Coming back from a 7-0 deficit, the Royals scored an 11-8 triumph over the A's in 12 innings. The score was 8-8 going into the 12th when U.L. Washington started the winning rally by drawing a base on balls. After Hal McRae forced Washington at second and was replaced by Willie Wilson, John Wathan singled and Darrell Porter walked to load the bases.

Dave Heaverlo was relieved on the mound by Elias Sosa. Al Cowens got a bloop single for one run and, one out later, a single by Amos Otis plated two more. The Royals had tied the contest in the ninth on a two-out triple by Frank White and infield single by Steve Braun. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 11, Oakland Athletics 8
Game Played on Wednesday, September 6, 1978 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
Royals       0  0  0    0  2  0    1  4  1    0  0  3  -  11 20  4
A's          2  3  0    2  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0  -   8 14  3


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brett 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .281      Edwards 2b            7   1   2   0     0   0   .274
  Quirk 3b,ss         1   0   0   0     0   0   .095      Duncan 3b             4   2   1   0     1   1   .262
  Zdeb ph             1   1   1   0     0   0   .259        Gross 3b            1   0   1   0     0   0   .197
  Washington ss       1   0   1   0     1   0   .281        Norris pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
McRae dh              6   1   1   0     1   1   .273        Picciolo 3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Wilson pr,dh        0   1   0   0     0   0   .219      Carty dh              6   2   2   4     0   2   .295
LaCock 1b             4   2   2   1     0   0   .303      Page lf               4   0   1   1     0   3   .289
  Wathan ph,1b        3   1   2   0     0   0   .313        Alston rf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .224
Porter c              6   1   3   2     1   0   .284      Hosley c              3   0   1   0     1   1   .500
Cowens rf             7   0   2   1     0   0   .279        Woodard pr          0   1   0   0     0   0   .000
Hurdle lf             7   1   1   0     0   3   .262        Essian c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .226
Otis cf               6   1   4   4     1   1   .279        Revering ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .273
White 2b              7   1   2   0     0   1   .280        Robinson c          1   0   1   0     0   0   .333
Terrell ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .195      Guerrero ss           5   0   0   0     1   1   .277
  Braun ph,3b         3   1   1   1     1   0   .245      Newman 1b             6   1   3   0     0   1   .243
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Burke cf              4   0   2   1     1   0   .225
  Busby p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dilone rf,lf          3   1   0   0     1   0   .230
  McGilberry p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wallis lf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .269
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Keough p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Lacey p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Heaverlo p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               56  11  20   9     5   6             Totals               49   8  14   6     5   9

Time of Game: 4:05   Attendance:  1,350
Left on Base: Royals 15, A's 11
DP: Royals 0, A's 0
Errors: Brett, Porter, Terrell, Braun, Alston, Burke, Dilone
Doubles: Porter (26), McRae (34), Duncan (15), Newman 2 (7)
Triples: White (5)
Home Runs: Otis (19), Carty (28)
Stolen Bases: Otis (24), Burke (13)
Caught Stealing: Edwards (19), Burke (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Terrell (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Burke (1)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff              1.2   5   5   3   2   2   0  14   3.34
Busby                   3.1   4   2   2   1   4   1  14   9.00
McGilberry              1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   3.71
Bird                    3.1   3   1   1   0   0   0  13   5.49
Hrabosky W(7-6)         1.2   2   0   0   1   1   0   7   2.71
Pattin SV(4)            1     0   0   0   1   0   0   4   4.05
Totals                 12    14   8   6   5   9   1  55

A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Keough                  7.1  10   6   4   3   3   1  36   3.03
Lacey                   0.1   3   1   1   0   0   0   4   3.10
Heaverlo L(3-6)         3.2   5   4   4   2   2   0  18   3.29
Sosa                    0.2   2   0   0   0   1   0   4   2.55
Totals                 12    20  11   9   5   6   1  62

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


ROYALS 1ST: Brett grounded out (second to first); McRae was
called out on strikes; LaCock grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 0.

ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards flied out to center; Duncan doubled to
right; Carty reached on an error by Terrell [Duncan to third,
Carty to second]; Page struck out; Hosley reached on an error by
Brett [Duncan scored (unearned) (no RBI), Carty scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Hosley to second]; Guerrero grounded out
(third to first); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Athletics 2.

ROYALS 2ND: Porter popped to third; Cowens grounded out (second
to first); Hurdle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 2.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman singled to right; Burke grounded out
(second to first) [Newman to second]; Dilone walked; Edwards
singled to right [Newman to third, Dilone to second]; Duncan
struck out; Carty singled to right [Newman scored, Dilone
scored, Edwards to third]; Page singled to right [Edwards
scored, Carty to second]; Hosley walked [Carty to third, Page to
second]; BUSBY REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Guerrero popped
to first; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 5.

