Spoiling Jim Palmer's bid to become the first eight-time 20-game winner in 43 years, the Indians tallied a pair of eighth-inning runs to edge the Orioles, 2-1. The Tribe trailed, 1-0, when their rally began with a one-out double by Jim Norris.

With a count 1-0 on Buddy Bell, Palmer asked to be relieved. After Don Stanhouse took over, Bell singled home Norris with the tying run and took second on the throw to the plate. Wayne Cage followed with a single to plate the game-winning marker and pin the loss on Stanhouse. [The Sporting News]

Cleveland Indians 2, Baltimore Orioles 1

Game Played on Tuesday, September 19, 1978 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium

Orioles 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 0 Indians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 x - 2 8 0 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Harlow cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .238 Manning cf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .262 Kelly lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .267 Norris lf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .281 Singleton rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .294 Speed lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Smith 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Bell 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .291 Murray 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .289 Thornton 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .266 DeCinces 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .278 Cage dh 4 0 1 1 0 2 .235 Lopez rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 Briggs rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .125 May dh 4 1 2 1 0 0 .248 Pruitt c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Garcia ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Kuiper 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .283 Bumbry ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Dauer 2b,3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Paxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Crowley ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .265 Dempsey c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .256 Hendricks ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Palmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 1 4 1 5 2 Totals 31 2 8 2 3 3 Time of Game: 2:28 Attendance: 3,148 Left on Base: Orioles 8, Indians 8 DP: Orioles 1, Indians 0 Doubles: Norris (12) Home Runs: May (25) Stolen Bases: Kelly (10) GIDP: Bell (22) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Palmer 7.1 6 1 1 2 2 0 29 2.52 Stanhouse L(6-7) 0.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 5 2.96 Totals 8 8 2 2 3 3 0 34 Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Paxton W(12-9) 9 4 1 1 5 2 1 36 3.56 Totals 9 4 1 1 5 2 1 36 Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Vic Voltaggio ORIOLES 1ST: Harlow grounded out (first unassisted); Kelly singled to right; Kelly stole second; Singleton popped to second; Murray walked; DeCinces struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 0, Indians 0. INDIANS 1ST: Manning singled to left; Norris singled to left [Manning to second]; Bell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Manning to third, Norris out at second]; Thornton flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Indians 0. ORIOLES 2ND: May homered; Garcia grounded out (pitcher to first); Dauer flied out to center; Dempsey grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 2ND: Cage flied out to center; Briggs flied out to center; Pruitt popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Indians 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Harlow grounded out (second to first); Kelly grounded out (pitcher to first); Singleton grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper grounded out (second to first); Veryzer flied out to left; Manning singled to right; Norris walked [Manning to second]; Bell flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Indians 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Murray popped to first in foul territory; DeCinces singled to left; May singled to right [DeCinces to second]; Garcia popped to second; Dauer flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 4TH: Thornton popped to second; Cage struck out; Briggs grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Indians 0. ORIOLES 5TH: Dempsey flied out to right; Harlow made an out to shortstop; Kelly walked; Singleton walked [Kelly to second]; Murray grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 5TH: Pruitt flied out to right; Kuiper flied out to left; Veryzer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Indians 0. ORIOLES 6TH: DeCinces lined to pitcher; May flied out to center; Garcia made an out to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 6TH: Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Norris flied out to center; Bell singled to center; Thornton walked [Bell to second]; Cage struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Indians 0. ORIOLES 7TH: Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); Dempsey flied out to right; Harlow walked; Kelly flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 7TH: Briggs flied out to right; Pruitt flied out to right; Kuiper singled to right; Veryzer forced Kuiper (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Indians 0. ORIOLES 8TH: Singleton grounded out (second to first); Murray walked; DeCinces forced Murray (shortstop to second); May grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Indians 0. INDIANS 8TH: SMITH REPLACED SINGLETON (PLAYING 2B); LOPEZ REPLACED DECINCES (PLAYING RF); DAUER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 3B); Manning flied out to left; Norris doubled to left; STANHOUSE REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING); Bell singled to center [Norris scored]; Thornton walked [Bell to second]; Cage singled to right [Bell scored, Thornton to third]; Briggs struck out; Pruitt grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Indians 2. ORIOLES 9TH: SPEED REPLACED NORRIS (PLAYING LF); BUMBRY BATTED FOR GARCIA; Bumbry flied out to center; CROWLEY BATTED FOR DAUER; Crowley struck out; HENDRICKS BATTED FOR DEMPSEY; Hendricks flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Indians 2.

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