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Kansas City Royals @ Cleveland Guardians

1979-05-05 · Day game · Cleveland Stadium · Att: 9529 · 51°F · 2:53

Kansas City Royals defeated Cleveland Indians 3–2. Kansas City Royals put up 2 in the 7th. Rich Gale earned the win and Al Hrabosky picked up the save. Hal McRae went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Line score

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

W: Rich Gale L: Rick Wise SV: Al Hrabosky

Umpires — HP: Don Schirmer · 1B: Bob Rice · 2B: Fred Spenn · 3B: Dale Davidson · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

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

Cleveland Guardians — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Paul Dade	4	1	1	0	1	0
Toby Harrah	5	0	1	1	0	0
Rick Manning	4	0	2	0	0	0
Andre Thornton	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Bonds	3	0	0	0	1	2
Gary Alexander	4	0	0	0	0	4
Duane Kuiper	4	0	0	0	0	0
Bo Diaz	2	0	0	0	0	1
Tom Veryzer	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ron Pruitt	1	1	1	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rich Gale	7.0	3	3	5
Al Hrabosky	2.0	3	0	2

Cleveland Guardians — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Rick Wise	9.0	4	1	4

Play-by-play

Top 1

Frank White: K
George Brett: 9
Amos Otis: 9/L

Bot 1

Paul Dade: 43
Toby Harrah: 63
Rick Manning: S8
Andre Thornton: 4/P

Top 2

Darrell Porter: 9/L
Al Cowens: 3/G
Pete LaCock: 8

Bot 2

Bobby Bonds: W
Gary Alexander: K
Duane Kuiper: 53.1-2
Bo Diaz: K

Top 3

Hal McRae: S7
Clint Hurdle: SB2
Clint Hurdle: 8.2-3
Freddie Patek: K
Frank White: 63

Bot 3

Tom Veryzer: 8
Paul Dade: E6
Toby Harrah: 9
Rick Manning: S7.1-3
Andre Thornton: 7/L

Top 4

George Brett: 53
Amos Otis: 4/P
Darrell Porter: 3/L

Bot 4

Bobby Bonds: K/C
Gary Alexander: K
Duane Kuiper: 53

Top 5

Al Cowens: E5
Pete LaCock: CS2(24)
Pete LaCock: K/C
Hal McRae: HR/7
Clint Hurdle: S8
Freddie Patek: 54(1)/FO

Bot 5

Bo Diaz: 43
Tom Veryzer: 5/FL/P
Paul Dade: 43

Top 6

Frank White: 7/L
George Brett: 7
Amos Otis: W
Darrell Porter: SB2
Darrell Porter: 7

Bot 6

Toby Harrah: 5/FL/P
Rick Manning: 8
Andre Thornton: 8

Top 7

Al Cowens: K
Pete LaCock: 9
Hal McRae: E6
Clint Hurdle: E4.1-H(NR)(UR);B-H(E2/TH)(NR)(UR)
Freddie Patek: 63

Bot 7

Bobby Bonds: 8
Gary Alexander: K
Duane Kuiper: 43

Top 8

Frank White: 3/P
George Brett: 43
Amos Otis: 63

Bot 8

Ron Pruitt: W
Tom Veryzer: E5.1-2
Paul Dade: W.2-3;1-2
Toby Harrah: S8.3-H(UR);2-3;1-2
Rick Manning: 4/P
Andre Thornton: 12(3)/FO.2-H(E2/TH1)(UR)(NR);1-3
Bobby Bonds: K

Top 9

Darrell Porter: S8
Al Cowens: CS2(24)
Al Cowens: 3/BG
Pete LaCock: 31

Bot 9

Gary Alexander: K
Duane Kuiper: 3/G
Ron Pruitt: S7
Tom Veryzer: S8.1-2
Paul Dade: S5.2-3;1-2
Toby Harrah: 7

Notes & reviews

Bo Diaz argued the call at HP on Hal McRae and was ejected by HP umpire Don Schirmer; Diaz threw the ball into KC dugout allowing Clint Hurdle to score
George Brett and Royals Manager Whitey Herzog ejected by 1B umpire Bob Rice

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