Hal McRae drove in two runs with a single and double and four other Royals rapped run-scoring singles to back the pitching of Rich Gale, who beat the Twins, 6-3, for the rookie's fourth straight victory. Rod Carew had two hits, including a homer with a man on base, in four trips for the Twins and raised his league-leading batting average to .397. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 6, Minnesota Twins 3

Game Played on Saturday, May 20, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Twins 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 9 0 Royals 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 x - 6 15 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Norwood lf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .262 Wilson lf 5 1 1 0 0 0 .250 Carew 1b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .397 McRae dh 5 1 3 2 0 0 .299 Ford cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .295 Brett 3b 4 1 2 0 1 0 .284 Cubbage 3b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .321 Cowens rf 5 1 1 1 0 0 .261 Wolfe ph,3b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .239 Otis cf 3 0 2 1 1 0 .320 Wynegar c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .281 Hurdle 1b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .253 Adams dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 .195 LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Morales ph,dh 0 0 0 0 1 0 .333 Porter c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .302 Smalley ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .252 Patek ss 4 1 4 1 0 0 .287 Powell rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .202 White 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Rivera ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .341 Gale p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wilfong 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .105 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Chiles ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Randall 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Kusick ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .183 Thormodsgard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thayer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 3 9 3 4 3 Totals 36 6 15 6 3 1 Time of Game: 2:51 Attendance: 30,312 Left on Base: Twins 7, Royals 10 DP: Twins 1, Royals 1 Doubles: Cubbage (3), Smalley 2 (9), Hurdle (7), Brett (9), McRae (10) Home Runs: Carew (4) Stolen Bases: Norwood (12), Otis (8), Wilson (16), Patek 2 (9), Cowens (5) Caught Stealing: Norwood (5) Sacrifice Hits: White (5) GIDP: Cubbage (2) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Thormodsgard L(1-6) 5.2 9 3 3 1 1 0 26 5.44 Thayer 1.1 4 2 2 1 0 0 8 3.62 T. Johnson 1 2 1 1 1 0 0 6 3.64 Totals 8 15 6 6 3 1 0 40 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gale W(4-0) 7.1 8 3 3 2 1 1 29 2.48 Hrabosky SV(5) 1.2 1 0 0 2 2 0 8 1.13 Totals 9 9 3 3 4 3 1 37 Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Vic Voltaggio TWINS 1ST: Norwood grounded out (second to first); Carew singled to left [Carew out at second (left to second)]; Ford walked; Cubbage doubled to right [Ford scored]; Wynegar grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (second to first); McRae grounded out (third to first); Brett grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0. TWINS 2ND: Adams grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley struck out; Powell grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Cowens popped to shortstop; Otis singled to center; Otis stole second; Hurdle grounded out (third to first); Porter walked; Patek singled to left [Otis to third, Porter to second]; White forced Porter (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0. TWINS 3RD: Wilfong lined to second; Norwood singled to left; Norwood was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Wilson singled to right; Wilson stole second; McRae singled to left [Wilson scored, McRae to second (on throw to home)]; Brett lined to left; Cowens grounded out (third to first); Otis singled to left [McRae scored]; Hurdle popped to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. TWINS 4TH: Ford singled to right; Cubbage grounded into a double play (first to shortstop) [Ford out at second]; Wynegar walked; Adams singled to right [Wynegar to second]; Smalley popped to third; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. ROYALS 4TH: Porter struck out; Patek singled to center; White lined into a double play (second to first) [Patek out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. TWINS 5TH: Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilfong popped to second; Norwood flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. ROYALS 5TH: Wilson grounded out (second to first); McRae flied out to left; Brett singled to right; Cowens forced Brett (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. TWINS 6TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); Cubbage grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. ROYALS 6TH: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Hurdle doubled to left; Porter grounded out (first unassisted) [Hurdle to third]; Patek singled to left [Hurdle scored]; THAYER REPLACED THORMODSGARD (PITCHING); Patek stole second; White lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 3. TWINS 7TH: Wynegar lined to second; Adams grounded out (first unassisted); Smalley doubled to right; Powell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 3. ROYALS 7TH: Wilson flied out to right; McRae singled to center [McRae out at second (center to shortstop)]; Brett doubled to left; Cowens singled to left [Brett scored]; Cowens stole second; Otis walked; Hurdle singled to right [Cowens scored, Otis to third]; Porter lined to right; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 5. TWINS 8TH: LACOCK REPLACED HURDLE (PLAYING 1B); CHILES BATTED FOR WILFONG; Chiles grounded out (second to first); Norwood singled to left; Norwood stole second; Carew homered [Norwood scored]; HRABOSKY REPLACED GALE (PITCHING); Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); WOLFE BATTED FOR CUBBAGE; Wolfe walked; Wynegar flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 5. ROYALS 8TH: WOLFE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); RANDALL REPLACED CHILES (PLAYING 2B); T. JOHNSON REPLACED THAYER (PITCHING); Patek singled to right; Patek stole second; White out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Patek to third]; Wilson lined to center; McRae doubled to right [Patek scored]; Brett was walked intentionally; Cowens forced Brett (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 6. TWINS 9TH: MORALES BATTED FOR ADAMS; Morales walked; Smalley doubled to left [Morales to third]; RIVERA BATTED FOR POWELL; Rivera struck out; KUSICK BATTED FOR RANDALL; Kusick struck out; Norwood popped to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 3, Royals 6.

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