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KCA 9 ... NYA 7

Jul 17,1978

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visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (48-41)

home team

New York Yankees (47-42)

box date

year

game type

Regular Season Game

time of day

Night

start time

8:00PM

temperature

74 F - night

wind

-1mph unknown

ballpark code

NYC16

Attendance

27,020

time

3:21

DH Game

Yes

HP Umpire

1B Umpire

2B Umpire

Durwood Merrill

3B Umpire

Marty Springstead

LF Umpire

RF Umpire

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team	1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		10	11	r	h	e	record	streak	div rk	lg rk	mlb rk	1978 links
Kansas City Royals	0	1	0		0	2	0		0	0	2		0	4	9	14	0	47-42	Lost 3	4	6	10	statistics \| roster \| game log \| PREV Game \| NEXT Game
New York Yankees	0	0	2		3	0	0		0	0	0		0	2	7	12	3	48-41	Won 4	1	3	7	statistics \| roster \| game log \| PREV Game \| NEXT Game

Game Notes

11th inning: NP **Rich Gossage ejected by 2B umpire Durwood Merrill**

Kansas City Royals - Batting

ln	player	pos	age	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	avg	ops	s gm	c gm
1	George Brett	3b	25.063	7	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.307	.832	74	677
2	Hal McRae	dh	33.007	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.754	89	1026
	U.L. Washington	pr	24.263	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.257	.648	32	42
3	Pete LaCock	1b	26.181	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.754	58	409
	John Wathan	ph-1b	28.286	2	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.691	29	111
4	Amos Otis	cf	31.082	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.875	78	1314
5	Darrell Porter	c	26.181	4	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.817	82	748
6	Clint Hurdle	rf	20.352	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.251	.708	79	88
7	Tom Poquette	lf	26.260	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.594	55	286
	Joe Zdeb	ph-lf	25.020	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.534	42	147
	Steve Braun	ph	30.069	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.717	54	944
	Willie Wilson	pr-lf	23.008	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.623	68	93
8	Freddie Patek	ss	33.281	5	1	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.685	82	1362
9	Frank White	2b	27.316	6	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.283	.716	88	653
Totals				46	9	14	9	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	910	7900

2B: Clint Hurdle (16), Freddie Patek (16)
HR: Darrell Porter (8)
RBI: George Brett (38), John Wathan 2 (14), Amos Otis (52), Darrell Porter (41), Willie Wilson (10), Freddie Patek 2 (35), Frank White (26)
SB: Willie Wilson (22)
SH: John Wathan (2)
SF: John Wathan (2)
IBB: Darrell Porter (9), Steve Braun (1)
GDP: Darrell Porter (9)
HBP: Darrell Porter (2)

New York Yankees - Batting

ln	player	pos	age	ab	r	h	bi	bb	so	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	avg	ops	s gm	c gm
1	Willie Randolph	2b	24.011	6	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.692	66	368
2	Mickey Rivers	cf	29.259	5	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.658	69	801
3	Thurman Munson	rf	31.040	6	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.708	82	1254
4	Reggie Jackson	dh	32.060	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.784	77	1588
	Cliff Johnson	ph	30.360	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.677	50	482
5	Lou Piniella	lf	34.323	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.308	.776	64	1190
6	Chris Chambliss	1b	29.203	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.719	89	1066
7	Graig Nettles	3b	33.331	4	2	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.764	85	1459
8	Fred Stanley	ss	30.338	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.654	45	507
9	Mike Heath	c	23.162	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.323	.699	10	10
Totals				42	7	12	7	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	637	8725

E: Willie Randolph, Thurman Munson, Lou Piniella
2B: Mickey Rivers 2 (9), Thurman Munson (16), Fred Stanley (4)
HR: Willie Randolph (3), Graig Nettles (17)
RBI: Willie Randolph (20), Thurman Munson 3 (42), Graig Nettles 3 (43)
SH: Fred Stanley (1), Mike Heath (1)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

seq	player	age	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	era	whip	s gm	c gm
1	Paul Splittorff	31.282	3.0	7	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.41	1.07	22	253
2	Marty Pattin	35.102	4.1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4.89	1.63	18	393
3	Al Hrabosky (W 3-3)	28.361	3.2	4	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.74	1.15	32	361
Totals			11.0	12	7	7	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-

BF: Paul Splittorff 17, Marty Pattin 15, Al Hrabosky 17

New York Yankees - Pitching

seq	player	age	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr	pit	str	bal	fou	cal	sw	inpl	era	whip	s gm	c gm
1	Catfish Hunter	32.100	4.1	5	3	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.97	1.39	7	467
2	Sparky Lyle	33.360	1.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.33	1.23	34	655
3	Rich Gossage (L 5-9) (BS 6)	27.012	4.2	7	1	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.23	1.05	35	295
4	Bob Kammeyer	27.227	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.24	1.02	6	6
Totals			11.0	14	9	4	6	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-

HB: Sparky Lyle
IBB: Rich Gossage 2
BF: Catfish Hunter 20, Sparky Lyle 6, Rich Gossage 26, Bob Kammeyer 3