The first career grand-slam homer by Paul Dade propelled the Indians to a 6-5 decision over the Blue Jays. The big blast came with one out in the fourth and the Tribe trailing, 3-2. Willie Horton and Horace Speed singled and Duane Kuiper beat out an infield hit before Dade lashed a 1-2 pitch into the left field seats. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 6, Toronto Blue Jays 5

Game Played on Tuesday, April 25, 1978 (Day game) at Exhibition Stadium

Indians 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 10 1 Blue Jays 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 5 10 1 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Blue Jays AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dade rf 5 2 2 4 0 0 .339 Bosetti cf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .261 Cox lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .154 Bailor rf,lf 4 1 1 1 1 0 .380 Grubb lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Howell 3b 5 1 1 1 0 0 .323 Bell 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .411 Carty dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .246 Thornton 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .300 Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .246 Blanks ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .271 Hutton lf 1 1 1 0 2 0 .243 Horton dh 3 1 1 0 0 0 .277 Velez ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 Pruitt c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .225 Cerone c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .250 Speed cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .200 Iorg 2b 3 0 0 1 0 0 .207 Kuiper 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .228 Gomez ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .167 Garland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ault ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .353 Kinney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Garvin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 6 10 6 2 3 Totals 35 5 10 5 3 1 Time of Game: 2:10 Attendance: 11,348 Left on Base: Indians 5, Blue Jays 7 DP: Indians 1, Blue Jays 2 Errors: Kuiper, Howell Doubles: Dade (6), Bell (5), Blanks (7), Bailor (4), Howell (4), Cerone (2) Triples: Mayberry (1) Home Runs: Dade (2), Carty (3) Stolen Bases: Bosetti (1) Caught Stealing: Cox (1), Cerone (1) Sacrifice Flies: Iorg (1) GIDP: Blanks (2), Speed (1), Bosetti (1) Hit by Pitch: Horton (1,by Garvin) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Garland W(2-2) 5 8 5 5 2 0 1 25 7.07 Kinney SV(2) 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 14 2.89 Totals 9 10 5 5 3 1 1 39 Blue Jays IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Garvin L(1-1) 6 8 6 6 1 2 1 29 5.84 Willis 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 9 2.92 Totals 9 10 6 6 2 3 1 38 Hit by Pitch: Garvin (1) Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Terry Cooney INDIANS 1ST: Dade doubled to right; Cox flied out to right [Dade to third]; Bell doubled to right [Dade scored]; Thornton lined to third; Blanks doubled to left [Bell scored]; Horton was hit by a pitch; Pruitt lined to third; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 2, Blue Jays 0. BLUE JAYS 1ST: Bosetti singled to left; Bailor doubled to right [Bosetti scored]; Howell doubled to left [Bailor scored]; Carty flied out to right [Howell to third]; Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted) [Howell scored]; Hutton walked; Cerone grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Blue Jays 3. INDIANS 2ND: Speed flied out to right; Kuiper grounded out (first unassisted); Dade grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 2ND: Iorg lined to left; Gomez grounded out (first unassisted); Bosetti singled to pitcher; Bosetti stole second; Bailor flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Blue Jays 3. INDIANS 3RD: Cox walked; Bell flied out to center; Thornton popped to first in foul territory; Blanks flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 3RD: Howell grounded out (second to first); Carty grounded out (third to first); Mayberry grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Blue Jays 3. INDIANS 4TH: Horton singled to right; Pruitt struck out; Speed singled to left [Horton to second]; Kuiper singled to right [Horton to third, Speed to second]; Dade homered [Horton scored, Speed scored, Kuiper scored]; Cox grounded out (pitcher unassisted); Bell reached on an error by Howell; Thornton flied out to center; 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Blue Jays 3. BLUE JAYS 4TH: Hutton singled to left; Cerone doubled to left [Hutton to third]; Iorg hit a sacrifice fly to right [Hutton scored]; Gomez flied out to center; Bosetti grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Blue Jays 4. INDIANS 5TH: Blanks flied out to center; Horton grounded out (second to first); Pruitt popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Blue Jays 4. BLUE JAYS 5TH: Bailor grounded out (shortstop to first); Howell popped to third; Carty homered; Mayberry tripled to right; Hutton walked; Cerone grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 6, Blue Jays 5. INDIANS 6TH: Speed struck out; Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Dade grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Blue Jays 5. BLUE JAYS 6TH: KINNEY REPLACED GARLAND (PITCHING); Iorg flied out to left; Gomez singled to center; Bosetti grounded into a double play (first to shortstop) [Gomez out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Blue Jays 5. INDIANS 7TH: Cox singled to center; WILLIS REPLACED GARVIN (PITCHING); Cox was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Bell singled to pitcher; Thornton singled to left [Bell to second]; Blanks grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Thornton out at second]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Blue Jays 5. BLUE JAYS 7TH: Bailor flied out to right; Howell reached on an error by Kuiper; Carty flied out to right; Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Blue Jays 5. INDIANS 8TH: Horton flied out to center; Pruitt walked; Speed grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Pruitt out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Blue Jays 5. BLUE JAYS 8TH: GRUBB REPLACED COX (PLAYING LF); VELEZ BATTED FOR HUTTON; Velez flied out to center; Cerone singled to right; Cerone was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Iorg grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Blue Jays 5. INDIANS 9TH: BAILOR CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); VELEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Kuiper struck out; Dade grounded out (first unassisted); Grubb flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Blue Jays 5. BLUE JAYS 9TH: AULT BATTED FOR GOMEZ; Ault popped to second; Bosetti popped to catcher in foul territory; Bailor walked; Howell grounded out (third to first); Jerry Garvin: 99 pitches (64 strikes); Mike Willis: 36 pitches; Wayne Garland: 73 pitches; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Blue Jays 5.

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