Amos Otis, who earlier in the day had been rushed to the hospital when he passed a kidney stone, delivered a three-run homer as the Royals erupted in the sixth inning to take a 5-3 decision over the winless Orioles. A walk to Hal McRae and single by Al Cowens preceded Otis' blow. Darrell Porter followed with an inside-the-park homer. Joe Zdeb then tripled and scored on Eddie Murray's misplay of a grounder by Clint Hurdle. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 5, Baltimore Orioles 2

Game Played on Wednesday, April 12, 1978 (Day game) at Royals Stadium

Orioles 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 7 1 Royals 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 x - 5 7 2 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bumbry lf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .211 Patek ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Smith 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .200 McRae dh 3 1 0 0 1 0 .200 Singleton rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .231 Brett 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .143 Murray 1b 3 1 2 1 1 0 .333 Cowens rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .467 May dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 .316 Otis cf 4 1 2 3 0 0 .250 Harlow cf 3 0 2 1 1 0 .500 Porter c 3 1 1 1 1 0 .357 DeCinces 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 .222 Zdeb lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .333 Belanger ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .071 Hurdle 1b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .231 Kelly ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 White 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Roenicke ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Skaggs c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lopez ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Flanagan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 2 7 2 4 5 Totals 29 5 7 4 3 4 Time of Game: 2:11 Attendance: 17,449 Left on Base: Orioles 8, Royals 4 DP: Orioles 1, Royals 1 Errors: Murray, Brett, Hurdle Doubles: May (2), Harlow (2) Triples: Zdeb (1) Home Runs: Murray (2), Otis (1), Porter (1) Caught Stealing: Harlow (1), Hurdle (2), Otis (1) GIDP: Singleton (1), Patek (1) Hit by Pitch: White (1,by Flanagan) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Flanagan L(0-2) 5.2 6 5 4 3 3 2 25 8.64 T. Martinez 2.1 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 6.35 Totals 8 7 5 4 3 4 2 33 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard W(1-1) 8 7 2 2 4 5 1 34 5.11 Mingori SV(2) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Totals 9 7 2 2 4 5 1 37 Hit by Pitch: Flanagan (1) Wild Pitches: Flanagan (1) Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Greg Kosc ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Smith flied out to left; Singleton struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek was called out on strikes; McRae made an out to first; Brett grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Murray homered; May grounded out (third to first); Harlow singled to right; Harlow was caught stealing second (catcher to second); DeCinces was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Cowens singled to right; Otis forced Cowens (third to second); Porter forced Otis (first to shortstop); Flanagan threw a wild pitch [Porter to second]; Zdeb grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger flied out to left; Skaggs lined to shortstop; Bumbry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Hurdle singled to left; Hurdle was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); White was hit by a pitch; Patek grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [White out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Smith grounded out (shortstop to first); Singleton struck out; Murray walked; May popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: McRae flied out to right; Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 0. ORIOLES 5TH: Harlow walked; Harlow was picked off first but was safe on an error by Hurdle [Harlow to second]; DeCinces made an out to third; Belanger walked; Skaggs flied out to right [Harlow to third]; Bumbry lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 5TH: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter walked; Zdeb forced Porter (third to second); Hurdle walked [Zdeb to second]; White flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 0. ORIOLES 6TH: Smith singled to right; Singleton grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Smith out at second]; Murray singled to right; May popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 6TH: Patek flied out to right; McRae walked; Brett struck out; Cowens singled to right [McRae to third]; Otis homered [McRae scored, Cowens scored]; Porter hit an inside the park homer to right; Zdeb tripled to right; T. MARTINEZ REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING); Hurdle reached on an error by Murray [Zdeb scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; White struck out (catcher to first); 5 R (4 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 5. ORIOLES 7TH: Harlow flied out to center; DeCinces singled to left; Belanger popped to first in foul territory; Skaggs reached on an error by Brett [DeCinces to third]; Bumbry struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 5. ROYALS 7TH: Patek grounded out (second to first); McRae grounded out (third to first); Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 5. ORIOLES 8TH: Smith flied out to left; Singleton lined to left; Murray grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 5. ROYALS 8TH: Cowens grounded out (pitcher to first); Otis singled to left; Otis was caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Porter lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 1, Royals 5. ORIOLES 9TH: May doubled to right; Harlow doubled to left [May scored]; DeCinces walked; KELLY BATTED FOR BELANGER; MINGORI REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); ROENICKE BATTED FOR KELLY; Roenicke made an out to second; LOPEZ BATTED FOR SKAGGS; Lopez made an out to shortstop; Bumbry lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 2, Royals 5.

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