Sparked by George Brett's two-run first-inning homer, the Royals breezed past the Mariners, 8-2, for their fifth straight victory. Brett's clout went 425 feet into the second tier of the water spectacular in right-center field and came after Clint Hurdle and Hal McRae had ripped consecutive doubles to give K. C. a 1-0 lead.

The Royals got two more in the second on a walk to Al Cowens and double by Freddie Patek that left fielder Bruce Bochte misplayed into a two-base error that allowed Patek to circle the bases. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 8, Seattle Mariners 2
Game Played on Monday, May       29, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Mariners     0  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   2 11  2
Royals       3  2  0    1  0  0    2  0  x  -   8 11  0


Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cruz 2b               4   0   0   0     1   0   .265      Otis cf               5   1   1   1     0   1   .323
Reynolds ss           5   0   2   0     0   0   .329      Hurdle lf             3   1   1   0     0   1   .256
Bochte lf             5   0   2   0     0   0   .254        Terrell ph          0   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Ruppert Jones cf      3   1   1   0     1   0   .249        Wilson lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Robertson 1b          4   1   2   0     0   0   .167      McRae dh              4   2   2   2     0   1   .295
Braun dh              4   0   1   1     0   1   .230      Brett 3b              4   1   3   2     0   0   .302
Hale rf               3   0   1   1     1   1   .138      LaCock 1b             3   0   1   1     1   0   .185
Stein 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .238      Porter c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .282
Stinson c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .256      Cowens rf             2   1   0   0     2   0   .250
Pole p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Patek ss              4   1   1   1     0   0   .287
  Rawley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      White 2b              4   1   2   0     0   0   .274
  Montague p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gale p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   2  11   2     3   2             Totals               34   8  11   7     3   3

Time of Game: 2:26   Attendance: 36,405
Left on Base: Mariners 10, Royals 6
DP: Mariners 0, Royals 2
Errors: Bochte, Montague
Doubles: Ruppert Jones (10), Hurdle (9), McRae (11), Patek (8), Brett (12), White (9)
Triples: Robertson (1)
Home Runs: Brett (3)
Stolen Bases: Hale (2), White (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Terrell (3)
GIDP: Ruppert Jones (6)


Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pole L(4-5)             1     4   5   5   1   0   1   8   5.98
Rawley                  5     4   2   2   1   3   0  20   4.03
Montague                2     3   1   1   1   0   0  10   4.70
Totals                  8    11   8   8   3   3   1  38

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gale W(5-0)             9    11   2   2   3   2   0  39   2.61
Totals                  9    11   2   2   3   2   0  39

Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Joe Brinkman


MARINERS 1ST: Cruz flied to left in foul territory; Reynolds
grounded out (shortstop to first); Bochte grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Otis flied out to right; Hurdle doubled to left;
McRae doubled to left [Hurdle scored]; Brett homered [McRae
scored]; LaCock flied out to left; Porter grounded out (pitcher
to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, Royals 3.

MARINERS 2ND: Ruppert Jones grounded out (pitcher to first);
Robertson tripled to left; Braun grounded out (second to first)
[Robertson scored]; Hale walked; Hale stole second; Stein flied
out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 2ND: Cowens walked; Patek doubled to left [Cowens scored,
Patek scored (error by Bochte)]; RAWLEY REPLACED POLE
(PITCHING); White singled to left; Otis struck out; Hurdle
grounded out (third to first) [White to second]; McRae was
called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 1, Royals
5.

MARINERS 3RD: Stinson grounded out (first unassisted); Cruz
walked; Reynolds lined into a double play (second to first)
[Cruz out at first]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 1, Royals 5.

ROYALS 3RD: Brett doubled to left; LaCock grounded out (pitcher
to first) [Brett to third]; Porter flied out to center; Cowens
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Mariners 1, Royals 5.

MARINERS 4TH: Bochte grounded out (second to first); Ruppert
Jones walked; Robertson singled to left [Ruppert Jones to
second]; Braun flied out to left; Hale singled to right [Ruppert
Jones scored, Robertson to second]; Stein singled to center
[Robertson to third, Hale to second]; Stinson flied out to
right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Mariners 2, Royals 5.

ROYALS 4TH: Patek flied out to center; White doubled to left;
White stole third; Otis grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to
first) [White scored]; Hurdle struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mariners 2, Royals 6.

MARINERS 5TH: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); Reynolds
singled to center; Bochte singled to right [Reynolds to second];
Ruppert Jones grounded into a double play (shortstop to first)
[Bochte out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 2,
Royals 6.

ROYALS 5TH: McRae popped to third in foul territory; Brett flied
out to left; LaCock walked; Porter flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 2, Royals 6.

MARINERS 6TH: Robertson popped to second; Braun singled to
center; Hale flied out to left; Stein flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 2, Royals 6.

ROYALS 6TH: Cowens flied out to right; Patek popped to first in
foul territory; White lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mariners 2, Royals 6.

MARINERS 7TH: Stinson flied out to center; Cruz lined to
shortstop; Reynolds grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 2, Royals 6.

ROYALS 7TH: Otis singled to center; MONTAGUE REPLACED RAWLEY
(PITCHING); TERRELL BATTED FOR HURDLE; Otis was picked off first
but was safe on an error by Montague [Otis to second]; Terrell
out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Otis to third]; McRae
singled to left [Otis scored]; Brett singled to center [McRae to
third]; LaCock singled to right [McRae scored, Brett to second];
Porter popped to third in foul territory; Cowens walked [Brett
to third, LaCock to second]; Patek popped to second; 2 R, 4 H, 1
E, 3 LOB.  Mariners 2, Royals 8.

MARINERS 8TH: WILSON REPLACED TERRELL (PLAYING LF); Bochte
singled to left; Ruppert Jones doubled to right [Bochte to
third]; Robertson popped to third in foul territory; Braun
struck out; Hale was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Mariners 2, Royals 8.

ROYALS 8TH: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis flied
out to center; Wilson lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mariners 2, Royals 8.

MARINERS 9TH: Stein grounded out (second to first); Stinson
singled to right; Cruz grounded out (second to first) [Stinson
to second]; Reynolds singled to right [Stinson to third]; Bochte
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners
2, Royals 8.