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Tuesday May 23, 1978
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Kansas City Royals 5, Seattle Mariners 3 (Game 2)

Game Played on Tuesday, May 23, 1978 (Night game) at Kingdome

Royals       1  0  0    0  1  1    2  0  0  -   5  7  1
Mariners     0  0  0    1  1  0    0  1  0  -   3  5  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
White 2b              4   2   2   0     0   1   .255      Cruz 2b               3   0   0   0     2   1   .268
McRae dh              4   0   2   0     0   0   .300      Bochte lf             4   0   0   0     0   2   .260
Brett 3b              3   0   0   2     0   1   .284      Bernhardt 1b          3   2   2   1     0   0   .341
Cowens rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Roberts rf            3   0   0   0     1   2   .293
Otis cf               3   1   0   0     0   0   .307      Stanton dh            2   0   0   0     2   0   .212
Wathan c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .286      Ruppert Jones cf      4   0   2   1     0   0   .237
Patek ss              3   1   1   0     0   0   .281      Reynolds ss           4   0   1   1     0   0   .315
Hurdle 1b             2   0   1   3     0   0   .248      Baez 3b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .170
Wilson lf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .236        Stein ph            1   0   0   0     0   1   .234
Gura p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Milbourne 3b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .261
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Stinson c             3   1   0   0     1   2   .266
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rawley p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Burke p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   5   7   5     0   2             Totals               30   3   5   3     6   8

Time of Game: 2:27   Attendance:  8,275
Left on Base: Royals 1, Mariners 8
DP: Royals 0, Mariners 0
Errors: Wathan, Bernhardt
Doubles: Wathan (4), White (7), Bernhardt (4), Ruppert Jones (7)
Stolen Bases: Otis (10), Patek (10), Cruz (16)
Sacrifice Hits: Bochte (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Hurdle (1), Brett (1), Bernhardt (2)
Hit by Pitch: Otis (2,by Rawley)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gura                    4.1   3   2   1   4   2   0  20   3.72
Bird W(3-2)             3     1   1   1   2   4   0  12   6.33
Hrabosky SV(6)          1.2   1   0   0   0   2   0   6   1.02
Totals                  9     5   3   2   6   8   0  38

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rawley L(1-5)           6     4   4   4   0   1   0  23   4.30
Burke                   3     3   1   1   0   1   0  10   3.89
Totals                  9     7   5   5   0   2   0  33

Hit by Pitch: Rawley (3)
Wild Pitches: Bird (4)

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - George Maloney


ROYALS 1ST: White singled to left; McRae singled to center
[White to third]; Brett forced McRae (second to shortstop)
[White scored]; Cowens flied out to center; Otis forced Brett
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Mariners
0.

MARINERS 1ST: Cruz walked; Bochte flied out to left; Bernhardt
lined to center; Cruz stole second; Roberts flied out to right;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Mariners 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Wathan grounded out (second to first); Patek flied
out to right; Hurdle grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Stanton walked; Ruppert Jones grounded out (first
unassisted) [Stanton to second]; Reynolds popped to third in
foul territory; Baez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Mariners 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Wilson lined to left; White flied out to center;
McRae lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Mariners
0.

MARINERS 3RD: Stinson struck out; Cruz flied out to right;
Bochte lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Mariners
0.

ROYALS 4TH: Brett was called out on strikes; Cowens grounded out
(shortstop to first); Otis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 4TH: Bernhardt singled to left; Wathan dropped a foul
fly hit by Roberts for an error; Roberts struck out; Stanton
flied out to left; Ruppert Jones singled to center [Bernhardt to
second]; Reynolds singled to right [Bernhardt scored (unearned),
Ruppert Jones to second]; Baez grounded out (second to first); 1
R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Mariners 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Wathan doubled to left; Patek grounded out (second
to first) [Wathan to third]; Hurdle lined out on a sacrifice fly
to center [Wathan scored]; Wilson flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 5TH: Stinson walked; Cruz walked [Stinson to second];
Bochte out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Stinson to
third, Cruz to second]; BIRD REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Bernhardt
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Stinson scored]; Bird threw a
wild pitch [Cruz to third]; Roberts walked; Stanton popped to
second; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Mariners 2.

ROYALS 6TH: White doubled to left; McRae grounded out (first
unassisted) [White to third]; Brett hit a sacrifice fly to
center [White scored]; Cowens grounded out (third to first); 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Mariners 2.

MARINERS 6TH: Ruppert Jones flied out to right; Reynolds flied
out to right; Baez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Mariners 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Otis was hit by a pitch; BURKE REPLACED RAWLEY
(PITCHING); Wathan popped to second; Otis stole second; Patek
singled to left [Otis to third]; Patek stole second; Hurdle
singled to right [Otis scored, Patek scored, Hurdle out at
second (right to first to shortstop)]; Wilson grounded out
(first unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Mariners 2.

MARINERS 7TH: Stinson struck out; Cruz was called out on
strikes; Bochte struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5,
Mariners 2.

ROYALS 8TH: White struck out; McRae singled to right [McRae out
at second (right to shortstop)]; Brett reached on an error by
Bernhardt [Brett out at second (first to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Mariners 2.

MARINERS 8TH: Bernhardt doubled to left; Roberts struck out;
Stanton walked; HRABOSKY REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); Ruppert Jones
doubled [Bernhardt scored, Stanton to third]; Reynolds flied out
to left; STEIN BATTED FOR BAEZ; Stein struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Royals 5, Mariners 3.

ROYALS 9TH: MILBOURNE REPLACED STEIN (PLAYING 3B); Cowens lined
to right; Otis grounded out (second to first); Wathan grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5,
Mariners 3.

MARINERS 9TH: Stinson popped to shortstop; Cruz grounded out
(second to first); Bochte struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 5, Mariners 3.



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