A pinch-single by Buddy Bell drove home the winning run as the Indians garnered a 2-1 triumph over the Royals. The score was 1-1 going into the bottom of the seventh when Rick Manning opened with a two-base hit. After reliever Steve Mingori got Johnny Grubb on a popup, Manning took third on a flyout.

Marty Pattin then replaced Mingori and was greeted by Bell's hit to left. Grubb drove in the Tribe's first run with a single in the fifth. The lone Royal tally came across on a balk by Indian starter David Clyde in the second. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 2, Kansas City Royals 1

Game Played on Tuesday, August 1, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

Royals 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 1 Indians 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 x - 2 8 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Washington ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .239 Norris 1b 2 0 1 0 2 0 .271 Wathan 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .286 Manning cf 3 1 1 0 2 1 .265 LaCock ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .306 Grubb lf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .272 Cowens rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .257 Alexander c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .235 Otis cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .271 Carbo dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .263 McRae dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .270 Bell ph,dh 1 0 1 1 0 0 .304 Wilson pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .230 Dade pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Porter c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .270 Veryzer ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .291 Hurdle lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .261 Kuiper 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Terrell 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .183 Speed rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .243 Braun 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .237 Cox 3b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .219 Gale p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Clyde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 1 7 0 2 5 Totals 30 2 8 2 7 5 Time of Game: 2:59 Attendance: 8,236 Left on Base: Royals 6, Indians 12 DP: Royals 1, Indians 1 Errors: Braun Doubles: Manning (21) Stolen Bases: Otis (21), Speed (1) Caught Stealing: Wilson (10), Speed (3) Sacrifice Hits: Norris (2) GIDP: Cowens (3), Carbo (6) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gale 6 5 1 1 6 2 0 28 2.57 Mingori L(1-3) 0.2 1 1 1 0 0 0 3 2.04 Pattin 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.14 Hrabosky 1.1 0 0 0 1 3 0 5 2.66 Totals 8 8 2 2 7 5 0 38 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Clyde 6.2 7 1 1 1 2 0 27 4.21 Kern W(8-5) 2.1 0 0 0 1 3 0 7 2.89 Totals 9 7 1 1 2 5 0 34 Passed Balls: Porter (4) Wild Pitches: Clyde 2 (7) Balks: Clyde (1) Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Jim Evans ROYALS 1ST: Washington singled to center; Wathan forced Washington (second to shortstop); Cowens grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Wathan out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Norris walked; On a bunt Manning popped to third in foul territory; Grubb walked [Norris to second]; Alexander singled to center [Norris to third, Grubb to second]; Carbo grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Alexander out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Indians 0. ROYALS 2ND: Otis singled to center; McRae grounded out (third to first) [Otis to second]; Clyde threw a wild pitch [Otis to third]; Clyde balked [Otis scored]; Porter struck out; Hurdle walked; Terrell grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Veryzer grounded out (second to first); Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Speed walked; Speed was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 0. ROYALS 3RD: On a bunt Braun made an out to catcher; Steve Braun called for interference for running into own bunt; Washington grounded out (second to first); Wathan popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Cox reached on an error by Braun; Norris singled [Cox to second]; Manning walked [Cox to third, Norris to second]; Grubb flied out to right; Alexander was called out on strikes; Carbo grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 0. ROYALS 4TH: Cowens singled to center; Clyde threw a wild pitch [Cowens to second]; Otis struck out; McRae grounded out (shortstop to first) [Cowens to third]; Porter flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 4TH: Veryzer grounded out (third to first); Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Speed grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 0. ROYALS 5TH: Hurdle singled to left; Terrell grounded out (pitcher to first) [Hurdle to second]; Braun flied out to left; Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 5TH: Cox singled to center; Norris out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Cox to second]; Porter allowed a passed ball [Cox to third]; Manning walked; Grubb singled to center [Cox scored, Manning to third]; Alexander was called out on strikes; Carbo grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 1. ROYALS 6TH: Wathan singled to right; Cowens forced Wathan (third to second); Otis forced Cowens (shortstop to second); Otis stole second; McRae grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 1. INDIANS 6TH: Veryzer popped to third; Kuiper flied out to left; Speed singled to left; Speed stole second; Cox walked; Norris lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 1. ROYALS 7TH: Porter grounded out (second to first); Hurdle grounded out (second to first); Terrell singled to center; Braun singled to left [Terrell to second]; KERN REPLACED CLYDE (PITCHING); Washington struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 1. INDIANS 7TH: MINGORI REPLACED GALE (PITCHING); Manning doubled to center; Grubb popped to shortstop; Alexander flied out to right [Manning to third]; PATTIN REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); BELL BATTED FOR CARBO; Bell singled to left [Manning scored]; DADE RAN FOR BELL; Veryzer singled to left [Dade to second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Kuiper popped to third; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 2. ROYALS 8TH: DADE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); LACOCK BATTED FOR WATHAN; LaCock popped to shortstop; Cowens lined to shortstop; Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 2. INDIANS 8TH: LACOCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Speed struck out; Cox struck out; Norris walked; Manning struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 2. ROYALS 9TH: McRae walked; WILSON RAN FOR MCRAE; Wilson was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Porter was called out on strikes; Hurdle was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Indians 2.

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