The first major-league grand-slam homer by Gary Roenicke highlighted the Orioles' 10-3 romp over the Indians. The Birds tallied five times in their first turn at bat, Roenicke's blow plating four and a sacrifice fly by Doug DeCinces another. A bases-loaded triple by Billy Smith in the fifth inning gave the Orioles three markers in that frame and put the game on ice. [The Sporting News]

Baltimore Orioles 10, Cleveland Indians 3

Game Played on Monday, September 18, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

Orioles 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 - 10 15 2 Indians 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 5 0 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Belanger ss 5 2 2 0 1 2 .215 Manning cf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .261 Dauer 2b,3b 5 1 1 0 1 0 .271 Bell 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .290 Singleton rf 4 1 1 0 1 2 .296 Cage dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .234 Harlow cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Thornton 1b 4 1 1 3 0 1 .267 Murray 1b 5 4 3 0 1 0 .290 Pruitt c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .247 DeCinces 3b 2 0 1 1 0 1 .279 Cox lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .237 Smith ph,2b 2 0 2 3 0 0 .266 Griffin pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 May dh 3 1 1 1 2 1 .246 Kuiper 2b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .282 Roenicke lf 5 1 2 5 0 0 .261 Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Anderson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 Speed rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .229 Lopez cf,rf 4 0 1 0 1 1 .246 Clyde p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Skaggs c 5 0 1 0 0 2 .136 Freisleben p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McGregor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Spillner p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 41 10 15 10 7 9 Totals 34 3 5 3 0 8 Time of Game: 2:42 Attendance: 2,873 Left on Base: Orioles 12, Indians 4 DP: Orioles 0, Indians 0 Errors: Belanger, Dauer Doubles: DeCinces (34), Singleton (20), Bell (27) Triples: Smith (2) Home Runs: Roenicke (2), Thornton (31) Stolen Bases: Lopez (5) Sacrifice Flies: DeCinces (2) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McGregor W(15-13) 8 5 3 2 0 6 1 30 3.42 Stanhouse 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 2.86 Totals 9 5 3 2 0 8 1 34 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Clyde L(7-11) 0.2 5 5 5 2 0 1 9 4.66 Freisleben 3.2 6 3 3 3 4 0 20 6.72 Spillner 4.2 4 2 2 2 5 0 20 4.02 Totals 9 15 10 10 7 9 1 49 Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim McKean ORIOLES 1ST: Belanger singled to center; Dauer grounded out (second to pitcher) [Belanger to second]; Singleton walked; Murray singled to center [Belanger to third, Singleton to second]; DeCinces hit a sacrifice fly to center [Belanger scored, Singleton to third]; May walked [Murray to second]; Roenicke homered [Singleton scored, Murray scored, May scored]; Lopez singled to left; Skaggs singled to left [Lopez to third]; FREISLEBEN REPLACED CLYDE (PITCHING); Belanger walked [Skaggs to second]; Dauer grounded out (first to pitcher); 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Orioles 5, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Manning singled to left; Bell reached on an error by Belanger [Manning to second]; Cage flied out to left; Thornton homered [Manning scored, Bell scored (unearned)]; Pruitt struck out; Cox lined to second; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 5, Indians 3. ORIOLES 2ND: Singleton was called out on strikes; Murray singled; DeCinces doubled to right [Murray to third]; May was walked intentionally; Roenicke forced DeCinces (shortstop to third) [Murray scored, May to second, Roenicke to first]; Lopez popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 6, Indians 3. INDIANS 2ND: Kuiper singled to right; Veryzer flied out to center; Speed was called out on strikes; Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 6, Indians 3. ORIOLES 3RD: Skaggs struck out; Belanger grounded out (shortstop to first); Dauer singled to right; Singleton doubled to left [Dauer to third]; Murray flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 6, Indians 3. INDIANS 3RD: Bell doubled to left; Cage struck out; Thornton flied out to right; Pruitt grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 6, Indians 3. ORIOLES 4TH: SMITH BATTED FOR DECINCES; Smith struck out (strikeout was charged to DeCinces); Doug DeCinces left after fouling ball off face; May struck out; Roenicke singled to left; Lopez grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 6, Indians 3. INDIANS 4TH: DAUER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); SMITH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Cox singled to center; Kuiper struck out; Veryzer flied out to center; Speed flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 6, Indians 3. ORIOLES 5TH: Skaggs grounded out (third to first); Belanger singled to left; Dauer walked [Belanger to second]; SPILLNER REPLACED FREISLEBEN (PITCHING); Singleton flied out to left; Murray walked [Belanger to third, Dauer to second]; Smith tripled to right [Belanger scored, Dauer scored, Murray scored]; May grounded out (third to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 9, Indians 3. INDIANS 5TH: Manning grounded out (pitcher to first); Bell grounded out (third to first); Cage grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 9, Indians 3. ORIOLES 6TH: Roenicke popped to shortstop; Lopez walked; Lopez stole second; Skaggs struck out; Belanger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 9, Indians 3. INDIANS 6TH: Thornton flied out to center; Pruitt flied out to right; Cox grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 9, Indians 3. ORIOLES 7TH: Dauer flied out to center; Singleton was called out on strikes; Murray singled to left; Smith singled to left [Murray to third]; May singled to center [Murray scored, Smith to second]; Roenicke popped to second; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 10, Indians 3. INDIANS 7TH: HARLOW REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING CF); ANDERSON REPLACED ROENICKE (PLAYING LF); LOPEZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Kuiper struck out; Veryzer flied out to right; Speed flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 10, Indians 3. ORIOLES 8TH: Lopez struck out; Skaggs flied out to center; Belanger was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 10, Indians 3. INDIANS 8TH: Manning was called out on strikes; Bell flied out to right; Cage flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 10, Indians 3. ORIOLES 9TH: Dauer flied out to left; Harlow popped to third in foul territory; Murray grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 10, Indians 3. INDIANS 9TH: STANHOUSE REPLACED MCGREGOR (PITCHING); Thornton struck out; Pruitt was called out on strikes; Ron Pruitt ejected by HP umpire Vic Voltaggio; Cox reached on an error by Dauer [Cox to first]; GRIFFIN RAN FOR COX; Kuiper forced Griffin (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 10, Indians 3.

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