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Art Kusnyer singled in Amos Otis, who had tripled, for the only run as three Royals pitchers held Minnesota to two hits. George Throop, who spent most of the year in the minor leagues, pitched three innings of shutout relief for his first major league victory. [ap] Kansas City Royals 1, Minnesota Twins 0Game Played on Sunday, October 1, 1978 (Day game) at Royals StadiumTwins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0
Royals 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 x - 1 4 1
Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Edwards lf,cf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .250 Brett 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .294
Randall 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Cripe 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .154
Norwood dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .255 McRae dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 .273
Ford cf 1 0 0 0 1 1 .274 Otis cf 3 1 1 0 0 2 .298
Powell rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Cowens rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .274
Rivera rf,lf 3 0 2 0 0 1 .271 Porter c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265
Kusick 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .173 Kusnyer c 2 0 1 1 0 1 .231
Wolfe ss 1 0 0 0 2 0 .234 Wathan 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .300
Cubbage 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .282 White 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .275
Borgmann c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Patek ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .248
Zahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wilson lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .217
Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Throop p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
McGilberry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Paschall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 26 0 2 0 5 7 Totals 27 1 4 1 1 4
Time of Game: 1:59 Attendance: 23,794
Left on Base: Twins 6, Royals 3
DP: Twins 1, Royals 1
Errors: Cowens
Triples: Otis (7)
Stolen Bases: Rivera (5), Wathan (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Rivera (5), Borgmann (3)
GIDP: Randall (7), Wathan (5)
Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Zahn L(14-14) 8 4 1 1 1 4 0 28 3.03
Totals 8 4 1 1 1 4 0 28
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Gura 3 0 0 0 2 4 0 11 2.72
Throop W(1-0) 3 2 0 0 3 2 0 13 0.00
McGilberry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.21
Mingori 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.74
Paschall SV(1) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.38
Totals 9 2 0 0 5 7 0 33
Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Dave Phillips
TWINS 1ST: Edwards struck out (catcher to first); Randall struck
out; Norwood was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Brett grounded out (pitcher to first); McRae singled
to center; Otis struck out; Cowens walked [McRae to second];
Porter grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 0, Royals 0.
TWINS 2ND: Ford walked; Rivera out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher
to first) [Ford to second]; Kusick flied out to center; Wolfe
walked; Cubbage grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Wathan grounded out (third to first); White struck
out; Patek flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0,
Royals 0.
TWINS 3RD: KUSNYER REPLACED PORTER (PLAYING C ); Borgmann flied
out to right; Edwards struck out; Randall flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 3RD: Wilson grounded out (second to first); Brett
grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0.
TWINS 4TH: THROOP REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Norwood struck out;
Ford struck out; Rivera singled to right [Rivera to second
(error by Cowens)]; Kusick flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1
LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 4TH: Otis tripled to right; Cowens flied out to left;
Kusnyer singled to left [Otis scored]; Wathan grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Kusnyer out at second];
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1.
TWINS 5TH: CRIPE REPLACED BRETT (PLAYING 3B); Wolfe walked;
Cubbage walked [Wolfe to second]; Borgmann out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Wolfe to third, Cubbage to second];
Edwards walked; Randall grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Edwards out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1.
ROYALS 5TH: POWELL REPLACED FORD (PLAYING RF); RIVERA CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); EDWARDS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF);
White flied out to right; Patek grounded out (third to first);
Wilson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0,
Royals 1.
TWINS 6TH: Norwood popped to shortstop; Powell grounded out
(shortstop to first); Rivera singled to right; Rivera stole
second; Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1.
ROYALS 6TH: Cripe grounded out (pitcher to first); McRae
grounded out (second to first); Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1.
TWINS 7TH: MCGILBERRY REPLACED THROOP (PITCHING); Wolfe lined to
left; Cubbage lined to center; Borgmann grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1.
ROYALS 7TH: Cowens flied out to right; Kusnyer struck out;
Wathan singled to center; Wathan stole second; White lined to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1.
TWINS 8TH: MINGORI REPLACED MCGILBERRY (PITCHING); Edwards
grounded out (shortstop to first); Randall lined to left;
Norwood grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Twins 0, Royals 1.
ROYALS 8TH: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilson
grounded out (third to first); Cripe popped to second; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1.
TWINS 9TH: PASCHALL REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Powell grounded
out (second to first); Rivera was called out on strikes; Kusick
lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1.
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