The Cleveland Indians defeated the Kansas City Royals, 8 to 5, on April 8, 1978.

Final

Royals

0-1

5

Indians

1-0

8

KCR

CLE

1

0

4

2

4

2

3

0

4

0

5

0

2

6

1

0

7

0

8

0

9

0

R

5

8

H

7

11

E

2

1

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 1st

KCR

CLE

Single by Willie Horton; Duane Kuiper scored.

0

1

Larvell Blanks ground ball; Error by George Brett; Andre Thornton scored.

0

2

Double by Buddy Bell; Willie Horton and Larvell Blanks scored.

0

4

Top 2nd

KCR

CLE

Home run by Freddie Patek; Darrell Porter scored.

2

4

Home run by Hal McRae; Willie Wilson scored.

4

Bottom 2nd

KCR

CLE

Home run by Ron Pruitt.

4

5

Home run by Paul Dade.

4

6

Bottom 5th

KCR

CLE

Home run by Andre Thornton; Johnny Grubb scored.

4

8

Top 6th

KCR

CLE

Double by Freddie Patek; Amos Otis scored.

5

8

Royals

Indians

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	SB	TB
Willie Wilson LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	1
Hal McRae DH	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	4
George Brett 3B	3	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
Al Cowens RF	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
Clint Hurdle 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Amos Otis CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2
Darrell Porter C	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Freddie Patek SS	3	1	2	3	1	1	0	0	6
Frank White 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Lahoud PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jerry Terrell 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Tom Poquette PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	33	5	7	5	2	3	3	2	15

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Dennis Leonard (L)	4.1	9	8	5	1	3	3
Marty Pattin	1.1	2	0	0	0	0	0
Larry Gura	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Mingori	2.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	8.0	11	8	5	1	4	3

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	TB
Paul Dade RF	5	1	2	1	1	0	0	5
Duane Kuiper 2B	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	2
Johnny Grubb LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	3
Andre Thornton 1B	3	2	1	2	1	1	2	4
Willie Horton DH	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	3
Larvell Blanks SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Buddy Bell 3B	4	0	1	2	0	0	1	2
Rick Manning CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Pruitt C	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	4
Totals	36	8	11	7	3	1	4	24

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
Wayne Garland (W)	6.0	7	5	5	3	2	2
Mike Paxton (S)	3.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Totals	9.0	7	5	5	3	3	2

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More Guardians Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

6

Naylor

RBI

24

Ramírez

AVG

.339

Kwan

Team Pitching Leaders

W

3

Allen

K

35

Bibee

ERA

0.63

Clase

Team Rankings

HR

26

21st

R

143

7th

SO

274

2nd

ERA

3.22

6th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	19	9	.679
Royals	17	12	.586	2.5
Tigers	16	12	.571	3.0
Twins	14	13	.519	4.5
White Sox	6	22	.214	13.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 4/30	CLE	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Wed 5/1	CLE	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Thu 5/2	CLE	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Fri 5/3	LAA	@	CLE	7:10 PM
Sat 5/4	LAA	@	CLE	6:10 PM

Last Game

Braves

19-7

4

Final

3

Guardians

19-9

Sun 28 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Henderson

9

Ozuna

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

26

Bohm

26

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.387

Betts

.367

Smith

.365

Bohm

Hit Leaders

46

Betts

41

Ohtani

41

Turner

Run Leaders

29

Betts

26

Contreras

26

Jr.

OBP Leaders

.482

Betts

.441

Bohm

.434

Soto

SLG Leaders

.670

Ozuna

.655

Betts

.639

Ohtani

SB Leaders

18

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Suárez

5

Minter

5

Glasnow

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

46

Wheeler

44

Gilbert

ERA Leaders

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

1.32

Suárez

WHIP Leaders

0.63

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.80

Imanaga

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.07

Peralta

11.93

Ryan

K/BB Leaders

9.50

Kirby

9.50

Ryan

9.33

Imanaga

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Kirby

4

Ryan

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

521.3

Betts

470

Cruz

445.8

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

398

Betts

357

Cruz

342

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0