After failing to hold a 7-2 lead, the Royals finally gained victory in 12 innings when Al Cowens singled with one out and Frank White doubled with two away to defeat the Twins, 8-7. Amos Otis drove in three runs with a pair of doubles. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 8, Minnesota Twins 7

Game Played on Sunday, May 28, 1978 (Day game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Royals 0 0 2 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 8 12 1 Twins 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 - 7 16 2 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Otis cf 6 1 3 3 1 1 .328 Norwood lf 6 0 0 0 0 2 .243 Hurdle lf 4 0 0 1 0 1 .254 Carew 1b 5 2 3 0 1 2 .388 Wilson lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .231 Ford cf 5 2 3 1 1 0 .318 McRae dh 5 0 0 0 1 0 .291 Kusick dh 2 1 1 1 1 0 .197 Brett 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .284 Adams ph,dh 1 1 1 2 0 0 .211 LaCock 1b 6 1 1 1 0 2 .167 Borgmann ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Porter c 4 1 2 0 2 1 .290 Rivera rf 4 1 3 2 0 1 .345 Cowens rf 5 2 1 0 1 0 .253 Cubbage ph,3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .331 Patek ss 5 0 1 0 1 1 .288 Smalley ss 5 0 2 0 1 0 .247 White 2b 4 2 3 2 0 0 .267 Wynegar c 6 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Hassler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wolfe 3b 2 0 1 0 2 0 .232 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Powell rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .206 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Randall 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .259 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Morales ph 0 0 0 1 0 0 .289 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wilfong 2b 0 0 0 0 1 0 .125 Chiles ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Thormodsgard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Scarce p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Marshall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 46 8 12 7 6 7 Totals 45 7 16 7 7 5 Time of Game: 3:55 Attendance: 22,266 Left on Base: Royals 12, Twins 11 DP: Royals 4, Twins 1 Errors: Wilson, Carew, Wynegar Doubles: Patek (7), Otis 2 (13), Brett (11), White (8), Kusick (2), Rivera (2) Triples: Ford (2) Home Runs: Adams (2) Stolen Bases: Otis (11) Sacrifice Hits: White (7) Sacrifice Flies: Hurdle (2), Kusick (2), Morales (2) GIDP: Randall (4), Norwood 2 (4), Smalley (8) Hit by Pitch: Brett (1,by Scarce), White (2,by Scarce) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hassler 5 9 2 2 1 1 0 22 4.70 Mingori 2 5 3 3 1 3 0 11 2.37 Hrabosky 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 5 1.40 Bird 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 5 6.45 Gura W(3-1) 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 11 3.43 Totals 12 16 7 7 7 5 1 54 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Thormodsgard 4 7 4 4 1 0 0 19 5.17 Scarce 4.2 3 3 3 3 3 0 23 4.05 Marshall L(1-2) 3.1 2 1 1 2 4 0 14 1.35 Totals 12 12 8 8 6 7 0 56 Hit by Pitch: Scarce 2 (3) Wild Pitches: Hrabosky (1), Thormodsgard (3), Scarce (1) Balks: Hassler (1) Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Terry Cooney ROYALS 1ST: Otis singled to center; Hurdle lined to left; Otis stole second; McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Norwood flied out to right; Carew struck out; Ford popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. ROYALS 2ND: LaCock grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter grounded out (second to first); Cowens grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Kusick popped to first in foul territory; Rivera singled to center; Hassler balked [Rivera to second]; Smalley flied out to right; Wynegar grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Twins 0. ROYALS 3RD: Patek doubled to left [Patek out at third (left to third)]; White singled to right; Otis doubled to right [White scored]; Thormodsgard threw a wild pitch [Otis to third]; Hurdle hit a sacrifice fly to right [Otis scored]; McRae lined to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Wolfe singled to right; Randall grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Wolfe out at second]; Norwood grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0. ROYALS 4TH: Brett doubled to right; LaCock singled to right [Brett scored]; Porter walked [LaCock to second]; Cowens flied out to center [LaCock to third]; Patek grounded out (third to first) [Porter to second]; White singled [LaCock scored, Porter to third]; Otis flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Carew singled to right; Ford tripled [Carew scored]; Kusick hit a sacrifice fly to right [Ford scored]; Rivera singled to