Solo homers by Bo Diaz and Bernie Carbo, plus a pair of RBI singles by Andre Thornton, provided the Indians with a 4-1 victory over the Twins. David Clyde, who started for the Tribe, gave up four hits in seven innings before yielding the mound. Roger Erickson was the loser, although striking out 9. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 4, Minnesota Twins 1

Game Played on Friday, September 1, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Indians 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 - 4 7 0 Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 4 1 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Manning cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .268 Randall 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .291 Norris lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .278 Carew ph,2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .334 Bell 3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .294 Rivera rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .269 Thornton 1b 3 0 2 2 0 0 .274 Powell ph,rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .248 Cox 1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .228 Ford cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .285 Carbo rf 3 1 1 1 0 1 .264 Morales dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 .322 Speed rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Adams ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Alexander dh 4 0 0 0 0 4 .230 Smalley ss 2 1 0 0 2 0 .285 Kuiper 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .289 Norwood lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .264 Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .271 Wynegar ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .245 Diaz c 3 1 1 1 0 1 .250 Wolfe 3b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .239 Clyde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chiles ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .271 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Borgmann c 2 0 0 1 0 0 .208 Spillner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cubbage ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .282 Kusick 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .181 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 4 7 4 0 9 Totals 28 1 4 1 7 8 Time of Game: 2:30 Attendance: 4,917 Left on Base: Indians 2, Twins 8 DP: Indians 2, Twins 1 Errors: Erickson Triples: Bell (8) Home Runs: Diaz (2), Carbo (4) Sacrifice Hits: Norris (3) Sacrifice Flies: Borgmann (2) GIDP: Norwood (14), Morales (10) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Clyde W(6-9) 7 4 1 1 4 5 0 27 4.32 Kern 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2.90 Spillner SV(3) 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 7 3.55 Totals 9 4 1 1 7 8 0 36 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Erickson L(13-9) 9 7 4 4 0 9 2 33 4.15 Totals 9 7 4 4 0 9 2 33 Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Nick Bremigan INDIANS 1ST: Manning singled to shortstop; Norris out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Manning to second]; Bell grounded out (second to first) [Manning to third]; Thornton singled to right [Manning scored]; Carbo struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Randall singled to second; Rivera forced Randall (catcher to shortstop); Ford struck out; Morales grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Twins 0. INDIANS 2ND: Alexander struck out; Kuiper popped to third in foul territory; Veryzer grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Smalley grounded out (third to first); Norwood flied out to center; Wolfe grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Twins 0. INDIANS 3RD: Diaz grounded out (second to first); Manning lined to left; Norris flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Borgmann grounded out (shortstop to first); Kusick walked; Randall singled to right [Kusick to second]; Rivera flied out to center; Ford grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 1, Twins 0. INDIANS 4TH: Bell tripled to left; Thornton singled to left [Bell scored]; Carbo forced Thornton (first to shortstop); Alexander struck out; Kuiper popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Morales singled to center; Smalley walked [Morales to second]; Norwood grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Morales to third, Smalley out at second]; Wolfe struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 2, Twins 0. INDIANS 5TH: Veryzer made an out to third; Diaz homered; Manning grounded out (third to first); Norris struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Borgmann popped to first in foul territory; Kusick struck out; Randall grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Twins 0. INDIANS 6TH: Bell singled to left; Bell was picked off first but was safe on an error by Erickson [Bell to second]; Thornton lined into a double play (shortstop unassisted) [Bell out at second]; Carbo homered; Alexander struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Twins 0. TWINS 6TH: Rivera walked; Ford struck out; Morales grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rivera out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Twins 0. INDIANS 7TH: Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Veryzer struck out; Diaz struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Twins 0. TWINS 7TH: COX REPLACED THORNTON (PLAYING 1B); SPEED REPLACED CARBO (PLAYING RF); Smalley walked; Norwood struck out; Wolfe singled to center [Smalley to third]; Borgmann hit a sacrifice fly to left [Smalley scored]; Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Twins 1. INDIANS 8TH: Manning lined to left; Norris popped to third in foul territory; Bell grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Twins 1. TWINS 8TH: KERN REPLACED CLYDE (PITCHING); CAREW BATTED FOR RANDALL; Carew walked; POWELL BATTED FOR RIVERA; Powell walked [Carew to second]; SPILLNER REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Ford struck out; ADAMS BATTED FOR MORALES; Adams flied out to left; Smalley popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 4, Twins 1. INDIANS 9TH: ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); CAREW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); POWELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Cox struck out; Speed flied out to left; Alexander was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Twins 1. TWINS 9TH: WYNEGAR BATTED FOR NORWOOD; Wynegar flied out to center; CHILES BATTED FOR WOLFE; Chiles was called out on strikes; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR BORGMANN; Cubbage walked; Kusick struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Twins 1.

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