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Sunday June 18, 1978
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Chicago White Sox 11, Kansas City Royals 0 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, June 18, 1978 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  2
White Sox    0  2  2    1  0  1    2  3  x  -  11 14  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson cf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .238      Bannister lf          2   1   0   0     1   0   .254
Poquette lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .227        Cruz ph,lf          2   1   1   0     0   0   .250
Brett 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .293      Washington rf         5   2   2   2     0   1   .217
Hurdle 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .263      Lemon cf              4   2   2   2     1   0   .288
McRae dh              4   0   2   0     0   0   .262      Nordhagen c           5   2   3   1     0   0   .294
Porter c              2   0   1   0     1   0   .294      Lamar Johnson 1b      5   0   2   1     0   0   .248
  Washington ss       0   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Nahorodny dh          4   0   0   1     0   0   .246
  Braun ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .212      Soderholm 3b          2   3   2   2     2   0   .234
Cowens rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .249      Kessinger ss          4   0   1   0     0   0   .257
Patek ss              2   0   0   0     1   1   .259      Pryor 2b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .269
  Kusnyer c           1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Schueler p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Terrell 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .176        Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaCock ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .200
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   0   5   0     4   2             Totals               37  11  14  10     4   1

Time of Game: 2:32   Attendance: 40,598
Left on Base: Royals 9, White Sox 7
DP: Royals 1, White Sox 1
Errors: Poquette, Washington, Kessinger
Doubles: McRae (16), Nordhagen (10), Lemon (14)
Home Runs: Soderholm 2 (5), Washington (1), Lemon (6)
Stolen Bases: Wilson (26), Braun (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Nahorodny (3)
GIDP: Porter (5), Cruz (1)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(8-6)       5     6   5   5   2   0   3  23   2.68
Pattin                  3     8   6   3   2   1   1  19   3.74
Totals                  8    14  11   8   4   1   4  42

White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Schueler W(3-1)         5     2   0   0   4   2   0  22   3.18
Willoughby SV(9)        4     3   0   0   0   0   0  14   2.25
Totals                  9     5   0   0   4   2   0  36

Passed Balls: Kusnyer (1), Nordhagen (5)
Wild Pitches: Schueler (2)

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


ROYALS 1ST: Wilson struck out; Poquette reached on an error by
Kessinger; Brett lined to center; Hurdle walked [Poquette to
second]; McRae flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals
0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Bannister popped to shortstop; Washington
grounded out (catcher to first); Lemon popped to first in foul
territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Porter walked; Schueler threw a wild pitch [Porter
to second]; Cowens flied out to left; Patek walked; Terrell
forced Patek (shortstop to second) [Porter to third]; Wilson
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals
0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Nordhagen doubled to right; Lamar Johnson
grounded out (second to first) [Nordhagen to third]; Nahorodny
hit a sacrifice fly to right [Nordhagen scored]; Soderholm
homered; Kessinger flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, White Sox 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Poquette flied out to right; Brett grounded out
(second to first); Hurdle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Pryor lined to left; Bannister walked; Washington
homered [Bannister scored]; Lemon walked; Nordhagen popped to
third; Lamar Johnson singled to right [Lemon to third];
Nahorodny popped to first in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 4.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae flied out to right; Porter singled to right;
Nordhagen allowed a passed ball [Porter to second]; Cowens flied
out to left; Patek was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 4.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Soderholm homered; Kessinger lined to second;
Pryor popped to first; Bannister flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 5.

ROYALS 5TH: Terrell popped to shortstop; Wilson walked; Poquette
flied out to center; Wilson stole second; Brett grounded out
(first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Washington grounded out (pitcher to first); Lemon
doubled to left; Nordhagen popped to first; Lamar Johnson flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 5.

ROYALS 6TH: Hurdle singled to pitcher; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED
SCHUELER (PITCHING); McRae singled to center [Hurdle to
second]; Ron Schueler struck on left little finger by
liner; Porter grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Hurdle to third, McRae out at second]; Cowens
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
White Sox 5.

WHITE SOX 6TH: PATTIN REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Nahorodny
popped to shortstop; Soderholm walked; Kessinger singled to
right [Soderholm to third]; Pryor singled to left [Soderholm
scored, Kessinger to second]; CRUZ BATTED FOR BANNISTER; Cruz
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Pryor out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, White
Sox 6.

ROYALS 7TH: CRUZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Patek grounded out
(third to first); Terrell grounded out (second to first); Wilson
lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 6.

WHITE SOX 7TH: WASHINGTON REPLACED PORTER (PLAYING SS); KUSNYER
REPLACED PATEK (PLAYING C ); Washington singled to center; Lemon
homered [Washington scored]; Nordhagen singled to left; Lamar
Johnson flied out to center; Nahorodny popped to third;
Soderholm walked [Nordhagen to second]; Kessinger lined to
second; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 8.

ROYALS 8TH: Poquette flied out to left; Brett flied out to
right; Hurdle popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 8.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Pryor flied out to left; Cruz singled to center;
Washington struck out; Lemon reached on an error by Washington
[Cruz to second]; Nordhagen singled to left [Cruz scored
(unearned), Lemon scored (error by Poquette) (unearned) (no
RBI), Nordhagen to second]; Kusnyer allowed a passed ball
[Nordhagen to third]; Lamar Johnson singled [Nordhagen scored
(unearned)]; Nahorodny flied out to left; 3 R (0 ER), 3 H, 2 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 0, White Sox 11.

ROYALS 9TH: McRae doubled to right; BRAUN BATTED FOR WASHINGTON;
Braun singled to center [McRae to third]; Cowens flied out to
right; Kusnyer lined to third; LACOCK BATTED FOR TERRELL; Braun
stole second; LaCock flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 0, White Sox 11.



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