After forcing the exit of Paul Splittorff, the Brewers continued their rally against Doug Bird and Al Hrabosky in the ninth inning and scored four runs to defeat the Royals, 4-3. Splittorff, who had a string of eight consecutive winning decisions over the Brewers, was lifted with none out in the ninth after giving up a single by Paul Molitor and pass to Dick Davis.

Bird, relieving, was tagged for a homer by Sal Bando that tied the score at 3-3. Larry Hisle then walked and Sixto Lezcano singled. After Hrabosky took over, Cecil Cooper singled and Gorman Thomas walked on a 3-1 pitch to force in the Brewers' winning run. [The Sporting News]

Milwaukee Brewers 4, Kansas City Royals 3

Game Played on Saturday, May 6, 1978 (Day game) at County Stadium

Royals 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 - 3 11 0 Brewers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 - 4 7 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brewers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Otis cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .277 Molitor ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .291 McRae dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .245 Davis lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .293 Poquette lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .325 Bando 3b 3 1 1 3 1 0 .295 Wilson pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Hisle dh 3 1 0 0 1 0 .272 Cowens rf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .263 Lezcano rf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .271 Porter c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .345 Cooper 1b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .347 Hurdle 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .234 Thomas cf 3 0 0 1 1 0 .225 Washington pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Martinez c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .235 LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .083 Sakata 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .193 Terrell 3b 3 1 0 0 1 1 .192 Yount ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Patek ss 2 0 1 0 1 0 .250 Gantner 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 White 2b 2 0 2 1 0 0 .224 Sorensen p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 3 11 2 2 3 Totals 30 4 7 4 4 1 Time of Game: 2:07 Attendance: 13,914 Left on Base: Royals 5, Brewers 6 DP: Royals 1, Brewers 1 Errors: Molitor Doubles: Poquette (4), Lezcano (4) Home Runs: Porter (4), Bando (3) Stolen Bases: Cowens (3), Cooper (1) Caught Stealing: White (3), Wilson (4), Washington (1), Patek (1) Sacrifice Hits: Patek (1), White (2) GIDP: Hurdle (1), Thomas (4) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff 8 4 2 2 2 1 0 29 2.47 Bird L(1-2) 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 3 6.92 Hrabosky 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 1.04 Totals 8 7 4 4 4 1 1 34 Brewers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Sorensen W(3-2) 9 11 3 3 2 3 1 35 4.35 Totals 9 11 3 3 2 3 1 35 Balks: Sorensen (1) Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Bill Deegan ROYALS 1ST: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae flied out to right; Poquette grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 0. BREWERS 1ST: Molitor grounded out (third to first); Davis flied out to left; Bando walked; Hisle flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Brewers 0. ROYALS 2ND: Cowens singled to right; Porter singled to center [Cowens to second]; Hurdle forced Porter (second to shortstop) [Cowens scored (error by Molitor), Hurdle to second]; Terrell grounded out (first to pitcher) [Hurdle to third]; Patek grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Brewers 0. BREWERS 2ND: Lezcano flied out to right; On a bunt Cooper singled to third; Thomas lined to center; Cooper stole second; Martinez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Brewers 0. ROYALS 3RD: White singled; White was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Otis was called out on strikes; McRae singled to center; Poquette popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Brewers 0. BREWERS 3RD: Sakata grounded out (shortstop to first); Molitor grounded out (third to first); Davis popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Brewers 0. ROYALS 4TH: Cowens singled to center; Porter popped to shortstop; Hurdle grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Cowens out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Brewers 0. BREWERS 4TH: Bando grounded out (shortstop to first); Hisle flied out to left; Lezcano grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Brewers 0. ROYALS 5TH: Terrell walked; Sorensen balked [Terrell to second]; Patek out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Terrell to third]; White out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Terrell scored]; Otis flied out to center; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Brewers 0. BREWERS 5TH: Cooper singled to left; Thomas grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Cooper out at second]; Martinez flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Brewers 0. ROYALS 6TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Poquette grounded out (second to first); Cowens popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Brewers 0. BREWERS 6TH: Sakata lined to right; Molitor grounded out (second to first); Davis lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Brewers 0. ROYALS 7TH: Porter homered; Hurdle grounded out (shortstop to first); Terrell popped to third; Patek walked; White singled to right [Patek to third]; Otis lined to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Brewers 0. BREWERS 7TH: Bando flied out to left; Hisle popped to first in foul territory; Lezcano doubled to right; Cooper grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Brewers 0. ROYALS 8TH: McRae was called out on strikes; Poquette doubled to right; WILSON RAN FOR POQUETTE; Wilson was caught stealing third (catcher to third); Cowens singled to center; Cowens stole second; Porter flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Brewers 0. BREWERS 8TH: WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Thomas popped to second; Martinez grounded out (third to first); YOUNT BATTED FOR SAKATA; Yount popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Brewers 0. ROYALS 9TH: GANTNER REPLACED YOUNT (PLAYING 2B); Hurdle singled to center; WASHINGTON RAN FOR HURDLE; Terrell struck out; Washington was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Patek singled to left; Patek was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Brewers 0. BREWERS 9TH: LACOCK REPLACED WASHINGTON (PLAYING 1B); Molitor singled to left; Davis walked [Molitor to second]; BIRD REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Bando homered [Molitor scored, Davis scored]; Hisle walked; Lezcano singled to left [Hisle to second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); Cooper singled to right [Hisle to third, Lezcano to second]; Thomas walked [Hisle scored, Lezcano to third, Cooper to second]; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 3, Brewers 4.

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