The Royals piled up 18 hits and snapped the White Sox' seven-game winning streak, 13-2. John Wathan singled home the opening run of the game in the second inning, lofted a sacrifice fly to give the Royals a 5-2 lead in the sixth and stroked a scoring single during a five-run seventh inning. Al Cowens hit a sacrifice fly in the third and tripled home two other runs in the seventh. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 13, Chicago White Sox 2

Game Played on Sunday, June 4, 1978 (Day game) at Royals Stadium

White Sox 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 5 1 Royals 0 1 3 0 0 1 5 3 x - 13 18 1 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bosley rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .375 Patek ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Moore 3b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .293 McRae dh 5 1 1 1 0 0 .291 Lemon cf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .306 Brett 3b 4 2 3 1 1 0 .315 Nordhagen lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Otis cf 3 1 0 0 2 0 .305 Lamar Johnson 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .228 Cowens rf 3 3 2 3 1 0 .265 Nahorodny c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .260 Zdeb lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Orta 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Poquette ph,lf 3 1 2 1 0 0 .241 Soderholm dh 3 1 1 0 0 0 .214 Wilson pr,lf 1 2 1 2 0 0 .243 Pryor ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .321 Wathan 1b 4 1 2 3 0 0 .300 Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Porter c 5 1 5 1 0 0 .306 Schueler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White 2b 5 1 2 1 0 0 .287 LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Torrealba p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 2 5 1 1 1 Totals 38 13 18 13 4 1 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 38,698 Left on Base: White Sox 4, Royals 8 DP: White Sox 0, Royals 1 Errors: Nahorodny, Patek Doubles: Soderholm (5), Cowens (8), Porter (7), Brett (16), Wilson (5) Triples: Brett (3), Poquette (1), Porter 2 (2), Cowens (6) Stolen Bases: Otis 2 (13), Wilson (20) Caught Stealing: Wathan (1) Sacrifice Hits: Patek (3) Sacrifice Flies: Cowens (5), Wathan (1) GIDP: Lamar Johnson (9) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wood L(5-5) 2.1 6 4 4 1 1 0 13 4.30 Schueler 3.2 4 1 1 0 0 0 15 5.06 LaGrow 0.1 5 5 5 1 0 0 7 4.85 Torrealba 1.2 3 3 3 2 0 0 10 4.08 Totals 8 18 13 13 4 1 0 45 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff W(7-4) 7 4 2 0 1 0 0 26 2.55 Bird 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 5.76 Totals 9 5 2 0 1 1 0 33 Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Marty Springstead WHITE SOX 1ST: Bosley grounded out (first unassisted); Moore grounded out (shortstop to first); Lemon grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek popped to first in foul territory; McRae grounded out (third to first); Brett grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Nordhagen grounded out (shortstop to first); Lamar Johnson flied out to left; Nahorodny grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens doubled to left; Zdeb struck out; Wathan singled to left [Cowens scored]; Wathan was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Orta grounded out (second to first); Soderholm doubled to left; Pryor flied out to center; Bosley reached on an error by Patek [Soderholm scored (unearned) (no RBI), Bosley to second]; Moore singled to left [Bosley scored (unearned)]; Lemon walked [Moore to second]; Nordhagen lined to right; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 1. ROYALS 3RD: Porter singled to right; White singled to left [Porter to second]; Patek out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Porter to third, White to second]; McRae singled to left [Porter scored, White to third]; Brett singled to right [White scored, McRae to third]; Otis walked [Brett to second]; SCHUELER REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Cowens lined out on a sacrifice fly to right [McRae scored, Brett to third]; POQUETTE BATTED FOR ZDEB; Otis stole second; Poquette grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 4. WHITE SOX 4TH: POQUETTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Lamar Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Nahorodny singled to left; Orta flied out to left; Soderholm forced Nahorodny (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 4. ROYALS 4TH: Wathan flied out to right; Porter doubled to left; White flied out to right; Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 4. WHITE SOX 5TH: Pryor grounded out (shortstop to first); Bosley grounded out (third to first); Moore flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 4. ROYALS 5TH: McRae flied out to right; Brett tripled to right; Otis reached on a fielder's choice [Brett out at home (shortstop to catcher)]; Otis stole second [Otis to third (error by Nahorodny)]; Cowens lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 4. WHITE SOX 6TH: Lemon singled to left; Nordhagen lined to center; Lamar Johnson grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to first) [Lemon out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 4. ROYALS 6TH: Poquette tripled to right; Wathan hit a sacrifice fly to center [Poquette scored]; Porter tripled to left; White popped to first; Patek lined to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 5. WHITE SOX 7TH: Nahorodny grounded out (third to first); Orta flied out to right; Soderholm grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 5. ROYALS 7TH: LAGROW REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING); McRae flied out to right; Brett doubled to left; Otis walked; Cowens tripled to right [Brett scored, Otis scored]; Poquette singled to center [Cowens scored]; WILSON RAN FOR POQUETTE; Wilson stole second; Wathan singled to right [Wilson scored]; Porter singled to right [Wathan to third]; TORREALBA REPLACED LAGROW (PITCHING); White singled to left [Wathan scored, Porter to second]; Patek flied out to right; McRae grounded out (second to first); 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 10. WHITE SOX 8TH: WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); BIRD REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Pryor popped to first in foul territory; Bosley singled to left; Moore grounded out (first to pitcher) [Bosley to second]; Lemon was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 10. ROYALS 8TH: Brett walked; Otis lined to shortstop; Cowens walked [Brett to second]; Wilson doubled to right [Brett scored, Cowens scored]; Wathan lined to left; Porter tripled [Wilson scored]; White lined to center; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 13. WHITE SOX 9TH: Nordhagen grounded out (third to first); Lamar Johnson popped to first in foul territory; Nahorodny popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 2, Royals 13.

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