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Saturday September 9, 1978
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California Angels 4, Kansas City Royals 2 (Game 2)

Game Played on Saturday, September 9, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Royals       0  0  1    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   2  7  0
Angels       0  0  1    1  0  0    0  2  x  -   4  9  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Poquette lf           4   0   1   1     0   0   .209      R. Miller cf          4   0   2   1     0   1   .270
  Washington ss       0   0   0   0     0   0   .287      Lansford 3b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .273
Hurdle dh             4   0   0   0     0   2   .261      Bostock rf            4   1   1   0     0   2   .292
LaCock 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .297      Baylor dh             4   1   3   2     0   1   .260
Otis cf               3   0   1   0     1   0   .286      Rudi lf               3   0   1   0     1   1   .248
Cowens rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .279      Fairly 1b             2   0   0   1     1   0   .222
Brett 3b              4   1   1   1     0   1   .278      Downing c             4   0   0   0     0   1   .261
Wathan c              3   0   2   0     0   0   .322      Grich 2b              3   1   1   0     0   0   .234
  Porter ph           1   0   0   0     0   0   .283      Anderson ss           3   0   0   0     0   0   .216
White 2b              3   1   1   0     0   0   .275      Frost p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Terrell ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .198
  Braun ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .251
  Wilson pr,lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .223
Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hrabosky p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   2   7   2     1   3             Totals               30   4   9   4     3   6

Time of Game: 2:46   Attendance: 41,511
Left on Base: Royals 5, Angels 6
DP: Royals 1, Angels 1
Errors: Anderson
Doubles: Grich (12), R. Miller (19), Baylor (23)
Home Runs: Brett (6), Baylor (31)
Stolen Bases: Baylor (21)
Caught Stealing: Wilson (11)
Sacrifice Flies: Fairly (5)
GIDP: Cowens (6), Downing (11)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard L(16-17)        7     9   4   4   3   6   1  32   3.58
Hrabosky                1     0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.87
Totals                  8     9   4   4   3   6   1  34

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Frost W(4-4)            9     7   2   2   1   3   1  34   2.91
Totals                  9     7   2   2   1   3   1  34

Wild Pitches: Frost (3)

Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Bill Kunkel


ROYALS 1ST: Umpire Al Clark out with hurt toe; Poquette
grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Hurdle struck out;
LaCock grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: R. Miller lined to center; Lansford grounded out
(shortstop to first); Bostock struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Angels 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Otis grounded out (third to first); Cowens grounded
out (third to first); Brett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Baylor struck out; Rudi singled to left; Fairly
popped to shortstop; Downing flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Wathan popped to second; White singled to shortstop;
Frost threw a wild pitch [White to second]; Terrell grounded out
(first unassisted) [White to third]; Poquette singled to left
[White scored]; Hurdle flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Royals 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Grich doubled to left; Anderson popped to second; R.
Miller doubled to right [Grich scored]; Lansford flied out to
right [R. Miller to third]; Bostock grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 1.

ROYALS 4TH: LaCock grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens lined to shortstop; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 1.

ANGELS 4TH: Baylor homered; Rudi flied out to right; Fairly
grounded out (third to first); Downing struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Brett flied to left in foul territory; Wathan
singled to right; White flied out to left; Terrell forced Wathan
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 2.

ANGELS 5TH: Grich grounded out (shortstop to first); Anderson
grounded out (third to first); R. Miller singled to left;
Lansford singled to center [R. Miller to second]; Bostock was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Poquette grounded out (shortstop to first); Hurdle
flied out to right; LaCock popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 2.

ANGELS 6TH: Baylor singled to center; Baylor stole second; Rudi
was called out on strikes; Fairly was walked intentionally;
Downing grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Fairly out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1,
Angels 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Otis singled to center; Cowens grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Otis out at second];
Brett homered; Wathan singled to center; White grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Angels 2.

ANGELS 7TH: Grich grounded out (shortstop to first); Anderson
grounded out (third to first); R. Miller struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Angels 2.

ROYALS 8TH: BRAUN BATTED FOR TERRELL; Braun singled to left;
WILSON RAN FOR BRAUN; Wilson was caught stealing second but was
safe at second (error by Anderson; assist by Downing); Royals
protested game, claiming Dave Frost not pausing in stretch;
Poquette popped to shortstop; Hurdle struck out; LaCock flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Angels 2.

ANGELS 8TH: WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); WASHINGTON
REPLACED POQUETTE (PLAYING SS); Lansford walked; Bostock singled
to right [Lansford to third]; Baylor doubled to left [Lansford
scored, Bostock to third]; Rudi was walked intentionally;
HRABOSKY REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Fairly sacrifice flied
into a double play to right [Bostock scored, Baylor out at
second (pitcher to second)]; Don Baylor out on appeal for
leaving early; Angels Coach John McNamara ejected by 3B umpire
Bill Kunkel; Downing grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Angels 4.

ROYALS 9TH: Otis walked; Cowens popped to shortstop; Brett lined
to left; PORTER BATTED FOR WATHAN; Porter lined to right; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Angels 4.



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