The Royals unleashed a 15-hit attack to back the five-hit pitching of Larry Gura in a 12-0 blasting of the White Sox. Darrell Porter led the assault with four hits and four runs batted in. The Royals sent 11 men to the plate and scored six runs in the second inning. Amos Otis singled in two runs, Frank White knocked in two others with a double and Pete LaCock and Porter each accounted for one with a single. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 12, Chicago White Sox 0
Game Played on Wednesday, August    30, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  1
Royals       0  6  0    0  2  3    0  1  x  -  12 15  0


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Washington lf         4   0   2   0     0   1   .253      Brett 3b              5   1   1   0     0   0   .293
Kessinger ss          3   0   2   0     0   0   .271      McRae dh              5   2   2   0     0   0   .277
  Pryor pr,ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .236      LaCock 1b             5   2   4   3     0   1   .315
Lamar Johnson dh      4   0   0   0     0   0   .277      Porter c              4   2   4   4     0   0   .283
Soderholm 3b          3   0   0   0     0   1   .253      Cowens rf             5   1   1   1     0   0   .277
  Bell 3b             1   0   0   0     0   0   .200      Hurdle lf             2   0   0   0     1   0   .269
Lemon rf              3   0   0   0     0   1   .285        Wilson lf           1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Orta 2b               3   0   0   0     0   0   .277      Otis cf               4   1   2   2     0   0   .266
Colbern c             3   0   0   0     0   2   .258      Patek ss              4   1   0   0     0   0   .263
Squires 1b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .303      White 2b              3   2   1   2     1   0   .272
Bosley cf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .257      Gura p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Barrios p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Torrealba p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Schueler p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Willoughby p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   0   5   0     0   5             Totals               38  12  15  12     2   1

Time of Game: 1:56   Attendance: 19,053
Left on Base: White Sox 4, Royals 5
DP: White Sox 0, Royals 1
Errors: Washington
Doubles: White (19), LaCock (14)
Home Runs: Porter (14)
Stolen Bases: Washington (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Porter (3)
GIDP: Lamar Johnson (13)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Barrios L(8-12)         1.2   6   6   6   1   1   0  12   3.99
Torrealba               3.1   4   2   2   0   0   1  14   5.16
Schueler                2     3   3   3   1   0   0  10   3.99
Willoughby              1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   3.63
Totals                  8    15  12  12   2   1   1  41

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gura W(12-4)            9     5   0   0   0   5   0  31   2.77
Totals                  9     5   0   0   0   5   0  31

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Washington singled to center; Washington stole
second; Kessinger popped to second; Lamar Johnson grounded out
(shortstop to first); Soderholm was called out on strikes; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Brett flied out to center; McRae popped to catcher
in foul territory; LaCock struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Royals 0.

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

ROYALS 2ND: Porter singled to center; Cowens singled to left
[Porter to second]; Hurdle walked [Porter to third, Cowens to
second]; Otis singled to center [Porter scored, Cowens scored,
Hurdle to second]; Patek forced Hurdle (pitcher to third) [Otis
to second]; White doubled to left [Otis scored, Patek scored];
Brett singled to left [White to third]; McRae flied out to
right; LaCock singled to center [White scored, Brett to third];
TORREALBA REPLACED BARRIOS (PITCHING); Porter singled to right
[Brett scored, LaCock to second]; Cowens forced Porter (third to
second); 6 R, 7 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 6.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Squires flied out to center; Bosley grounded out
(pitcher to first); On a bunt Washington singled to third;
Kessinger singled to center [Washington to second]; Lamar
Johnson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 White Sox 0, Royals 6.

ROYALS 3RD: Hurdle flied out to center; Otis grounded out
(shortstop to first); Patek grounded out (catcher to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 6.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Soderholm grounded out (third to first); Lemon
flied out to right; Orta grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 6.

ROYALS 4TH: White grounded out (third to first); Brett lined to
right; McRae flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Royals 6.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Colbern grounded out (shortstop to first);
Squires flied out to center; Bosley grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 6.

ROYALS 5TH: LaCock doubled to right; Porter homered [LaCock
scored]; Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); Hurdle flied
out to left; Otis singled to left; Patek forced Otis (third to
second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 8.

WHITE SOX 6TH: WILSON REPLACED HURDLE (PLAYING LF); Washington
struck out; Kessinger singled to left; PRYOR RAN FOR KESSINGER;
Lamar Johnson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second
to first) [Pryor out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Royals 8.

ROYALS 6TH: PRYOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); SCHUELER REPLACED
TORREALBA (PITCHING); White walked; Brett lined to right; McRae
singled to left [White to third, McRae to second (error by
Washington)]; LaCock singled to right [White scored, McRae
scored]; Porter singled to center [LaCock to third, Porter to
second (on throw to 3b)]; Cowens grounded out (shortstop to
first) [LaCock scored, Porter to third]; Wilson popped to third
in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 11.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Soderholm grounded out (third to first); Lemon
popped to third in foul territory; Orta popped to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 11.

ROYALS 7TH: BELL REPLACED SODERHOLM (PLAYING 3B); Otis grounded
out (third to first); Patek grounded out (third to first); White
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Royals 11.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Colbern struck out; Squires flied out to center;
Bosley singled to right; Washington grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 11.

ROYALS 8TH: WILLOUGHBY REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING); Brett flied
out to center; McRae singled to left; LaCock singled to right
[McRae to third]; Porter hit a sacrifice fly to center [McRae
scored]; Cowens flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Royals 12.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Pryor flied out to left; Lamar Johnson flied out
to left; Bell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White
Sox 0, Royals 12.