A homer by Mitchell Page in the seventh inning gave the A's a 2-1 victory over the Royals in a pitching duel between Matt Keough and Rich Gale. Keough scattered seven hits and could have posted a shutout except that his own error on a pickoff attempt and a wild pitch allowed the Royals to score an unearned run after Freddie Patek doubled in the second inning.

The A's collected only five hits off Gale but tied the score with a double by Dave Revering and a single by Jeff Newman in the fifth before Page decided the outcome with his homer in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Oakland Athletics 2, Kansas City Royals 1
Game Played on Friday, June      30, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Royals       0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  7  0
A's          0  0  0    0  1  0    1  0  x  -   2  5  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Braun lf              3   0   1   0     1   1   .229      Wallis cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .301
McRae dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .266      Fuentes 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .103
Brett 3b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .311        Gross 1b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .209
Otis cf               3   0   0   0     1   0   .290      Page lf               2   1   1   1     1   0   .271
Porter c              2   0   1   0     2   0   .287        Edwards 2b          0   0   0   0     0   0   .224
LaCock 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .229      Revering 1b           3   1   3   0     0   0   .258
Hurdle rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .251        Dilone pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .260
Patek ss              4   1   1   0     0   0   .264      Duncan 3b             2   0   0   0     0   1   .250
White 2b              3   0   1   0     0   1   .275      Alston dh             3   0   0   0     0   0   .200
  Poquette ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .207      Newman c              2   0   1   1     1   0   .253
Gale p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Burke pr            0   0   0   0     0   0   .240
                                                            Essian c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .244
                                                          Armas rf              2   0   0   0     0   1   .227
                                                          Picciolo ss           3   0   0   0     0   2   .154
                                                          Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   7   0     4   3             Totals               24   2   5   2     2   4

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 16,506
Left on Base: Royals 8, A's 2
DP: Royals 2, A's 1
Errors: Keough
Doubles: Patek (13), Braun (8), Revering (10)
Home Runs: Page (8)
Stolen Bases: Brett (10)
Caught Stealing: White (6), Page (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Duncan (1), Armas (3)
GIDP: Patek (4), Duncan (2)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gale L(7-3)             8     5   2   2   2   4   1  28   3.11
Totals                  8     5   2   2   2   4   1  28

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough W(5-4)           9     7   1   0   4   3   0  36   2.06
Totals                  9     7   1   0   4   3   0  36

Wild Pitches: Keough 2 (5)

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Greg Kosc, 2B - Jerry Neudecker, 3B - George Maloney


ROYALS 1ST: Braun struck out; McRae grounded out (shortstop to
first); Brett singled to left; Brett stole second; Otis walked;
Keough threw a wild pitch [Brett to third, Otis to second];
Porter walked; LaCock forced Porter (shortstop unassisted); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Wallis grounded out (second to first); Fuentes
grounded out (third to first); Page flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Hurdle popped to catcher in foul territory; Patek
doubled; Patek was picked off second but was safe on an error by
Keough [Patek to third]; Keough threw a wild pitch [Patek scored
(unearned)]; White struck out; Braun flied out to left; 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering singled to center; Duncan grounded into
a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Revering out at
second]; Alston flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Athletics 0.

ROYALS 3RD: McRae grounded out (third to first); Brett grounded
out (first to pitcher); Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Newman flied out to right; Armas flied out to
center; Picciolo struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Athletics 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Porter walked; LaCock singled to right [Porter to
third]; Hurdle struck out; Patek grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [LaCock out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Wallis popped to third; Fuentes flied out to
center; Page walked; Page was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 0.

ROYALS 5TH: White flied out to left; Braun doubled to left;
McRae grounded out (third to first); Brett singled to right
[Braun to third]; Otis forced Brett (third to second); 0 R, 2 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Revering doubled to right; Duncan struck out;
Alston flied out to left; Newman singled to left [Revering
scored, Newman to second (on throw to home)]; Armas struck out;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Porter singled to left; LaCock flied out to center;
Hurdle flied out to right; Patek lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Picciolo struck out; Wallis grounded out (second
to first); Fuentes grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 1.

ROYALS 7TH: White singled to left; White was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Braun walked; McRae forced Braun
(shortstop to second); Brett flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Page homered; Revering singled to right; DILONE
RAN FOR REVERING; Duncan out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to
first) [Dilone to second]; Alston lined into a double play
(shortstop unassisted) [Dilone out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 2.

ROYALS 8TH: GROSS REPLACED FUENTES (PLAYING 1B); EDWARDS
REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING 2B); DILONE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF);
Otis flied out to right; Porter popped to shortstop; LaCock
popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 8TH: Newman walked; BURKE RAN FOR NEWMAN; Armas out on
a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Burke to second]; Picciolo
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Burke to third]; Wallis popped
to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1,
Athletics 2.

ROYALS 9TH: ESSIAN REPLACED BURKE (PLAYING C ); Hurdle grounded
out (second to first); Patek lined to center; POQUETTE BATTED
FOR WHITE; Poquette popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Athletics 2.