A sacrifice fly by pinch-hitter Pete LaCock in the eighth inning lifted the Royals to a 1-0 blanking of the Mariners. George Brett drew a one-out walk in the eighth and then stole second.

With a 2-and-0 count on Amos Otis, Byron McLaughlin replaced starter Floyd Bannister on the mound for the Mariners and completed the walk to Otis. Both runners advanced on a passed ball, setting up LaCock's game-winning fly to deep right field. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 1, Seattle Mariners 0
Game Played on Monday, May       14, 1979 (Night game) at Kingdome
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  3  0
Mariners     0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson lf             2   0   1   0     2   0   .341      Cruz 2b               4   0   0   0     0   0   .194
Brett 3b              3   1   0   0     1   0   .252      R. Jones cf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .236
Otis cf               1   0   0   0     3   1   .325      Meyer lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .250
Wathan 1b             3   0   1   0     0   0   .271      Bochte 1b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .318
  LaCock ph,1b        0   0   0   1     0   0   .284      Horton dh             4   0   2   0     0   0   .317
Porter c              4   0   0   0     0   2   .339      Simpson rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .263
McRae dh              3   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Stinson c             1   0   0   0     3   1   .240
Hurdle rf             3   0   0   0     1   1   .267      B. Stein 3b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .240
  Poquette rf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .167      Mendoza ss            2   0   0   0     0   0   .202
Patek ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .264        Milbourne ph,ss     1   0   1   0     0   0   .275
Washington 2b         4   0   1   0     0   0   .235      Bannister p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Gale p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        McLaughlin p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               27   1   3   1     7   5             Totals               29   0   5   0     4   1

Time of Game: 2:48   Attendance:  5,113
Left on Base: Royals 8, Mariners 7
DP: Royals 1, Mariners 1
Doubles: Horton (4)
Stolen Bases: Wilson 3 (11), McRae (3), Washington (2), Brett (6), Meyer (4)
Caught Stealing: Wathan (1), Horton (1)
Sacrifice Hits: B. Stein (1)
Sacrifice Flies: LaCock (1)
GIDP: Wathan (2), B. Stein (4)
Hit by Pitch: McRae (2,by Bannister)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gale W(3-2)             9     5   0   0   4   1   0  34   4.17
Totals                  9     5   0   0   4   1   0  34

Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bannister L(1-5)        7.1   3   1   0   6   3   0  30   4.78
McLaughlin              1.2   0   0   0   1   2   0   6   7.13
Totals                  9     3   1   0   7   5   0  36

Passed Balls: Stinson (3)
Hit by Pitch: Bannister (1)

Umpires: HP - Gale Miller, 1B - Jay Levet, 2B - Dallas Parks, 3B - Dick Feaser


ROYALS 1ST: Wilson walked; Wilson stole second; Brett grounded
out (second to first); Wilson stole third; Otis walked; Wathan
grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Otis out
at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 1ST: Cruz grounded out (shortstop to first); R. Jones
grounded out (second to first); Meyer singled to left; Meyer
stole second; Bochte grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Mariners 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Porter grounded out (first to pitcher); McRae was
hit by a pitch; McRae stole second; Hurdle struck out; Patek
popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 2ND: Horton singled to left; Simpson popped to third in
foul territory; Horton was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Stinson walked; B. Stein flied out to right; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Mariners 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Washington grounded out (second to first); Wilson
singled to left; Wilson stole second; Brett popped to shortstop;
Otis walked; Wathan grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 3RD: Mendoza grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz
grounded out (pitcher to first); R. Jones lined to left; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Mariners 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Porter popped to catcher in foul territory; McRae
flied out to right; Hurdle lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 4TH: Meyer grounded out (third to first); Mariners
Manager Darrell Johnson ejected by 1B umpire Jay Levet;
Bochte flied out to left; Horton doubled to center; Simpson
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Mariners 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek grounded out (third to first); Washington
singled to center; Washington stole second; Wilson walked; Brett
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Washington to third, Wilson to
second]; Otis was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 5TH: Stinson walked; B. Stein out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Stinson to second]; Mendoza grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Stinson to third]; Cruz lined to third; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Mariners 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Wathan singled to left; Porter struck out; McRae
lined to left; Wathan was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 6TH: R. Jones popped to first in foul territory; Meyer
grounded out (second to first); Bochte walked; Horton flied out
to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Mariners 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Hurdle flied out to left; Patek popped to first;
Washington flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Mariners 0.

MARINERS 7TH: Simpson grounded out (second to first); Stinson
walked; B. Stein grounded into a double play (pitcher to
shortstop to first) [Stinson out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Mariners 0.

ROYALS 8TH: Wilson grounded out (second to first); Brett walked;
Brett stole second; MCLAUGHLIN REPLACED BANNISTER (PITCHING);
Otis walked (walk was charged to Bannister); LACOCK BATTED FOR
WATHAN; Stinson allowed a passed ball [Brett to third, Otis to
second]; LaCock hit a sacrifice fly to right [Brett scored
(unearned), Otis to third]; Porter struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Mariners 0.

MARINERS 8TH: LACOCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); MILBOURNE
BATTED FOR MENDOZA; Milbourne singled to left; Cruz flied to
left in foul territory; R. Jones singled to center [Milbourne to
third]; Meyer popped to third in foul territory; Bochte flied
out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Mariners 0.

ROYALS 9TH: MILBOURNE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); McRae
grounded out (second to first); Hurdle walked; Patek struck out;
Washington flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1,
Mariners 0.

MARINERS 9TH: POQUETTE REPLACED HURDLE (PLAYING RF); Horton
grounded out (catcher unassisted); Simpson grounded out (second
to first); Stinson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Mariners 0.