Kansas City Royals vs. Cleveland Guardians

Apr 9, 1978

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
KC	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	5	8	4	6
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	7	1	11

loss:

R. Wise(0-1)win: Kansas City Royals logo

S. Busby(1-0)save: Kansas City Royals logo

S. Mingori(1)

KCCLE

2Tom Poquette out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Paul Dade. Al Cowens scores. [1 run] [2 outs] 10
6Darrell Porter doubles (1) on a to right fielder Paul Dade. George Brett scores. Al Cowens to 3rd. [1 run] 20
6Amos Otis out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Paul Dade. Al Cowens scores. Darrell Porter to 3rd. [1 run] [2 outs] 30
7Willie Wilson out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Rick Manning. Frank White scores. [1 run] [1 out] 40
7Paul Dade singles on a to left fielder Joe Zdeb. Buddy Bell scores. Ron Pruitt to 2nd. [1 run] 41
8Darrell Porter singles on a to left fielder Johnny Grubb. Al Cowens scores. [1 run] 51
8Larvell Blanks singles on a to right fielder Al Cowens. Johnny Grubb scores. Horace Speed to 3rd. [1 run] 52
8Buddy Bell singles on a to left fielder Joe Zdeb. Horace Speed scores. Larvell Blanks to 2nd. [1 run] 53
8Paul Dade walks. Larvell Blanks scores. Buddy Bell to 3rd. Ron Pruitt to 2nd. [1 run] 54

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1Willie WilsonCF	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	.167
2Hal McRaeDH	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	4	.222
3George Brett3B	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	.167
4Al CowensRF	3	4	3	0	0	0	0	3	.429
5Darrell PorterC	2	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	.375
6Tom PoquetteLF	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
Amos OtisPH	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250
Joe ZdebLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
7Clint Hurdle1B	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	.000
8Frank White2B	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	.167
9U L WashingtonSS	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	.500

TOTAL	8	29	5	5	3	3	0	13	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	PC	ERA
Steve BusbyRHP	5.1	2	0	0	0	3	30	0.00
Doug BirdRHP	2.0	5	4	3	2	1	20	13.50
Al HraboskyLHP	0.1	0	0	0	1	2	11	0.00
Larry GuraLHP	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	5	0.00
Jim ColbornRHP	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.00
Steve MingoriLHP	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.00
TOTAL	8.2	7	4	3	3	7	69	-

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	LOB	AVG
1Paul DadeRF-CF	1	4	0	2	0	1	0	.333
2Duane Kuiper2B	0	5	0	0	0	0	5	.222
3Johnny GrubbLF-RF	1	2	1	0	0	3	0	.333
4Andre Thornton1B	0	5	0	0	2	0	4	.125
5Willie HortonDH	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	.500
Horace SpeedPR	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000
Jim NorrisPH	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
6Larvell BlanksSS	2	5	1	1	0	0	2	.333
7Buddy Bell3B	1	3	1	1	0	1	1	.286
8Rick ManningCF	0	3	0	0	0	0	3	.000
Ted CoxPH-LF	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	.000
9Ron PruittC	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	.167
TOTAL	7	35	4	4	3	7	21	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	HR	PC	ERA
Rick WiseRHP	5.1	4	3	3	3	3	0	38	5.06
Rick KreugerLHP	1.2	1	1	1	0	0	0	7	5.40
Dennis KinneyLHP	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	5	9.00
Jim KernRHP	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.00


TOTAL	9.0	8	5	5	3	3	0	53	-

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1st inningKCCLE

TOP 1
POP OUT — Willie Wilson pops out to third baseman Buddy Bell. [1 out]
00
POP OUT — Hal McRae pops out to second baseman Duane Kuiper. [2 outs]
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BATTER OUT — George Brett out to center fielder Rick Manning. [3 outs]
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BOTTOM 1
FIELD ERROR — Paul Dade reaches on a fielding error by shortstop U L Washington.
00
PICKOFF ERROR 1B — Missed catch error by pitcher Steve Busby on the pickoff attempt. Paul Dade to 2nd.
00
RUNNER OUT — Paul Dade out at 3rd, first baseman Clint Hurdle to third baseman George Brett. [1 out]
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BATTER OUT — Duane Kuiper out, shortstop U L Washington to first baseman Clint Hurdle. [2 outs]
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WALK — Johnny Grubb walks.
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BATTER OUT — Andre Thornton out to left fielder Tom Poquette. [3 outs]
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CLE

5Runs4

8Hits7

4Errors1

.276Batting Avg.200

29At Bats35

4Extra-base Hits2

0Home Runs0

5Runs-Batted-In4

3Walks7

4Stolen Bases1

3Strikeouts3

6Left on Base11

13Total Bases9

Sunday, April 9, 1978 · 3:33 AM

Progressive Field · Cleveland, OH

attendance: 7,473 (21.5%)

weather: 34 degrees, unknown