Dock Ellis, making his second start since being sidelined for one month by a hamstring injury, gained his first victory since July 13 when the Rangers defeated the Royals, 8-4. Ellis allowed but one hit in the first five innings, gave up three runs in the sixth and remained on the mound until relieved by Len Barker with two out in the eighth. Toby Harrah doubled and Kurt Bevacqua homered for the Rangers in first. Harrah doubled again and drove in one of two tallies in the second.

After the Royals closed the gap in the sixth, the Rangers picked up a run in their half on a sacrifice fly by Juan Beniquez with the bases loaded. After the Rangers filled the sacks again in the seventh, the results were more productive with three runs scoring on a forceout by Richie Zisk, single by Jim Sundberg and error by Clint Hurdle, his second of the game. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 8, Kansas City Royals 4

Game Played on Saturday, August 26, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Royals       0  0  0    0  0  3    0  1  0  -   4  6  3
Rangers      2  2  0    0  0  1    3  0  x  -   8 10  2


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brett 3b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .298      Harrah ss             5   1   2   1     0   1   .219
McRae dh              4   2   2   1     0   1   .280      Wills 2b              4   1   2   0     1   1   .227
LaCock 1b             2   1   1   0     2   0   .311      Bevacqua 3b           5   1   2   2     0   1   .241
Porter c              4   0   2   2     0   0   .276      Oliver lf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .312
Cowens cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .277      Bonds rf              3   1   1   0     1   1   .280
  Washington 2b       0   0   0   0     0   0   .268      Zisk dh               4   1   0   1     0   0   .251
Hurdle rf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .266      Sundberg c            2   1   1   1     2   1   .294
Poquette lf           4   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Beniquez cf           3   1   0   1     0   0   .253
Patek ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .265      Hargrove 1b           3   0   1   1     1   0   .252
White 2b              2   1   1   0     0   0   .274        Jorgensen 1b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .136
  Braun ph,cf         2   0   0   0     0   1   .243      D. Ellis p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Gura p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Barker p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Foucault p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   4   6   3     3   4             Totals               33   8  10   7     5   5

Time of Game: 2:25   Attendance: 33,084
Left on Base: Royals 5, Rangers 7
DP: Royals 0, Rangers 1
Errors: Porter, Hurdle 2, Harrah, Beniquez
Doubles: McRae 2 (32), Harrah 2 (15)
Home Runs: Bevacqua (6)
Stolen Bases: Bonds (33), Wills (41)
Sacrifice Flies: Beniquez (4)
GIDP: Porter (12)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gura L(11-4)            1.2   4   4   3   2   1   1  11   2.92
Pattin                  4.1   4   3   3   2   4   0  19   4.13
Mingori                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.65
Foucault                1.2   2   1   0   1   0   0   8   2.75
Totals                  8    10   8   6   5   5   1  39

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
D. Ellis W(9-5)         7.2   6   4   3   2   3   0  31   4.14
Barker SV(3)            1.1   0   0   0   1   1   0   5   3.83
Totals                  9     6   4   3   3   4   0  36

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Rich Garcia


ROYALS 1ST: Brett grounded out (second to first); McRae struck
out; LaCock singled to center; Porter forced LaCock (shortstop
to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Harrah doubled to left; Wills was called out on
strikes; Bevacqua homered [Harrah scored]; Oliver grounded out
(second to first); Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R,
2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 2.

ROYALS 2ND: Cowens grounded out (third to first); Hurdle
grounded out (second to first); Poquette grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 2ND: Zisk reached on an error by Hurdle [Zisk to
second]; Sundberg walked; Beniquez forced Zisk (pitcher to
third) [Sundberg to second]; Hargrove singled to right [Sundberg
scored, Beniquez to third, Hargrove out at second (right to
third to second)]; Harrah doubled to left [Beniquez scored
(unearned)]; Wills walked; PATTIN REPLACED GURA (PITCHING);
Bevacqua flied out to right; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 0, Rangers 4.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); White
grounded out (third to first); Brett grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 3RD: Oliver grounded out (first unassisted); Bonds
struck out; Zisk flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Rangers 4.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae reached on an error by Harrah; LaCock forced
McRae (shortstop to second); Porter grounded into a double play
(first to shortstop to first) [LaCock out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 4TH: Sundberg struck out; Beniquez grounded out (third
to first); Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 4.

ROYALS 5TH: Cowens struck out; Hurdle grounded out (second to
first); Poquette grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 5TH: Harrah was called out on strikes; Wills grounded
out (second to first); Bevacqua struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 4.

ROYALS 6TH: Patek grounded out (second to first); White singled
to right; Brett flied out to left; McRae doubled to center
[White scored]; LaCock walked; Porter singled to center [McRae
scored, LaCock scored (error by Beniquez) (unearned), Porter to
second]; Cowens grounded out (second to first); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Rangers 4.

RANGERS 6TH: Oliver singled to catcher; Bonds singled to center
[Oliver to second]; Zisk flied out to center [Oliver to third];
Bonds stole second; Sundberg was walked intentionally; Beniquez
hit a sacrifice fly to left [Oliver scored, Bonds to third
(error by Porter), Sundberg to second]; Hargrove was walked
intentionally; Harrah flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.
Royals 3, Rangers 5.

ROYALS 7TH: Hurdle grounded out (second to shortstop to first);
Poquette grounded out (pitcher to first); Patek popped to
second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Rangers 5.

RANGERS 7TH: Wills singled to third; Bevacqua singled to right
[Wills to third]; MINGORI REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Oliver
grounded out (first unassisted) [Bevacqua to second]; FOUCAULT
REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Bonds was walked intentionally;
Zisk forced Bevacqua (third unassisted) [Wills scored, Bonds to
second]; Sundberg singled to right [Bonds scored, Zisk scored
(error by Hurdle) (unearned), Sundberg to second]; Beniquez
grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 3, Rangers 8.

ROYALS 8TH: BRAUN BATTED FOR WHITE; Braun struck out; Brett
grounded out (second to first); McRae doubled to right; LaCock
walked; Porter singled to right [McRae scored, LaCock to
second]; BARKER REPLACED D. ELLIS (PITCHING); Cowens forced
Porter (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4,
Rangers 8.

RANGERS 8TH: BRAUN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); WASHINGTON
REPLACED COWENS (PLAYING 2B); Hargrove flied out to center;
Harrah flied out to right; Wills singled to center; Wills stole
second; Bevacqua grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 4, Rangers 8.

ROYALS 9TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING 1B); Hurdle
walked; Poquette flied out to left; Patek was called out on
strikes; Braun flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 4, Rangers 8.

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