left; Smalley singled to left [Rivera to second]; Wynegar flied out to right [Rivera to third]; Wolfe grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 2. ROYALS 5TH: SCARCE REPLACED THORMODSGARD (PITCHING); Hurdle grounded out (first unassisted); McRae popped to second; Brett was hit by a pitch; LaCock struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 2. TWINS 5TH: Randall singled to left; Norwood grounded into a double play (second to first) [Randall out at second]; Carew singled to left; Ford singled to left [Carew out at home (left to third to catcher)]; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Twins 2. ROYALS 6TH: Porter singled to right; Cowens walked [Porter to second]; Patek popped to catcher in foul territory; White was hit by a pitch [Porter to third, Cowens to second]; Scarce threw a wild pitch [Porter scored, Cowens to third, White to second]; Otis doubled to right [Cowens scored, White scored]; Hurdle reached on an error by Wynegar; McRae popped to first in foul territory; Brett lined to first; 3 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 7, Twins 2. TWINS 6TH: Kusick walked; MINGORI REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING); Rivera struck out; Smalley grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Kusick out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 7, Twins 2. ROYALS 7TH: LaCock flied out to left; Porter singled to center; Cowens lined into a double play (third to first) [Porter out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 7, Twins 2. TWINS 7TH: Wynegar flied out to right; Wolfe walked; Randall singled to left [Wolfe to second]; Norwood struck out; Carew was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 7, Twins 2. ROYALS 8TH: Patek walked; White reached on an error by Carew on a sacrifice bunt [Patek to second]; Otis flied out to left [Patek to third, White to second]; Hurdle struck out; McRae flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 7, Twins 2. TWINS 8TH: WILSON REPLACED HURDLE (PLAYING LF); Ford singled to left; Kusick doubled to left [Ford to third]; Rivera doubled to right [Ford scored, Kusick scored]; Smalley singled to left [Rivera to third]; HRABOSKY REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Wynegar flied out to right; Wolfe walked [Smalley to second]; MORALES BATTED FOR RANDALL; Morales hit a sacrifice fly to right [Rivera scored, Smalley to third]; Norwood was called out on strikes; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 7, Twins 5. ROYALS 9TH: WILFONG REPLACED MORALES (PLAYING 2B); Brett flied out to right; Royals protested game in 9th but no details on sheet; LaCock struck out; Porter walked; MARSHALL REPLACED SCARCE (PITCHING); Cowens forced Porter (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 7, Twins 5. TWINS 9TH: Carew walked; Hrabosky threw a wild pitch [Carew to second]; BIRD REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); Ford popped to first; ADAMS BATTED FOR KUSICK; Adams homered [Carew scored]; CUBBAGE BATTED FOR RIVERA; Cubbage popped to shortstop; Smalley walked; Wynegar flied out to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 7, Twins 7. ROYALS 10TH: ADAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); CUBBAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); POWELL REPLACED WOLFE (PLAYING RF); Patek struck out; Al Hrabosky ejected by 1B umpire Bill Kunkel; White popped to second; Otis was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 7, Twins 7. TWINS 10TH: GURA REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); Powell lined to center; Wilfong walked; Norwood grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Wilfong out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 7, Twins 7. ROYALS 11TH: Wilson struck out; McRae walked; Brett flied out to right; LaCock grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 7, Twins 7. TWINS 11TH: Carew singled to left [Carew to second (error by Wilson)]; Ford was walked intentionally; BORGMANN BATTED FOR ADAMS; Borgmann flied out to center; Cubbage forced Ford (second to shortstop) [Carew to third]; Smalley forced Cubbage (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 7, Twins 7. ROYALS 12TH: BORGMANN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Porter struck out; Cowens singled to left; Patek grounded out (pitcher to first) [Cowens to second]; White doubled to left [Cowens scored]; Otis walked; Wilson popped to second; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 7. TWINS 12TH: Wynegar flied out to center; Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); CHILES BATTED FOR WILFONG; Chiles grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Twins 7.

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