Strong relief by Jim Kern enabled David Clyde to gain his fourth straight victory as the Indians snapped out of a 21-inning scoreless streak to defeat the Twins, 7-3. The Indians ended their drouth by pushing over three runs in the second on a bases-loaded walk to Rick Manning, sacrifice fly by Tom Veryzer and single by Paul Dade.

Three more runs in the sixth made it 6-1 before Clyde was lifted in the seventh after the Twins counted twice on a single by Craig Kusick, triple by Larry Wolfe and single by Butch Wynegar. Mike Paxton took over and loaded the bases, but Kern relieved and retired the next three batters to quell the threat. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 7, Minnesota Twins 3

Game Played on Friday, June 9, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

Twins 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 3 7 1 Indians 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 x - 7 12 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Smalley ss 4 0 0 0 1 1 .252 Dade rf 4 0 3 1 0 0 .296 Rivera rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .342 Kuiper 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Chiles ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .214 Bell 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .300 Ford cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .306 Thornton 1b 3 2 1 0 1 0 .262 Morales dh 4 0 1 1 0 1 .329 Horton dh 4 2 2 1 0 1 .255 Kusick 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .216 Cox lf 3 2 2 1 0 0 .210 Wolfe 3b 4 1 1 1 0 2 .257 Pruitt c 2 1 1 0 2 0 .255 Wynegar c 3 0 1 1 1 1 .248 Manning cf 3 0 2 3 1 0 .251 Norwood lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Veryzer ss 3 0 0 1 0 0 .240 Cubbage ph,2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .317 Clyde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Randall 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .254 Paxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Adams ph,lf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .228 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Zahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thayer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 3 7 3 4 9 Totals 29 7 12 7 4 1 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 8,390 Left on Base: Twins 7, Indians 5 DP: Twins 2, Indians 2 Errors: Kusick, Kuiper Doubles: Horton (6), Manning (8) Triples: Wolfe (1) Stolen Bases: Rivera (1) Caught Stealing: Dade (6) Sacrifice Hits: Cox (1), Kuiper (5) Sacrifice Flies: Veryzer (1) GIDP: Kusick (7), Norwood (5), Manning (3), Veryzer (2) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zahn L(5-4) 5.1 7 6 6 4 0 0 24 2.85 Thayer 2.2 5 1 1 0 1 0 12 3.92 Totals 8 12 7 7 4 1 0 36 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Clyde W(4-0) 6 6 3 3 2 7 0 25 2.58 Paxton 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 4.69 Kern SV(4) 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 10 4.38 Totals 9 7 3 3 4 9 0 37 Wild Pitches: Thayer (1) Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Russ Goetz TWINS 1ST: Smalley struck out; Rivera singled to right; Ford singled to pitcher [Rivera to second]; Morales singled to left [Rivera scored, Ford to second]; Kusick grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Morales out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Dade grounded out (shortstop to first); Kuiper grounded out (first to pitcher); Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Indians 0. TWINS 2ND: Wolfe struck out; Wynegar was called out on strikes; Norwood grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Thornton singled to left; Horton singled to left [Thornton to second]; Cox out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Thornton to third, Horton to second]; Pruitt was walked intentionally; Manning walked [Thornton scored, Horton to third, Pruitt to second]; Veryzer hit a sacrifice fly to center [Horton scored]; Dade singled to right [Pruitt scored, Manning to third]; Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Indians 3. TWINS 3RD: Randall struck out; Smalley walked; Rivera forced Smalley (shortstop to second); Rivera stole second; Ford was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Indians 3. INDIANS 3RD: Bell flied out to right; Thornton flied out to left; Horton grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Indians 3. TWINS 4TH: Morales was called out on strikes; Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first); Wolfe struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Indians 3. INDIANS 4TH: Cox flied out to right; Pruitt walked; Manning grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Pruitt out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Indians 3. TWINS 5TH: Wynegar walked; Norwood grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Wynegar out at second]; Randall grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Indians 3. INDIANS 5TH: Veryzer grounded out (third to first); Dade singled to left; Dade was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Kuiper grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Indians 3. TWINS 6TH: Smalley grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivera grounded out (third to first); Ford reached on an error by Kuiper; Morales grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Indians 3. INDIANS 6TH: Bell singled to left [Bell out at second (left to second)]; Thornton walked; Horton doubled to center [Thornton scored]; Cox singled to center [Horton scored]; THAYER REPLACED ZAHN (PITCHING); Cox was picked off first but was safe on an error by Kusick [Cox to second]; Thayer threw a wild pitch [Cox to third]; Pruitt grounded out (third to first); Manning doubled to right [Cox scored]; Veryzer grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Indians 6. TWINS 7TH: Kusick singled to center; Wolfe tripled to center [Kusick scored]; Wynegar singled to center [Wolfe scored]; PAXTON REPLACED CLYDE (PITCHING); CUBBAGE BATTED FOR NORWOOD; Cubbage singled to right [Wynegar to third]; ADAMS BATTED FOR RANDALL; Adams walked [Cubbage to second]; KERN REPLACED PAXTON (PITCHING); Smalley popped to first in foul territory; CHILES BATTED FOR RIVERA; Chiles struck out; Ford struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 3, Indians 6. INDIANS 7TH: CHILES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); CUBBAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Dade singled to left; Kuiper out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Dade to second]; Bell reached on a fielder's choice [Dade out at third (shortstop to third)]; Thornton lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Indians 6. TWINS 8TH: Morales grounded out (second to first); Kusick walked; Wolfe flied out to right; Wynegar flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Indians 6. INDIANS 8TH: Horton struck out; Cox singled to center; Pruitt singled to center [Cox to third]; Manning singled to right [Cox scored, Pruitt to second]; Veryzer grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Manning out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Indians 7. TWINS 9TH: Cubbage grounded out (second to first); Adams grounded out (second to first); Smalley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 3, Indians 7.

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