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Kansas City Royals 8 Minnesota Twins 7

May 28,1978

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (23-19)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (17-27)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

12

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Day

Start Time

Attendance

22,266

Time of Game

3:55

Umpires

[HP]: Al Clark [1B]: Bill Kunkel [2B]: Bill Deegan [3B]: Terry Cooney

Kansas City Royals 8 Minnesota Twins 7

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**Protest=V**
9th inning: NP **Royals protested game when umpires threatened to**
9th inning: NP **force Hrabosky to pitch within 20 seconds**
9th inning: NP **runners on base**
10th inning: NP **Royals Hrabosky ejected by 1B umpire Bill Kunkel**
10th inning: NP **for bench jockeying**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		10	11	12			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Kansas City Royals	KCA	23-19		0	0	2		2	0	3		0	0	0		0	0	1			8	12	1		3	6	10	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	17-27		0	0	0		2	0	0		0	3	2		0	0	0			7	16	2		5	11	22	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page

Kansas City Royals - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Amos Otis	cf	31.032	R	6	1	3	3		1	1	.328		40	1276
2	Clint Hurdle	lf	20.302	L	4	0	0	1		0	1	.254		37	46
	Willie Wilson	lf	22.323	B	2	0	0	0		0	1	.231		36	61
3	Hal McRae	dh	32.322	R	5	0	0	0		1	0	.291		42	979
4	George Brett	3b	25.013	L	5	1	1	0		0	0	.284		27	630
5	Pete LaCock	1b	26.131	L	6	1	1	1		0	2	.167		24	375
6	Darrell Porter	c	26.131	L	4	1	2	0		2	1	.290		38	704
7	Al Cowens	rf	26.215	R	5	2	1	0		1	0	.253		40	584
8	Freddie Patek	ss	33.231	R	5	0	1	0		1	1	.288		40	1320
9	Frank White	2b	27.266	R	4	2	3	2		0	0	.267		42	607
Totals

Errors: Willie Wilson

2B: Amos Otis 2 (13), George Brett (11), Freddie Patek (7), Frank White (8)

RBI: Amos Otis 3 (28), Clint Hurdle (18), Pete LaCock (2), Frank White 2 (11)

SH: Frank White (7)

SF: Clint Hurdle (2)

HBP: George Brett (1), Frank White (2)

SB: Amos Otis (11)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Willie Norwood	lf	27.202	R	6	0	0	0		0	2	.243		40	79
2	Rod Carew	1b	32.239	L	5	2	3	0		1	2	.388		44	1526
3	Dan Ford	cf	26.009	R	5	2	3	1		1	0	.318		39	458
4	Craig Kusick	dh	29.240	R	2	1	1	1		1	0	.197		28	399
	Glenn Adams	ph	30.236	L	1	1	1	2		0	0	.211		35	259
	Glenn Borgmann	ph	28.003	R	1	0	0	0		0	0	.208		12	374
5	Bombo Rivera	rf	25.299	R	4	1	3	2		0	1	.345		23	96
	Mike Cubbage	ph-3b	27.311	L	2	0	0	0		0	0	.331		37	351
6	Roy Smalley	ss	25.215	B	5	0	2	0		1	0	.247		44	416
7	Butch Wynegar	c	22.075	B	6	0	0	0		0	0	.250		39	332
8	Larry Wolfe	3b	25.087	R	2	0	1	0		2	0	.232		24	32
	Hosken Powell	rf	23.014	L	2	0	0	0		0	0	.206		32	32
9	Bob Randall	2b	29.356	R	3	0	2	0		0	0	.259		41	297
	Jose Morales	ph	33.149	R	0	0	0	1		0	0	.289		27	325
	Rob Wilfong	2b	24.269	L	0	0	0	0		1	0	.125		13	85
	Rich Chiles	ph	28.187	L	1	0	0	0		0	0	.200		27	220
Totals

Errors: Rod Carew, Butch Wynegar

2B: Craig Kusick (2), Bombo Rivera (2)

3B: Dan Ford (2)

HR: Glenn Adams (2)

RBI: Dan Ford (26), Craig Kusick (12), Glenn Adams 2 (8), Bombo Rivera 2 (6), Jose Morales (8)

SF: Craig Kusick (2), Jose Morales (2)

GDP: Willie Norwood 2 (4), Roy Smalley (8), Bob Randall (4)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Andy Hassler	L		5.0	9	2	2	1	1	0		4.70	1.83		4	132
2	Steve Mingori	L		2.0	5	3	3	1	3	0		2.37	1.11		14	324
3	Al Hrabosky	L		1.0	0	1	1	2	1	0		1.40	0.93		18	347
4	Doug Bird	R		1.0	1	1	1	1	0	1		6.45	1.66		15	267
5	Larry Gura	L	W 3-1	3.0	1	0	0	2	0	0		3.43	1.22		10	170
Totals				0.0

WP: Al Hrabosky (1)

BK: Andy Hassler (1)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Andy Hassler (0-0-0), Steve Mingori (0-0-0), Al Hrabosky (0-0-0), Doug Bird (0-0-0), Larry Gura (0-0-0)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Paul Thormodsgard	R		4.0	7	4	4	1	0	0		5.17	1.47		11	48
2	Mac Scarce	L		4.2	3	3	3	3	3	0		4.05	1.50		11	153
3	Mike Marshall	R	L 1-2	3.1	2	1	1	2	4	0		1.35	0.83		7	544
Totals				0.0

WP: Paul Thormodsgard (3), Mac Scarce (1)

HB: Mac Scarce 2 (3)

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Paul Thormodsgard (0-0-0), Mac Scarce (0-0-0), Mike Marshall (0-0-0)