Two homers by Larry Milbourne, including the first grand slam of his major league career, powered the Mariners to a 7-6 victory over the Indians. Milbourne connected with the bases loaded in the second inning to cap a five-run outburst.

After the Mariners added a run on a double by Bruce Bochte and a single by Bob Robertson in the third, Milbourne hit a solo shot in the fourth to produce what proved to be the deciding marker. Andre Thornton drove in three runs for the Indians with two homers and a single. [The Sporting News]

Seattle Mariners 7, Cleveland Indians 6

Game Played on Saturday, July 15, 1978 (Night game) at Kingdome

Indians 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 - 6 9 1 Mariners 0 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 x - 7 7 1 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Manning cf 4 1 1 1 1 0 .268 Milbourne 2b 4 2 2 5 0 0 .323 Grubb lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .240 Meyer 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Bell 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 .294 Reynolds ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .303 Thornton 1b 4 2 3 3 0 0 .275 Paciorek dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .338 Carbo dh 2 0 1 0 0 0 .261 Bochte lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .269 Dade ph,dh 2 0 0 0 0 1 .268 Roberts rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .302 Alexander c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .237 Robertson 1b 2 1 2 1 1 0 .205 Norris rf 1 0 0 0 1 1 .254 Cruz pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .249 Speed ph,rf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .224 Stinson c 3 0 0 1 0 0 .279 Kuiper 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .267 Stein 3b 4 1 0 0 0 1 .246 Veryzer ss 4 1 1 1 0 0 .293 Hale cf 3 1 0 0 1 2 .162 Paxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Parrott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rawley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Romo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 6 9 5 2 6 Totals 31 7 7 7 3 4 Time of Game: 2:33 Attendance: 26,117 Left on Base: Indians 6, Mariners 5 DP: Indians 0, Mariners 0 Errors: Kuiper, Hale Doubles: Carbo (7), Manning (16), Reynolds (6), Bochte (19), Robertson (3) Triples: Veryzer (3), Roberts (3) Home Runs: Thornton 2 (18), Milbourne 2 (2) Sacrifice Hits: Stinson (3) Hit by Pitch: Grubb (1,by Parrott), Robertson (1,by Paxton) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Paxton L(6-6) 2.1 5 6 2 1 1 1 15 3.96 Hood 2.2 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 5.18 Kern 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 11 3.16 Totals 8 7 7 3 3 4 2 36 Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Parrott 4.2 5 4 4 2 2 2 22 4.67 Rawley 1.1 3 2 2 0 1 0 7 3.93 Romo W(8-2) 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 10 2.87 Totals 9 9 6 6 2 6 2 39 Hit by Pitch: Paxton (5), Parrott (2) Wild Pitches: Hood (7) Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry McCoy INDIANS 1ST: Manning flied out to center; Grubb flied to left in foul territory; Bell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Mariners 0. MARINERS 1ST: Milbourne flied out to left; Reynolds lined to second; Paciorek grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Mariners 0. INDIANS 2ND: Thornton homered; Carbo doubled to left; Alexander flied out to right; Norris was called out on strikes; Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Mariners 0. MARINERS 2ND: Bochte flied out to center; Roberts tripled to center; Robertson was hit by a pitch; Stinson reached on an error by Kuiper [Roberts scored (RBI), Robertson to second]; Stein forced Stinson (third to second) [Robertson to third]; Hale walked [Stein to second]; Milbourne homered (unearned) [Robertson scored (unearned), Stein scored (unearned), Hale scored (unearned)]; Reynolds doubled to right; Paciorek struck out; 5 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Mariners 5. INDIANS 3RD: Veryzer flied out to center; Manning flied out to left; Grubb was hit by a pitch; Bell forced Grubb (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Mariners 5. MARINERS 3RD: Bochte doubled to left; Roberts flied out to right; Robertson singled to center [Bochte scored]; HOOD REPLACED PAXTON (PITCHING); Stinson forced Robertson (shortstop to second); Hood threw a wild pitch [Stinson to second]; Stein grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Mariners 6. INDIANS 4TH: Thornton homered; Carbo grounded out (shortstop to first); Alexander struck out; Norris walked; Kuiper flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Mariners 6. MARINERS 4TH: Hale struck out; Milbourne homered; Reynolds flied out to center; Paciorek flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 2, Mariners 7. INDIANS 5TH: Veryzer popped to first in foul territory; Manning walked; Grubb singled to center [Manning scored (error by Hale) (no RBI), Grubb to second]; Bell grounded out (third to first); Thornton singled to left [Grubb scored]; RAWLEY REPLACED PARROTT (PITCHING); DADE BATTED FOR CARBO; Dade forced Thornton (shortstop to second); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Mariners 7. MARINERS 5TH: DADE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Bochte grounded out (third to first); Roberts grounded out (third to first); Robertson walked; Stinson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Mariners 7. INDIANS 6TH: Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); SPEED BATTED FOR NORRIS; Speed struck out; Kuiper singled; Veryzer tripled to center [Kuiper scored]; Manning doubled to left [Veryzer scored]; Grubb grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Mariners 7. MARINERS 6TH: SPEED STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); KERN REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); Stein made an out to second; Hale made an out to second; Milbourne popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Mariners 7. INDIANS 7TH: ROMO REPLACED RAWLEY (PITCHING); Bell flied out to center; Thornton grounded out (shortstop to first); Dade struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Mariners 7. MARINERS 7TH: Reynolds flied out to right; Paciorek grounded out (shortstop to first); Bochte walked; Roberts grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Mariners 7. INDIANS 8TH: Alexander flied out to center; Speed was called out on strikes; Kuiper singled to left; Veryzer popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Mariners 7. MARINERS 8TH: Robertson doubled to left; CRUZ RAN FOR ROBERTSON; Stinson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Cruz to third]; Stein struck out; Hale struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Mariners 7. INDIANS 9TH: CRUZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); MEYER REPLACED MILBOURNE (PLAYING 1B); Manning grounded out (second to first); Grubb flied out to center; Bell struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Mariners 7.

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