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Kansas City Royals 3 Minnesota Twins 1

September 23,1978

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (88-67)

Home Team

Minnesota Twins (70-85)

Game Date

September 23,1978

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Metropolitan Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

13,288

Time of Game

2:21

Umpires

[HP]: Ron Luciano [1B]: Ken Kaiser [2B]: Mike Reilly [3B]: Bill Haller

Kansas City Royals 3 Minnesota Twins 1

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2nd inning: HR/9 **403' HR**
5th inning: HR/7 **350' HR**

team	record		1	2	3		4	5	6		7	8	9			R	H	E		div-rk	lg-rk	mlb-rk	links
Kansas City Royals	KCA	88-67		2	1	0		0	0	0		0	0	0			3	5	0		1	4	5	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Minnesota Twins	MIN	70-85		0	0	0		0	1	0		0	0	0			1	6	3		4	9	17	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	30.138	L	3	1	0	0		1	0	.265		92	982
2	George Brett	3b	25.131	L	3	1	1	0		1	1	.289		122	725
3	Amos Otis	cf	31.150	R	4	0	1	0		0	2	.298		136	1372
4	Darrell Porter	c	26.249	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.269		143	809
5	Pete LaCock	1b	26.249	L	3	0	1	1		0	0	.303		114	465
6	Hal McRae	dh	33.075	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.273		152	1089
7	Clint Hurdle	rf	21.055	L	3	1	1	1		1	2	.265		129	138
8	Freddie Patek	ss	33.349	R	4	0	0	0		0	0	.251		132	1412
9	Frank White	2b	28.019	R	3	0	1	0		0	1	.276		137	702
Totals

HR: Clint Hurdle (7)

RBI: Pete LaCock (47), Clint Hurdle (55)

SH: Pete LaCock (1)

GDP: Steve Braun (5)

CS: Amos Otis (6)

Minnesota Twins - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Dave Edwards	cf	24.211	R	5	1	3	1		0	1	.276		9	9
2	Rod Carew	1b	32.357	L	3	0	0	0		1	0	.336		147	1629
3	Roy Smalley	ss	25.333	B	3	0	0	0		1	1	.275		152	524
4	Jose Morales	dh	33.267	R	2	0	0	0		2	1	.323		96	394
5	Willie Norwood	lf	27.320	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.255		119	158
6	Bombo Rivera	rf	26.052	R	4	0	1	0		0	1	.264		96	169
7	Bob Randall	2b	30.109	R	3	0	0	0		1	0	.275		114	370
8	Butch Wynegar	c	22.193	B	4	0	0	0		0	0	.225		129	422
9	Larry Wolfe	3b	25.205	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.240		84	92
Totals

Errors: Rod Carew, Willie Norwood, Bob Randall

HR: Dave Edwards (1)

RBI: Dave Edwards (3)

GDP: Bob Randall (6)

CS: Dave Edwards (1)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Paul Splittorff	L	W 19-12	7.1	6	1	1	6	2	1		3.38	1.17		38	269
2	Al Hrabosky	L	SV 20	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	0		3.00	1.18		55	384
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Paul Splittorff (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	L 14-13	9.0	5	2	2	4	6	1		3.98	1.31		36	36
Totals				0.0

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