Back-to-back homers by Frank White and Amos Otis sparked Kansas City to an 8-3 victory over the Mariners. Pete LaCock doubled in each of his first two at-bats to score the Royals' first two runs prior to the consecutive homers in the fifth inning. Three stolen bases helped the Royals score four more times in the seventh with White, Clint Hurdle, Hal McRae and George Brett knocking in runs. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 8, Seattle Mariners 3

Game Played on Wednesday, May 31, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Mariners 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 - 3 11 0 Royals 0 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 x - 8 11 1 Mariners AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Cruz 2b 5 0 2 0 0 2 .269 Otis cf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .321 Reynolds ss 5 1 1 0 0 0 .325 Hurdle lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .256 Roberts rf 3 0 2 1 0 0 .309 Wilson pr,lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .229 Robertson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .182 McRae dh 4 1 1 1 0 2 .294 Ruppert Jones cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .244 Brett 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .300 Stanton dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .202 LaCock 1b 4 2 2 0 0 0 .226 Bochte lf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .255 Porter c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .281 Stein 3b 4 0 3 1 0 0 .252 Cowens rf 3 0 2 1 1 0 .258 Plummer c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Patek ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .281 Bernhardt ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .316 White 2b 4 2 2 2 0 1 .281 Abbott p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Todd p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Burke p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 3 11 2 2 3 Totals 34 8 11 8 2 3 Time of Game: 2:08 Attendance: 17,071 Left on Base: Mariners 8, Royals 4 DP: Mariners 1, Royals 3 Errors: White Doubles: Bochte (10), LaCock 2 (2), Porter (5), McRae (12) Triples: Reynolds (3) Home Runs: White (2), Otis (7) Stolen Bases: Cowens (6), Patek (11), White (5), Wilson (18) Sacrifice Flies: Roberts (1) GIDP: Plummer 2 (2), Bochte (7) Mariners IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Abbott L(1-4) 4 7 4 4 0 2 2 19 6.04 Todd 2.1 2 3 3 1 0 0 10 4.28 Burke 1.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 7 3.72 Totals 8 11 8 8 2 3 2 36 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff W(6-4) 9 11 3 2 2 3 0 38 2.74 Totals 9 11 3 2 2 3 0 38 Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Dale Ford MARINERS 1ST: Cruz singled to left; Reynolds forced Cruz (shortstop to second); Roberts singled to center [Reynolds to second]; Robertson struck out; Ruppert Jones grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Otis lined to left; Hurdle grounded out (first to pitcher); McRae struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 0, Royals 0. MARINERS 2ND: Stanton popped to shortstop; Bochte walked; Stein singled to center [Bochte to second]; Plummer grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Stein out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); LaCock doubled to right; Porter grounded out (shortstop to first) [LaCock to third]; Cowens singled to left [LaCock scored]; Cowens stole second; Patek lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 0, Royals 1. MARINERS 3RD: Cruz grounded out (third to first); Reynolds tripled to right; Roberts lined out on a sacrifice fly to center [Reynolds scored]; Robertson lined to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Royals 1. ROYALS 3RD: White lined to center; Otis lined to center; Hurdle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Royals 1. MARINERS 4TH: Ruppert Jones walked; Stanton flied out to right; Bochte grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Ruppert Jones out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Royals 1. ROYALS 4TH: McRae struck out; Brett flied out to center; LaCock doubled to right; Porter doubled to left [LaCock scored]; Cowens singled to center [Porter to third]; Patek grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 1, Royals 2. MARINERS 5TH: Stein grounded out (third to first); Plummer grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Royals 2. ROYALS 5TH: White homered; Otis homered; TODD REPLACED ABBOTT (PITCHING); Hurdle lined to second; McRae grounded out (second to first); Brett grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Royals 4. MARINERS 6TH: Reynolds grounded out (shortstop to first); Roberts singled to right; Robertson singled to left [Roberts to second]; Ruppert Jones lined to right; Stanton popped to first; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Mariners 1, Royals 4. ROYALS 6TH: LaCock flied out to left; Porter grounded out (third to first); Cowens grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 1, Royals 4. MARINERS 7TH: Bochte doubled to right; Stein singled to right [Bochte to third]; Plummer grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Bochte scored (no RBI), Stein out at second]; Cruz struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Royals 4. ROYALS 7TH: Patek walked; Patek stole second; White singled to right [Patek scored]; White stole second; Otis grounded out (pitcher to first); Hurdle singled to center [White scored]; BURKE REPLACED TODD (PITCHING); WILSON RAN FOR HURDLE; Wilson stole second; McRae doubled to left [Wilson scored]; Brett singled to left [McRae scored, Brett to second (on throw to home)]; LaCock reached on a fielder's choice that turned into a double play [Brett out at third (third unassisted), LaCock out at first (third to first)]; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Royals 8. MARINERS 8TH: WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Reynolds lined to right; Roberts grounded out (third to first); Robertson popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Mariners 2, Royals 8. ROYALS 8TH: Porter grounded out (first unassisted); Cowens walked; Patek lined to left; White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Mariners 2, Royals 8. MARINERS 9TH: Ruppert Jones reached on an error by White; Stanton lined to right; Bochte grounded out (second to first) [Ruppert Jones to second]; Stein singled to left [Ruppert Jones scored (unearned)]; BERNHARDT BATTED FOR PLUMMER; Bernhardt singled to right [Stein to second]; Cruz singled to right [Stein to third, Bernhardt to second]; Reynolds grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Mariners 3, Royals 8.

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