Two straight wild pitches by Dennis Leonard proved costly to the Royals, whose eight-game winning streak was stopped by the Orioles, 2-1. Tom Poquette homered off Jim Palmer for the Royals' run in the sixth inning.

In the Orioles' half, Larry Harlow led off with a double and scored the tying run on a two-bagger by Lee May. With Doug DeCinces at bat, Leonard uncorked his wild pitches, allowing May to count the deciding run. [The Sporting News]

Baltimore Orioles 2, Kansas City Royals 1

Game Played on Friday, April 21, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Royals 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 x - 2 6 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Poquette lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .300 Bumbry lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .250 McRae dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Harlow cf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .387 Brett 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .216 Singleton rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .379 Cowens rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Lopez pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Wilson pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Murray 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .227 Porter c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .382 May dh 3 1 1 1 0 1 .326 Hurdle 1b 3 0 0 0 0 2 .212 DeCinces 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .279 Otis cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .258 Smith 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .105 Patek ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Dempsey c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .250 LaCock ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Belanger ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .270 Terrell 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Palmer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lahoud ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Washington ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 1 5 1 1 3 Totals 29 2 6 1 2 7 Time of Game: 2:15 Attendance: 6,203 Left on Base: Royals 4, Orioles 5 DP: Royals 0, Orioles 2 Doubles: Poquette (1), Belanger (3), Harlow (3), May (3) Home Runs: Poquette (1) Stolen Bases: Wilson (5), Bumbry (2) Caught Stealing: Porter 2 (2), Bumbry (1) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard L(2-2) 8 6 2 2 2 7 0 31 3.07 Totals 8 6 2 2 2 7 0 31 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Palmer W(2-0) 8 4 1 1 1 3 1 28 0.53 Stanhouse SV(3) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 Totals 9 5 1 1 1 3 1 32 Passed Balls: Dempsey (1) Wild Pitches: Leonard 2 (4) Umpires: HP - Lou DiMuro, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Haller ROYALS 1ST: Poquette grounded out (third to first); McRae popped to second in foul territory; Brett walked; Cowens popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry walked; Bumbry stole second; Harlow struck out; Singleton singled to center [Bumbry to third]; Murray struck out; May grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ROYALS 2ND: Porter grounded out (first to pitcher); Hurdle struck out but advanced to first on a passed ball; Otis flied out to center; Patek forced Hurdle (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: DeCinces grounded out (shortstop to first); Smith struck out; Dempsey grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ROYALS 3RD: White flied out to center; Poquette doubled to center; McRae flied out to left; Brett lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Belanger grounded out (third to first); Bumbry singled to center; Bumbry was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Harlow struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ROYALS 4TH: Cowens flied out to center; Porter singled; Hurdle struck out while Porter was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton flied out to center; Murray grounded out (pitcher to first); May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ROYALS 5TH: Otis flied out to right; Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); White grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces grounded out (pitcher to first); Smith flied out to left; Dempsey walked; Belanger doubled to left [Dempsey to third]; Bumbry grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ROYALS 6TH: Poquette homered; McRae flied out to left; Brett grounded out (second to first); Cowens grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 6TH: Harlow doubled to left; Singleton flied out to left; Murray flied out to center; May doubled to right [Harlow scored]; Leonard threw a wild pitch [May to third]; Leonard threw a wild pitch [May scored]; DeCinces was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Orioles 2. ROYALS 7TH: Porter singled to right; Hurdle flied out to right; Otis struck out while Porter was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 7TH: Smith flied out to right; Dempsey was called out on strikes; Belanger lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Orioles 2. ROYALS 8TH: LACOCK BATTED FOR PATEK; LaCock lined to center; LAHOUD BATTED FOR WHITE; Lahoud popped to first in foul territory; Poquette grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Orioles 2. ORIOLES 8TH: TERRELL REPLACED LACOCK (PLAYING 2B); WASHINGTON REPLACED LAHOUD (PLAYING SS); Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Harlow lined to left; Singleton singled to right; LOPEZ RAN FOR SINGLETON; Murray flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Orioles 2. ROYALS 9TH: LOPEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); STANHOUSE REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING); McRae grounded out (second to first); Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens singled to right; WILSON RAN FOR COWENS; Wilson stole second; Porter popped to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Orioles 2.

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