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California Angels @ Kansas City Royals

1978-09-16 · Night game · Kauffman Stadium · Att: 40237 · night · 3:16

California Angels defeated Kansas City Royals 4–3. California Angels put up 3 in the 8th. Dyar Miller earned the win and Dave LaRoche picked up the save. Carney Lansford went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CAL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	5
KCA	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	12

W: Dyar Miller L: Al Hrabosky SV: Dave LaRoche

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

California Angels — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rick Miller	4	1	0	0	1	3
Carney Lansford	4	2	2	3	0	0
Lyman Bostock	3	0	1	0	0	0
Don Baylor	3	0	0	1	0	0
Joe Rudi	4	0	0	0	0	0
Ron Jackson	4	0	0	0	0	0
Brian Downing	3	0	1	0	1	0
Bobby Grich	3	1	1	0	1	0
Dave Chalk	2	0	0	0	0	1
Merv Rettenmund	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ken Landreaux	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Anderson	0	0	0	0	1	0

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Steve Braun	3	0	2	0	1	0
George Brett	4	0	1	0	1	0
Amos Otis	5	0	3	1	0	0
Darrell Porter	5	0	2	0	0	0
Pete LaCock	3	0	0	0	0	0
Hal McRae	4	0	2	0	0	0
Al Cowens	4	1	0	0	0	0
Freddie Patek	3	0	0	0	0	0
Frank White	3	1	1	2	0	0
John Wathan	1	0	0	0	0	1
Jamie Quirk	1	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Cripe	1	0	0	0	0	1
Joe Zdeb	1	0	0	0	0	1

California Angels — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Paul Hartzell	2.2	8	0	0
Dave Frost	3.2	2	2	0
Ken Brett	0.1	0	0	0
Dyar Miller	1.0	1	0	1
Dave LaRoche	1.1	1	0	2

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Marty Pattin	7.0	3	2	3
Al Hrabosky	0.1	1	2	0
Randy McGilberry	1.2	1	1	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Rick Miller: K
Carney Lansford: S6
Lyman Bostock: S7.1-3
Don Baylor: SB2
Don Baylor: 9/SF.3-H;2-3
Joe Rudi: 9

Bot 1

Steve Braun: S7
George Brett: S3/BR.1X2(3)
Amos Otis: CS2(24)
Amos Otis: E5
Darrell Porter: S8.1-3
Pete LaCock: 164(1)/FO

Top 2

Ron Jackson: 7
Brian Downing: W
Bobby Grich: S9.1-2
Dave Chalk: K
Rick Miller: K

Bot 2

Hal McRae: S6
Al Cowens: 64(1)/FO
Freddie Patek: 9
Frank White: HR/7.1-H
Steve Braun: S5
George Brett: 7

Top 3

Carney Lansford: 2/FL/P
Lyman Bostock: 43
Don Baylor: 8/L

Bot 3

Amos Otis: 8
Darrell Porter: S9
Pete LaCock: 5/FL/P
Hal McRae: S8.1-2
Al Cowens: 7/L

Top 4

Joe Rudi: 8
Ron Jackson: 63
Brian Downing: 4/FL/P

Bot 4

Freddie Patek: 8
Frank White: 3/G
Steve Braun: 8

Top 5

Bobby Grich: 8
Dave Chalk: 7
Rick Miller: 31

Bot 5

George Brett: 4/L
Amos Otis: S8
Darrell Porter: 9
Pete LaCock: 9

Top 6

Carney Lansford: 7
Lyman Bostock: 3/G
Don Baylor: 7

Bot 6

Hal McRae: 63
Al Cowens: 53
Freddie Patek: 8

Top 7

Joe Rudi: 3/FL/P
Ron Jackson: 9/L
Brian Downing: 63

Bot 7

Frank White: 53
Steve Braun: W
George Brett: SB2
George Brett: IW
Amos Otis: S7.2-H;1-3
Darrell Porter: 4/P
John Wathan: SB2
John Wathan: K

Top 8

Bobby Grich: W
Merv Rettenmund: 7
Rick Miller: W.1-2
Carney Lansford: HR/7.2-H;1-H
Ken Landreaux: W
Don Baylor: 2/FL/P
Joe Rudi: SB2
Joe Rudi: 9

Bot 8

Hal McRae: 43
Al Cowens: 3/P
Jamie Quirk: D7
Dave Cripe: K

Top 9

Ron Jackson: 9
Brian Downing: D9
Bobby Grich: 8
Jim Anderson: W
Rick Miller: K

Bot 9

Joe Zdeb: K
George Brett: 6/L
Amos Otis: S8
Darrell Porter: 9

Notes & reviews

Al Hrabosky threw two pitches over the head of Lyman Bostock, who charged the mound; both benches cleared; after order was restored, the two players exchanged words and starting fighting; Bostock and Hrabosky ejected by HP umpire Marty Springstead

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