The Royals piled up 18 hits and snapped the White Sox' seven-game winning streak, 13-2. John Wathan singled home the opening run of the game in the second inning, lofted a sacrifice fly to give the Royals a 5-2 lead in the sixth and stroked a scoring single during a five-run seventh inning. Al Cowens hit a sacrifice fly in the third and tripled home two other runs in the seventh. [The Sporting News]
Kansas City Royals 13, Chicago White Sox 2

Game Played on Sunday, June 4, 1978 (Day game) at Royals Stadium

White Sox    0  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  5  1
Royals       0  1  3    0  0  1    5  3  x  -  13 18  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bosley rf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .375      Patek ss              4   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Moore 3b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .293      McRae dh              5   1   1   1     0   0   .291
Lemon cf              3   0   1   0     1   1   .306      Brett 3b              4   2   3   1     1   0   .315
Nordhagen lf          4   0   0   0     0   0   .266      Otis cf               3   1   0   0     2   0   .305
Lamar Johnson 1b      4   0   0   0     0   0   .228      Cowens rf             3   3   2   3     1   0   .265
Nahorodny c           4   0   1   0     0   0   .260      Zdeb lf               1   0   0   0     0   1   .333
Orta 2b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .280        Poquette ph,lf      3   1   2   1     0   0   .241
Soderholm dh          3   1   1   0     0   0   .214        Wilson pr,lf        1   2   1   2     0   0   .243
Pryor ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .321      Wathan 1b             4   1   2   3     0   0   .300
Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Porter c              5   1   5   1     0   0   .306
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      White 2b              5   1   2   1     0   0   .287
  LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Torrealba p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   5   1     1   1             Totals               38  13  18  13     4   1

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 38,698
Left on Base: White Sox 4, Royals 8
DP: White Sox 0, Royals 1
Errors: Nahorodny, Patek
Doubles: Soderholm (5), Cowens (8), Porter (7), Brett (16), Wilson (5)
Triples: Brett (3), Poquette (1), Porter 2 (2), Cowens (6)
Stolen Bases: Otis 2 (13), Wilson (20)
Caught Stealing: Wathan (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Patek (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Cowens (5), Wathan (1)
GIDP: Lamar Johnson (9)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood L(5-5)             2.1   6   4   4   1   1   0  13   4.30
Schueler                3.2   4   1   1   0   0   0  15   5.06
LaGrow                  0.1   5   5   5   1   0   0   7   4.85
Torrealba               1.2   3   3   3   2   0   0  10   4.08
Totals                  8    18  13  13   4   1   0  45

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(7-4)       7     4   2   0   1   0   0  26   2.55
Bird                    2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   5.76
Totals                  9     5   2   0   1   1   0  33

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


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

ROYALS 1ST: Patek popped to first in foul territory; McRae
grounded out (third to first); Brett grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Nordhagen grounded out (shortstop to first);
Lamar Johnson flied out to left; Nahorodny grounded out (third
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens
doubled to left; Zdeb struck out; Wathan singled to left [Cowens
scored]; Wathan was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Orta grounded out (second to first); Soderholm
doubled to left; Pryor flied out to center; Bosley reached on an
error by Patek [Soderholm scored (unearned) (no RBI), Bosley to
second]; Moore singled to left [Bosley scored (unearned)]; Lemon
walked [Moore to second]; Nordhagen lined to right; 2 R (0 ER),
2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Porter singled to right; White singled to left
[Porter to second]; Patek out on a sacrifice bunt (first to
second) [Porter to third, White to second]; McRae singled to
left [Porter scored, White to third]; Brett singled to right
[White scored, McRae to third]; Otis walked [Brett to second];
SCHUELER REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Cowens lined out on a
sacrifice fly to right [McRae scored, Brett to third]; POQUETTE
BATTED FOR ZDEB; Otis stole second; Poquette grounded out
(shortstop to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals
4.

WHITE SOX 4TH: POQUETTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Lamar
Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Nahorodny singled to
left; Orta flied out to left; Soderholm forced Nahorodny
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Royals 4.

ROYALS 4TH: Wathan flied out to right; Porter doubled to left;
White flied out to right; Patek grounded out (pitcher to first);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals 4.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first); Bosley
grounded out (third to first); Moore flied out to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals 4.

ROYALS 5TH: McRae flied out to right; Brett tripled to right;
Otis reached on a fielder's choice [Brett out at home (shortstop
to catcher)]; Otis stole second [Otis to third (error by
Nahorodny)]; Cowens lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 2, Royals 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Lemon singled to left; Nordhagen lined to center;
Lamar Johnson grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to
first) [Lemon out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
2, Royals 4.

ROYALS 6TH: Poquette tripled to right; Wathan hit a sacrifice
fly to center [Poquette scored]; Porter tripled to left; White
popped to first; Patek lined to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 2, Royals 5.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Nahorodny grounded out (third to first); Orta
flied out to right; Soderholm grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals 5.

ROYALS 7TH: LAGROW REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING); McRae flied out
to right; Brett doubled to left; Otis walked; Cowens tripled to
right [Brett scored, Otis scored]; Poquette singled to center
[Cowens scored]; WILSON RAN FOR POQUETTE; Wilson stole second;
Wathan singled to right [Wilson scored]; Porter singled to right
[Wathan to third]; TORREALBA REPLACED LAGROW (PITCHING); White
singled to left [Wathan scored, Porter to second]; Patek flied
out to right; McRae grounded out (second to first); 5 R, 6 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals 10.

WHITE SOX 8TH: WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BIRD REPLACED
SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Pryor popped to first in foul territory;
Bosley singled to left; Moore grounded out (first to pitcher)
[Bosley to second]; Lemon was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals 10.

ROYALS 8TH: Brett walked; Otis lined to shortstop; Cowens walked
[Brett to second]; Wilson doubled to right [Brett scored, Cowens
scored]; Wathan lined to left; Porter tripled [Wilson scored];
White lined to center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Royals 13.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Nordhagen grounded out (third to first); Lamar
Johnson popped to first in foul territory; Nahorodny popped to
catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2,
Royals 13.
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