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.

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