Maintaining their one-game lead in the A. L. West, the Royals defeated the A's, 5-3. Leading, 2-1, in the eighth inning, the Royals loaded the bases on a single by Darrell Porter, walk to Al Cowens and sacrifice bunt by Willie Wilson, which A's catcher Jim Essian kicked for an error. Amos Otis, who doubled in the Royals' second run in the sixth stanza, then lined a double to left center, clearing the bases and putting the Royals ahead, 5-1. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, Oakland Athletics 3
Game Played on Monday, September 4, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Royals       0  0  1    0  0  1    0  3  0  -   5  5  0
A's          0  0  0    0  0  1    0  2  0  -   3  9  3


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brett 3b              5   0   0   0     0   2   .285      Edwards 2b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .274
McRae dh              4   0   1   0     1   0   .274        Gross ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .196
LaCock 1b             5   0   0   1     0   0   .304        Picciolo pr         0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Porter c              4   1   1   0     0   0   .283      Revering 1b           5   0   2   1     0   0   .275
Cowens rf             1   2   0   0     2   1   .282      Carty dh              3   0   0   0     1   0   .296
Hurdle lf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .264      Page lf               2   1   0   0     2   0   .288
  Wilson ph,lf        0   1   0   0     0   0   .220      Robinson c            3   0   1   0     0   0   .333
Otis cf               3   0   2   4     1   0   .273        Woodard pr          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
White 2b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .275        Essian c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Terrell ss            4   1   1   0     0   1   .202        Hosley ph,c         1   1   1   1     0   0  1.000
Gale p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Guerrero ss           4   0   2   1     0   0   .282
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Duncan 3b             4   0   1   0     0   1   .262
                                                          Wallis rf,cf,rf       3   0   0   0     1   1   .273
                                                          Armas cf              1   0   0   0     0   1   .213
                                                            Alston ph,rf        1   1   1   0     0   0   .225
                                                            Newman ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .236
                                                            Burke cf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .218
                                                          Norris p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   5   5   5     5   4             Totals               33   3   9   3     4   4

Time of Game: 3:01   Attendance:  7,550
Left on Base: Royals 7, A's 8
DP: Royals 1, A's 0
Errors: Edwards, Revering 2
Doubles: Otis 2 (25), Hosley (1)
Stolen Bases: Terrell (7), White (10), Cowens (13)
Caught Stealing: McRae (7), Otis (7), Page (16)
Sacrifice Hits: Wilson (5), White (9), Edwards (14)
GIDP: Revering (10)
Hit by Pitch: Cowens (6,by Norris)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gale W(14-7)            6     6   1   1   2   2   0  25   2.92
Hrabosky SV(18)         3     3   2   2   2   2   0  13   2.78
Totals                  9     9   3   3   4   4   0  38

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Norris L(0-3)           7     4   4   4   5   3   0  32   4.73
Heaverlo                2     1   1   0   0   1   0   7   3.08
Totals                  9     5   5   4   5   4   0  39

Hit by Pitch: Norris (3)

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Fred Spenn, 3B - Larry Barnett


ROYALS 1ST: Brett grounded out (pitcher to first); McRae
grounded out (shortstop to first); LaCock flied out to left; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards grounded out (pitcher to first); Revering
singled to right; Carty walked [Revering to second]; Page lined
to left; Robinson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Porter grounded out (second to first); Cowens struck
out; Hurdle reached on an error by Edwards [Hurdle to second];
Otis walked; White forced Otis (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
2 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first);
Duncan popped to second; Wallis grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Terrell singled to right; Terrell stole second;
Brett popped to catcher; McRae singled to left [Terrell to
third]; LaCock reached on a fielder's choice [Terrell scored,
McRae to third (error by Revering)]; Porter popped to first in
foul territory; Cowens was hit by a pitch [LaCock to second];
Hurdle flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 1,
Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Armas was called out on strikes; Edwards popped
to second; Revering lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
1, Athletics 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis lined to center; White walked; Terrell struck
out; White stole second; Brett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Royals 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Carty grounded out (pitcher to first); Page
walked; Robinson lined to center; Page was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Athletics 0.

ROYALS 5TH: McRae lined to center; LaCock flied out to center;
Porter grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Guerrero popped to catcher in foul territory;
Duncan was called out on strikes; Wallis grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Athletics 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Cowens walked; Hurdle flied out to left; Cowens
stole second; Otis doubled to right [Cowens scored]; White lined
to center [Otis to third]; Tony Armas made great catch
running into wall and injured knee; Terrell flied out to
left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 6TH: ALSTON BATTED FOR ARMAS; Alston singled to
left; Tony Armas left with injured knee; Edwards out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Alston to second]; Revering
singled to right [Alston scored]; Carty lined to left; Page
forced Revering (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 2, Athletics 1.

ROYALS 7TH: ALSTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); WALLIS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Brett grounded out (second to first);
McRae walked; LaCock flied out to right; McRae was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Robinson singled to right; WOODARD RAN FOR
ROBINSON; Guerrero singled to left [Woodard to second]; Duncan
singled [Woodard to third, Guerrero to second]; HRABOSKY
REPLACED GALE (PITCHING); Wallis struck out; NEWMAN BATTED FOR
ALSTON; Newman struck out; Edwards flied out to right; 0 R, 3 H,
0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 2, Athletics 1.

ROYALS 8TH: ESSIAN REPLACED WOODARD (PLAYING C ); BURKE REPLACED
NEWMAN (PLAYING CF); WALLIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF);
Porter singled; Cowens walked [Porter to second]; HEAVERLO
REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); WILSON BATTED FOR HURDLE; Wilson
reached on an error by Revering on a sacrifice bunt [Porter to
third, Cowens to second]; Otis doubled to left [Porter scored,
Cowens scored, Wilson scored (unearned)]; White out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Otis to third]; Otis was
caught stealing home (catcher unassisted); Terrell grounded out
(third to first); 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5,
Athletics 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Revering
flied out to center; Carty popped to catcher in foul territory;
Page walked; HOSLEY BATTED FOR ESSIAN; Hosley doubled to left
[Page scored]; Guerrero singled to center [Hosley scored];
Duncan flied to left in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 5, Athletics 3.

ROYALS 9TH: HOSLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Brett struck
out; McRae flied out to center; LaCock flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Athletics 3.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Wallis walked; Burke popped to second; GROSS
BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Gross singled to center [Wallis to second];
PICCIOLO RAN FOR GROSS; Revering grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Picciolo out at second]; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Athletics 3.