After trailing, 5-0, the Royals rallied to defeat the Brewers, 7-6, and snap a three-game losing streak. The Royals cut their deficit to one run before Cecil Cooper homered in the eighth inning to put the Brewers ahead, 6-4. In the Royals' half, Amos Otis, John Wathan, Freddie Patek and Frank White hit consecutive singles to tie the score and Pete LaCock followed with a sacrifice fly to drive in the winning run. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 7, Milwaukee Brewers 6

Game Played on Friday, April 28, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Brewers 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 6 8 2 Royals 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 3 x - 7 13 1 Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Sakata 2b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .250 Poquette lf 2 1 1 0 1 0 .400 Bando 3b 4 2 1 0 0 0 .266 Zdeb ph,lf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .167 Cooper 1b 5 2 2 1 0 0 .329 LaCock ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Hisle lf 4 1 1 3 1 0 .271 Wilson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Oglivie rf 3 0 1 2 2 0 .277 McRae dh 5 0 1 0 0 0 .232 Lezcano dh 4 0 0 0 1 0 .167 Brett 3b 5 1 4 1 0 0 .242 Thomas cf 1 0 0 0 3 0 .230 Cowens rf 4 0 0 1 0 0 .263 Martinez c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .235 Porter c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .355 Davis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .345 Otis cf 3 2 1 0 1 2 .273 Nordbrook ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hurdle 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .213 Sorensen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wathan ph,1b 1 1 1 1 0 0 .300 McClure p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Patek ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 .278 Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Terrell 2b 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Lahoud ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White 2b 1 0 1 1 0 0 .128 Busby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Colborn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 6 8 6 7 0 Totals 36 7 13 7 2 3 Time of Game: 2:23 Attendance: 20,166 Left on Base: Brewers 11, Royals 8 DP: Brewers 0, Royals 0 Errors: Thomas 2, Colborn Doubles: Cooper (5), Sakata (2), Brett (6) Home Runs: Hisle (7), Cooper (7) Stolen Bases: Otis (2) Sacrifice Hits: Nordbrook 2 (2) Sacrifice Flies: LaCock (1) Hit by Pitch: Bando (2,by Busby), Thomas (1,by Colborn) Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sorensen 6 7 3 3 2 3 0 27 4.50 McClure 1 4 3 3 0 0 0 7 3.55 Rodriguez L(0-2) 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 1.93 Totals 8 13 7 6 2 3 0 39 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Busby 1.2 5 5 5 2 0 1 13 10.13 Colborn W(1-0) 6.1 3 1 1 5 0 1 28 4.50 Pattin SV(2) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.00 Totals 9 8 6 6 7 0 2 44 Hit by Pitch: Busby (1), Colborn (1) Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Bill Deegan BREWERS 1ST: Sakata grounded out (second to first); Bando was hit by a pitch; Cooper doubled to left [Bando to third]; Hisle walked; Oglivie singled to left [Bando scored, Cooper scored, Hisle to second]; Lezcano flied out to center; Thomas walked [Hisle to third, Oglivie to second]; Martinez popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Brewers 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Poquette lined to first; McRae flied out to center; Brett singled to center; Cowens grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 2, Royals 0. BREWERS 2ND: Nordbrook grounded out (third to first); Sakata singled to left; Bando singled to right [Sakata to second]; Cooper popped to third in foul territory; Hisle homered [Sakata scored, Bando scored]; COLBORN REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING); Oglivie walked; Lezcano flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 5, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Porter grounded out (second to first); Otis was called out on strikes; Hurdle grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 5, Royals 0. BREWERS 3RD: Thomas was hit by a pitch; Martinez singled to right [Thomas to second]; Nordbrook reached on an error by Colborn on a sacrifice bunt [Thomas to third, Martinez to second]; Sakata lined to center; Bando flied out to center; Cooper flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Brewers 5, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Terrell was called out on strikes; Poquette walked; McRae singled to right [Poquette to second]; Brett singled to center [Poquette scored, McRae to second]; Cowens forced McRae (third unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 5, Royals 1. BREWERS 4TH: Hisle flied out to left; Oglivie grounded out (shortstop to first); Lezcano walked; Thomas walked [Lezcano to second]; Martinez forced Thomas (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 5, Royals 1. ROYALS 4TH: Porter grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis was called out on strikes; Hurdle grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 5, Royals 1. BREWERS 5TH: Nordbrook flied out to center; Sakata doubled to right; Bando popped to shortstop; Cooper grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 5, Royals 1. ROYALS 5TH: Patek grounded out (third to first); Terrell flied out to right; Poquette singled to center; McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 5, Royals 1. BREWERS 6TH: Hisle grounded out (pitcher to first); Oglivie walked; Oglivie was picked off first (pitcher to first); Lezcano flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 5, Royals 1. ROYALS 6TH: Brett singled to center [Brett to second (error by Thomas)]; Cowens flied out to left; Porter lined to left; Otis walked; Hurdle singled to center [Brett scored, Otis to third]; Patek singled to right [Otis scored, Hurdle to second]; LAHOUD BATTED FOR TERRELL; Lahoud grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Brewers 5, Royals 3. BREWERS 7TH: WHITE REPLACED LAHOUD (PLAYING 2B); Thomas walked; Martinez flied out to right; Nordbrook out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Thomas to second]; Sakata grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 5, Royals 3. ROYALS 7TH: MCCLURE REPLACED SORENSEN (PITCHING); ZDEB BATTED FOR POQUETTE; Zdeb singled to left; McRae lined to left; Brett doubled to right [Zdeb to third]; Cowens grounded out (third to first) [Zdeb scored]; Porter grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 5, Royals 4. BREWERS 8TH: ZDEB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Bando lined to center; Cooper homered; Hisle lined to left; Oglivie lined to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 6, Royals 4. ROYALS 8TH: Otis singled to left; WATHAN BATTED FOR HURDLE; Otis stole second; Wathan singled to right [Otis scored]; RODRIGUEZ REPLACED MCCLURE (PITCHING); On a bunt Patek singled [Wathan to second]; White singled to center [Wathan scored, Patek to third (error by Thomas)]; LACOCK BATTED FOR ZDEB; LaCock hit a sacrifice fly to center [Patek scored (unearned), White to second]; McRae grounded out (second to first) [White to third]; Brett lined to left; 3 R (2 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Brewers 6, Royals 7. BREWERS 9TH: WILSON REPLACED LACOCK (PLAYING LF); WATHAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); PATTIN REPLACED COLBORN (PITCHING); Lezcano grounded out (shortstop to first); Thomas popped to catcher in foul territory; DAVIS BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Davis popped to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Brewers 6, Royals 7.

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