ROYALS 3RD: Otis singled to left; White singled to center [Otis
to second]; Terrell out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first)
[Otis to third, White to second]; Brett flied out to center;
McRae walked; LaCock lined to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Royals 0, Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Newman struck out; Burke grounded out (third to
first); Dilone popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Athletics 5.

ROYALS 4TH: Porter doubled to left; Cowens flied out to right
[Porter to third]; Hurdle struck out; Otis walked; White forced
Otis (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0,
Athletics 5.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Edwards singled to left; Edwards was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Duncan walked; Carty
homered [Duncan scored]; Page struck out; Hosley struck out; 2
R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Athletics 7.

ROYALS 5TH: Terrell grounded out (third to first); Brett lined
to shortstop; McRae doubled to left; LaCock singled to left
[McRae scored]; Porter singled to right [LaCock scored (error by
Dilone) (unearned) (no RBI), Porter to second]; Cowens flied out
to center; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Athletics 7.

ATHLETICS 5TH: QUIRK REPLACED BRETT (PLAYING 3B); Guerrero
struck out; Newman doubled to left; Burke singled to left
[Newman to third]; Burke stole second; Dilone grounded out
(second to first); Edwards flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 2, Athletics 7.

ROYALS 6TH: Hurdle flied out to right; Otis singled to right;
White flied out to left; BRAUN BATTED FOR TERRELL; Otis stole
second; Braun flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
2, Athletics 7.

ATHLETICS 6TH: BRAUN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); QUIRK CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); MCGILBERRY REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING);
Duncan popped to second; Carty struck out; Page struck out; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Athletics 7.

ROYALS 7TH: ALSTON REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING RF); DILONE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Quirk lined to center; McRae flied out
to center; LaCock singled; Porter reached on an error by Burke
[LaCock scored (unearned) (no RBI), Porter to second]; Cowens
grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 3, Athletics 7.

ATHLETICS 7TH: BIRD REPLACED MCGILBERRY (PITCHING); Hosley
singled to center; WOODARD RAN FOR HOSLEY; Guerrero flied out to
center; Newman doubled to right [Woodard to third]; Burke hit a
sacrifice fly to right [Woodard scored, Newman to third (error
by Porter)]; Dilone grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H,
1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Athletics 8.

ROYALS 8TH: ESSIAN REPLACED WOODARD (PLAYING C ); Hurdle singled
to center; Otis homered [Hurdle scored]; White was called out on
strikes; Braun walked; LACEY REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); ZDEB
BATTED FOR QUIRK; Zdeb singled to center [Braun to second];
McRae flied out to center; WATHAN BATTED FOR LACOCK; Wathan
singled to center [Braun to third, Zdeb to second]; Porter
singled to right [Braun scored, Zdeb scored, Wathan to third];
HEAVERLO REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Cowens flied out to center;
4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 7, Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 8TH: WASHINGTON REPLACED ZDEB (PLAYING SS); WATHAN
STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Edwards flied out to left; Duncan
grounded out (shortstop to first); Carty flied out to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 7, Athletics 8.

ROYALS 9TH: GROSS REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING 3B); Hurdle struck
out; Otis grounded out (second to first); White tripled to
right; Braun singled to center [White scored]; Washington
singled to left [Braun to second]; McRae flied out to right; 1
R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 8, Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Alston grounded out (first to pitcher); REVERING
BATTED FOR ESSIAN; Revering popped to second; Guerrero lined to
right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 8, Athletics 8.

ROYALS 10TH: ROBINSON REPLACED REVERING (PLAYING C ); WALLIS
REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING LF); Wathan grounded out (second to
first); Porter flied out to right; Cowens singled to center;
Hurdle popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 8,
Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 10TH: Newman flied out to center; Burke singled to
left; HRABOSKY REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); Wallis popped to third;
Burke was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 8, Athletics 8.

ROYALS 11TH: Otis struck out; White grounded out (second to
first); Braun popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
8, Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 11TH: Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross
singled to right; NORRIS RAN FOR GROSS; Carty struck out; Alston
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 8, Athletics
8.

ROYALS 12TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED NORRIS (PLAYING 3B); Washington
walked; McRae forced Washington (pitcher to shortstop); WILSON
RAN FOR MCRAE; Wathan singled to left [Wilson to second]; Porter
walked [Wilson to third, Wathan to second]; SOSA REPLACED
HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Cowens singled to left [Wilson scored,
Wathan to third, Porter to second]; Hurdle struck out; Otis
singled to right [Wathan scored, Porter scored, Cowens to third
(error by Alston)]; White flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 11, Athletics 8.

ATHLETICS 12TH: WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Robinson
singled to center; Guerrero walked [Robinson to second]; PATTIN
REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); Newman forced Robinson (third
unassisted) [Guerrero to third, Newman to second (error by
Braun)]; Burke walked; Wallis flied out to right; Edwards forced
Burke (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 11,
Athletics 8.