A pinch-single by Jim Norris in the bottom of the ninth lifted the Indians to a 4-3 come-from-behind triumph over the Royals. Trailing, 3-2, the Tribe began the winning rally with a two-base hit by Tom Veryzer, who was thrown out at third on an attempted sacrifice bunt by Rick Manning.

Royal starter Larry Gura was pulled in favor of Al Hrabosky, who walked Johnny Grubb. That brought on Doug Bird, who was greeted with a single by Andre Thornton that tied the score. After Gary Alexander forced Thornton at second and Bernie Carbo was walked to load the bases, Norris singled to right to plate Grubb with the winning run. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 4, Kansas City Royals 3

Game Played on Monday, July 31, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 3 8 0 Indians 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 - 4 7 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Washington ss 4 0 0 0 1 1 .238 Veryzer ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .292 Zdeb rf,3b,2b 4 1 3 0 0 1 .268 Manning cf 2 1 0 1 0 1 .264 Cowens dh 3 0 0 1 1 0 .257 Grubb lf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .271 Otis cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .271 Thornton 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .271 Porter c 4 0 2 0 0 1 .274 Alexander dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .235 Wathan 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .284 Speed rf 3 0 2 0 0 0 .239 Wilson pr,lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .230 Carbo ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .269 Hurdle lf,rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .260 Cox 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Terrell 2b,3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .176 Norris ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .268 Braun 3b 3 0 0 0 0 3 .234 Kuiper 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .283 LaCock ph,1b 1 0 1 2 0 0 .308 Diaz c 3 1 1 1 0 0 .245 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Waits p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Monge p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 8 3 5 7 Totals 30 4 7 4 2 4 Time of Game: 2:32 Attendance: 8,149 Left on Base: Royals 7, Indians 4 DP: Royals 0, Indians 1 Doubles: Speed (2), Kuiper (13), Diaz (4), Veryzer (12) Triples: Zdeb (2) Stolen Bases: Wilson (33), Hurdle (1) Caught Stealing: Porter (4), Washington (4), Speed (2) Sacrifice Hits: Manning (6) Sacrifice Flies: Manning (3) GIDP: Otis (7) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gura 8.1 5 3 3 0 4 0 29 2.72 Hrabosky L(4-4) 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 2.74 Bird 0.1 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 5.56 Totals 8.2 7 4 4 2 4 0 34 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Waits 8.1 7 2 2 4 7 0 33 2.76 Monge W(3-1) 0.2 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 2.82 Totals 9 8 3 3 5 7 0 37 Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Rich Garcia ROYALS 1ST: Washington popped to first; Zdeb singled to center; Cowens grounded out (second to first) [Zdeb to second]; Otis walked; Porter struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Veryzer lined to third; Manning was called out on strikes; Grubb grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0. ROYALS 2ND: Wathan singled to center; Hurdle singled to left [Wathan to second]; Terrell lined to shortstop; Braun struck out; Washington forced Hurdle (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Thornton was called out on strikes; Alexander struck out; Speed flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0. ROYALS 3RD: Zdeb was called out on strikes; Cowens walked; Otis grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Cowens out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Cox popped to second; Kuiper popped to shortstop; Diaz grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0. ROYALS 4TH: Porter singled to right; Porter was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Wathan flied out to left; Hurdle lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 4TH: Veryzer popped to first; Manning grounded out (first unassisted); Grubb popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0. ROYALS 5TH: Terrell grounded out (third to first); Braun struck out; Washington walked; Washington was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 5TH: Thornton flied out to left; Alexander popped to first; Speed doubled to left; Cox grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0. ROYALS 6TH: Zdeb singled to center; Cowens flied out to right; Otis forced Zdeb (pitcher to second); Porter singled to center [Otis to second]; Wathan forced Porter (shortstop to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 6TH: Kuiper doubled to right; Diaz doubled to left [Kuiper scored]; Veryzer lined to right [Diaz to third]; Manning hit a sacrifice fly to center [Diaz scored]; Grubb struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 2. ROYALS 7TH: Hurdle struck out; Terrell grounded out (second to first); Braun was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 2. INDIANS 7TH: Thornton flied out to center; Alexander grounded out (second to first); Speed singled to left; Speed was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 2. ROYALS 8TH: Washington struck out; Zdeb tripled to right; Cowens grounded out (pitcher to first) [Zdeb scored]; Otis flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 2. INDIANS 8TH: Cox lined to shortstop; Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); Diaz flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 2. ROYALS 9TH: Porter grounded out (second to first); Wathan walked; MONGE REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); WILSON RAN FOR WATHAN; Hurdle walked [Wilson to second]; Wilson stole third and Hurdle stole second; Terrell popped to second; LACOCK BATTED FOR BRAUN; LaCock singled to left [Wilson scored, Hurdle scored]; Washington flied out to left; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Indians 2. INDIANS 9TH: ZDEB CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); HURDLE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); LACOCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Veryzer doubled to left; ZDEB CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); TERRELL CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Manning reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Veryzer out at third (pitcher to third)]; HRABOSKY REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Grubb walked [Manning to second]; BIRD REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); Thornton singled to left [Manning scored, Grubb to second]; Alexander forced Thornton (third to second) [Grubb to third]; CARBO BATTED FOR SPEED; Carbo walked [Alexander to second]; NORRIS BATTED FOR COX; Norris singled to right [Grubb scored, Alexander to third, Carbo to second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 3, Indians 4.

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