Reducing their magic number to five for clinching the West division championship, the Royals beat the Brewers, 8-4, behind the pitching of Dennis Leonard. The score was 3-3 going into the bottom of the sixth inning when George Brett snapped the tie with a homer.

In the next frame, the Royals picked up two more runs on a grounder by Frank White and an error by Brewer second baseman Jim Gantner. The final pair came in the eighth on singles by Amos Otis, Willie Wilson, Darrell Porter and Hal McRae. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 8, Milwaukee Brewers 4
Game Played on Thursday, September 21, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Brewers      1  0  2    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   4 10  3
Royals       0  1  0    2  0  1    2  2  x  -   8 13  0


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Yount ss              4   2   2   0     1   0   .299      Braun lf              3   0   0   0     1   0   .269
Money dh              4   1   2   1     0   1   .294        Wathan 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .312
Cooper 1b             4   0   2   1     1   1   .316      Brett 3b              5   1   2   2     0   0   .290
Hisle cf              4   0   2   2     1   1   .292      Otis cf               4   1   2   0     1   0   .297
Oglivie rf            4   0   1   0     1   0   .292      Porter c              5   1   1   0     0   0   .273
Bando 3b              3   0   0   0     1   1   .288      LaCock 1b             3   0   1   0     1   0   .304
Davis lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .250        Wilson pr,lf        1   1   1   1     0   0   .219
Molitor 2b            3   0   0   0     0   2   .266      McRae dh              3   2   2   1     2   0   .274
  Gantner 2b          1   0   0   0     0   0   .204      Cowens rf             3   0   2   0     0   0   .280
Moore c               4   1   1   0     0   0   .267      Patek ss              3   1   1   0     1   1   .258
Replogle p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      White 2b              4   1   1   2     0   0   .274
  Castro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4  10   4     5   6             Totals               35   8  13   6     6   1

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance: 17,799
Left on Base: Brewers 10, Royals 10
DP: Brewers 0, Royals 0
Errors: Yount, Gantner, Replogle
Doubles: Yount (21), Money (29), Cooper (22), Moore (7), McRae (37), Patek (21)
Home Runs: Brett (8)
Stolen Bases: Brett (23), Patek (35), Wilson (42)
Caught Stealing: White (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Money (14), Cowens (1)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Replogle L(9-4)         6     9   6   4   5   1   1  33   3.88
Castro                  2     4   2   2   1   0   0   9   1.86
Totals                  8    13   8   6   6   1   1  42

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard W(19-17)        9    10   4   4   5   6   0  41   3.43
Totals                  9    10   4   4   5   6   0  41

Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Ron Luciano


BREWERS 1ST: Yount doubled to right; Money out on a sacrifice
bunt (first unassisted) [Yount to third]; Cooper struck out;
Hisle singled to left [Yount scored]; Oglivie grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Braun grounded out (third to first); Brett lined to
left; Otis singled to left; Porter flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 0.

BREWERS 2ND: Bando struck out; Davis grounded out (second to
first); Molitor struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 1,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: LaCock grounded out (second to first); McRae walked;
Cowens singled to right [McRae to third]; Patek struck out; On a
bunt White singled to third [McRae scored, Cowens to second];
Braun walked [Cowens to third, White to second]; Brett grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals
1.

BREWERS 3RD: Moore grounded out (third to first); Yount walked;
Money doubled to left [Yount scored, Money to third (on throw to
home)]; Cooper doubled to right [Money scored]; Hisle was called
out on strikes; Oglivie walked; Bando walked [Cooper to third,
Oglivie to second]; Davis forced Bando (third to second); 2 R, 2
H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter flied
out to right; LaCock walked; McRae doubled to left [LaCock to
third]; Cowens popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  Brewers 3, Royals 1.

BREWERS 4TH: On a bunt Molitor struck out; Moore grounded out
(third to first); Yount flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Brewers 3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Patek doubled to left; White reached on an error by
Yount; White was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Replogle [Patek scored, White to third]; Braun popped to
pitcher; Brett singled to center [White scored (unearned)];
Brett stole second; Otis walked; Porter popped to third in foul
territory; LaCock flied out to left; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2
LOB.  Brewers 3, Royals 3.

BREWERS 5TH: Money struck out; Cooper walked; Hisle flied to
right in foul territory; Oglivie singled to center [Oglivie out
at second (center to third to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 3, Royals 3.

ROYALS 5TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens
singled to center; Patek forced Cowens (shortstop to second);
Patek stole second; White grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 3, Royals 3.

BREWERS 6TH: Bando flied out to center; Davis lined to left;
Molitor grounded out (second to first); Paul Molitor ejected
by 1B umpire Mike Reilly for throwing his helmet after call at
1B Brewers Coach Cal McLish ejected by HP umpire Ken Kaiser
after first pitch to Steve Braun; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 3, Royals 3.

ROYALS 6TH: GANTNER REPLACED MOLITOR (PLAYING 2B); Braun flied
out to left; Brett homered; Otis popped to first in foul
territory; Porter flied out to right; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 3, Royals 4.

BREWERS 7TH: Moore grounded out (shortstop to first); Yount
grounded out (second to first); Money singled to left; Cooper
singled to right [Money to second]; Hisle walked [Money to
third, Cooper to second]; Oglivie grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 3, Royals 4.

ROYALS 7TH: LaCock singled to center; WILSON RAN FOR LACOCK;
Wilson stole second; McRae walked; CASTRO REPLACED REPLOGLE
(PITCHING); Cowens out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second)
[Wilson to third, McRae to second]; Patek was walked
intentionally; White forced Patek (shortstop to second) [Wilson
scored, McRae scored (error by Gantner) (unearned) (no RBI)];
White was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 2 R (1
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Royals 6.

BREWERS 8TH: WATHAN REPLACED BRAUN (PLAYING 1B); WILSON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Bando grounded out (shortstop to first);
Davis flied out to right; Gantner flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 3, Royals 6.

ROYALS 8TH: Wathan grounded out (pitcher to first); Brett flied
out to left; Otis singled to left; Porter singled to center
[Otis to second]; Wilson singled to right [Otis scored, Porter
to second]; McRae singled to center [Porter scored, Wilson out
at home (center to shortstop to catcher)]; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Brewers 3, Royals 8.

BREWERS 9TH: Moore doubled to left; Yount singled to right
[Moore to third]; Money popped to first in foul territory;
Cooper flied to left in foul territory; Hisle singled to center
[Moore scored, Yount to second]; Oglivie flied out to left; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 4, Royals 8.