Getting credit for his third consecutive victory, Mike Proly limited Kansas City to three singles in 6 1/3 innings as the White Sox downed the Royals, 9-3. The righthander was forced to leave the game in the seventh stanza when he was hit on the right thumb by a line drive off the bat of Darrell Porter and suffered a hairline fracture.

Lamar Johnson started the Pale Hose off with an RBI single in the first inning. The White Sox picked up two more runs in the fourth on a triple by Chet Lemon and double by Mike Colbern. Don Kessinger hit a two-run double in the seventh. [The Sporting News]



Chicago White Sox 9, Kansas City Royals 3
Game Played on Tuesday, August    29, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
White Sox    1  0  0    2  0  0    2  0  4  -   9 11  1
Royals       0  0  0    1  0  0    2  0  0  -   3  6  2


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Washington lf         4   0   0   0     1   1   .249      Braun lf              3   0   1   1     1   0   .245
Bosley cf             5   1   0   0     0   0   .256      McRae dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .276
Squires 1b            4   0   1   1     1   1   .317      Brett 3b,ss           4   1   1   0     0   0   .294
Lamar Johnson dh      5   1   3   2     0   0   .279      Porter c              3   0   0   1     1   0   .276
Orta 2b               5   0   0   0     0   0   .279      LaCock 1b             4   1   1   0     0   1   .305
Lemon rf              4   2   3   1     0   1   .288      Otis cf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .264
  Molinaro pr,rf      0   1   0   0     0   0   .270      Cowens rf,3b          4   1   1   0     0   2   .279
Colbern c             4   2   2   1     0   1   .267      Patek ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .266
Kessinger ss          3   1   1   2     1   0   .268        Hurdle ph,rf        1   0   1   0     1   0   .270
Bell 3b               2   0   0   0     0   1   .205      White 2b              2   0   1   0     0   0   .272
  Soderholm ph        1   0   1   2     0   0   .255        Poquette ph         0   0   0   1     1   0   .200
  Pryor pr,3b         0   1   0   0     0   0   .238        Terrell pr,2b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .183
Proly p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gale p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        McGilberry p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaGrow 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               37   9  11   9     3   5             Totals               32   3   6   3     4   5

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 19,343
Left on Base: White Sox 5, Royals 6
DP: White Sox 1, Royals 1
Errors: Colbern, Patek, Gale
Doubles: Colbern (5), Kessinger (18), Hurdle (23)
Triples: Lemon (4)
Stolen Bases: Brett (17)
Sacrifice Hits: Bell (1)
GIDP: Orta (9), LaCock (7)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Proly W(5-2)            6.1   3   1   0   0   4   0  22   2.74
Willoughby              0.1   2   2   2   2   0   0   5   3.57
LaGrow SV(14)           2.1   1   0   0   2   1   0   9   3.78
Totals                  9     6   3   2   4   5   0  36

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gale L(13-7)            6     6   5   4   2   3   0  26   2.97
McGilberry              0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   4.40
Mingori                 2.1   4   4   4   1   2   0  12   3.18
Foucault                0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.72
Totals                  9    11   9   8   3   5   0  41

Passed Balls: Porter (7)

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Washington walked; Bosley reached on a fielder's
choice [Washington to second (error by Patek)]; Squires walked
[Washington to third, Bosley to second]; Washington was picked
off third (catcher to shortstop); Lamar Johnson singled to
center [Bosley scored, Squires to third]; Orta grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Lamar Johnson out at
second]; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Braun grounded out (pitcher to first); McRae popped
to catcher in foul territory; Brett grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Lemon struck out; Colbern was called out on
strikes; Kessinger grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Porter grounded out (second to first); LaCock was
called out on strikes; Otis was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first);
Washington lined to left; Bosley grounded out (third to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Cowens grounded out (third to first); Patek grounded
out (third to first); White singled to center; Braun flied to
left in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1,
Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Squires lined to third; Lamar Johnson singled to
right; Orta flied out to center; Lemon tripled to center [Lamar
Johnson scored]; Colbern doubled to left [Lemon scored];
Kessinger popped to third in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae struck out; Brett singled to left; Brett stole
second [Brett to third (error by Colbern)]; Porter grounded out
(second to first) [Brett scored (unearned)]; LaCock flied out to
center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Bell struck out; Washington grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bosley flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Otis flied out to right; Cowens struck out; Patek
flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals
1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Squires grounded out (shortstop to first); Lamar
Johnson popped to first in foul territory; Orta grounded out
(pitcher to shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: White grounded out (third to first); Braun singled
to left; McRae grounded out (third to first) [Braun to second];
Brett flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Lemon singled to left; Colbern reached on a
fielder's choice [Lemon to second (error by Gale)]; Kessinger
doubled to center [Lemon scored (unearned), Colbern scored];
MCGILBERRY REPLACED GALE (PITCHING); Bell out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Kessinger to third]; MINGORI REPLACED
MCGILBERRY (PITCHING); Washington grounded out (third to first);
Bosley popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Royals 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Porter grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first);
WILLOUGHBY REPLACED PROLY (PITCHING); LaCock singled to center;
Otis popped to second; Cowens singled to left [LaCock to
second]; HURDLE BATTED FOR PATEK; Hurdle walked [LaCock to
third, Cowens to second]; POQUETTE BATTED FOR WHITE; Poquette
walked [LaCock scored, Cowens to third, Hurdle to second];
LAGROW REPLACED WILLOUGHBY (PITCHING); TERRELL RAN FOR POQUETTE;
Braun walked [Cowens scored, Hurdle to third, Terrell to
second]; McRae popped to first in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E,
3 LOB.  White Sox 5, Royals 3.

WHITE SOX 8TH: HURDLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); TERRELL
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); COWENS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING
3B); BRETT CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Squires was called
out on strikes; Lamar Johnson grounded out (third to first);
Orta flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 5,
Royals 3.

ROYALS 8TH: Brett flied out to right; Porter walked; LaCock
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Porter out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 5,
Royals 3.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Lemon singled to right; MOLINARO RAN FOR LEMON;
Colbern singled to left [Molinaro to third, Colbern to second
(on throw to 3b)]; Kessinger was walked intentionally; SODERHOLM
BATTED FOR BELL; Soderholm singled to right [Molinaro scored,
Colbern scored, Kessinger to second]; PRYOR RAN FOR SODERHOLM;
Porter allowed a passed ball [Kessinger to third, Pryor to
second]; Washington struck out; Bosley grounded out (second to
first); Squires singled to right [Kessinger scored, Pryor to
third]; FOUCAULT REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Lamar Johnson
singled to right [Pryor scored, Squires to third]; Orta flied
out to center; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 9, Royals 3.

ROYALS 9TH: MOLINARO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); PRYOR STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Otis popped to first in foul territory;
Cowens struck out; Hurdle doubled; Terrell popped to shortstop;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 9, Royals 3.