaCock: 6/L
Clint Hurdle: S1.3-H;2XH(32)

Top 8

Buddy Bell: S1
Rick Manning: 1(B)3(1)/LDP
Ron Pruitt: 8

Bot 8

Freddie Patek: 8
Frank White: 63
Willie Wilson: 13

Top 9

Paul Dade: 9
Duane Kuiper: K
Ted Cox: 63

Notes & reviews

Andre Thornton safe but thought he was out; when he walked away he was tagged out
Amos Otis left with cramp in right hamstring muscle
Bo Diaz broke ankle on slide into 2B
Rick Manning and John Grubb collided

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