Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
April 16, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 16, 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 2

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dade rf 4 1 2 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 0 0
Grubb lf 3 0 0 1
Thornton 1b 3 0 0 0
Horton dh 4 0 1 0
Blanks ss 4 0 1 0
Bell 3b 4 0 1 0
Manning cf 3 0 0 0
Pruitt c 3 0 1 0
Garland p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 6 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 2 0 0 0
  LaCock ph,1b 1 0 0 0
McRae dh 2 0 1 0
Brett 3b 4 0 0 0
Cowens rf 4 1 1 0
Porter c 4 0 1 0
Otis cf 2 1 0 0
Hurdle 1b,lf 3 0 1 1
Patek ss 3 0 1 0
White 2b 2 0 1 1
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 27 2 6 2
Cleveland 000 100 000161
Kansas City 000 000 20x260
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Garland  L (1-2) 7.1 6 2 2 2 3
  Kern   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
2
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  W (2-1) 9.0 6 1 1 1 5
Totals
9.0
6
1
1
1
5

  E–Blanks (2).  DP–Cleveland 2.  2B–Cleveland Pruitt (1,off Leonard), Kansas City McRae (2,off Garland).  SF–Grubb (1,off Leonard).  SH–Wilson (2,off Garland); White (1,off Garland).  HBP–Otis (1,by Garland).  IBB–McRae (1,by Garland).  SB–Dade (2,2nd base off Leonard/Porter); McRae (1,2nd base off Garland/Pruitt); Cowens (2,2nd base off Garland/Pruitt).  WP–Leonard 2 (2).  HBP–Garland (1,Otis).  IBB–Garland (1,McRae).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:09.  A–17,655.
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