The Indians downed the Angels, 8-3, behind the combined pitching of Rick Waits and Jim Kern. The Angels opened up a two-run lead in the second inning with singles by Don Baylor and Brian Downing wrapped around a triple by Joe Rudi.

But the Tribe retaliated with three in the third on a walk to Duane Kuiper, double by Tom Veryzer, triple by Rick Manning and single by Buddy Bell. In the fourth frame, Bernie Carbo led off with a single and Gary Alexander drew a walk. That sent starter Don Aase to the showers. After Ted Cox sacrificed, Kuiper doubled off reliever Tom Griffin to plate two more runs. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 8, California Angels 3

Game Played on Tuesday, July 18, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Indians 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 1 - 8 11 0 Angels 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 3 9 2 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Manning cf 5 1 1 2 0 1 .257 Grich 2b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .232 Grubb rf,lf 5 2 3 1 0 2 .252 Fairly ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Bell 3b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .308 Rettenmund dh 4 0 2 0 0 0 .256 Thornton 1b 4 0 1 2 0 2 .277 Solaita ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 1 .254 Carbo dh 5 1 1 0 0 0 .248 Bostock rf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .287 Alexander c 2 1 0 0 3 1 .235 Lansford 3b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .282 Cox lf 2 0 0 0 0 2 .215 Baylor 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .263 Speed rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Rudi lf 2 1 2 2 2 0 .237 Kuiper 2b 3 1 2 2 1 0 .279 Downing c 3 0 1 1 1 1 .243 Veryzer ss 4 1 1 0 0 2 .299 Chalk ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .252 Waits p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 R. Miller cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .282 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Aase p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Griffin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 8 11 8 4 10 Totals 35 3 9 3 4 9 Time of Game: 2:40 Attendance: 16,726 Left on Base: Indians 7, Angels 9 DP: Indians 0, Angels 2 Errors: Lansford, Baylor Doubles: Veryzer (11), Kuiper (12), Bell (21), Baylor (13) Triples: Manning (3), Rudi (1) Home Runs: Grubb (10) Caught Stealing: Bell (3), Chalk (6) Sacrifice Hits: Cox (4), Speed (1) Sacrifice Flies: Thornton (5) GIDP: Carbo (5) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Waits W(7-10) 5.2 8 3 3 3 3 0 27 2.77 Kern SV(8) 3.1 1 0 0 1 6 0 12 2.96 Totals 9 9 3 3 4 9 0 39 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Aase L(7-5) 3 5 5 5 2 5 0 15 4.22 Griffin 6 6 3 2 2 5 1 27 4.65 Totals 9 11 8 7 4 10 1 42 Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - George Maloney INDIANS 1ST: Manning struck out; Grubb singled to right; Bell grounded out (second to first) [Grubb to second]; Thornton lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: Grich popped to first in foul territory; Rettenmund singled to left; Bostock grounded out (second to first) [Rettenmund to second]; Lansford struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Angels 0. INDIANS 2ND: Carbo lined to shortstop; Alexander was called out on strikes; Cox struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 2ND: Baylor singled to center; Rudi tripled to left [Baylor scored]; Downing singled to left [Rudi scored]; Chalk forced Downing (shortstop to second); Chalk was caught stealing second (catcher to second); R. Miller flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Angels 2. INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper walked; Veryzer doubled to left [Kuiper to third]; Manning tripled to right [Kuiper scored, Veryzer scored]; Grubb struck out; Bell singled to center [Manning scored]; Thornton was called out on strikes while Bell was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Angels 2. ANGELS 3RD: Grich struck out; Rettenmund made an out to second; Bostock lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Angels 2. INDIANS 4TH: Carbo singled to left; Alexander walked [Carbo to second]; GRIFFIN REPLACED AASE (PITCHING); Cox out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Carbo to third, Alexander to second]; Kuiper doubled to right [Carbo scored, Alexander scored]; Veryzer grounded out (second to first) [Kuiper to third]; Manning grounded out (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 5, Angels 2. ANGELS 4TH: Lansford flied out to right; Baylor flied out to left; Rudi walked; Downing walked [Rudi to second]; Chalk flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 5, Angels 2. INDIANS 5TH: Grubb was called out on strikes; Bell reached on an error by Baylor [Bell to second]; Thornton singled to center [Bell scored (unearned)]; Carbo grounded out (pitcher unassisted) [Thornton to second]; Alexander walked; Cox struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Indians 6, Angels 2. ANGELS 5TH: SPEED REPLACED COX (PLAYING RF); GRUBB CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); R. Miller grounded out (third to first); Grich was called out on strikes; Rettenmund singled to center; Bostock lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 6, Angels 2. INDIANS 6TH: Kuiper grounded out (first to pitcher); Veryzer struck out; Manning lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 6, Angels 2. ANGELS 6TH: Lansford singled to center; Baylor doubled to left [Lansford to third]; Rudi singled to left [Lansford scored, Baylor to third]; Downing reached on a fielder's choice [Baylor out at home (third to catcher to third), Rudi to second]; Chalk forced Rudi (third unassisted) [Downing to second]; R. Miller walked [Downing to third, Chalk to second]; KERN REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); Grich struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Indians 6, Angels 3. INDIANS 7TH: Grubb homered; Bell reached on an error by Lansford; Thornton was called out on strikes; Carbo grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bell out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Indians 7, Angels 3. ANGELS 7TH: Rettenmund flied out to right; Bostock was called out on strikes; Lansford grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 7, Angels 3. INDIANS 8TH: Alexander walked; Speed out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Alexander to second]; Kuiper singled to left [Alexander to third, Kuiper to second (on throw to home)]; Veryzer struck out; Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 7, Angels 3. ANGELS 8TH: Baylor popped to first in foul territory; Rudi walked; Downing struck out; Chalk was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 7, Angels 3. INDIANS 9TH: Grubb singled to center; Bell doubled to left [Grubb to third]; Thornton hit a sacrifice fly to left [Grubb scored]; Carbo grounded out (second to first) [Bell to third]; Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 8, Angels 3. ANGELS 9TH: R. Miller singled to second; FAIRLY BATTED FOR GRICH; Fairly flied out to right; SOLAITA BATTED FOR RETTENMUND; Solaita was called out on strikes; Bostock struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 8, Angels 3.

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