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Indians 7 @ Royals 15
Royals Stadium
April 27, 1979

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Cleveland Indians, played on April 27, 1979 at Royals Stadium. The home team Royals beat the visiting Indians with a score of 15 to 7.

Game Summary

DateApril 27, 1979 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 7 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 5
Runs: 7
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 5
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 15 H: 17 E: 1 LOB: 12
Runs: 15
Hits: 17
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 12
Winning PitcherPaul Splittorff  
Losing PitcherWayne Garland  
SaveEduardo Rodriguez  
Game Winning RBIGeorge Brett 

Game Info

DateApril 27, 1979 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherWayne Garland  
Home Starting PitcherPaul Splittorff  
BallparkRoyals Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance17,411 
Time of Game2 hours 49 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Dick Nelson
1B: Bob Jones
2B: Don Schulte
3B: Al Purduski

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Paul Dade  Right Fielder 
Rick Manning  Center Fielder 
Bobby Bonds  DH 
Andre Thornton  First Baseman 
Gary Alexander  Catcher 
Toby Harrah  Third Baseman 
Jim Norris  Left Fielder 
Tom Veryzer  Shortstop 
Duane Kuiper  Second Baseman 
Jeff Torborg  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Frank White  Second Baseman 
George Brett  Third Baseman 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Darrell Porter  Catcher 
Al Cowens  Right Fielder 
Pete LaCock  First Baseman 
Hal McRae  DH 
Clint Hurdle  Left Fielder 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Whitey Herzog  Manager 

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Indians 7 @ Royals 15
Royals Stadium
April 27, 1979

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         Game of 4/27/1979 -- Cleveland at Kansas City (N)

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Dade P, rf            4  2  1  0   White F, 2b           3  4  3  2   
Manning R, cf         5  1  2  1   Brett G, 3b           6  2  2  2   
Bonds B, dh           5  0  1  2   Otis A, cf            4  3  1  1   
Thornton A, 1b        2  1  0  1   Porter D, c           3  2  1  1   
Alexander G, c        4  1  1  0   Wathan J, c           0  0  0  0   
Diaz B, c             0  0  0  0   Cowens A, rf          5  2  4  3   
Harrah T, 3b          2  0  1  1   LaCock P, 1b          5  1  2  1   
Norris J, lf          4  0  0  0   McRae H, dh           5  0  2  2   
Veryzer T, ss         4  1  2  1   Hurdle C, lf          2  0  0  1   
Kuiper D, 2b          4  1  2  1   Wilson W, lf          1  0  0  0   
                                   Patek F, ss           5  1  2  1   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     34  7 10  7                        39 15 17 14

Cleveland        020 031 100 --  7
Kansas City      452 003 01x -- 15

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Garland W (L)         1.1  6  8  8  4  1
Barker L              4.1  9  6  6  5  0
Cruz V                2.1  2  1  1  2  0

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Splittorff P (W)      5.0  6  5  5  3  1
Rodriguez E (S)       4.0  4  2  2  1  1

E -- Patek F
DP -- Cleveland 1, Kansas City 1
LOB -- Cleveland 5, Kansas City 12
2B -- Harrah T, Bonds B, Manning R, McRae H
3B -- Cowens A, Kuiper D
HR -- Brett G, White F
SB -- White F 2, Otis A 2, Patek F
CS -- Kuiper D
SF -- Hurdle C, Thornton A
WP -- Barker L
PB -- Alexander G
T -- 2:49
A -- 17411

    

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