Pounding the A's, 9-1, the Royals extended their lead in the West division over the Angels to 3½ games. The Royals' first two tallies came in the third inning on a sacrifice fly by Hal McRae and a double by Amos Otis. McRae also had an RBI single in a four-run sixth inning. Rookie Luis Silverio, starting his first major league game, had a two-run double and scored three times for the Royals. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 9, Oakland Athletics 1
Game Played on Wednesday, September 13, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
A's          0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  0  -   1  7  4
Royals       0  0  2    0  3  4    0  0  x  -   9  7  0


A's                  AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Edwards 2b            3   0   1   0     0   0   .274      Brett 3b              4   2   1   1     0   0   .281
  Woodard 2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      McRae dh              3   1   2   4     0   0   .271
Revering 1b           3   1   2   1     0   0   .275      Otis cf               3   0   1   1     1   0   .288
  Newman 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .241      Cowens rf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .280
Page lf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .293      Porter c              4   0   0   0     0   2   .279
Carty dh              2   0   0   0     1   1   .286        Kusnyer c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .125
  Hosley ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .333      Wathan 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .314
Robinson c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .262      White 2b              3   1   0   0     1   0   .271
  Essian c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .225      Patek ss              3   2   1   0     1   0   .262
  Meyer c             1   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Silverio lf           2   3   2   2     1   0  1.000
Guerrero ss           3   0   1   0     0   0   .279      Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Picciolo ss         1   0   1   0     0   0   .217        Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Burke cf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .246
Gross 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .198
Wallis rf             2   0   0   0     0   1   .261
  Alston ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .221
Johnson p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Sosa p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   1   7   1     1   2             Totals               30   9   7   8     4   3

Time of Game: 1:58   Attendance: 18,359
Left on Base: A's 6, Royals 4
DP: A's 0, Royals 1
Errors: Robinson, Guerrero 2, Johnson
Doubles: Otis (26), Brett (40), Silverio (1)
Home Runs: Revering (14), McRae (16)
Sacrifice Hits: Silverio (1), Brett (3)
Sacrifice Flies: McRae (9)
GIDP: Revering (11)


A's                    IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Johnson L(10-8)         6     6   9   5   4   2   1  30   3.18
Sosa                    2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   2.40
Totals                  8     7   9   5   4   3   1  37

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard W(17-17)        6.1   6   1   1   1   2   1  25   3.53
Mingori                 2.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   9   2.86
Totals                  9     7   1   1   1   2   1  34

Wild Pitches: Sosa (4)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Marty Springstead


ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards lined to second; Revering singled to
center; Page flied out to center; Carty grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Brett grounded out (third to first); McRae flied out
to right; Otis walked; Cowens flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Robinson flied out to left; Guerrero singled to
left; Burke flied out to center; Gross popped to second in foul
territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Porter was called out on strikes; Wathan popped to
first; White grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Wallis struck out; Edwards singled to left;
Revering grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Edwards out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics
0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek walked; Silverio reached on an error by
Johnson on a sacrifice bunt [Patek to second]; Brett out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Patek to third, Silverio to
second]; McRae hit a sacrifice fly to right [Patek scored
(unearned), Silverio to third]; Otis doubled to left [Silverio
scored (unearned)]; Guerrero dropped a foul fly hit by Cowens
for an error; Cowens flied out to right; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Page grounded out (shortstop to first); Carty
walked; Robinson flied out to left; Guerrero lined to center; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Porter grounded out (first unassisted); Wathan flied
out to center; White lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 0, Royals 2.

ATHLETICS 5TH: Burke grounded out (second to first); Gross
singled to right; Wallis popped to second; Edwards popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek flied out to center; Silverio walked; Brett
doubled to left [Silverio scored]; McRae homered [Brett scored];
Otis flied out to left; Cowens struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 0, Royals 5.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Revering homered; Page grounded out (first
unassisted); Carty struck out; Robinson grounded out (second to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 5.

ROYALS 6TH: Porter grounded out (second to first); Wathan flied
out to center; White walked; Patek singled to right [White to
second]; Silverio doubled to left [White scored, Patek scored];
Brett reached on an error by Guerrero [Silverio scored
(unearned) (no RBI), Brett to second]; McRae singled to left
[Brett scored (unearned), McRae to third (error by Robinson)];
Otis grounded out (third to first); 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.
 Athletics 1, Royals 9.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Guerrero grounded out (third to first); Burke
singled to center; 2:02 rain delay at 9:12pm; MINGORI
REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Gross flied out to right; ALSTON
BATTED FOR WALLIS; Alston grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 9.

ROYALS 7TH: ALSTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); PICCIOLO
REPLACED GUERRERO (PLAYING SS); ESSIAN REPLACED ROBINSON
(PLAYING C ); NEWMAN REPLACED REVERING (PLAYING 1B); WOODARD
REPLACED EDWARDS (PLAYING 2B); SOSA REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING);
Cowens popped to shortstop; Porter struck out; Wathan grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals
9.

ATHLETICS 8TH: KUSNYER REPLACED PORTER (PLAYING C ); Woodard
grounded out (third to first); Newman flied out to right; Page
grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Athletics 1, Royals 9.

ROYALS 8TH: MEYER REPLACED ESSIAN (PLAYING C ); White flied out
to center; Patek flied out to right; Silverio singled; Sosa
threw a wild pitch [Silverio to second]; Brett popped to catcher
in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 9.

ATHLETICS 9TH: HOSLEY BATTED FOR CARTY; Hosley grounded out
(third to first); Meyer popped to catcher in foul territory;
Picciolo singled to center; Burke forced Picciolo (shortstop
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, Royals 9.