With help from Jim Willoughby, Ken Kravec gained his fifth straight victory when the White Sox defeated the Royals, 6-1. Freddie Patek walked in the sixth inning, stole second and scored the Royals' run on a double by Al Cowens.

When the Royals threatened in the seventh, loading the bases with two out, Willoughby replaced Kravec and retired Hal McRae on a fly. Ron Blomberg drove in two runs with a double for the White Sox and Greg Pryor accounted for two with a sacrifice fly and a grounder. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 6, Kansas City Royals 1
Game Played on Saturday, June      17, 1978 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  6  1
White Sox    4  1  0    1  0  0    0  0  x  -   6 11  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Patek ss              2   1   0   0     2   1   .266      Garr lf               4   2   2   0     1   0   .271
  Washington ss       0   0   0   0     0   0   .259      Washington rf         5   0   3   0     0   1   .208
McRae dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .262      Orta 2b               1   1   1   0     0   0   .269
Brett 3b              4   0   1   0     0   1   .307        Pryor 2b            3   0   0   2     0   2   .268
Cowens rf             4   0   2   1     0   0   .258      Blomberg dh           4   1   1   2     0   0   .244
Zdeb lf               3   0   1   0     0   0   .311      Lemon cf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .291
  Braun ph,lf         1   0   0   0     0   0   .202      Breazeale 1b          2   0   1   1     0   1   .273
Porter c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .294        Lamar Johnson ph,1b 2   0   1   0     0   1   .244
  Kusnyer c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Nahorodny c           2   0   0   1     1   0   .251
White 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .291      Kessinger ss          3   0   1   0     1   0   .263
Hurdle 1b             4   0   2   0     0   1   .259      Soderholm 3b          3   1   0   0     0   0   .219
Wilson cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .234      Kravec p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Gale p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Willoughby 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               33   1   6   1     3   5             Totals               32   6  11   6     4   5

Time of Game: 2:43   Attendance: 26,798
Left on Base: Royals 8, White Sox 9
DP: Royals 2, White Sox 1
Errors: Patek, Soderholm
Doubles: Cowens (10), Blomberg (4)
Stolen Bases: Patek (15), Lemon (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Nahorodny (2), Pryor (1)
GIDP: Wilson (2), Lemon (7), Soderholm (4)
Hit by Pitch: Soderholm (2,by Mingori)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gale L(6-2)             1.1   5   5   5   3   0   0  12   3.53
Mingori                 4.2   4   1   1   0   3   0  18   2.52
Pattin                  2     2   0   0   1   2   0   9   2.89
Totals                  8    11   6   6   4   5   0  39

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kravec W(6-4)           6.2   4   1   1   3   5   0  28   4.14
Willoughby SV(8)        2.1   2   0   0   0   0   0   8   2.45
Totals                  9     6   1   1   3   5   0  36

Hit by Pitch: Mingori (3)
Wild Pitches: Pattin (1)

Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Fred Spenn


ROYALS 1ST: Patek struck out; McRae reached on an error by
Soderholm [McRae to second]; Brett grounded out (second to
first) [McRae to third]; Cowens grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr walked; Washington popped to catcher in foul
territory; Orta singled [Garr to third, Orta to second (on throw
to 3b)]; Blomberg doubled to left [Garr scored, Orta scored];
Lemon walked; Breazeale singled to center [Blomberg scored,
Lemon to third]; Nahorodny hit a sacrifice fly to right [Lemon
scored]; Kessinger walked [Breazeale to second]; Soderholm
forced Kessinger; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 4.

ROYALS 2ND: PRYOR REPLACED ORTA (PLAYING 2B); Zdeb flied out to
center; Porter lined to first; White flied out to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Garr singled to right; Washington singled to
right [Garr to third]; Pryor hit a sacrifice fly to right [Garr
scored]; MINGORI REPLACED GALE (PITCHING); Blomberg flied out to
right; Lemon forced Washington (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 5.

ROYALS 3RD: Hurdle popped to shortstop; Wilson struck out; Patek
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Breazeale struck out; Nahorodny lined to left;
Kessinger flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
White Sox 5.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae lined to left; Brett grounded out (second to
first); Cowens singled to left; Zdeb singled to center [Cowens
to second]; Porter grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Soderholm was hit by a pitch; Garr singled to
left [Soderholm to second]; Washington singled to left
[Soderholm to third, Garr to second]; Pryor reached on an error
by Patek [Soderholm scored, Garr to third, Washington to
second]; Blomberg popped to first in foul territory; Lemon
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Pryor out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, White
Sox 6.

ROYALS 5TH: White flied out to center; Hurdle struck out; Wilson
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox
6.

WHITE SOX 5TH: LAMAR JOHNSON BATTED FOR BREAZEALE; Lamar Johnson
singled to center; Nahorodny lined to third; Kessinger singled
to right [Lamar Johnson to second]; Soderholm grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Kessinger out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 6.

ROYALS 6TH: LAMAR JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Patek
walked; Patek stole second; McRae struck out; Brett struck out;
Cowens doubled to left [Patek scored]; Zdeb flied out to center;
1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Garr flied out to left; Washington struck out;
Pryor was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
1, White Sox 6.

ROYALS 7TH: Porter flied out to right; White grounded out
(second to first); Hurdle singled to center; Wilson walked
[Hurdle to second]; Patek walked [Hurdle to third, Wilson to
second]; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); McRae flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 7TH: PATTIN REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Blomberg
flied out to center; Lemon singled to left; Lemon stole second;
Lamar Johnson was called out on strikes; Nahorodny walked;
Pattin threw a wild pitch [Lemon to third, Nahorodny to second];
Kessinger grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Royals 1, White Sox 6.

ROYALS 8TH: Brett singled to center; Cowens flied out to center;
BRAUN BATTED FOR ZDEB; Braun lined to right; Porter forced Brett
(second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, White
Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: BRAUN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); KUSNYER
REPLACED PORTER (PLAYING C ); WASHINGTON REPLACED PATEK (PLAYING
SS); Soderholm flied out to left; Garr grounded out (second to
first); Washington singled to center; Pryor struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 6.

ROYALS 9TH: White grounded out (pitcher to first); Hurdle
singled to left; Wilson grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Hurdle out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, White Sox 6.