Powerful pitching by rookie Rich Gale stopped the hard-hitting Red Sox and enabled the Royals to come away with a 3-1 triumph. The rookie righthander allowed only a single by Rick Burleson in the third and a single by Jerry Remy in the eighth. He set down 13 straight batters at one stage and ended hitting streaks of 11 games by Carl Yastrzemski and six games by Fred Lynn.

Sox slugger Jim Rice failed to get the ball out of the infield in four appearances and struck out twice. The Sox run scored on a bases-loaded double-play ball. Clint Hurdle knocked in two K. C. runs with a double in the fourth inning and the Royals got another tally in the seventh on Burleson's error. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 3, Boston Red Sox 1
Game Played on Monday, May       15, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Red Sox      0  0  1    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  2  1
Royals       0  0  0    2  0  0    1  0  x  -   3  7  0


Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Burleson ss           4   0   1   0     0   0   .185      Wilson lf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .259
Remy 2b               2   0   1   0     2   0   .293      Poquette rf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .276
Rice dh               4   0   0   0     0   2   .357        Terrell 3b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .205
Yastrzemski lf,1b     3   0   0   0     1   0   .314      McRae dh              4   1   1   0     0   0   .286
Fisk c                4   0   0   0     0   0   .248      Cowens 3b,rf          3   1   0   0     0   1   .271
Lynn cf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .331      Hurdle 1b             4   0   2   2     0   0   .253
Scott 1b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .311      Otis cf               3   0   2   0     1   0   .303
  Carbo lf            0   0   0   0     1   0   .220      Wathan c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .242
Hobson 3b             3   0   0   0     0   1   .275      Patek ss              3   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Evans rf              2   1   0   0     1   1   .245      White 2b              2   1   1   0     1   0   .256
Ripley p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gale p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               28   1   2   0     5   5             Totals               29   3   7   2     2   1

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance: 34,166
Left on Base: Red Sox 5, Royals 7
DP: Red Sox 2, Royals 1
Errors: Burleson
Doubles: Otis (8), Hurdle 2 (6), White (5)
Stolen Bases: Remy (7), Otis (7), Patek (7), Wilson (12)
Sacrifice Hits: Wilson (3)
GIDP: Rice (4), Poquette (1)
Hit by Pitch: Cowens (4,by Ripley), Wathan (1,by Ripley)


Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ripley L(0-3)           8     7   3   3   2   1   0  34   4.42
Totals                  8     7   3   3   2   1   0  34

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gale W(3-0)             9     2   1   1   5   5   0  33   2.08
Totals                  9     2   1   1   5   5   0  33

Hit by Pitch: Ripley 2 (3)

Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Haller


RED SOX 1ST: Burleson grounded out (second to first); Remy
walked; Remy stole second; Rice struck out; Yastrzemski walked;
Fisk flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Red Sox 0,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (second to first); Poquette
flied out to center; McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Royals 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Lynn was called out on strikes; Scott lined to
right; Hobson was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Red Sox 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Cowens struck out; Hurdle grounded out (second to
first); Amos Otis hit foul pop down RF line; George Scott
chased but couldn't hold on with back to plate and hurt right
middle finger; Otis doubled to right; Wathan grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 0, Royals 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Evans walked; Burleson singled to right [Evans to
third]; Remy walked [Burleson to second]; Rice grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Evans scored (no RBI),
Burleson to third, Remy out at second]; Yastrzemski popped to
shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); White
grounded out (third to first); Wilson grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Royals 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Fisk flied out to center; Lynn grounded out (second
to first); Scott grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Poquette grounded out (first unassisted); McRae
singled to center; Cowens was hit by a pitch [McRae to second];
Hurdle doubled to left [McRae scored, Cowens scored]; Otis
singled to right [Hurdle to third]; Otis stole second; Wathan
reached on a fielder's choice that turned into a double play
[Hurdle out at home (third to catcher), Otis to third, Wathan
out at first (catcher to shortstop to first)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Royals 2.

RED SOX 5TH: Hobson flied out to center; Evans grounded out
(shortstop to first); Burleson lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek singled to left; Patek stole second; White
walked; Wilson flied out to left; Poquette grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [White out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Royals 2.

RED SOX 6TH: Remy grounded out (pitcher to first); Rice popped
to shortstop; Yastrzemski popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 6TH: CARBO REPLACED SCOTT (PLAYING LF); YASTRZEMSKI
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 1B); McRae grounded out (shortstop to
first); Cowens flied out to left; Hurdle doubled to right; Otis
was walked intentionally; Wathan was hit by a pitch [Hurdle to
third, Otis to second]; Patek forced Wathan (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Royals 2.

RED SOX 7TH: Fisk lined to left; Lynn flied out to left; Carbo
walked; Hobson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Red Sox 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 7TH: White doubled to left; Wilson reached on a fielder's
choice on a sacrifice bunt [White to third]; Wilson stole second
[White scored (error by Burleson)]; Poquette flied out to left;
McRae flied out to right [Wilson to third]; Cowens popped to
shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Royals 3.

RED SOX 8TH: TERRELL REPLACED POQUETTE (PLAYING 3B); COWENS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Evans struck out; Burleson flied
out to left; Remy singled to center; Rice struck out; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 8TH: Hurdle grounded out (first to pitcher); Otis lined
to left; Wathan popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red
Sox 1, Royals 3.

RED SOX 9TH: Yastrzemski popped to shortstop; Fisk grounded out
(third to first); Lynn popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Red Sox 1, Royals 3.