April 10, 1978

Red Sox at Indians

Notable because there were only 4,177 fans at this game, which must have produced an echo in Cleveland Stadium. It held more than 75,000.

Orioles at Royals

Baltimore was no doubt happy to get away from the Milwaukee hitters. They lost anyway and remain winless. The runnin' Royals stole two more bases.

San Diego at Atlanta

Sarge (Gary Matthews, Sr.) went 4-for-4 with 2 homers and four RBI. It was all hit or miss. Gene Richards was 3-for-5 with 2 RBI, Dave Winfield was 2-for-5 with 4 RBI, Biff Pocaroba was 3-for-5 with 1 RBI, and Barry Bonnell 3-for-5. Take away those five guys, and the other 13 non-pitchers were a combined 4-for-40. Atlanta won when light-hitting Darrell Chaney hit a 9th inning 2-run homer off SD closer Bob Shirley. Chaney played 11 seasons and hit 14 home runs.

Atlanta finally gets in the win column.

Pirates at Cardinals

Jim Rooker couldn't get out of the first inning, and the Pirates called on Don Robinson in relief. It was Robinson's debut. No one yet knew it, but Robinson would turn out to be one of the best hitting pitchers of the modern era. In this game, he was 0-for-2, and he didn't pitch well either.