Paul Splittorff gained his 19th victory and Al Hrabosky picked up his 20th save as the Royals defeated the Twins, 3-1. Splittorff gave up six hits and six walks in 7 1/3 innings before Hrabosky relieved. Kansas City Royals 3, Minnesota Twins 1Game Played on Saturday, September 23, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan StadiumRoyals 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 5 0 Twins 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 3 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braun lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .265 Edwards cf 5 1 3 1 0 1 .276 Wilson pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Carew 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .336 Brett 3b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .289 Smalley ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .275 Otis cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .298 Morales dh 2 0 0 0 2 1 .323 Porter c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .269 Wilfong pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 LaCock 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .303 Norwood lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .255 McRae dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Rivera rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .264 Hurdle rf 3 1 1 1 1 2 .265 Randall 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .275 Cowens pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Wynegar c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Patek ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Wolfe 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .240 White 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .276 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 3 5 2 4 6 Totals 30 1 6 1 7 4 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 13,288 Left on Base: Royals 5, Twins 9 DP: Royals 2, Twins 1 Errors: Carew, Norwood, Randall Home Runs: Hurdle (7), Edwards (1) Caught Stealing: Otis (8), Wilson (12), Edwards (1) Sacrifice Hits: LaCock (1) GIDP: Braun (5), Randall (6) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff W(19-12) 7.1 6 1 1 6 2 1 31 3.38 Hrabosky SV(20) 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 3.00 Totals 9 6 1 1 7 4 1 37 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Erickson L(14-13) 9 5 3 2 4 6 1 35 3.98 Totals 9 5 3 2 4 6 1 35 Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Haller ROYALS 1ST: Braun walked; Brett singled to left [Braun to second]; Otis struck out; Porter lined to right; LaCock singled to left [Braun scored, Brett scored (error by Norwood) (unearned) (no RBI), LaCock to third]; McRae flied out to center; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Edwards singled to left; Edwards was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Carew flied out to left; Smalley walked; Morales struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0. ROYALS 2ND: Hurdle homered; Patek popped to third; White singled to center; Braun grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [White out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Norwood flied out to center; Rivera flied out to center; Randall walked; Wynegar flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0. ROYALS 3RD: Brett flied out to left; Otis singled to left; Porter flied out to right; Otis was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Wolfe singled to left; Edwards singled to left [Wolfe to second]; Carew flied to left in foul territory; Smalley popped to shortstop; Morales flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0. ROYALS 4TH: LaCock lined to left; McRae flied out to center; Hurdle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Norwood singled to center; Rivera lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Norwood out at first]; Randall grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0. ROYALS 5TH: Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); White struck out; Braun grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Wynegar flied out to right; Wolfe flied to right in foul territory; Edwards homered; Carew grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 1. ROYALS 6TH: Brett struck out; Otis flied out to right; Porter flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 1. TWINS 6TH: Smalley lined to center; Morales walked; Norwood walked [Morales to second]; Rivera singled to right [Morales to third, Norwood to second]; Randall grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rivera out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 1. ROYALS 7TH: LaCock grounded out (second to first); McRae flied out to center; Hurdle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 1. TWINS 7TH: Wynegar popped to first in foul territory; Wolfe grounded out (third to first); Edwards grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 1. ROYALS 8TH: Patek flied out to right; White popped to catcher in foul territory; Braun reached on an error by Randall; WILSON RAN FOR BRAUN; Wilson was picked off and caught stealing second but was safe at second (error by Carew; assist by Erickson); Brett walked; Otis was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 1. TWINS 8TH: WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Carew walked; Smalley struck out; Morales walked [Carew to second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); WILFONG RAN FOR MORALES; Norwood popped to first; Rivera was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 1. ROYALS 9TH: WILFONG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Porter walked; LaCock out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Porter to second]; McRae popped to first in foul territory; Hurdle was walked intentionally; COWENS RAN FOR HURDLE; Patek forced Cowens (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 1. TWINS 9TH: COWENS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Randall lined to third; Wynegar grounded out (third to first); Wolfe walked; Edwards was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 1. |
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