Paul Splittorff, who ended the 1977 season with eight straight victories, made it nine in a row when the Royals defeated the Indians, 3-1. Splittorff pitched seven innings and limited the Indians to six hits.

The Royals took command in the fourth when Hal McRae homered, Darrell Porter singled and Amos Otis tripled. After the Indians picked up their lone run on a double by Buddy Bell and single by Paul Dade in the fifth, the Royals added an insurance tally in their half on an RBI single by Porter. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 3, Cleveland Indians 1

Game Played on Friday, April 14, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Indians 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 2 Royals 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 x - 3 8 1 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dade rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .409 Wilson lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Kuiper 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .238 Poquette rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .167 Grubb lf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .222 Brett 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .167 Thornton 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .294 McRae dh 3 1 2 1 1 0 .278 Horton dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Porter c 4 1 2 1 0 1 .389 Blanks ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Otis cf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .313 Bell 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .368 Hurdle 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .176 Manning cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .111 LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Diaz c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Patek ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Norris ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .154 Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 1 7 1 3 4 Totals 33 3 8 3 1 3 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 17,526 Left on Base: Indians 8, Royals 7 DP: Indians 0, Royals 1 Errors: Kuiper, Blanks, Hurdle Doubles: Dade (3), Thornton (1), Bell (3), Otis (2) Triples: Otis (1) Home Runs: McRae (2) Stolen Bases: Manning (1), Patek (1) GIDP: Horton (2) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wise L(0-2) 8 8 3 2 1 3 1 34 3.38 Totals 8 8 3 2 1 3 1 34 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff W(2-0) 7 6 1 1 2 3 0 28 1.76 Mingori 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.00 Bird SV(1) 1.2 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 7.36 Totals 9 7 1 1 3 4 0 36 Balks: Bird (1) Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Haller INDIANS 1ST: Dade flied out to right; Kuiper singled to right; Grubb struck out; Thornton grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Wilson flied out to left; Poquette popped to third; Brett singled to right; McRae singled to center [Brett to third]; Porter grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 0. INDIANS 2ND: Horton grounded out (third to first); Blanks flied out to right; Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Otis doubled to right; Hurdle grounded out (second to first) [Otis to third]; Patek reached on a fielder's choice [Otis out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; Patek stole second; White flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 0. INDIANS 3RD: Manning popped to third; Diaz grounded out (third to first); Dade doubled to right [Dade out at third (right to third)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Wilson grounded out (pitcher to first); Poquette popped to shortstop; Brett flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 0. INDIANS 4TH: Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Grubb walked; Thornton doubled to left [Grubb to third]; Horton struck out; Blanks flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: McRae homered; Porter singled to right; Otis tripled to center [Porter scored]; Hurdle lined to shortstop; Patek popped to second; White was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 2. INDIANS 5TH: Bell doubled to center; Manning was called out on strikes; Diaz grounded out (pitcher to second to first) [Bell to third]; Dade singled to right [Bell scored]; Kuiper walked [Dade to second]; Grubb grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 2. ROYALS 5TH: Wilson flied out to center; Poquette reached on an error by Kuiper; Brett forced Poquette (pitcher to shortstop) [Brett to second (error by Blanks)]; McRae walked; Porter singled to left [Brett scored (unearned), McRae to third]; Otis grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 3. INDIANS 6TH: Thornton grounded out (third to first); Horton grounded out (shortstop to first); Blanks grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 3. ROYALS 6TH: Hurdle popped to second; Patek popped to catcher in foul territory; White lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 3. INDIANS 7TH: Bell grounded out (third to first); Manning singled to right; Diaz grounded out (shortstop to first) [Manning to second]; Manning stole third; Dade flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 3. ROYALS 7TH: Wilson grounded out (third to first); Poquette singled to center; Brett popped to third in foul territory; McRae flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 3. INDIANS 8TH: MINGORI REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Kuiper reached on an error by Hurdle; Grubb struck out; BIRD REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Bird balked [Kuiper to second]; Thornton walked; Horton grounded into a double play (second to first) [Thornton out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 3. ROYALS 8TH: Porter was called out on strikes; Otis struck out; Hurdle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 3. INDIANS 9TH: LACOCK REPLACED HURDLE (PLAYING 1B); Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first); Bell singled to right; Manning flied out to right; NORRIS BATTED FOR DIAZ; Norris grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 3.

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