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Saturday May 6, 1978
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After forcing the exit of Paul Splittorff, the Brewers continued their rally against Doug Bird and Al Hrabosky in the ninth inning and scored four runs to defeat the Royals, 4-3. Splittorff, who had a string of eight consecutive winning decisions over the Brewers, was lifted with none out in the ninth after giving up a single by Paul Molitor and pass to Dick Davis.

Bird, relieving, was tagged for a homer by Sal Bando that tied the score at 3-3. Larry Hisle then walked and Sixto Lezcano singled. After Hrabosky took over, Cecil Cooper singled and Gorman Thomas walked on a 3-1 pitch to force in the Brewers' winning run. [The Sporting News]


Milwaukee Brewers 4, Kansas City Royals 3

Game Played on Saturday, May 6, 1978 (Day game) at County Stadium

Royals       0  1  0    0  1  0    1  0  0  -   3 11  0
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  4  -   4  7  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Otis cf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .277      Molitor ss            4   1   1   0     0   0   .291
McRae dh              4   0   1   0     0   1   .245      Davis lf              3   1   0   0     1   0   .293
Poquette lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .325      Bando 3b              3   1   1   3     1   0   .295
  Wilson pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .273      Hisle dh              3   1   0   0     1   0   .272
Cowens rf             4   1   3   0     0   0   .263      Lezcano rf            4   0   2   0     0   0   .271
Porter c              4   1   2   1     0   0   .345      Cooper 1b             4   0   3   0     0   0   .347
Hurdle 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .234      Thomas cf             3   0   0   1     1   0   .225
  Washington pr       0   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Martinez c            3   0   0   0     0   1   .235
  LaCock 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .083      Sakata 2b             2   0   0   0     0   0   .193
Terrell 3b            3   1   0   0     1   1   .192        Yount ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Patek ss              2   0   1   0     1   0   .250        Gantner 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .273
White 2b              2   0   2   1     0   0   .224      Sorensen p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   3  11   2     2   3             Totals               30   4   7   4     4   1

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 13,914
Left on Base: Royals 5, Brewers 6
DP: Royals 1, Brewers 1
Errors: Molitor
Doubles: Poquette (4), Lezcano (4)
Home Runs: Porter (4), Bando (3)
Stolen Bases: Cowens (3), Cooper (1)
Caught Stealing: White (3), Wilson (4), Washington (1), Patek (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Patek (1), White (2)
GIDP: Hurdle (1), Thomas (4)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff              8     4   2   2   2   1   0  29   2.47
Bird L(1-2)             0     2   2   2   1   0   1   3   6.92
Hrabosky                0     1   0   0   1   0   0   2   1.04
Totals                  8     7   4   4   4   1   1  34

Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Sorensen W(3-2)         9    11   3   3   2   3   1  35   4.35
Totals                  9    11   3   3   2   3   1  35

Balks: Sorensen (1)

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


ROYALS 1ST: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae flied
out to right; Poquette grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 1ST: Molitor grounded out (third to first); Davis flied
out to left; Bando walked; Hisle flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Cowens singled to right; Porter singled to center
[Cowens to second]; Hurdle forced Porter (second to shortstop)
[Cowens scored (error by Molitor), Hurdle to second]; Terrell
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Hurdle to third]; Patek
grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1,
Brewers 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Lezcano flied out to right; On a bunt Cooper
singled to third; Thomas lined to center; Cooper stole second;
Martinez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 1, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 3RD: White singled; White was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Otis was called out on strikes; McRae
singled to center; Poquette popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Sakata grounded out (shortstop to first); Molitor
grounded out (third to first); Davis popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Cowens singled to center; Porter popped to
shortstop; Hurdle grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Cowens out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 4TH: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Hisle
flied out to left; Lezcano grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Terrell walked; Sorensen balked [Terrell to second];
Patek out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Terrell to
third]; White out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first)
[Terrell scored]; Otis flied out to center; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 2, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 5TH: Cooper singled to left; Thomas grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Cooper out at second];
Martinez flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2,
Brewers 0.

ROYALS 6TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Poquette
grounded out (second to first); Cowens popped to shortstop in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 6TH: Sakata lined to right; Molitor grounded out (second
to first); Davis lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
2, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Porter homered; Hurdle grounded out (shortstop to
first); Terrell popped to third; Patek walked; White singled to
right [Patek to third]; Otis lined to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Royals 3, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 7TH: Bando flied out to left; Hisle popped to first in
foul territory; Lezcano doubled to right; Cooper grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 8TH: McRae was called out on strikes; Poquette doubled to
right; WILSON RAN FOR POQUETTE; Wilson was caught stealing third
(catcher to third); Cowens singled to center; Cowens stole
second; Porter flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
3, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 8TH: WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Thomas popped
to second; Martinez grounded out (third to first); YOUNT BATTED
FOR SAKATA; Yount popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Brewers 0.

ROYALS 9TH: GANTNER REPLACED YOUNT (PLAYING 2B); Hurdle singled
to center; WASHINGTON RAN FOR HURDLE; Terrell struck out;
Washington was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Patek
singled to left; Patek was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Brewers 0.

BREWERS 9TH: LACOCK REPLACED WASHINGTON (PLAYING 1B); Molitor
singled to left; Davis walked [Molitor to second]; BIRD REPLACED
SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Bando homered [Molitor scored, Davis
scored]; Hisle walked; Lezcano singled to left [Hisle to
second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); Cooper singled to
right [Hisle to third, Lezcano to second]; Thomas walked [Hisle
scored, Lezcano to third, Cooper to second]; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3
LOB.  Royals 3, Brewers 4.



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