A homer by Lou Piniella with a man on base capped a three-run sixth inning that carried the Yankees to a 4-2 verdict over the Royals and gave Catfish Hunter his first victory of the season. Trailing, 2-1, going into the sixth, the Yanks tied the score on successive one-out doubles by Willie Randolph and Thurman Munson. One out later, Piniella unloaded. Hunter worked the first seven innings and allowed five hits, including back-to-back homers by Hal McRae and Darrell Porter in the fourth. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 4, Kansas City Royals 2

Game Played on Tuesday, May 2, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I

Royals 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 0 Yankees 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 x - 4 6 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .290 Rivers cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .313 Poquette lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .375 Randolph 2b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .260 Cowens ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Munson c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .250 Hurdle rf,lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .214 Jackson rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .274 McRae dh 3 1 1 1 1 2 .244 Piniella lf 3 2 2 2 0 0 .348 Porter c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .356 Chambliss 1b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .295 LaCock 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .091 Nettles 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Wathan ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .316 Johnson dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .160 Terrell 3b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Dent ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .214 Patek ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 .265 Hunter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .183 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 2 7 2 3 5 Totals 28 4 6 3 2 4 Time of Game: 2:09 Attendance: 19,152 Left on Base: Royals 6, Yankees 3 DP: Royals 2, Yankees 1 Doubles: Wilson (4), Chambliss (3), Randolph (1), Munson (3) Home Runs: McRae (6), Porter (3), Piniella (1) Caught Stealing: McRae (1) GIDP: Terrell (1), Munson (2), Johnson (4) Hit by Pitch: Nettles (3,by Gura) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gura L(2-1) 5.2 6 4 4 2 3 1 24 3.76 Hrabosky 2.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 1.08 Totals 8 6 4 4 2 4 1 31 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hunter W(1-3) 7 5 2 2 2 4 2 27 7.08 Lyle SV(4) 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 8 1.65 Totals 9 7 2 2 3 5 2 35 Hit by Pitch: Gura (1) Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Lou DiMuro ROYALS 1ST: Wilson doubled to right; Poquette lined to first; Hurdle walked; McRae struck out; Porter flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Rivers struck out; Randolph was called out on strikes; Munson singled to center; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. ROYALS 2ND: LaCock flied out to left; Terrell struck out; Patek popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Piniella popped to first; Chambliss flied out to center; Nettles flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. ROYALS 3RD: White flied out to left; Wilson grounded out (second to first); Poquette flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Dent flied out to right; Rivers lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. ROYALS 4TH: Hurdle struck out; McRae homered; Porter homered; LaCock grounded out (shortstop to first); Terrell struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 0. YANKEES 4TH: Randolph walked; Munson grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Randolph out at second]; Jackson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 0. ROYALS 5TH: Patek flied out to left; White grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilson grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 0. YANKEES 5TH: Piniella singled to left; Chambliss doubled to left [Piniella to third]; Nettles was hit by a pitch; Johnson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Piniella scored, Chambliss to third, Nettles out at second]; Dent popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 1. ROYALS 6TH: Poquette flied out to left; Hurdle flied out to left; McRae walked; McRae was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Yankees Coach Art Fowler ejected by 2B umpire Bill Haller sometime in sixth; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 1. YANKEES 6TH: Rivers lined to left; Randolph doubled to right; Munson doubled to left [Randolph scored]; Jackson struck out; Piniella homered [Munson scored]; Chambliss walked; HRABOSKY REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Nettles flied out to right; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 4. ROYALS 7TH: Porter flied out to center; LaCock singled to center; Terrell flied out to right; Patek singled to left [LaCock to second]; White flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 4. YANKEES 7TH: Johnson flied out to left; Dent popped to third; Rivers lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 4. ROYALS 8TH: LYLE REPLACED HUNTER (PITCHING); Wilson walked; COWENS BATTED FOR POQUETTE; Cowens popped to first in foul territory; Hurdle grounded out (pitcher unassisted) [Wilson to second]; McRae struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 4. YANKEES 8TH: COWENS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HURDLE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Randolph flied out to right; Munson flied out to left; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 4. ROYALS 9TH: Porter singled to right; WATHAN BATTED FOR LACOCK; Wathan singled to left [Porter to second]; Terrell grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Porter to third, Wathan out at second]; Patek grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 4.

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