A six-run outburst in the fourth inning carried the White Sox past the Royals, 9-5, for their seventh straight victory. Greg Pryor and Thad Bosley opened the big stanza with singles and Ralph Garr sacrificed.

After an intentional pass to Jorge Orta, Jim Breazeale knocked in two runs with a single and Chet Lemon plated another pair with a double. Lamar Johnson then walked and Don Kessinger tripled for two more runs. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 9, Kansas City Royals 5

Game Played on Saturday, June 3, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

White Sox 2 0 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 - 9 11 0 Royals 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 - 5 9 2 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bosley rf 4 3 3 0 0 0 .389 White 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .283 Cruz rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Braun 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .227 Garr lf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .275 Brett 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .301 Orta 2b 2 1 1 2 1 0 .285 Terrell 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .196 Breazeale dh 4 1 3 3 0 1 .375 McRae dh 3 1 0 0 1 0 .293 Bannister ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .120 Otis cf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .311 Lemon cf 4 1 1 1 1 1 .306 Hurdle 1b 2 1 1 0 0 1 .252 Lamar Johnson 1b 4 1 0 0 1 0 .233 Cowens rf 4 2 1 0 1 1 .258 Nahorodny c 3 0 0 1 1 0 .260 Zdeb lf 4 1 3 2 0 0 .345 Kessinger ss 5 0 1 2 0 0 .271 Wathan 1b,c 3 0 1 0 1 0 .286 Pryor 3b 4 1 1 0 1 0 .340 Patek ss 3 0 1 1 0 1 .274 Kravec p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Washington ss 1 0 1 1 0 0 .364 Willoughby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Porter c 1 0 0 0 1 0 .283 Hinton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wilson cf 1 0 1 1 1 0 .236 Gale p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 9 11 9 5 3 Totals 33 5 9 5 6 5 Time of Game: 2:59 Attendance: 35,230 Left on Base: White Sox 9, Royals 9 DP: White Sox 2, Royals 0 Errors: White, Gura Doubles: Garr (3), Breazeale (1), Lemon (13), Zdeb (2), Patek (9) Triples: Kessinger (1), Orta (2) Stolen Bases: Bosley (3), Patek (13), Wilson (19) Sacrifice Hits: Garr (1), White (8) Sacrifice Flies: Orta 2 (4), Nahorodny (1) GIDP: McRae (7) Hit by Pitch: McRae (1,by Kravec) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kravec W(3-4) 7 6 4 4 6 2 0 32 5.36 Willoughby 0.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 3.24 Hinton SV(1) 1.2 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0.75 Totals 9 9 5 5 6 5 0 41 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gale L(5-1) 3.1 8 6 6 3 1 0 22 3.63 Gura 3.2 2 3 2 2 1 0 16 3.56 Hrabosky 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 1.33 Mingori 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.25 Totals 9 11 9 8 5 3 0 45 Hit by Pitch: Kravec (4) Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Durwood Merrill WHITE SOX 1ST: Bosley singled to right; Garr doubled to right [Bosley to third]; Orta hit a sacrifice fly to left [Bosley scored]; Breazeale singled to center [Garr scored]; Lemon flied out to center; Lamar Johnson grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett grounded out (second to first); McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Nahorodny lined to second; Kessinger flied out to left; Pryor walked; Bosley singled to right [Pryor to second]; Garr struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens grounded out (first to pitcher); Zdeb doubled to center; Wathan flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Orta reached on an error by White; Breazeale doubled to right [Orta to third]; Lemon walked; Lamar Johnson popped to second; Nahorodny popped to first in foul territory; Kessinger flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Patek doubled to left; Porter walked; White out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Patek to third, Porter to second]; Brett flied into a double play (third to catcher) [Patek out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Pryor singled to center; Bosley singled to left [Pryor to second]; Garr out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Pryor to third, Bosley to second]; Orta was walked intentionally; Breazeale singled to right [Pryor scored, Bosley scored, Orta to second]; GURA REPLACED GALE (PITCHING); Lemon doubled to left [Orta scored, Breazeale to third]; Lamar Johnson was walked intentionally; Nahorodny hit a sacrifice fly to center [Breazeale scored]; Kessinger tripled to left [Lemon scored, Lamar Johnson scored]; Pryor grounded out (third to first); 6 R, 5 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 8, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: McRae walked; Otis popped to shortstop; Cowens singled to center [McRae to second]; Zdeb singled [McRae scored, Cowens to second]; Wathan singled to left [Cowens to third, Zdeb to second]; Patek forced Wathan (third to second) [Cowens scored, Zdeb to third]; Patek stole second; Porter grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 8, Royals 2. WHITE SOX 5TH: Bosley reached on an error by Gura; Bosley stole second; Garr grounded out (pitcher to first) [Bosley to third]; Orta hit a sacrifice fly to right [Bosley scored (unearned)]; Breazeale struck out; 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 9, Royals 2. ROYALS 5TH: CRUZ REPLACED BOSLEY (PLAYING RF); White flied out to left; Brett flied out to left; McRae was hit by a pitch; Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 9, Royals 2. WHITE SOX 6TH: Lemon flied out to right; Lamar Johnson flied out to left; Nahorodny walked; Kessinger popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 9, Royals 2. ROYALS 6TH: Cowens popped to shortstop; Zdeb grounded out (shortstop to first); Wathan walked; Patek struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 9, Royals 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: HURDLE REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING 1B); WATHAN CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING C ); WASHINGTON REPLACED PATEK (PLAYING SS); WILSON REPLACED PORTER (PLAYING CF); Pryor popped to second; Cruz flied out to center; Garr lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 9, Royals 2. ROYALS 7TH: Wilson walked; Wilson stole second; White walked; Brett flied out to center; McRae grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [White out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 9, Royals 2. WHITE SOX 8TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); BRAUN REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING 3B); TERRELL REPLACED BRETT (PLAYING 2B); Orta tripled; BANNISTER BATTED FOR BREAZEALE; Bannister grounded out (first unassisted); Lemon struck out; Lamar Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 9, Royals 2. ROYALS 8TH: BANNISTER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Hurdle singled to center; Cowens walked [Hurdle to second]; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); Zdeb singled to left [Hurdle scored, Cowens to second]; Wathan flied out to right [Cowens to third]; Washington singled to right [Cowens scored, Zdeb to second]; Wilson singled to center [Zdeb scored, Washington to second]; HINTON REPLACED WILLOUGHBY (PITCHING); Braun struck out; Terrell grounded out (second to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 9, Royals 5. WHITE SOX 9TH: MINGORI REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); Nahorodny grounded out (shortstop to first); Kessinger popped to catcher in foul territory; Pryor grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 9, Royals 5. ROYALS 9TH: McRae flied out to right; Hurdle struck out; Cowens was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 9, Royals 5.

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