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Sunday July 9, 1978
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Seven straight hits during a seven-run third inning carried the Royals to a 10-4 thumping of the Orioles. George Brett, Joe Zdeb, Hal McRae and Amos Otis hit consecutive singles to produce two runs and Darrell Porter followed with a three-run homer. John Wathan hit an inside-the-park drive off reliever John Flinn and Clint Hurdle doubled before the Orioles got the first out of the inning. Frank White then singled to drive in Hurdle. [The Sporting News]


Kansas City Royals 10, Baltimore Orioles 4

Game Played on Sunday, July 9, 1978 (Day game) at Royals Stadium

Orioles      0  0  0    3  0  0    0  0  1  -   4  7  0
Royals       0  2  7    1  0  0    0  0  x  -  10 15  2


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harlow cf             4   0   1   0     0   1   .250      Brett 3b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .319
Dauer 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .254      Zdeb lf               5   2   2   0     0   0   .256
Singleton rf          4   0   1   0     0   1   .281      McRae dh              5   1   2   1     0   0   .261
Murray 1b             4   1   1   0     0   0   .271      Otis cf               4   1   2   2     1   0   .276
May dh                4   0   0   0     0   1   .248      Porter c              3   2   1   3     1   1   .281
Mora lf               3   2   1   0     1   0   .250      Wathan 1b             4   2   3   2     0   0   .300
DeCinces 3b           4   1   2   2     0   0   .237      Hurdle rf             4   1   1   0     0   2   .259
Garcia ss             4   0   1   0     0   1   .297      Patek ss              4   0   2   1     0   0   .274
Skaggs c              2   0   0   0     1   0   .143      White 2b              4   0   1   1     0   0   .286
  Hendricks ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .308      Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Flanagan p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Flinn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McGregor p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kerrigan p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   4   7   2     2   4             Totals               38  10  15  10     2   3

Time of Game: 2:16   Attendance: 24,662
Left on Base: Orioles 5, Royals 6
DP: Orioles 0, Royals 1
Errors: Zdeb, Patek
Doubles: Mora (6), DeCinces (14), Wathan (5), Hurdle (15), Otis (16)
Home Runs: DeCinces (10), Porter (7), Wathan (1)
Caught Stealing: Patek (5)
GIDP: Murray (11)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Flanagan L(12-6)        2.1   7   7   7   1   1   1  14   3.53
Flinn                   1.2   5   3   3   0   0   1  10   8.22
McGregor                3     2   0   0   1   2   0  12   3.94
Kerrigan                1     1   0   0   0   0   0   4   5.65
Totals                  8    15  10  10   2   3   2  40

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard W(9-11)         9     7   4   3   2   4   1  36   3.73
Totals                  9     7   4   3   2   4   1  36

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Steve Palermo


ORIOLES 1ST: Harlow singled to left; Dauer popped to shortstop;
Singleton singled to right [Harlow to third]; Murray grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Singleton out
at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Brett grounded out (second to first); Zdeb lined to
shortstop; McRae grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: May flied out to right; Mora grounded out
(shortstop to first); DeCinces flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Otis grounded out (third to first); Porter walked;
Wathan doubled [Porter scored]; Hurdle was called out on
strikes; Patek singled to center [Wathan scored]; Patek was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 2.

ORIOLES 3RD: Garcia flied out to center; Skaggs walked; Harlow
grounded out (second to first) [Skaggs to second]; Dauer flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 3RD: White flied out to left; Brett singled to left; Zdeb
singled to right [Brett to third]; McRae singled to shortstop
[Brett scored, Zdeb to second]; Otis singled to left [Zdeb
scored, McRae to second]; Porter homered [McRae scored, Otis
scored]; FLINN REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING); Wathan hit an
inside the park homer to right; Hurdle doubled to right; Patek
grounded out (third to first); White singled to right [Hurdle
scored]; Brett flied out to left; 7 R, 8 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
0, Royals 9.

ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton struck out; Murray singled to center; May
flied out to right; Mora doubled to left [Murray scored (error
by Zdeb), Mora to third]; DeCinces homered [Mora scored]; Garcia
struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Royals 9.

ROYALS 4TH: Zdeb singled to center; McRae grounded out (pitcher
to first) [Zdeb to second]; Otis doubled to left [Zdeb scored];
Porter flied out to center; Wathan popped to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, Royals 10.

ORIOLES 5TH: Skaggs flied out to right; Harlow struck out; Dauer
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Royals 10.

ROYALS 5TH: MCGREGOR REPLACED FLINN (PITCHING); Hurdle struck
out; Patek singled to center; White popped to second; Brett
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, Royals 10.

ORIOLES 6TH: Singleton popped to third; Murray flied out to
center; May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Royals
10.

ROYALS 6TH: Zdeb grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae flied
out to left; Otis walked; Porter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Orioles 3, Royals 10.

ORIOLES 7TH: Mora grounded out (shortstop to first); DeCinces
popped to second; Garcia singled to center; Skaggs grounded out
(third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 3, Royals 10.

ROYALS 7TH: Wathan singled to left; Hurdle popped to first;
Patek flied out to center; White popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Orioles 3, Royals 10.

ORIOLES 8TH: Harlow flied out to left; Dauer grounded out
(shortstop to first); Singleton flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 3, Royals 10.

ROYALS 8TH: KERRIGAN REPLACED MCGREGOR (PITCHING); Brett
grounded out (shortstop to first); Zdeb popped to second; McRae
singled to right; Otis lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Orioles 3, Royals 10.

ORIOLES 9TH: Murray flied out to center; May grounded out
(pitcher to first); Mora walked; DeCinces doubled to left [Mora
to third]; Garcia reached on an error by Patek [Mora scored
(unearned) (no RBI), DeCinces to third, Garcia to first];
HENDRICKS BATTED FOR SKAGGS; Hendricks flied out to right; 1 R
(0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 4, Royals 10.



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