The Indians took advantage of Mariners' errors to erase a 4-1 deficit and come away with a 5-4 triumph. With two out in the Tribe seventh, Mariner shortstop Craig Reynolds let Duane Kuiper's grounder go through him to permit one run to score and his wild throw on pinch-hitter Paul Dade's grounder let the Indians' third and fourth runs cross the plate to tie the game. In the bottom of the ninth, the Indians scored the game-winner when Larvell Blanks singled, advanced to second on a walk and scored on Mike Vail's liner over third with two out. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 5, Seattle Mariners 4

Game Played on Tuesday, May 9, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

Mariners 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 - 4 7 2 Indians 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 - 5 8 2 Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cruz 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .290 Manning cf 2 1 2 0 1 0 .231 Bochte lf 4 0 1 1 1 2 .288 Vail ph,rf 2 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 Roberts rf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .298 Norris rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .320 Hale pr,rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .102 Dade ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .284 Stanton dh 5 0 2 2 0 2 .215 Bell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .343 Stein 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .220 Thornton 1b 3 0 1 1 1 1 .247 Ruppert Jones cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .216 Grubb lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Meyer 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .179 Horton dh 2 0 0 0 2 1 .309 Stinson c 2 1 0 0 1 0 .286 Blanks ss 4 2 2 0 0 0 .247 Reynolds ss 3 2 1 0 1 2 .338 Hassey c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .235 McLaughlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pruitt ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .229 Rawley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kuiper 2b 3 1 0 0 0 1 .240 Cox ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Hood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kinney p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 4 7 3 6 11 Totals 32 5 8 2 5 6 Time of Game: 2:41 Attendance: 3,515 Left on Base: Mariners 9, Indians 6 DP: Mariners 2, Indians 0 Errors: Reynolds 2, Bell 2 Doubles: Bochte (6), Manning (5), Vail (1) Stolen Bases: Cruz (9), Horton (2), Manning (4) Caught Stealing: Thornton (2), Dade (3) Sacrifice Hits: Cruz (2), Stinson (1) GIDP: Norris (2), Blanks (4) Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McLaughlin 6.2 5 3 1 4 4 0 27 5.87 Rawley L(0-2) 2 3 2 1 1 2 0 10 2.96 Totals 8.2 8 5 2 5 6 0 37 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hood 6.1 6 4 3 5 7 0 31 4.50 Kinney 1.1 0 0 0 1 2 0 5 3.78 Kern W(3-1) 1.1 1 0 0 0 2 0 4 7.30 Totals 9 7 4 3 6 11 0 40 Wild Pitches: McLaughlin (1) Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Vic Voltaggio MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (third to first); Bochte struck out; Roberts walked; Stanton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Manning singled to center; Norris grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Manning out at second]; Bell singled to center; Thornton walked [Bell to second]; Grubb flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 0, Indians 0. MARINERS 2ND: Stein grounded out (pitcher to first); Ruppert Jones struck out; Meyer struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Horton walked; Blanks flied out to right; Horton stole second; Hassey struck out; Kuiper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Indians 0. MARINERS 3RD: Stinson grounded out (shortstop to first); Reynolds walked; Cruz flied out to center; Bochte doubled to center [Reynolds scored]; Roberts grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Manning walked; Manning stole second; Norris grounded out (second to first) [Manning to third]; Bell flied out to left; Thornton singled [Manning scored]; Thornton was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Indians 1. MARINERS 4TH: Stanton grounded out (pitcher to first); Stein flied out to right; Ruppert Jones singled to right; Meyer grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 1, Indians 1. INDIANS 4TH: Grubb flied out to center; Horton walked; Blanks grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Horton out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Indians 1. MARINERS 5TH: Stinson flied out to center; Reynolds was called out on strikes; Cruz singled to center; Cruz stole second; Bochte walked; Roberts flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 1, Indians 1. INDIANS 5TH: Hassey struck out; Kuiper grounded out (third to first); Manning doubled to left; McLaughlin threw a wild pitch [Manning to third]; Norris struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 1, Indians 1. MARINERS 6TH: Stanton singled to right; Stein flied out to right; Ruppert Jones was called out on strikes; Meyer forced Stanton (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 1, Indians 1. INDIANS 6TH: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Thornton grounded out (third to first); Grubb flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Indians 1. MARINERS 7TH: Stinson walked; Reynolds singled to center [Stinson to second]; Cruz reached on an error by Bell on a sacrifice bunt [Stinson scored (no RBI), Reynolds to third, Cruz to second (error by Bell)]; Bochte was called out on strikes; Roberts was walked intentionally; HALE RAN FOR ROBERTS; Stanton singled to center [Reynolds scored, Cruz scored (unearned), Hale to second]; KINNEY REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); Stein was called out on strikes; Ruppert Jones made an out to shortstop; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 4, Indians 1. INDIANS 7TH: HALE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Horton flied out to center; Blanks singled to right; Hassey grounded out (second to first) [Blanks to second]; Kuiper reached on an error by Reynolds [Blanks scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; RAWLEY REPLACED MCLAUGHLIN (PITCHING); VAIL BATTED FOR MANNING; Vail doubled to right [Kuiper to third]; DADE BATTED FOR NORRIS; Dade reached on an error by Reynolds [Kuiper scored (unearned) (no RBI), Vail scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Dade was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 3 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 4, Indians 4. MARINERS 8TH: VAIL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); DADE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Meyer walked; Stinson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Meyer to second]; Reynolds struck out; KERN REPLACED KINNEY (PITCHING); Cruz singled to left [Meyer out at home (left to catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 4, Indians 4. INDIANS 8TH: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Thornton struck out; Grubb grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 4, Indians 4. MARINERS 9TH: Bochte flied out to left; Hale struck out; Stanton was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 4, Indians 4. INDIANS 9TH: Horton struck out; Blanks singled to center; PRUITT BATTED FOR HASSEY; Pruitt walked [Blanks to second]; COX BATTED FOR KUIPER; Cox flied out to center; Vail singled to left [Blanks scored, Pruitt to second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 4, Indians 5.

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