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Kansas City Royals 2 Texas Rangers 7

August 25,1978

Visiting Team

Kansas City Royals (68-58)

Home Team

Texas Rangers (63-63)

Game Date

Year

Game Type

Regular Season

Innings Played

9

Ballpark

Arlington Stadium

Time of Day

Night

Start Time

Attendance

36,750

Time of Game

2:10

Umpires

[HP]: Johnny James [1B]: Mike Thompson [2B]: Jeff Brown [3B]: Jim Shewmake

Kansas City Royals 2 Texas Rangers 7

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**substitute umpires worked due to a one-day strike by the staff umpires;**
**Debut for umpires Mike Thompson**

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	68-58		0	0	0		0	2	0		0	0	0			2	5	0		2	7	9	Team Stats/Roster	Game Log	Franchise Page
Texas Rangers	TEX	63-63		0	0	0		0	0	6		1	0	x			7	7	0		3	8	14	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	Freddie Patek	ss	33.320	R	4	0	1	0		0	0	.268		112	1392
2	George Brett	3b	25.102	L	4	0	0	0		0	0	.301		94	697
3	Amos Otis	cf	31.121	R	4	0	0	0		0	2	.266		108	1344
4	Al Cowens	rf	26.304	R	3	0	1	0		1	0	.280		98	642
5	Hal McRae	dh	33.046	R	4	0	2	0		0	0	.278		124	1061
6	John Wathan	1b	28.325	R	3	1	0	0		0	0	.291		48	130
7	Darrell Porter	c	26.220	L	2	1	1	2		1	0	.274		115	781
8	Frank White	2b	27.355	R	3	0	0	0		0	2	.273		108	673
9	Willie Wilson	lf	23.047	B	3	0	0	0		0	0	.227		98	123
Totals

HR: Darrell Porter (11)

RBI: Darrell Porter 2 (57)

GDP: John Wathan (4)

Texas Rangers - Batting

#	player	pos	age	ba	ab	r	h	bi		bb	so	avg		s-g	c-g
1	Mike Hargrove	1b	28.303	L	4	1	1	0		0	0	.252		125	705
2	Bump Wills	2b	26.029	B	3	1	1	1		1	1	.224		122	274
3	Kurt Bevacqua	3b	31.214	R	4	1	1	1		0	0	.237		70	455
4	Al Oliver	lf	31.315	L	3	1	0	0		1	0	.314		99	1401
5	Bobby Bonds	rf	32.163	R	3	1	1	1		1	1	.279		121	1537
6	Richie Zisk	dh	29.200	R	4	1	1	4		0	2	.254		106	825
7	Jim Sundberg	c	27.099	R	3	0	0	0		0	0	.293		119	693
8	Juan Beniquez	cf	28.104	R	3	1	2	0		0	0	.255		97	598
9	Toby Harrah	ss	29.303	R	2	0	0	0		0	0	.216		107	1101
Totals

2B: Kurt Bevacqua (11)

3B: Bump Wills (4)

HR: Richie Zisk (15)

RBI: Bump Wills (40), Kurt Bevacqua (25), Bobby Bonds (72), Richie Zisk 4 (58)

SH: Toby Harrah (5)

GDP: Richie Zisk (11)

Kansas City Royals - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Rich Gale	R	L 13-6	6.0	5	6	6	3	3	1		2.86	1.37		24	24
2	Doug Bird	R		2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0		5.63	1.49		34	286
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Rich Gale (0-0-0), Doug Bird (0-0-0)

Texas Rangers - Pitching

#	pitcher	th	dec	ip	h	r	er	bb	so	hr		era	whip		s-g	c-g
1	Jon Matlack	L	W 12-10	9.0	5	2	2	2	4	1		2.20	1.11		27	230
Totals				0.0

Pitches-Strikes-Balls: Jon Matlack (0-0-0)