After winning the first game, 5-4, the Rangers went 13 innings and defeated the Royals again, 3-2, to complete the sweep of a twi-night doubleheader. In the opener, the Rangers built up a 3-1 lead with the aid of triples by Juan Beniquez and Al Oliver before scoring twice more in the fifth on a single by Jim Sundberg, double by Richie Zisk, RBI infield single by Bobby Bonds and shortstop Freddie Patek's throwing error on Bonds' hit. Reggie Cleveland choked off the Royals' three-run rally in the eighth to preserve the victory for Doyle Alexander.

In the nightcap, the score was 2-2 going into the bottom of the 13th when Wills opened by beating out an infield hit. After a steal of second by Wills, Mike Hargrove laid down a sacrifice bunt and reached first safely when reliever Al Hrabosky threw to third too late to get Wills. Oliver received an intentional pass to load the bases, but the runners couldn't advance on Bobby Thompson's fly to shallow center. Marty Pattin relieved Hrabosky and Bonds hit a fly ball to short right, scoring Wills, who narrowly beat Al Cowens' throw to the plate. [The Sporting News]



Texas Rangers 5, Kansas City Royals 4 (Game 1)
Game Played on Thursday, June      8, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Royals       0  0  1    0  0  0    0  3  0  -   4  7  2
Rangers      0  1  2    0  2  0    0  0  x  -   5 11  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Otis cf               5   0   2   1     0   1   .300      Harrah 3b             3   1   1   0     1   0   .213
Poquette lf           3   0   1   0     2   1   .233      Sundberg c            4   1   1   0     0   0   .335
  Wilson pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .243      Oliver lf             4   1   2   1     0   1   .286
McRae dh              3   1   1   0     1   0   .286      Zisk dh               4   1   2   0     0   0   .294
Brett 3b              5   1   1   1     0   0   .316      Bonds rf              4   0   2   1     0   1   .247
Porter c              3   1   0   0     1   1   .301      Beniquez cf           3   1   1   0     0   0   .279
Cowens rf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .260      Hargrove 1b           3   0   1   1     1   0   .260
Hurdle 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Bevacqua 2b           1   0   0   0     1   0   .164
  Wathan ph,1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .300        Wills ph,2b         2   0   0   0     0   2   .229
Patek ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .258      Campaneris ss         3   0   1   0     0   2   .173
  LaCock ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .194        Lowenstein ph       1   0   0   0     0   1   .288
  Washington ss       0   0   0   0     0   0   .364        Mason ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .171
  Braun ph            1   0   0   1     0   0   .221      Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Terrell ss          0   0   0   0     0   0   .196        Moret p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
White 2b              3   1   1   0     1   0   .289        Cleveland 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
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4   7   4     5   3             Totals               32   5  11   3     3   7

Time of Game: 2:26
Left on Base: Royals 9, Rangers 7
DP: Royals 0, Rangers 0
Errors: Patek, White, Bevacqua
Doubles: McRae (14), Brett (17), Zisk (11)
Triples: Otis (3), Beniquez (2), Oliver (2)
Stolen Bases: White (6), Harrah (12)
Caught Stealing: Wilson (6), Harrah (3), Campaneris (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Wathan (1), Beniquez (4)
Hit by Pitch: McRae (2,by Cleveland)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hassler L(0-3)          4.2   7   5   4   2   4   0  22   5.05
Bird                    3     4   0   0   1   2   0  13   5.14
Hrabosky                0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   1.31
Totals                  8    11   5   4   3   7   0  36

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander W(5-3)        7     5   3   3   4   3   0  31   3.76
Moret                   0     1   1   1   1   0   0   2   3.86
Cleveland SV(6)         2     1   0   0   0   0   0   7   2.14
Totals                  9     7   4   4   5   3   0  40

Hit by Pitch: Cleveland (2)

Umpires: HP - Vic Voltaggio, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Ron Luciano, 3B - Rich Garcia


ROYALS 1ST: Otis struck out; Poquette flied out to left; McRae
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Harrah flied out to center; Sundberg flied out to
right; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Brett flied out to center; Porter struck out; Cowens
flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Zisk grounded out (second to first); Bonds flied
out to right; Beniquez tripled to center; Hargrove singled to
center [Beniquez scored]; Bevacqua walked [Hargrove to second];
Campaneris struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers
1.

ROYALS 3RD: Hurdle grounded out (first unassisted); Patek flied
out to right; White walked; White stole second; Otis tripled to
center [White scored]; Poquette walked; McRae walked [Poquette
to second]; Brett flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Royals 1, Rangers 1.

RANGERS 3RD: Harrah walked; Harrah stole second; Sundberg
grounded out (second to first) [Harrah to third]; Oliver tripled
to center [Harrah scored, Oliver scored (error by White)]; Zisk
singled to center; Bonds struck out; Beniquez grounded out
(third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 3.

ROYALS 4TH: Porter popped to shortstop; Cowens flied out to
center; Hurdle reached on an error by Bevacqua; Patek forced
Hurdle (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1,
Rangers 3.

RANGERS 4TH: On a bunt Hargrove grounded out (pitcher to first);
Bevacqua flied out to right; Campaneris was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 3.

ROYALS 5TH: White grounded out (second to first); Otis flied out
to right; Poquette walked; McRae flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 5TH: Harrah singled to left; Harrah was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Sundberg singled to left; Oliver
struck out; Zisk doubled to left [Sundberg to third]; BIRD
REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING); Bonds singled to shortstop
[Sundberg scored, Zisk scored (error by Patek) (unearned) (no
RBI)]; Beniquez flied out to center; 2 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 5.

ROYALS 6TH: Brett grounded out (second to first); Porter flied
out to center; Cowens flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 6TH: Hargrove flied out to left; WILLS BATTED FOR
BEVACQUA; Wills struck out; Campaneris singled to center;
Campaneris was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 5.

ROYALS 7TH: WILLS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Hurdle flied out
to right; LACOCK BATTED FOR PATEK; LaCock grounded out (second
to first); White singled to center; Otis singled to right [White
to third]; Poquette was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 7TH: WASHINGTON REPLACED LACOCK (PLAYING SS); Harrah
popped to first in foul territory; Sundberg grounded out
(pitcher to first); Oliver singled to left; Zisk grounded out
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 5.

ROYALS 8TH: McRae doubled to left; Brett doubled to center
[McRae scored]; MORET REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Porter
walked; Cowens singled to left [Brett scored, Porter to second];
CLEVELAND REPLACED MORET (PITCHING); WATHAN BATTED FOR HURDLE;
Wathan out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Porter to
third, Cowens to second]; BRAUN BATTED FOR WASHINGTON; Braun
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Porter scored, Cowens to
third]; White popped to second; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4,
Rangers 5.

RANGERS 8TH: WATHAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); TERRELL
REPLACED BRAUN (PLAYING SS); Bonds singled to left; Beniquez out
on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Bonds to second];
Hargrove was walked intentionally; Wills struck out; HRABOSKY
REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR CAMPANERIS;
Lowenstein was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 4, Rangers 5.

ROYALS 9TH: MASON REPLACED LOWENSTEIN (PLAYING SS); Otis
grounded out (second to first); Poquette singled to right;
WILSON RAN FOR POQUETTE; Wilson was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); McRae was hit by a pitch; Brett grounded
out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Rangers
5.