The Royals, who collected only five hits off Francisco Barrios, were stopped on their seven-game winning streak by the White Sox, 5-1. Bill Nahorodny hit a double and homer and drove in two runs in support of Barrios, who returned to the starting rotation after a stint in the bullpen. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 5, Kansas City Royals 1
Game Played on Friday, June      2, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
White Sox    0  1  0    0  0  2    0  0  2  -   5 10  0
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1  5  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bosley rf             5   0   0   0     0   1   .344      Otis cf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .317
Bannister dh          4   0   0   0     0   0   .125      Hurdle lf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .248
  Cruz ph,dh          0   0   0   0     0   0   .206      McRae dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .298
  Soderholm ph,dh     1   0   1   1     0   0   .211      Brett 3b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .311
  Molinaro pr,dh      0   0   0   0     0   0   .296      LaCock 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Lemon cf              5   1   1   0     0   1   .307      Porter c              3   1   1   0     1   2   .285
Lamar Johnson 1b      3   1   0   0     1   0   .239      Cowens rf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .258
Nordhagen lf          4   1   3   1     0   0   .278      Patek ss              1   0   0   0     1   1   .273
Nahorodny c           4   1   2   2     0   0   .267        Braun ph            0   0   0   1     0   0   .230
Orta 2b               4   1   1   0     0   2   .282        Washington ss       0   0   0   0     0   0   .300
Kessinger ss          3   0   1   1     0   0   .274        Poquette ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Pryor 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .347      White 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .287
Barrios p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hassler p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               37   5  10   5     1   4             Totals               32   1   5   1     2   6

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance: 23,072
Left on Base: White Sox 7, Royals 7
DP: White Sox 0, Royals 2
Errors: Brett, Patek
Doubles: Kessinger (5), Lemon (12), Nordhagen (9), Nahorodny (4), Brett (15), Cowens (7)
Home Runs: Nahorodny (5)
Stolen Bases: Patek (12)
Caught Stealing: Lamar Johnson (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Kessinger (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Braun (2)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barrios W(3-5)          9     5   1   1   2   6   0  35   4.32
Totals                  9     5   1   1   2   6   0  35

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hassler L(0-2)          8     9   5   4   1   3   1  34   4.65
Bird                    0.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   3   6.26
Mingori                 0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.37
Pattin                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.68
Totals                  9    10   5   4   1   4   1  39

Wild Pitches: Barrios (2), Bird (5)

Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Larry Barnett, 3B - Jim Evans


WHITE SOX 1ST: Bosley grounded out (third to first); Bannister
grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemon struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Otis lined to center; Hurdle struck out; McRae
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Lamar Johnson reached on an error by Brett;
Nordhagen singled to left [Lamar Johnson to second]; Nahorodny
reached on a fielder's choice [Lamar Johnson to third, Nordhagen
to second (error by Patek)]; Orta popped to shortstop; Kessinger
forced Nahorodny (second to shortstop) [Lamar Johnson scored
(unearned), Nordhagen to third]; Pryor flied out to center; 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Brett popped to shortstop; LaCock grounded out
(third to first); Porter singled to right; Cowens lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Bosley grounded out (shortstop to first);
Bannister flied out to left; Lemon grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek walked; Patek stole second; White flied out to
right; Otis struck out; Hurdle lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Lamar Johnson walked; Nordhagen singled to right
[Lamar Johnson to second]; Nahorodny popped to first; Orta
struck out while Lamar Johnson was caught stealing third
(catcher to third); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae popped to shortstop; Brett doubled to left;
LaCock lined to third; Porter was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Kessinger doubled to left; Pryor singled to
center [Kessinger to third]; Bosley flied into a double play
(right to catcher) [Pryor to second, Kessinger out at third];
Bannister flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox
1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Cowens grounded out (third to first); Patek struck
out but advanced to first on a wild pitch; White flied out to
center; Otis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Lemon doubled to left; Lamar Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Lemon to third]; Nordhagen doubled [Lemon
scored]; Nahorodny doubled to left [Nordhagen scored]; Orta
struck out; Kessinger popped to third; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Hurdle grounded out (second to first); McRae
grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett singled to right;
LaCock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 3, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Pryor grounded out (third to first); Bosley flied
out to center; Bannister grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Porter walked; Cowens doubled to left [Porter to
third]; BRAUN BATTED FOR PATEK; Braun lined out on a sacrifice
fly to right [Porter scored, Cowens to third]; White grounded
out (third to first); Otis popped to first in foul territory; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: WASHINGTON REPLACED BRAUN (PLAYING SS); Lemon
popped to second; Lamar Johnson flied out to center; Nordhagen
lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 8TH: Hurdle grounded out (second to first); McRae singled
to left; Brett grounded out (second to first) [McRae to second];
LaCock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 3, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Nahorodny homered; Orta singled to left; BIRD
REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING); Kessinger out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Orta to second]; Pryor grounded out (pitcher
to first); Bosley struck out but Orta advanced to third and
Bosley advanced to first on a wild pitch; CRUZ BATTED FOR
BANNISTER; MINGORI REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); SODERHOLM BATTED
FOR CRUZ; Soderholm singled to left [Orta scored, Bosley to
second]; PATTIN REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); MOLINARO RAN FOR
SODERHOLM; Lemon popped to third; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White
Sox 5, Royals 1.

ROYALS 9TH: MOLINARO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Porter struck
out (catcher to first); Cowens was called out on strikes;
POQUETTE BATTED FOR WASHINGTON; Poquette flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 5, Royals 1.