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Kansas City Royals 5 Minnesota Twins 6

August 17,1978

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (65-54)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (54-67)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

10

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

15,936

Time of Game

2:54

Umpires

[HP]: Jerry Neudecker [1B]: George Maloney [2B]: Ted Hendry [3B]: Greg Kosc

Kansas City Royals 5 Minnesota Twins 6

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team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9		10		R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Kansas City Royals	KCA	65-54		3	0	0		0	0	0		0	2	0		0		5	8	0		1	5	8	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	54-67		4	0	1		0	0	0		0	0	0		1		6	10	0		5	10	20	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	Steve Braun	lf	30.101	L	4	1	0	0		1	1	.250		73	963
2	Hal McRae	dh	33.038	R	5	1	1	0		0	0	.280		117	1054
3	George Brett	3b	25.094	L	4	0	0	1		1	0	.311		87	690
4	Darrell Porter	c	26.212	L	5	2	3	1		0	0	.274		109	775
5	Clint Hurdle	rf	21.018	L	3	0	0	0		2	1	.275		106	115
6	Pete LaCock	1b	26.212	L	4	0	2	2		0	1	.306		86	437
7	Al Cowens	cf	26.296	R	4	0	1	1		0	0	.281		91	635
8	Freddie Patek	ss	33.312	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.278		106	1386
9	U L Washington	2b	24.294	B	4	0	0	0		0	0	.255		53	63
Totals

2B: Hal McRae (28), Darrell Porter (23)

3B: Al Cowens (8)

RBI: George Brett (47), Darrell Porter (52), Pete LaCock 2 (34), Al Cowens (50)

GDP: Al Cowens (4)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Willie Norwood	lf	27.283	R	5	0	0	0		0	1	.269		98	137
2	Rod Carew	1b	32.320	L	5	1	2	0		0	1	.337		116	1598
3	Dan Ford	cf	26.090	R	5	2	3	2		0	0	.296		112	531
4	Craig Kusick	dh	29.321	R	3	1	0	0		1	1	.194		64	435
5	Roy Smalley	ss	25.296	B	4	1	2	2		0	0	.286		118	490
6	Butch Wynegar	c	22.156	B	4	0	1	2		0	0	.249		101	394
7	Bob Randall	2b	30.072	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.284		89	345
8	Larry Wolfe	3b	25.168	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.230		69	77
9	Bombo Rivera	rf	26.015	R	4	1	1	0		0	0	.273		76	149
Totals

2B: Dan Ford (29), Butch Wynegar (19)

3B: Dan Ford (7)

RBI: Dan Ford 2 (69), Roy Smalley 2 (61), Butch Wynegar 2 (39)

GDP: Butch Wynegar (5), Larry Wolfe (7)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Larry Gura	L	L 10-3	9.2	9	6	6	2	3	0		2.74	1.12		25	185
2	Al Hrabosky	L		0.0	1	0	0	0	0	0		2.75	1.20		44	373
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Larry Gura (0-0-0), Al Hrabosky (0-0-0)

Minnesota Twins - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Roger Erickson	R	W 13-7	10.0	8	5	5	4	3	0		4.38	1.39		28	28
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Roger Erickson (0-0-0)