Jim Kern pitched 2 1/3 innings of hitless relief and was rewarded with a victory when the Indians defeated the A's, 4-2. With the score tied 2-2, Duane Kuiper bunted safely in the seventh inning, moved to second on a sacrifice by Ted Cox and scored the Indians' go-ahead run on a single by Rick Manning.

The Indians added an insurance run in the eighth on a triple by Andre Thornton and single by Tom Veryzer for his second RBI of the game. Later in the eighth, Kern became the first A.L. pitcher to bat for himself this season. He struck out. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 4, Oakland Athletics 2

Game Played on Friday, July 28, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

A's 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 6 0 Indians 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 x - 4 10 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Murphy ss 1 1 1 0 0 0 .204 Dade rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .261 Picciolo ss 1 0 0 0 1 0 .212 Speed rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .210 Duncan ph,2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .261 Carbo ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Edwards 2b,ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Manning cf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .264 Wallis cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .297 Grubb lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .276 Page lf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .288 Thornton 1b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .268 Horton dh 4 0 0 0 0 3 .262 Alexander dh,c 3 1 1 0 0 1 .234 Revering 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Veryzer ss 3 1 2 2 1 0 .294 Gross 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .201 Kuiper 2b 4 1 2 0 0 1 .288 Newman c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .256 Cox 3b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .221 Dilone pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .242 Diaz c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Essian c 0 0 0 0 1 0 .235 Norris ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .253 Burke rf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .248 Kern p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Broberg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Freisleben p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Spillner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 2 6 2 3 6 Totals 31 4 10 4 3 7 Time of Game: 2:42 Attendance: 8,032 Left on Base: A's 7, Indians 8 DP: A's 2, Indians 0 Doubles: Burke (5), Alexander (11), Manning (20), Cox (2) Triples: Thornton (3) Stolen Bases: Burke (11), Dilone (36) Sacrifice Hits: Edwards 2 (8), Cox (5) GIDP: Thornton 2 (12) Hit by Pitch: Alexander (2,by Broberg) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Broberg L(9-8) 6.2 7 3 3 3 5 0 29 4.47 Heaverlo 1.1 3 1 1 0 2 0 7 2.92 Totals 8 10 4 4 3 7 0 36 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Freisleben 5 3 1 1 1 2 0 19 6.36 Spillner 1.2 3 1 1 0 1 0 8 4.40 Kern W(7-4) 2.1 0 0 0 2 3 0 9 2.76 Totals 9 6 2 2 3 6 0 36 Hit by Pitch: Broberg (3) Wild Pitches: Freisleben (4) Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Bill Kunkel ATHLETICS 1ST: Murphy singled to right; Edwards out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Murphy to second]; Wallis singled to center [Murphy scored]; Page struck out; Freisleben threw a wild pitch [Wallis to second]; Horton flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: PICCIOLO REPLACED MURPHY (PLAYING SS); Dade struck out; Manning grounded out (first to pitcher); Grubb flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Indians 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering grounded out (third to first); Gross lined to second; Newman popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Thornton struck out; Alexander struck out; Veryzer walked; Kuiper grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Indians 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Burke singled to right; Burke stole second; Picciolo walked; Edwards out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Burke to third, Picciolo to second]; Wallis flied out to right; Page flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Cox struck out; Diaz grounded out (shortstop to first); Dade flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Indians 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Horton struck out; Revering flied out to right; Gross flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 4TH: Manning flied out to left; Grubb singled to right; Thornton grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Grubb out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Indians 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Newman grounded out (second to first); Burke grounded out (shortstop to first); Picciolo grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 5TH: Alexander doubled to center; Veryzer singled to right [Alexander scored]; Kuiper singled to left [Veryzer to third]; Cox forced Kuiper (shortstop to second) [Veryzer scored]; Diaz made an out to second; Dade struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Indians 2. ATHLETICS 6TH: SPILLNER REPLACED FREISLEBEN (PITCHING); Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Wallis flied out to left; Page singled to left; Horton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Indians 2. INDIANS 6TH: Manning doubled to center; Grubb walked; Thornton grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Manning to third, Grubb out at second]; Alexander was hit by a pitch; Veryzer forced Alexander (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Indians 2. ATHLETICS 7TH: SPEED REPLACED DADE (PLAYING RF); Revering flied out to left; Gross made an out to second; Newman singled to center; DILONE RAN FOR NEWMAN; Dilone stole second; Burke doubled to left [Dilone scored]; DUNCAN BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; KERN REPLACED SPILLNER (PITCHING); Duncan walked; Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 2. INDIANS 7TH: DUNCAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); EDWARDS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); ESSIAN REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING C ); On a bunt Kuiper singled; Cox out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Kuiper to second]; NORRIS BATTED FOR DIAZ; Norris was walked intentionally; CARBO BATTED FOR SPEED; Carbo forced Norris (second to shortstop) [Kuiper to third]; Manning singled to left [Kuiper scored, Carbo to second]; HEAVERLO REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING); Grubb flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: CARBO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); ALEXANDER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); KERN REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); Wallis grounded out (first unassisted); Page struck out; Horton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 3. INDIANS 8TH: Thornton tripled to left; Alexander popped to pitcher; Veryzer singled to left [Thornton scored]; Kuiper struck out; Cox doubled to center [Veryzer to third]; Kern struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 4. ATHLETICS 9TH: Revering flied out to center; Gross made an out to first; Essian walked; Burke struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 2, Indians 4.

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