Royals (5) vs Guardians (4) · Apr 9, 1978 · MLB Scores

FINAL

Apr 9, 1978

Box Score

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

win:S. Busby (KC)loss:R. Wise (CLE)save:S. Mingori (KC)

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

TOTAL	8	29	5	5	3	3	0

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

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

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


TOTAL	9.0	8	5	5	3	3	0

kccle

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

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]
00
BATTER OUT — George Brett out to center fielder Rick Manning.[3 outs]
00
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]
00
BATTER OUT — Duane Kuiper out, shortstop U L Washington to first baseman Clint Hurdle.[2 outs]
00
WALK — Johnny Grubb walks.
00
BATTER OUT — Andre Thornton out to left fielder Tom Poquette.[3 outs]
00

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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 · 12:33 AM

Progressive Field · Cleveland, OH

attendance: 7,473 (21.5%)

weather: 34 degrees, unknown