The Cleveland Indians were defeated by the Kansas City Royals, 5 to 4, on April 9, 1978.

1978 Cleveland Indians

Final

KCR

Royals

1-1

5

CLE

Indians

1-1

4

KCR

CLE

1

0

0

2

1

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

5

0

0

6

2

0

7

1

1

8

1

3

9

0

0

R

5

4

H

8

7

E

4

1

Top 2nd

KCR

CLE

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Tom Poquette; Al Cowens scored.

1

0

Top 6th

KCR

CLE

Royals

Double by Darrell Porter; George Brett scored.

2

0

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Amos Otis; Al Cowens scored.

3

0

Top 7th

KCR

CLE

Royals

Sacrifice fly by Willie Wilson; Frank White scored.

4

0

Bottom 7th

KCR

CLE

Indians

Single by Paul Dade; Buddy Bell scored.

4

1

Top 8th

KCR

CLE

Royals

Single by Darrell Porter; Al Cowens scored.

5

1

Bottom 8th

KCR

CLE

Indians

Single by Larvell Blanks; Johnny Grubb scored.

5

2

Indians

Single by Buddy Bell; Horace Speed scored.

5

3

Indians

Paul Dade walked; Larvell Blanks scored.

5

4

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Willie Wilson CF 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
Hal McRae DH 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
George Brett 3B 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Al Cowens RF 4 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Darrell Porter C 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 3
Tom Poquette LF 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Amos Otis PH 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Zdeb LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clint Hurdle 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Frank White 2B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
U L Washington SS 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 1
Totals 29 5 8 5 0 3 3 4 0 13

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Steve Busby (W) 5.1 2 0 0 3 0 0
Doug Bird 2.0 5 4 3 1 2 0
Al Hrabosky 0.1 0 0 0 2 1 0
Larry Gura 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Colborn 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Mingori (S) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 7 4 3 7 3 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Paul Dade RF,CF 4 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 1
Duane Kuiper 2B 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Johnny Grubb LF,RF 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 2
Andre Thornton 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Willie Horton DH 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Horace Speed PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Norris PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Larvell Blanks SS 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Buddy Bell 3B 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
Rick Manning CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ted Cox PH,LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ron Pruitt C 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 7 4 0 7 3 1 0 9

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Rick Wise (L) 5.1 4 3 3 3 3 0
Rick Kreuger 1.2 1 1 1 0 0 0
Dennis Kinney 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Kern 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 9.0 8 5 5 3 3 0

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HR

5

Naylor

Josh Naylor

RBI

17

Ramírez

José Ramírez

AVG

.349

Kwan

Steven Kwan

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

2

Sandlin

Nick Sandlin

K

20

Bieber

Shane Bieber

ERA

0.84

Herrin

Tim Herrin

Team Rankings

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HR

20

16th

R

112

3rd

SO

186

6th

ERA

3.08

4th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
14 6 .700
Royals Royals
13 7 .650 1.0
Tigers Tigers
11 9 .550 3.0
Twins Twins
6 12 .333 7.0
White Sox White Sox
3 16 .158 10.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/20
OAK OAK
@
CLE CLE
6:10 PM
Sun
4/21
OAK OAK
@
CLE CLE
1:40 PM
Tue
4/23
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
6:10 PM
Wed
4/24
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
6:10 PM
Thu
4/25
BOS BOS
@
CLE CLE
1:10 PM

Last Game

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CLE Guardians

14-6

10

Final

2

OAK Athletics

8-12

Fri 19 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

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8

Trout

Mike Trout

8

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

7

O'Neill

Tyler O'Neill

RBI Leaders

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24

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

21

Jr.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr.

21

Ward

Taylor Ward

Batting Average Leaders

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.376

Altuve

Jose Altuve

.361

Contreras

William Contreras

.361

McMahon

Ryan McMahon

Hit Leaders

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32

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

32

Altuve

Jose Altuve

31

Betts

Mookie Betts

Run Leaders

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22

Betts

Mookie Betts

21

Marte

Ketel Marte

19

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

OBP Leaders

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.468

Soto

Juan Soto

.458

Winker

Jesse Winker

.457

Betts

Mookie Betts

SLG Leaders

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.716

Ozuna

Marcell Ozuna

.667

Busch

Michael Busch

.662

Abrams

CJ Abrams

SB Leaders

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10

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

9

Turang

Brice Turang

8

Carroll

Corbin Carroll

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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3

Bello

Brayan Bello

3

Peguero

Elvis Peguero

3

Bradford

Cody Bradford

Strikeout Leaders

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34

Crochet

Garrett Crochet

34

Glasnow

Tyler Glasnow

33

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

ERA Leaders

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0.42

Crawford

Kutter Crawford

0.50

López

Reynaldo López

0.86

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

WHIP Leaders

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0.71

Blanco

Ronel Blanco

0.76

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

0.77

Suárez

Ranger Suárez

K/9 Leaders

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13.06

Greene

Hunter Greene

12.55

Peralta

Freddy Peralta

12.52

Jones

Jared Jones

K/BB Leaders

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16.00

Jones

Jared Jones

14.00

Houck

Tanner Houck

10.00

Ryan

Joe Ryan

Walk Leaders

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2

Jones

Jared Jones

2

Kirby

George Kirby

2

Houck

Tanner Houck

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

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370.4

Betts

Mookie Betts

322.6

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

311.7

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

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279

Betts

Mookie Betts

245

Cruz

Elly De La Cruz

244

Ohtani

Shohei Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Thu
4/18
TOR TOR
@
SDP SDP
5-1
Thu
4/18
LAA LAA
@
CIN CIN
1-7
Thu
4/18
ARI ARI
@
SFG SFG
17-1
Thu
4/18
NYM NYM
@
LAD LAD
9-4
Thu
4/18
MIL MIL
@
STL STL
2-1

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sat
4/20
TBR TBR
@
NYY NYY
1:05 PM
Sat
4/20
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
2:10 PM
Sat
4/20
MIL MIL
@
STL STL
2:15 PM
Sat
4/20
MIA MIA
@
CHC CHC
2:20 PM
Sat
4/20
BOS BOS
@
PIT PIT
4:05 PM