A home run by Graig Nettles in the eighth inning powered the Yankees to a 6-5 victory over the Royals and completed a sweep of the three-game series. With the score tied, 5-5, Nettles hit a 3-2 pitch off the lower edge of the upper deck in right field.

The third baseman's smash was the Yankees' third round-tripper of the game. Jim Spencer homered with one on in the second and Reggie Jackson socked a solo clout in the third. [The Sporting News]

New York Yankees 6, Kansas City Royals 5

Game Played on Wednesday, May 3, 1978 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I

Royals 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 5 10 1 Yankees 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 1 x - 6 9 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Otis cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .293 Rivers cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .310 McRae dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .244 Randolph 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .272 Poquette lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Munson c 3 0 1 1 0 0 .253 Cowens rf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .247 Jackson rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .273 Porter c 4 1 1 0 0 1 .351 Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .280 Hurdle 1b 4 2 2 1 0 1 .233 Nettles 3b 4 1 2 1 0 2 .229 Terrell 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .263 White lf 2 1 0 0 2 2 .179 LaCock ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .083 Spencer dh 3 1 1 2 0 0 .250 Patek ss 4 0 0 1 0 1 .250 Piniella ph,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .348 White 2b 2 0 1 0 1 0 .194 Dent ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 .219 Lahoud ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Figueroa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gossage p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 5 10 4 1 5 Totals 31 6 9 6 2 6 Time of Game: 2:20 Attendance: 21,230 Left on Base: Royals 4, Yankees 4 DP: Royals 0, Yankees 0 Errors: Patek Home Runs: Otis (3), Hurdle (2), Cowens (2), Spencer (4), Jackson (4), Nettles (2) Stolen Bases: Randolph (4) Caught Stealing: Terrell (2), White (3) Sacrifice Flies: Munson (2) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard L(3-4) 7.2 9 6 5 2 6 3 34 3.50 Hrabosky 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.04 Totals 8 9 6 5 2 6 3 34 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Figueroa W(4-1) 8 10 5 5 1 3 3 33 3.15 Gossage SV(1) 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2.37 Totals 9 10 5 5 1 5 3 36 Wild Pitches: Figueroa 2 (2) Umpires: HP - Mike Reilly, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Ken Kaiser ROYALS 1ST: Otis flied out to center; McRae singled to center; Poquette forced McRae (first to shortstop); Cowens grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Rivers flied out to left; Randolph grounded out (second to first); Munson singled to right; Jackson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. ROYALS 2ND: Porter singled to center; Hurdle singled to second [Porter to second]; Terrell grounded out (first unassisted) [Porter to third, Hurdle to second]; Patek grounded out (first unassisted) [Porter scored, Hurdle to third]; Figueroa threw a wild pitch [Hurdle scored]; White walked; White was picked off first (pitcher to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss grounded out (first unassisted); Nettles struck out; White walked; Spencer homered [White scored]; Dent singled to right; Rivers singled to right [Dent to third]; Randolph singled to left [Dent scored, Rivers to second]; Munson flied out to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 3. ROYALS 3RD: Otis homered; McRae flied out to right; Poquette grounded out (second to first); Cowens singled to left; Porter struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 3. YANKEES 3RD: Jackson homered; Chambliss flied out to right; Nettles struck out; White struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 4. ROYALS 4TH: Hurdle homered; Terrell singled to third; Patek popped to catcher in foul territory; Terrell was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); White grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 4. YANKEES 4TH: Spencer grounded out (first unassisted); Dent flied out to left; Rivers grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 4. ROYALS 5TH: Otis singled to center; Figueroa threw a wild pitch [Otis to second]; McRae flied out to right; Poquette struck out; Cowens popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 4. YANKEES 5TH: Randolph singled to shortstop; Randolph stole second [Randolph to third (error by Patek)]; Munson hit a sacrifice fly to right [Randolph scored (unearned)]; Jackson popped to shortstop; Chambliss popped to third; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 5. ROYALS 6TH: Porter grounded out (first unassisted); Hurdle struck out; Terrell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 5. YANKEES 6TH: Nettles singled to right; White struck out; Spencer flied out to left; Dent struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 5. ROYALS 7TH: Patek flied out to center; White singled to center; Otis forced White (second to shortstop); McRae forced Otis (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 5. YANKEES 7TH: Rivers grounded out (second to first); Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Munson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 5. ROYALS 8TH: Poquette popped to shortstop; Cowens homered; Porter flied out to center; Hurdle popped to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Yankees 5. YANKEES 8TH: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Chambliss struck out; Nettles homered; White walked; HRABOSKY REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); PINIELLA BATTED FOR SPENCER; White was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Yankees 6. ROYALS 9TH: PINIELLA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); GOSSAGE REPLACED FIGUEROA (PITCHING); LACOCK BATTED FOR TERRELL; LaCock struck out; Patek struck out; LAHOUD BATTED FOR WHITE; Lahoud flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Yankees 6.

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