Winning their fifth straight game, the Royals routed the Rangers, 11-4. Frank White ripped a two-run double and Clint Hurdle added a two-run triple in a seven-run third inning. Fredie Patek stroked three singles and also scored three runs and Hurdle also collected three hits as the Royals unleashed a 14-hit bombardment. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 11, Texas Rangers 4
Game Played on Wednesday, July      19, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Rangers      0  0  0    3  0  0    1  0  0  -   4  7  2
Royals       0  2  7    0  1  0    1  0  x  -  11 14  0


Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Hargrove 1b           2   0   0   0     2   0   .260      Brett 3b              5   0   1   1     0   1   .305
Beniquez cf           2   0   0   0     1   0   .281      McRae dh              4   1   1   1     0   0   .265
Sundberg c            4   1   1   0     0   0   .312      LaCock 1b             5   1   1   1     0   0   .280
Oliver lf             4   1   2   0     0   1   .301      Otis cf               3   2   1   0     2   0   .273
Bonds dh              4   1   2   3     0   1   .264      Porter c              5   1   2   1     0   3   .280
  Thompson pr,dh      0   0   0   0     0   0   .231      Hurdle rf             5   1   3   2     0   2   .258
Zisk rf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .260      Poquette lf           0   0   0   1     0   0   .222
Bevacqua 3b           4   1   1   1     0   0   .184        Wilson ph,lf        3   1   0   0     1   0   .232
Wills 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .222      Patek ss              4   3   3   1     0   0   .281
Campaneris ss         3   0   0   0     0   0   .215      White 2b              3   1   2   3     1   0   .287
Jenkins p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gale p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Umbarger p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   4   7   4     3   3             Totals               37  11  14  11     4   6

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 28,420
Left on Base: Rangers 3, Royals 8
DP: Rangers 0, Royals 3
Errors: Hargrove, Oliver
Doubles: Oliver (16), Porter 2 (19), LaCock (6), White (17), Brett (30)
Triples: Zisk (1), Hurdle (3), White (3)
Home Runs: Bonds (15), Bevacqua (2)
Stolen Bases: Otis (19), Patek 2 (26)
Caught Stealing: Beniquez (8), Oliver (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Poquette (5), McRae (6)
GIDP: Sundberg (11), Bevacqua (4)
Hit by Pitch: Beniquez (2,by Gale)


Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Jenkins L(9-5)          2.2   6   6   6   1   2   0  15   3.20
Umbarger                5.1   8   5   4   3   4   0  28   4.60
Totals                  8    14  11  10   4   6   0  43

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gale W(11-3)            9     7   4   4   3   3   2  34   2.65
Totals                  9     7   4   4   3   3   2  34

Hit by Pitch: Gale (2)

Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Russ Goetz


RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove lined to first; Beniquez walked; Beniquez
was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Sundberg
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae
popped to catcher in foul territory; LaCock lined to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 0.

RANGERS 2ND: Oliver singled to right; Bonds struck out while
Oliver was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Zisk
tripled to right; Bevacqua grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Otis walked; Otis stole second; Porter doubled to
right [Otis scored]; Hurdle singled to right [Porter to third,
Hurdle out at second (right to first to shortstop)]; Poquette
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Porter scored]; Patek reached on
an error by Oliver [Patek to second]; White flied out to left; 2
R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 2.

RANGERS 3RD: Wills struck out; Campaneris flied out to left;
Hargrove walked; Beniquez forced Hargrove (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Brett struck out; McRae singled to center; LaCock
doubled to right [McRae scored]; Otis singled to center [LaCock
to third]; Porter struck out; Hurdle tripled to center [LaCock
scored, Otis scored]; UMBARGER REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING);
WILSON BATTED FOR POQUETTE; Wilson walked; Patek singled to
center [Hurdle scored, Wilson to third]; Patek stole second;
White doubled to center [Wilson scored, Patek scored]; Brett
doubled to left [White scored]; McRae grounded out (third to
first); 7 R, 7 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 0, Royals 9.

RANGERS 4TH: WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Sundberg
singled to left; Oliver doubled to center [Sundberg to third];
Bonds homered [Sundberg scored, Oliver scored]; Zisk flied out
to center; Bevacqua popped to first in foul territory; Wills
grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Rangers 3, Royals 9.

ROYALS 4TH: LaCock grounded out (second to first); Otis grounded
out (third to first); Porter doubled to right; Hurdle was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3, Royals 9.

RANGERS 5TH: Campaneris flied out to center; Hargrove walked;
Beniquez was hit by a pitch [Hargrove to second]; Sundberg
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Beniquez out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 3,
Royals 9.

ROYALS 5TH: Wilson lined to first; Patek singled to right; Patek
stole second; White walked; Brett reached on an error by
Hargrove [Patek to third, White to second]; McRae hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Patek scored (unearned), White to third,
Brett to second]; LaCock grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Rangers 3, Royals 10.

RANGERS 6TH: Oliver struck out; Bonds popped to first; Zisk
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers
3, Royals 10.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis flied out to left; Porter struck out; Hurdle
singled to left; Wilson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Rangers 3, Royals 10.

RANGERS 7TH: Bevacqua homered; Wills grounded out (second to
first); Campaneris lined to shortstop; Hargrove flied out to
left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Royals 10.

ROYALS 7TH: Patek singled to left; White tripled to center
[Patek scored]; Brett grounded out (first unassisted); McRae
grounded out (second to first); LaCock grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Royals 11.

RANGERS 8TH: Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first);
Sundberg flied out to right; Oliver popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Royals 11.

ROYALS 8TH: Otis walked; Porter was called out on strikes;
Hurdle was called out on strikes; Wilson grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Rangers 4, Royals 11.

RANGERS 9TH: Bonds singled to center; THOMPSON RAN FOR BONDS;
Zisk flied out to center; Bevacqua grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Thompson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Rangers 4, Royals 11.