Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
April 27, 1979 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 27, 1979 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."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Cleveland Indians 7, Kansas City Royals 15

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Dade dh 4 2 1 0
Manning cf 5 1 2 1
Bonds rf 5 0 1 2
Thornton 1b 2 1 0 1
Alexander c 4 1 1 0
  Diaz c 0 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 2 0 1 1
Norris lf 4 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 4 1 2 1
Kuiper 2b 4 1 2 1
Garland p 0 0 0 0
  Barker p 0 0 0 0
  Cruz p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 7 10 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
White 2b 3 4 3 2
Brett 3b 6 2 2 2
Otis cf 4 3 1 1
Porter c 3 2 1 1
  Wathan c 0 0 0 0
Cowens rf 5 2 4 3
LaCock 1b 5 1 2 1
McRae dh 5 0 2 2
Hurdle lf 2 0 0 1
  Wilson lf 1 0 0 0
Patek ss 5 1 2 1
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 15 17 14
Cleveland 020 031 1007100
Kansas City 452 003 01x15171
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Garland  L (0-2) 1.1 6 8 8 4 1
  Barker   4.1 9 6 6 5 0
  Cruz   2.1 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
8.0
17
15
15
11
1
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (3-2) 5.0 6 5 5 3 1
  Rodriguez  SV (1) 4.0 4 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
7
7
4
2

  E–Patek (7).  DP–Cleveland 1, Kansas City 1.  PB–Alexander (3).  2B–Cleveland Harrah (3,off Splittorff); Bonds (5,off Splittorff); Manning (2,off Rodriguez), Kansas City McRae (6,off Cruz).  3B–Cleveland Kuiper (1,off Rodriguez), Kansas City Cowens (1,off Barker).  HR–Kansas City Brett (1,1st inning off Garland 1 on, 0 out); White (2,8th inning off Cruz 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Thornton (2,off Splittorff); Hurdle (2,off Barker).  IBB–Porter (1,by Garland).  CS–Kuiper (4,Home by Rodriguez/Porter).  SB–White 2 (5,2nd base off Garland/Alexander 2); Otis 2 (6,2nd base off Garland/Alexander 2); Patek (4,2nd base off Barker/Alexander).  WP–Barker (1).  IBB–Garland (1,Porter).  U-HP–Dick Nelson, 1B–Bob Jones, 2B–Don Schulte, 3B–Al Purduski.  T–2:49.  A–17,411.
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