With Doug DeCinces extending his hitting streak to 17 games, the Orioles defeated the Indians, 3-1. Gary Roenicke, who doubled in the first inning and scored on a single by DeCinces, had a solo homer in the fifth. Mark Belanger added an RBI single in the eighth for the Birds' final runs. [The Sporting News]

Baltimore Orioles 3, Cleveland Indians 1

Game Played on Wednesday, September 27, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Indians 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 10 2 Orioles 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 x - 3 8 0 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Manning cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Lopez cf,rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .238 Norris lf 2 0 0 0 2 0 .283 Crowley ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .253 Bell 3b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .288 Dimmel rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thornton 1b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .266 Roenicke lf 2 2 2 1 2 0 .286 Cage dh 4 0 2 1 0 1 .265 Anderson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .094 Alexander c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Singleton rf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .290 Pruitt c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Harlow pr,cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Kuiper 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .288 Murray 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .288 Briggs rf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .194 DeCinces 3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .282 Griffin ss 3 0 1 0 0 1 .333 May dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .248 Cox ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Dempsey c 2 0 1 0 2 0 .259 Waits p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dauer 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .266 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Belanger ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .213 D. Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 1 10 1 4 3 Totals 30 3 8 3 7 3 Time of Game: 2:35 Attendance: 2,987 Left on Base: Indians 9, Orioles 10 DP: Indians 4, Orioles 2 Errors: Griffin, Waits Doubles: Griffin (1), Cage (5), Roenicke (3) Home Runs: Roenicke (3) Stolen Bases: Norris (12), DeCinces (7) GIDP: Bell (24), Kuiper (11), Dauer 2 (15), Murray (15), Crowley (4) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Waits L(12-15) 7 6 3 3 6 2 1 32 3.25 Kern 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 5 2.90 Totals 8 8 3 3 7 3 1 37 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Martinez W(15-11) 9 10 1 1 4 3 0 37 3.57 Totals 9 10 1 1 4 3 0 37 Umpires: HP - Ted Hendry, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - George Maloney INDIANS 1ST: Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); Norris grounded out (pitcher to first); Bell singled to right; Thornton singled to left [Bell to third]; Cage forced Thornton (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Lopez made an out to second; Roenicke doubled to left; Singleton grounded out (third to first); Murray walked; DeCinces singled to left [Roenicke scored, Murray to second]; May flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 1. INDIANS 2ND: Alexander grounded out (shortstop to first); Kuiper singled to left; Briggs singled to left [Kuiper out at third (left to third)]; Griffin doubled [Briggs out at home (center to third to catcher)]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 2ND: Dempsey walked; Dauer grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Dempsey out at second]; Belanger grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 1. INDIANS 3RD: Manning grounded out (second to first); Norris walked; Norris stole second; Bell walked; Thornton flied out to center; Cage struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 3RD: Lopez made an out to third; Roenicke walked; Singleton walked [Roenicke to second]; Murray grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Singleton out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 1. INDIANS 4TH: Alexander grounded out (pitcher to first); Kuiper singled; Briggs flied out to center; Griffin forced Kuiper (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 4TH: DeCinces grounded out (third to first); May reached on an error by Waits; Dempsey singled to right [May to third]; Dauer flied out to left; Belanger flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 1. INDIANS 5TH: Manning was called out on strikes; Norris walked; Bell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Norris out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 1. ORIOLES 5TH: Lopez struck out; Roenicke homered; Singleton was called out on strikes; Murray grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 2. INDIANS 6TH: Thornton flied out to right; Cage doubled to left; Alexander grounded out (second to first) [Cage to third]; Kuiper grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 6TH: PRUITT REPLACED ALEXANDER (PLAYING C ); DeCinces reached on an error by Griffin; May singled [DeCinces to second]; Dempsey flied out to center; Dauer grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [May out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 2. INDIANS 7TH: Briggs walked; Griffin was called out on strikes; Manning flied out to left; Norris grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 7TH: Belanger grounded out (second to first); Lopez grounded out (third to first); Roenicke walked; Singleton singled to center [Roenicke to third]; HARLOW RAN FOR SINGLETON; Murray grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 0, Orioles 2. INDIANS 8TH: HARLOW STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); LOPEZ CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Bell singled to center; Thornton singled to left [Bell to second]; Cage singled to center [Bell scored, Thornton to second]; Pruitt flied out to left; Kuiper grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Cage out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 1, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 8TH: DeCinces walked; DeCinces stole second; KERN REPLACED WAITS (PITCHING); May struck out; Dempsey walked; Dauer singled to pitcher [DeCinces to third, Dempsey to second]; Belanger singled to center [DeCinces scored, Dempsey to third, Dauer to second]; CROWLEY BATTED FOR LOPEZ; Crowley grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Belanger out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 1, Orioles 3. INDIANS 9TH: DIMMEL REPLACED CROWLEY (PLAYING RF); ANDERSON REPLACED ROENICKE (PLAYING LF); Briggs grounded out (second to first); COX BATTED FOR GRIFFIN; Cox grounded out (first unassisted); Manning grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Orioles 3.

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