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Friday June 23, 1978
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Oakland Athletics 5, Kansas City Royals 4 (Game 2)

Game Played on Friday, June 23, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

A's          0  0  4    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   5  9  1
Royals       0  0  0    1  0  0    1  1  1  -   4 12  2


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Dilone rf             5   0   2   1     0   2   .273      Patek ss              3   0   2   1     1   0   .280
Fuentes 2b            4   1   0   0     0   2   .000      White 2b              5   0   1   1     0   1   .279
  Edwards 2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .216      Brett 3b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .291
Guerrero ss           4   1   2   1     0   0   .282      McRae dh              2   2   2   0     2   0   .273
Page dh               3   1   1   2     1   0   .260      Cowens rf,cf          5   0   3   0     0   0   .250
Revering 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .260      Porter c              4   0   1   2     0   0   .292
Duncan 3b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .241      Zdeb lf               2   1   0   0     0   0   .250
  Gross 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .213        Braun ph,lf         3   0   1   0     0   0   .226
Alston lf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .206      Hurdle 1b,rf          3   0   1   0     2   0   .267
Essian c              3   1   2   0     1   0   .242      Wilson cf             1   0   0   0     1   0   .228
Armas cf              2   0   0   0     1   0   .226        Poquette ph,rf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .212
Conroy p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Terrell ph          1   1   1   0     0   0   .192
  Broberg p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        LaCock 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .208
  Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   5   9   4     3   6             Totals               35   4  12   4     6   1

Time of Game: 3:00   Attendance: 38,841
Left on Base: A's 6, Royals 13
DP: A's 1, Royals 1
Errors: Alston, Porter, Hurdle
Doubles: Hurdle (11), McRae 2 (18)
Home Runs: Page (7)
Stolen Bases: Alston (2), Patek 2 (22)
Caught Stealing: Page (6), Patek (4)
Sacrifice Hits: Armas (2)
Sacrifice Flies: Patek (3), Porter (1)
GIDP: Guerrero (8), Hurdle (2)
Hit by Pitch: McRae (3,by Conroy)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Conroy                  3.1   2   1   1   5   0   0  18   2.70
Broberg W(7-6)          3.2   4   1   1   1   1   0  16   3.79
Lacey                   0.2   3   1   1   0   0   0   5   2.63
Sosa                    0.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   2   3.20
Heaverlo SV(3)          1     1   0   0   0   0   0   3   3.38
Totals                  9    12   4   4   6   1   0  44

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard L(7-10)         7     9   5   1   3   6   1  32   3.77
Mingori                 2     0   0   0   0   0   0   6   2.33
Totals                  9     9   5   1   3   6   1  38

Hit by Pitch: Conroy (1)

Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Lou DiMuro


ATHLETICS 1ST: Dilone struck out; Debut game for Tim
Conroy; Fuentes struck out; Guerrero singled to center; Page
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled to center; Patek stole second; White
flied out to right; Brett grounded out (third to first); McRae
was hit by a pitch; Cowens lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering grounded out (pitcher to first); Duncan
struck out; Alston grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Porter flied out to right; Zdeb flied out to center;
Hurdle walked; Wilson forced Hurdle (second unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Essian singled to left; Armas out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Essian to second]; Dilone struck out;
Fuentes reached on an error by Hurdle [Essian scored (unearned)
(no RBI), Fuentes to second]; Guerrero singled to right [Fuentes
scored (unearned), Guerrero to second (on throw to home)]; Page
homered (unearned) [Guerrero scored (unearned)]; Revering
singled to right; Duncan forced Revering (shortstop to second);
4 R (0 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek walked; On a bunt White made an out to
catcher; Frank White called for interference; Royals Manager
Whitey Herzog ejected by HP umpire Ken Kaiser; Patek stole
second; Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae walked;
Cowens popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Athletics 4, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Alston singled to right; Alston stole second
[Alston to third (error by Porter)]; Essian walked; Armas walked
[Essian to second]; Dilone singled to left [Alston scored,
Essian to third, Armas to second]; Fuentes popped to second;
Guerrero grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Dilone out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Porter singled to center; Zdeb forced Porter
(shortstop to second); Hurdle walked [Zdeb to second]; Wilson
walked [Zdeb to third, Hurdle to second]; BROBERG REPLACED
CONROY (PITCHING); Patek hit a sacrifice fly to center [Zdeb
scored, Hurdle to third, Wilson to second]; White struck out; 1
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Royals 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Page popped to second; Revering struck out;
Duncan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Brett flied out to center; McRae walked; Cowens
singled to left [McRae to second]; Porter popped to shortstop;
BRAUN BATTED FOR ZDEB; Braun popped to first in foul territory;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5, Royals 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: BRAUN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Alston lined
to center; Essian singled to left; Armas popped to catcher in
foul territory; On a bunt Dilone singled to third [Essian to
second]; Fuentes struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: EDWARDS REPLACED FUENTES (PLAYING 2B); Hurdle
doubled to left [Hurdle to third (error by Alston)]; POQUETTE
BATTED FOR WILSON; Poquette reached on a fielder's choice
[Hurdle out at home (pitcher to third to catcher), Poquette to
second]; Patek popped to third; White flied out to center; 0 R,
1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Royals 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: POQUETTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); COWENS
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Guerrero popped to first; Page
walked; Page was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop);
Revering popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Royals 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Brett grounded out (first unassisted); McRae doubled
to right; Cowens singled to center [McRae to third]; Porter
grounded out (first unassisted) [McRae scored, Cowens to
second]; Braun flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Athletics 5, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: MINGORI REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Duncan
grounded out (second to first); Alston popped to shortstop;
Essian flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5,
Royals 2.

ROYALS 8TH: LACEY REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING); GROSS REPLACED
DUNCAN (PLAYING 3B); Hurdle grounded out (pitcher to first);
TERRELL BATTED FOR POQUETTE; Terrell singled to left; Patek
singled to left [Terrell to second]; White singled to left
[Terrell scored, Patek to second]; Brett lined to second; SOSA
REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Patek was caught stealing third
(catcher to third); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Royals 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: LACOCK REPLACED TERRELL (PLAYING 1B); HURDLE
CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Armas popped to shortstop;
Dilone flied out to left; Edwards grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 5, Royals 3.

ROYALS 9TH: McRae doubled to right; Cowens singled to left
[McRae to third]; HEAVERLO REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Porter
lined out on a sacrifice fly to center [McRae scored]; Braun
singled to right [Cowens to third]; Hurdle grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Braun out at
second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 5, Royals 4.



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