After trailing, 5-0, the Royals rallied to defeat the Brewers, 7-6, and snap a three-game losing streak. The Royals cut their deficit to one run before Cecil Cooper homered in the eighth inning to put the Brewers ahead, 6-4. In the Royals' half, Amos Otis, John Wathan, Freddie Patek and Frank White hit consecutive singles to tie the score and Pete LaCock followed with a sacrifice fly to drive in the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 7, Milwaukee Brewers 6
Game Played on Friday, April     28, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Brewers      2  3  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   6  8  2
Royals       0  0  1    0  0  2    1  3  x  -   7 13  1


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Sakata 2b             5   1   2   0     0   0   .250      Poquette lf           2   1   1   0     1   0   .400
Bando 3b              4   2   1   0     0   0   .266        Zdeb ph,lf          1   1   1   0     0   0   .167
Cooper 1b             5   2   2   1     0   0   .329        LaCock ph           0   0   0   1     0   0   .000
Hisle lf              4   1   1   3     1   0   .271        Wilson lf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Oglivie rf            3   0   1   2     2   0   .277      McRae dh              5   0   1   0     0   0   .232
Lezcano dh            4   0   0   0     1   0   .167      Brett 3b              5   1   4   1     0   0   .242
Thomas cf             1   0   0   0     3   0   .230      Cowens rf             4   0   0   1     0   0   .263
Martinez c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .235      Porter c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .355
  Davis ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .345      Otis cf               3   2   1   0     1   2   .273
Nordbrook ss          2   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hurdle 1b             3   0   1   1     0   0   .213
Sorensen p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wathan ph,1b        1   1   1   1     0   0   .300
  McClure p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Patek ss              4   1   2   1     0   0   .278
  Rodriguez p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Terrell 2b            2   0   0   0     0   1   .000
                                                            Lahoud ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            White 2b            1   0   1   1     0   0   .128
                                                          Busby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Colborn p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   6   8   6     7   0             Totals               36   7  13   7     2   3

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 20,166
Left on Base: Brewers 11, Royals 8
DP: Brewers 0, Royals 0
Errors: Thomas 2, Colborn
Doubles: Cooper (5), Sakata (2), Brett (6)
Home Runs: Hisle (7), Cooper (7)
Stolen Bases: Otis (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Nordbrook 2 (2)
Sacrifice Flies: LaCock (1)
Hit by Pitch: Bando (2,by Busby), Thomas (1,by Colborn)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sorensen                6     7   3   3   2   3   0  27   4.50
McClure                 1     4   3   3   0   0   0   7   3.55
Rodriguez L(0-2)        1     2   1   0   0   0   0   5   1.93
Totals                  8    13   7   6   2   3   0  39

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Busby                   1.2   5   5   5   2   0   1  13  10.13
Colborn W(1-0)          6.1   3   1   1   5   0   1  28   4.50
Pattin SV(2)            1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Totals                  9     8   6   6   7   0   2  44

Hit by Pitch: Busby (1), Colborn (1)

Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Bill Deegan


BREWERS 1ST: Sakata grounded out (second to first); Bando was
hit by a pitch; Cooper doubled to left [Bando to third]; Hisle
walked; Oglivie singled to left [Bando scored, Cooper scored,
Hisle to second]; Lezcano flied out to center; Thomas walked
[Hisle to third, Oglivie to second]; Martinez popped to catcher
in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Poquette lined to first; McRae flied out to center;
Brett singled to center; Cowens grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 2, Royals 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Nordbrook grounded out (third to first); Sakata
singled to left; Bando singled to right [Sakata to second];
Cooper popped to third in foul territory; Hisle homered [Sakata
scored, Bando scored]; COLBORN REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING);
Oglivie walked; Lezcano flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Brewers 5, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Porter grounded out (second to first); Otis was
called out on strikes; Hurdle grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 5, Royals 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Thomas was hit by a pitch; Martinez singled to
right [Thomas to second]; Nordbrook reached on an error by
Colborn on a sacrifice bunt [Thomas to third, Martinez to
second]; Sakata lined to center; Bando flied out to center;
Cooper flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 5,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Terrell was
called out on strikes; Poquette walked; McRae singled to right
[Poquette to second]; Brett singled to center [Poquette scored,
McRae to second]; Cowens forced McRae (third unassisted); 1 R, 2
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 5, Royals 1.

BREWERS 4TH: Hisle flied out to left; Oglivie grounded out
(shortstop to first); Lezcano walked; Thomas walked [Lezcano to
second]; Martinez forced Thomas (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 5, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Porter grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis was
called out on strikes; Hurdle grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 5, Royals 1.

BREWERS 5TH: Nordbrook flied out to center; Sakata doubled to
right; Bando popped to shortstop; Cooper grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 5, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek grounded out (third to first); Terrell flied
out to right; Poquette singled to center; McRae grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 5, Royals 1.

BREWERS 6TH: Hisle grounded out (pitcher to first); Oglivie
walked; Oglivie was picked off first (pitcher to first); Lezcano
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 5, Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Brett singled to center [Brett to second (error by
Thomas)]; Cowens flied out to left; Porter lined to left; Otis
walked; Hurdle singled to center [Brett scored, Otis to third];
Patek singled to right [Otis scored, Hurdle to second]; LAHOUD
BATTED FOR TERRELL; Lahoud grounded out (second to first); 2 R,
3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 5, Royals 3.

BREWERS 7TH: WHITE REPLACED LAHOUD (PLAYING 2B); Thomas walked;
Martinez flied out to right; Nordbrook out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Thomas to second]; Sakata grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 5, Royals 3.

ROYALS 7TH: MCCLURE REPLACED SORENSEN (PITCHING); ZDEB BATTED
FOR POQUETTE; Zdeb singled to left; McRae lined to left; Brett
doubled to right [Zdeb to third]; Cowens grounded out (third to
first) [Zdeb scored]; Porter grounded out (first unassisted); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 5, Royals 4.

BREWERS 8TH: ZDEB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Bando lined to
center; Cooper homered; Hisle lined to left; Oglivie lined to
center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 6, Royals 4.

ROYALS 8TH: Otis singled to left; WATHAN BATTED FOR HURDLE; Otis
stole second; Wathan singled to right [Otis scored]; RODRIGUEZ
REPLACED MCCLURE (PITCHING); On a bunt Patek singled [Wathan to
second]; White singled to center [Wathan scored, Patek to third
(error by Thomas)]; LACOCK BATTED FOR ZDEB; LaCock hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Patek scored (unearned), White to
second]; McRae grounded out (second to first) [White to third];
Brett lined to left; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 6,
Royals 7.

BREWERS 9TH: WILSON REPLACED LACOCK (PLAYING LF); WATHAN STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); PATTIN REPLACED COLBORN (PITCHING);
Lezcano grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas popped to
catcher in foul territory; DAVIS BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Davis
popped to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 6, Royals 7.