Kansas City Royals vs Cleveland Indians
August 1, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 1, 1978 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 1, Cleveland Indians 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Washington ss 4 0 1 0
Wathan 1b 3 0 1 0
  LaCock ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Cowens rf 4 0 1 0
Otis cf 4 1 1 0
McRae dh 3 0 0 0
  Wilson pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Porter c 4 0 0 0
Hurdle lf 3 0 1 0
Terrell 2b 3 0 1 0
Braun 3b 3 0 1 0
Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 7 0
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Norris 1b 2 0 1 0
Manning cf 3 1 1 0
Grubb lf 3 0 1 1
Alexander c 4 0 1 0
Carbo dh 3 0 0 0
  Bell ph,dh 1 0 1 1
  Dade pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 4 0 1 0
Kuiper 2b 4 0 0 0
Speed rf 3 0 1 0
Cox 3b 3 1 1 0
Clyde p 0 0 0 0
  Kern p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 2 8 2
Kansas City 010 000 000171
Cleveland 000 010 10x280
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale   6.0 5 1 1 6 2
  Mingori  L (1-3) 0.2 1 1 1 0 0
  Pattin   0.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky   1.1 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
8.0
8
2
2
7
5
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Clyde   6.2 7 1 1 1 2
  Kern  W (8-5) 2.1 0 0 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
7
1
1
2
5

  E–Braun (1).  DP–Kansas City 1, Cleveland 1.  PB–Porter (4).  2B–Cleveland Manning (21,off Mingori).  SH–Norris (2,off Gale).  SB–Otis (21,2nd base off Clyde/Alexander); Speed (1,2nd base off Gale/Porter).  CS–Wilson (10,2nd base by Kern/Alexander); Speed (3,2nd base by Gale/Porter).  WP–Clyde 2 (7).  BK–Clyde (1).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Marty Springstead, 2B–Rich Garcia, 3B–Jim Evans.  T–2:59.  A–8,236.
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