Back-to-back homers by Frank White and Amos Otis sparked Kansas City to an 8-3 victory over the Mariners. Pete LaCock doubled in each of his first two at-bats to score the Royals' first two runs prior to the consecutive homers in the fifth inning. Three stolen bases helped the Royals score four more times in the seventh with White, Clint Hurdle, Hal McRae and George Brett knocking in runs. [The Sporting News]
Kansas City Royals 8, Seattle Mariners 3

Game Played on Wednesday, May 31, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Mariners     0  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  1  -   3 11  0
Royals       0  1  0    1  2  0    4  0  x  -   8 11  1


Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Cruz 2b               5   0   2   0     0   2   .269      Otis cf               4   1   1   1     0   0   .321
Reynolds ss           5   1   1   0     0   0   .325      Hurdle lf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .256
Roberts rf            3   0   2   1     0   0   .309        Wilson pr,lf        0   1   0   0     0   0   .229
Robertson 1b          4   0   1   0     0   1   .182      McRae dh              4   1   1   1     0   2   .294
Ruppert Jones cf      3   1   0   0     1   0   .244      Brett 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .300
Stanton dh            4   0   0   0     0   0   .202      LaCock 1b             4   2   2   0     0   0   .226
Bochte lf             3   1   1   0     1   0   .255      Porter c              4   0   1   1     0   0   .281
Stein 3b              4   0   3   1     0   0   .252      Cowens rf             3   0   2   1     1   0   .258
Plummer c             3   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Patek ss              3   1   0   0     1   0   .281
  Bernhardt ph        1   0   1   0     0   0   .316      White 2b              4   2   2   2     0   1   .281
Abbott p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Todd p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burke p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3  11   2     2   3             Totals               34   8  11   8     2   3

Time of Game: 2:08   Attendance: 17,071
Left on Base: Mariners 8, Royals 4
DP: Mariners 1, Royals 3
Errors: White
Doubles: Bochte (10), LaCock 2 (2), Porter (5), McRae (12)
Triples: Reynolds (3)
Home Runs: White (2), Otis (7)
Stolen Bases: Cowens (6), Patek (11), White (5), Wilson (18)
Sacrifice Flies: Roberts (1)
GIDP: Plummer 2 (2), Bochte (7)


Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Abbott L(1-4)           4     7   4   4   0   2   2  19   6.04
Todd                    2.1   2   3   3   1   0   0  10   4.28
Burke                   1.2   2   1   1   1   1   0   7   3.72
Totals                  8    11   8   8   2   3   2  36

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(6-4)       9    11   3   2   2   3   0  38   2.74
Totals                  9    11   3   2   2   3   0  38

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


MARINERS 1ST: Cruz singled to left; Reynolds forced Cruz
(shortstop to second); Roberts singled to center [Reynolds to
second]; Robertson struck out; Ruppert Jones grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Otis lined to left; Hurdle grounded out (first to
pitcher); McRae struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0,
Royals 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Stanton popped to shortstop; Bochte walked; Stein
singled to center [Bochte to second]; Plummer grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Stein out at
second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); LaCock
doubled to right; Porter grounded out (shortstop to first)
[LaCock to third]; Cowens singled to left [LaCock scored];
Cowens stole second; Patek lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mariners 0, Royals 1.

MARINERS 3RD: Cruz grounded out (third to first); Reynolds
tripled to right; Roberts lined out on a sacrifice fly to center
[Reynolds scored]; Robertson lined to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mariners 1, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: White lined to center; Otis lined to center; Hurdle
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners
1, Royals 1.

MARINERS 4TH: Ruppert Jones walked; Stanton flied out to right;
Bochte grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Ruppert
Jones out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 1, Royals
1.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae struck out; Brett flied out to center; LaCock
doubled to right; Porter doubled to left [LaCock scored]; Cowens
singled to center [Porter to third]; Patek grounded out (second
to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 1, Royals 2.

MARINERS 5TH: Stein grounded out (third to first); Plummer
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: White homered; Otis homered; TODD REPLACED ABBOTT
(PITCHING); Hurdle lined to second; McRae grounded out (second
to first); Brett grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Mariners 1, Royals 4.

MARINERS 6TH: Reynolds grounded out (shortstop to first);
Roberts singled to right; Robertson singled to left [Roberts to
second]; Ruppert Jones lined to right; Stanton popped to first;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 1, Royals 4.

ROYALS 6TH: LaCock flied out to left; Porter grounded out (third
to first); Cowens grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 1, Royals 4.

MARINERS 7TH: Bochte doubled to right; Stein singled to right
[Bochte to third]; Plummer grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Bochte scored (no RBI), Stein
out at second]; Cruz struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners
2, Royals 4.

ROYALS 7TH: Patek walked; Patek stole second; White singled to
right [Patek scored]; White stole second; Otis grounded out
(pitcher to first); Hurdle singled to center [White scored];
BURKE REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); WILSON RAN FOR HURDLE; Wilson
stole second; McRae doubled to left [Wilson scored]; Brett
singled to left [McRae scored, Brett to second (on throw to
home)]; LaCock reached on a fielder's choice that turned into a
double play [Brett out at third (third unassisted), LaCock out
at first (third to first)]; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 2,
Royals 8.

MARINERS 8TH: WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Reynolds lined
to right; Roberts grounded out (third to first); Robertson
popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 2, Royals 8.

ROYALS 8TH: Porter grounded out (first unassisted); Cowens
walked; Patek lined to left; White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Mariners 2, Royals 8.

MARINERS 9TH: Ruppert Jones reached on an error by White;
Stanton lined to right; Bochte grounded out (second to first)
[Ruppert Jones to second]; Stein singled to left [Ruppert Jones
scored (unearned)]; BERNHARDT BATTED FOR PLUMMER; Bernhardt
singled to right [Stein to second]; Cruz singled to right [Stein
to third, Bernhardt to second]; Reynolds grounded out (pitcher
to first); 1 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Mariners 3, Royals 8.
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