A six-run outburst in the fourth inning carried the White Sox past the Royals, 9-5, for their seventh straight victory. Greg Pryor and Thad Bosley opened the big stanza with singles and Ralph Garr sacrificed.

After an intentional pass to Jorge Orta, Jim Breazeale knocked in two runs with a single and Chet Lemon plated another pair with a double. Lamar Johnson then walked and Don Kessinger tripled for two more runs. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 9, Kansas City Royals 5
Game Played on Saturday, June      3, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
White Sox    2  0  0    6  1  0    0  0  0  -   9 11  0
Royals       0  0  0    2  0  0    0  3  0  -   5  9  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bosley rf             4   3   3   0     0   0   .389      White 2b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .283
  Cruz rf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .200        Braun 3b            1   0   0   0     0   1   .227
Garr lf               4   1   1   0     0   1   .275      Brett 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .301
Orta 2b               2   1   1   2     1   0   .285        Terrell 2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .196
Breazeale dh          4   1   3   3     0   1   .375      McRae dh              3   1   0   0     1   0   .293
  Bannister ph,dh     1   0   0   0     0   0   .120      Otis cf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .311
Lemon cf              4   1   1   1     1   1   .306        Hurdle 1b           2   1   1   0     0   1   .252
Lamar Johnson 1b      4   1   0   0     1   0   .233      Cowens rf             4   2   1   0     1   1   .258
Nahorodny c           3   0   0   1     1   0   .260      Zdeb lf               4   1   3   2     0   0   .345
Kessinger ss          5   0   1   2     0   0   .271      Wathan 1b,c           3   0   1   0     1   0   .286
Pryor 3b              4   1   1   0     1   0   .340      Patek ss              3   0   1   1     0   1   .274
Kravec p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Washington ss       1   0   1   1     0   0   .364
  Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Porter c              1   0   0   0     1   0   .283
  Hinton p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wilson cf           1   0   1   1     1   0   .236
                                                          Gale p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gura p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   9  11   9     5   3             Totals               33   5   9   5     6   5

Time of Game: 2:59   Attendance: 35,230
Left on Base: White Sox 9, Royals 9
DP: White Sox 2, Royals 0
Errors: White, Gura
Doubles: Garr (3), Breazeale (1), Lemon (13), Zdeb (2), Patek (9)
Triples: Kessinger (1), Orta (2)
Stolen Bases: Bosley (3), Patek (13), Wilson (19)
Sacrifice Hits: Garr (1), White (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Orta 2 (4), Nahorodny (1)
GIDP: McRae (7)
Hit by Pitch: McRae (1,by Kravec)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kravec W(3-4)           7     6   4   4   6   2   0  32   5.36
Willoughby              0.1   3   1   1   0   0   0   4   3.24
Hinton SV(1)            1.2   0   0   0   0   3   0   5   0.75
Totals                  9     9   5   5   6   5   0  41

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gale L(5-1)             3.1   8   6   6   3   1   0  22   3.63
Gura                    3.2   2   3   2   2   1   0  16   3.56
Hrabosky                1     1   0   0   0   1   0   4   1.33
Mingori                 1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   2.25
Totals                  9    11   9   8   5   3   0  45

Hit by Pitch: Kravec (4)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Bosley singled to right; Garr doubled to right
[Bosley to third]; Orta hit a sacrifice fly to left [Bosley
scored]; Breazeale singled to center [Garr scored]; Lemon flied
out to center; Lamar Johnson grounded out (second to first); 2
R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett
grounded out (second to first); McRae grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Nahorodny lined to second; Kessinger flied out to
left; Pryor walked; Bosley singled to right [Pryor to second];
Garr struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens
grounded out (first to pitcher); Zdeb doubled to center; Wathan
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals
0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Orta reached on an error by White; Breazeale
doubled to right [Orta to third]; Lemon walked; Lamar Johnson
popped to second; Nahorodny popped to first in foul territory;
Kessinger flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek doubled to left; Porter walked; White out on a
sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Patek to third, Porter to
second]; Brett flied into a double play (third to catcher)
[Patek out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals
0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Pryor singled to center; Bosley singled to left
[Pryor to second]; Garr out on a sacrifice bunt (third to
second) [Pryor to third, Bosley to second]; Orta was walked
intentionally; Breazeale singled to right [Pryor scored, Bosley
scored, Orta to second]; GURA REPLACED GALE (PITCHING); Lemon
doubled to left [Orta scored, Breazeale to third]; Lamar Johnson
was walked intentionally; Nahorodny hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Breazeale scored]; Kessinger tripled to left [Lemon
scored, Lamar Johnson scored]; Pryor grounded out (third to
first); 6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 8, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae walked; Otis popped to shortstop; Cowens
singled to center [McRae to second]; Zdeb singled [McRae scored,
Cowens to second]; Wathan singled to left [Cowens to third, Zdeb
to second]; Patek forced Wathan (third to second) [Cowens
scored, Zdeb to third]; Patek stole second; Porter grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 8, Royals
2.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Bosley reached on an error by Gura; Bosley stole
second; Garr grounded out (pitcher to first) [Bosley to third];
Orta hit a sacrifice fly to right [Bosley scored (unearned)];
Breazeale struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 9,
Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: CRUZ REPLACED BOSLEY (PLAYING RF); White flied out
to left; Brett flied out to left; McRae was hit by a pitch; Otis
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 9, Royals 2.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Lemon flied out to right; Lamar Johnson flied out
to left; Nahorodny walked; Kessinger popped to first; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 9, Royals 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Cowens popped to shortstop; Zdeb grounded out
(shortstop to first); Wathan walked; Patek struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 9, Royals 2.

WHITE SOX 7TH: HURDLE REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING 1B); WATHAN CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); WASHINGTON REPLACED PATEK (PLAYING SS);
WILSON REPLACED PORTER (PLAYING CF); Pryor popped to second;
Cruz flied out to center; Garr lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 9, Royals 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Wilson walked; Wilson stole second; White walked;
Brett flied out to center; McRae grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [White out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 9, Royals 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); BRAUN REPLACED
WHITE (PLAYING 3B); TERRELL REPLACED BRETT (PLAYING 2B); Orta
tripled; BANNISTER BATTED FOR BREAZEALE; Bannister grounded out
(first unassisted); Lemon struck out; Lamar Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 9, Royals
2.

ROYALS 8TH: BANNISTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Hurdle
singled to center; Cowens walked [Hurdle to second]; WILLOUGHBY
REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); Zdeb singled to left [Hurdle scored,
Cowens to second]; Wathan flied out to right [Cowens to third];
Washington singled to right [Cowens scored, Zdeb to second];
Wilson singled to center [Zdeb scored, Washington to second];
HINTON REPLACED WILLOUGHBY (PITCHING); Braun struck out; Terrell
grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox
9, Royals 5.

WHITE SOX 9TH: MINGORI REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); Nahorodny
grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger popped to catcher
in foul territory; Pryor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 9, Royals 5.

ROYALS 9TH: McRae flied out to right; Hurdle struck out; Cowens
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 9,
Royals 5.