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Kansas City Royals @ California Angels

1978-09-10 · Day game · Angel Stadium of Anaheim · Att: 24793 · 2:52

California Angels defeated Kansas City Royals 13–3. California Angels put up 6 in the 6th. Nolan Ryan earned the win. Don Baylor went 2-for-5 with 1 HR and 5 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	9
CAL	5	0	0	1	0	6	1	0		13	16

W: Nolan Ryan L: Paul Splittorff SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Terry Cooney · 1B: Bill Kunkel · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Deegan · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tom Poquette	5	0	2	1	0	2
Hal McRae	5	0	0	0	0	3
Pete LaCock	3	0	0	0	1	2
Darrell Porter	3	0	0	0	0	0
Amos Otis	3	0	0	0	0	2
George Brett	3	0	2	0	0	0
Al Cowens	3	0	1	0	0	0
U. L. Washington	4	1	0	0	0	2
Frank White	2	0	0	0	0	0
Jamie Quirk	2	1	2	1	0	0
Dave Cripe	1	0	1	1	0	0
Willie Wilson	1	0	0	0	0	1
Luis Silverio	1	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Gaudet	1	0	0	0	0	0

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rick Miller	4	3	1	0	1	0
Carney Lansford	5	2	4	0	0	0
Lyman Bostock	5	2	2	2	0	0
Don Baylor	5	2	2	5	0	1
Joe Rudi	2	1	0	0	1	1
Ron Jackson	5	1	2	2	0	0
Dave Chalk	5	0	3	1	0	1
Jim Anderson	5	1	1	1	0	1
Terry Humphrey	4	0	1	0	0	0
Ken Landreaux	1	1	0	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Splittorff	0.0	4	2	0
Doug Bird	5.2	10	1	1
Steve Busby	2.1	2	0	3

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Nolan Ryan	9.0	9	1	12

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tom Poquette: S8
Hal McRae: K
Pete LaCock: W.1-2
Darrell Porter: 7
Amos Otis: K

Bot 1

Rick Miller: W
Carney Lansford: S7.1-2
Lyman Bostock: S1.2-3;1-2
Don Baylor: HR/7.3-H;2-H;1-H
Joe Rudi: W
Ron Jackson: S9.1-2
Dave Chalk: S7.2-3;1-2
Jim Anderson: 46(1)/FO.3-H;2-3
Terry Humphrey: 2/FL/P
Rick Miller: 64(1)/FO

Top 2

George Brett: S8
Al Cowens: 4/P
U. L. Washington: K
Frank White: 3/FL/P

Bot 2

Carney Lansford: D7
Lyman Bostock: 9(B)5(2)/FDP
Don Baylor: 8

Top 3

Tom Poquette: K
Hal McRae: K
Pete LaCock: K/C

Bot 3

Joe Rudi: 53
Ron Jackson: 8
Dave Chalk: S7
Jim Anderson: E4.1-3
Terry Humphrey: 8

Top 4

Darrell Porter: 3/G
Amos Otis: K
George Brett: D9
Al Cowens: WP.2-3
Al Cowens: 7

Bot 4

Rick Miller: D9
Carney Lansford: 9.2-3
Lyman Bostock: 43.3-H
Don Baylor: 7

Top 5

U. L. Washington: 143
Frank White: 9
Tom Poquette: 43

Bot 5

Joe Rudi: K
Ron Jackson: 63
Dave Chalk: 8

Top 6

Hal McRae: K
Pete LaCock: 6/FL/P
Darrell Porter: 9

Bot 6

Jim Anderson: S7
Terry Humphrey: 7
Rick Miller: 8
Carney Lansford: S5.1-2
Lyman Bostock: S9.2-H;1-3
Don Baylor: S7.3-H;1-3
Ken Landreaux: IW.1-2
Ron Jackson: S7.3-H;2-H;1-H(E7)(NR);B-3
Dave Chalk: S7.3-H(UR)
Jim Anderson: K

Top 7

Amos Otis: 43
George Brett: 3/G
Al Cowens: S7
U. L. Washington: K/C

Bot 7

Terry Humphrey: S7
Rick Miller: 46(1)/FO
Carney Lansford: S8.1-H(E8)(NR);B-2
Lyman Bostock: E4.2-3
Don Baylor: K
Ken Landreaux: 9

Top 8

Jamie Quirk: S9
Tom Poquette: K
Hal McRae: E6.1-3
Pete LaCock: K
Dave Cripe: S7.3-H(UR);1-2
Willie Wilson: K

Bot 8

Ron Jackson: 8
Dave Chalk: K
Jim Anderson: 7

Top 9

Luis Silverio: S7
Jim Gaudet: E6.1-2
U. L. Washington: 46(1)/FO.2-3
Jamie Quirk: S9.3-H(UR);1-3
Tom Poquette: S9.3-H;1-3
Hal McRae: 36(1)3/GDP

Notes & reviews

Joe Rudi sprained thumb on strikeout
Debut game for Dave Cripe Debut game for Jim Gaudet
Royals Manager Herzog ejected by 3B umpire Deegan for arguing Humphrey left baseline and interfered

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