While rumors swirled that Jim Palmer might be traded, the Orioles' ace yielded only four hits in 7 1/3 innings and beat the Indians, 2-1, for his first victory since April 29. The Orioles scored both their runs off Rick Wise in the second on a double by Eddie Murray and singles by Lee May, Rick Dempsey and Rich Dauer.

The Indians' run off Palmer in the seventh was unearned. Palmer was removed after walking Jim Norris with one out in the eighth and Don Stanhouse finished, picking up his seventh save. [The Sporting News]

Baltimore Orioles 2, Cleveland Indians 1

Game Played on Saturday, May 20, 1978 (Day game) at Cleveland Stadium

Orioles 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 10 2 Indians 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 4 0 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Harlow cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .322 Manning cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .234 Belanger ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .255 Norris dh 3 0 1 0 1 0 .304 Kelly lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .342 Dade rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .252 Singleton rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .353 Bell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .304 Smith 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .202 Grubb lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .255 Murray 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .272 Lintz pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 May dh 4 1 1 1 0 1 .255 Thornton 1b 2 1 1 0 2 0 .235 DeCinces 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Hassey c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Lopez rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Kuiper 2b 4 0 0 1 0 0 .252 Dempsey c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .258 Veryzer ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Dauer 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .200 Vail ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Palmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Blanks ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wise p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 2 10 2 0 2 Totals 29 1 4 1 6 2 Time of Game: 2:38 Attendance: 11,426 Left on Base: Orioles 7, Indians 7 DP: Orioles 1, Indians 0 Errors: DeCinces 2 Doubles: Murray (6) Caught Stealing: Harlow (3), Manning (6), Lintz (1) GIDP: Bell (9) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Palmer W(4-4) 7.1 4 1 0 4 1 0 29 3.19 Stanhouse SV(7) 1.2 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 4.12 Totals 9 4 1 0 6 2 0 35 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wise L(2-7) 9 10 2 2 0 2 0 36 3.21 Totals 9 10 2 2 0 2 0 36 Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Marty Springstead ORIOLES 1ST: Harlow singled to right; Harlow was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Belanger flied out to center; Kelly popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Manning flied out to center; Norris flied out to right; Dade flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Indians 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Singleton grounded out (third to first); Murray doubled to right; May singled to left [Murray scored]; DeCinces popped to third in foul territory; Dempsey singled to right [May to third]; Dauer singled to left [May scored, Dempsey to second]; Harlow flied out to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Bell flied out to center; Grubb flied out to center; Thornton singled to left; On a bunt Hassey grounded out (catcher unassisted); Ron Hassey called for interference for running into his own ball; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger grounded out (shortstop to first); Kelly singled to right; Singleton singled to left [Kelly to third]; Murray popped to third; May flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); Manning reached on an error by DeCinces [Manning to first]; Manning was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 0. ORIOLES 4TH: DeCinces popped to first in foul territory; Dempsey flied out to right; Dauer singled to right; Harlow struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 0. INDIANS 4TH: Norris singled to center; Dade popped to second; Bell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Norris out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 0. ORIOLES 5TH: Belanger grounded out (first unassisted); On a bunt Kelly singled; Singleton flied out to right; Murray singled to center [Kelly to third]; May flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 0. INDIANS 5TH: Grubb singled to right; Thornton flied out to left; Hassey grounded out (pitcher to first) [Grubb to second]; Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 0. ORIOLES 6TH: DeCinces popped to third; Dempsey flied out to right; Dauer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 0. INDIANS 6TH: Veryzer flied out to left; Manning walked; Norris flied out to left; Dade walked [Manning to second]; Bell popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 0. ORIOLES 7TH: Harlow flied out to center; Belanger flied out to right; Kelly flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 0. INDIANS 7TH: Grubb grounded out (first to pitcher); Thornton walked; Hassey singled to second [Thornton to third (error by DeCinces), Hassey to second]; Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first) [Thornton scored (unearned), Hassey to third]; VAIL BATTED FOR VERYZER; Vail struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 1. ORIOLES 8TH: BLANKS REPLACED VAIL (PLAYING SS); Singleton grounded out (second to first); Murray popped to third; May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 1. INDIANS 8TH: SMITH REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING 2B); LOPEZ REPLACED DECINCES (PLAYING RF); Manning popped to shortstop; Norris walked; STANHOUSE REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING); Dade forced Norris (right to shortstop); Bell was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 1. ORIOLES 9TH: Lopez grounded out (shortstop to first); Dempsey flied to right in foul territory; Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 1. INDIANS 9TH: Grubb walked; LINTZ RAN FOR GRUBB; Lintz was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Thornton walked; Hassey grounded out (shortstop to first) [Thornton to second]; Kuiper grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 2, Indians 1.

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