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Oakland Athletics @ Kansas City Royals

1978-09-13 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 18359 · 85°F, night · 1:58

Kansas City Royals defeated Oakland Athletics 9–1. Kansas City Royals put up 4 in the 6th. Dennis Leonard earned the win. Hal McRae went 2-for-3 with 1 HR and 4 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
OAK	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	7
KCA	0	0	2	0	3	4	0	0		9	7

W: Dennis Leonard L: John Henry Johnson SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Rich Garcia · 1B: Jim Evans · 2B: Durwood Merrill · 3B: Marty Springstead · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Mike Edwards	3	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Revering	3	1	2	1	0	0
Mitchell Page	4	0	0	0	0	0
Rico Carty	2	0	0	0	1	1
Bruce Robinson	3	0	0	0	0	0
Mario Guerrero	3	0	1	0	0	0
Glenn Burke	4	0	1	0	0	0
Wayne Gross	3	0	1	0	0	0
Joe Wallis	2	0	0	0	0	1
Dell Alston	1	0	0	0	0	0
Darrell Woodard	1	0	0	0	0	0
Jeff Newman	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tim Hosley	1	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Meyer	1	0	0	0	0	0
Rob Picciolo	1	0	1	0	0	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
George Brett	4	2	1	1	0	0
Hal McRae	3	1	2	4	0	0
Amos Otis	3	0	1	1	1	0
Al Cowens	4	0	0	0	0	1
Darrell Porter	4	0	0	0	0	2
John Wathan	4	0	0	0	0	0
Frank White	3	1	0	0	1	0
Freddie Patek	3	2	1	0	1	0
Luis Silverio	2	3	2	2	1	0

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
John Henry Johnson	6.0	6	4	2
Elias Sosa	2.0	1	0	1

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Dennis Leonard	6.1	6	1	2
Steve Mingori	2.2	1	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Mike Edwards: 4/L
Dave Revering: S8
Mitchell Page: 8
Rico Carty: 53

Bot 1

George Brett: 53
Hal McRae: 9
Amos Otis: W
Al Cowens: 8

Top 2

Bruce Robinson: 7
Mario Guerrero: S7
Glenn Burke: 8
Wayne Gross: 4/FL/P

Bot 2

Darrell Porter: K/C
John Wathan: 3/P
Frank White: 13

Top 3

Joe Wallis: K
Mike Edwards: S7
Dave Revering: 46(1)3/GDP

Bot 3

Freddie Patek: W
Luis Silverio: E1/SH.1-2
George Brett: 14/SH.2-3;1-2
Hal McRae: 9/SF.3-H(UR);2-3
Amos Otis: D7.3-H(UR)
Al Cowens: FLE6
Al Cowens: 9

Top 4

Mitchell Page: 63
Rico Carty: W
Bruce Robinson: 7
Mario Guerrero: 8/L

Bot 4

Darrell Porter: 3/G
John Wathan: 8
Frank White: 8/L

Top 5

Glenn Burke: 43
Wayne Gross: S9
Joe Wallis: 4/P
Mike Edwards: 4/P

Bot 5

Freddie Patek: 8
Luis Silverio: W
George Brett: D7.1-H
Hal McRae: HR/7.2-H
Amos Otis: 7
Al Cowens: K

Top 6

Dave Revering: HR/9
Mitchell Page: 3/G
Rico Carty: K
Bruce Robinson: 43

Bot 6

Darrell Porter: 43
John Wathan: 8
Frank White: W
Freddie Patek: S9.1-2
Luis Silverio: D7.2-H;1-H
George Brett: E6.2-H(NR)(UR);B-2
Hal McRae: S7.2-H(UR);B-3(E2)
Amos Otis: 53

Top 7

Mario Guerrero: 53
Glenn Burke: S8
Wayne Gross: 9
Dell Alston: 3/G

Bot 7

Al Cowens: 6/P
Darrell Porter: K
John Wathan: 53

Top 8

Darrell Woodard: 53
Jeff Newman: 9
Mitchell Page: 31

Bot 8

Frank White: 8
Freddie Patek: 9
Luis Silverio: S
George Brett: WP.1-2
George Brett: 2/FL

Top 9

Tim Hosley: 53
Scott Meyer: 2/FL/P
Rob Picciolo: S8
Glenn Burke: 6(1)/FO

Notes & reviews

2:02 rain delay at 9:12pm
Royals manager Herzog ejected by 3B umpire Springstead for arguing game should not have been restarted since field was unplayable after long rain delay

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