Mounting a 13-hit assault, the Royals sank the Mariners, 9-4. After the teams traded runs in the second inning on a homer by Darrell Porter and RBI single by Bruce Bochte, a two-run triple by George Brett in the third stanza vaulted the Royals into a 3-1 margin. A double by Ruppert Jones in the bottom half of the frame narrowed the gap to one run, but the Royals blew the contest apart in the fourth.

With the bases filled and none out, Amos Otis' bad-hop single produced two runs. A third scored on a wild pitch and a sacrifice fly by Hal McRae drove in the fourth tally. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 9, Seattle Mariners 4
Game Played on Thursday, May       25, 1978 (Day game) at Kingdome
Royals       0  1  2    4  0  0    2  0  0  -   9 13  1
Mariners     0  1  1    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   4  9  2


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Otis cf               5   2   2   2     0   1   .320      Cruz 2b               4   0   1   0     1   0   .269
  Wilson cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .236      Reynolds ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .316
Poquette lf           5   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Roberts rf            4   0   0   0     0   2   .276
McRae dh              3   1   2   1     1   0   .299      Ruppert Jones cf      4   0   2   1     0   0   .248
Brett 3b              4   0   2   2     1   0   .289      Stanton dh            3   1   0   0     1   0   .207
Hurdle 1b             5   0   2   0     0   2   .263      Bernhardt 1b          4   1   2   1     0   1   .362
Porter c              4   1   1   1     1   1   .284      Bochte lf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .256
Cowens rf             5   2   2   0     0   0   .255      Baez 3b               3   0   0   0     0   1   .160
Patek ss              4   2   2   1     0   0   .291        Braun ph            1   1   1   1     0   0   .250
White 2b              3   1   0   1     1   3   .250      Plummer c             3   0   1   0     0   0   .235
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hale ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .111
  Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Abbott p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Montague p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Burke p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   9  13   8     4   7             Totals               35   4   9   4     2   5

Time of Game: 2:35   Attendance:  5,946
Left on Base: Royals 9, Mariners 6
DP: Royals 0, Mariners 0
Errors: Cowens, Bernhardt, Burke
Doubles: Otis (11), Bernhardt (5), Ruppert Jones (9)
Triples: Brett (2), Cowens (5)
Home Runs: Porter (6), Bernhardt (2), Braun (3)
Caught Stealing: Reynolds (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Patek (2)
Sacrifice Flies: McRae (2), White (1)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(5-4)       7     7   3   3   2   2   1  29   2.81
Pattin                  2     2   1   1   0   3   1   8   3.77
Totals                  9     9   4   4   2   5   2  37

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Abbott L(1-3)           3     6   6   5   2   3   1  18   5.55
Montague                3.1   5   3   2   2   2   0  17   4.73
Burke                   2.2   2   0   0   0   2   0  10   3.65
Totals                  9    13   9   6*  4   7   1  45

Passed Balls: Porter (3)
Wild Pitches: Montague (2)

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


ROYALS 1ST: Otis lined to right; Poquette grounded out (first to
pitcher); McRae singled to center; Brett flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Cruz walked; Reynolds forced Cruz (third to
shortstop); Roberts struck out; Reynolds was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Mariners 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Hurdle was called out on strikes; Porter homered;
Cowens grounded out (second to first); Patek singled to left;
White struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Ruppert Jones grounded out (pitcher to first);
Stanton walked; Bernhardt doubled to left [Stanton to third];
Bochte singled to right [Stanton scored, Bernhardt to third,
Bochte to second (error by Cowens)]; Baez struck out (catcher to
first); Plummer grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Mariners 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Otis doubled to left; Poquette flied out to center
[Otis to third]; McRae walked; Brett tripled to right [Otis
scored, McRae scored]; Hurdle struck out; Porter popped to
shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Mariners 1.

MARINERS 3RD: Cruz popped to second; Reynolds singled to center;
Porter allowed a passed ball [Reynolds to second]; Roberts
popped to first in foul territory; Ruppert Jones doubled to left
[Reynolds scored]; Stanton flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 3, Mariners 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Cowens singled to center; Patek reached on an error
by Bernhardt on a sacrifice bunt [Cowens to second]; White
walked [Cowens to third, Patek to second]; MONTAGUE REPLACED
ABBOTT (PITCHING); Otis singled to center [Cowens scored, Patek
scored (unearned), White to third]; Montague threw a wild pitch
[White scored, Otis to second]; Poquette lined to right [Otis to
third]; McRae hit a sacrifice fly to right [Otis scored
(unearned, but earned for the pitcher)]; Brett grounded out
(shortstop to first); 4 R (3 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 7,
Mariners 2.

MARINERS 4TH: Bernhardt lined to left; Bochte lined to second;
Baez lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 7,
Mariners 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Hurdle singled to center; Porter walked [Hurdle to
second]; Cowens popped to first in foul territory; Patek popped
to catcher in foul territory; White struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 7, Mariners 2.

MARINERS 5TH: Plummer singled to left; Cruz flied out to left;
Reynolds forced Plummer (shortstop to second); Roberts popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 7, Mariners 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis struck out; Poquette grounded out (first
unassisted); McRae singled to center; Brett walked [McRae to
second]; Hurdle flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals
7, Mariners 2.

MARINERS 6TH: Ruppert Jones grounded out (third to first);
Stanton grounded out (third to first); Bernhardt homered; Bochte
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 7,
Mariners 3.

ROYALS 7TH: Porter flied out to center; Cowens tripled to left;
Patek singled to left [Cowens scored]; BURKE REPLACED MONTAGUE
(PITCHING); Patek was picked off first but was safe on an error
by Burke [Patek to third]; White hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Patek scored (unearned)]; Otis grounded out (third to first); 2
R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 9, Mariners 3.

MARINERS 7TH: Baez flied out to left; Plummer popped to second;
Cruz singled to right; Reynolds flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 9, Mariners 3.

ROYALS 8TH: Poquette grounded out (first unassisted); McRae
grounded out (second to first); Brett singled to center; Hurdle
singled to center [Brett to third]; Porter was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 9, Mariners 3.

MARINERS 8TH: PATTIN REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Roberts
struck out; Ruppert Jones singled to left; Stanton flied out to
center; Bernhardt struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 9,
Mariners 3.

ROYALS 9TH: Cowens popped to third in foul territory; Patek
grounded out (shortstop to first); White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 9, Mariners 3.

MARINERS 9TH: WILSON REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING CF); Bochte flied
out to left; BRAUN BATTED FOR BAEZ; Braun homered; HALE BATTED
FOR PLUMMER; Hale struck out; Cruz flied to left in foul
territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 9, Mariners 4.