Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
April 14, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 14, 1978 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Cleveland Indians 1, Kansas City Royals 3

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dade rf 4 0 2 1
Kuiper 2b 3 0 1 0
Grubb lf 3 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 3 0 1 0
Horton dh 4 0 0 0
Blanks ss 4 0 0 0
Bell 3b 4 1 2 0
Manning cf 4 0 1 0
Diaz c 3 0 0 0
  Norris ph 1 0 0 0
Wise p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 1 7 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 0 0 0
Poquette rf 4 0 1 0
Brett 3b 4 1 1 0
McRae dh 3 1 2 1
Porter c 4 1 2 1
Otis cf 4 0 2 1
Hurdle 1b 4 0 0 0
  LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0
Patek ss 3 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 0 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 3 8 3
Cleveland 000 010 000172
Kansas City 000 210 00x381
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Wise  L (0-2) 8.0 8 3 2 1 3
Totals
8.0
8
3
2
1
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (2-0) 7.0 6 1 1 2 3
  Mingori   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Bird  SV (1) 1.2 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
3
4

  E–Kuiper (1), Blanks (1), Hurdle (2).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Cleveland Dade (3,off Splittorff); Thornton (1,off Splittorff); Bell (3,off Splittorff), Kansas City Otis (2,off Wise).  3B–Kansas City Otis (1,off Wise).  HR–Kansas City McRae (2,4th inning off Wise 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Manning (1,3rd base off Splittorff/Porter); Patek (1,2nd base off Wise/Diaz).  BK–Bird (1).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:21.  A–17,526.
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