Texas Rangers 3, Kansas City Royals 2 (Game 2) Game Played on Thursday, June 8, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium Royals 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 9 1 Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 3 5 2 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 .241 Harrah 3b 6 0 0 0 0 0 .205 McRae dh 5 1 2 0 1 1 .288 Wills 2b 5 1 1 0 1 0 .228 Brett 3b 6 0 1 0 0 0 .310 Hargrove 1b 2 1 1 0 3 1 .262 Cowens rf 6 0 2 1 0 1 .263 Oliver lf 5 0 0 0 1 0 .279 Wathan 1b 5 1 1 0 0 2 .292 Zisk dh 3 1 1 0 1 1 .294 Zdeb lf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .294 Thompson pr,dh 2 0 0 0 0 1 .267 White 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 .281 Bonds rf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .249 Porter c 5 0 1 1 0 1 .298 Sundberg c 4 0 1 2 1 0 .333 Washington ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 .313 Beniquez cf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .271 Gale p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Campaneris ss 2 0 0 0 1 0 .170 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lowenstein ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bevacqua ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .161 Mason ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .167 Matlack p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cleveland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Comer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 45 2 9 2 2 7 Totals 39 3 5 3 9 3 Time of Game: 4:06 Attendance: 32,886 Left on Base: Royals 8, Rangers 10 DP: Royals 1, Rangers 1 Errors: Gale, Campaneris 2 Doubles: McRae (15) Stolen Bases: McRae (3), Cowens (7), Wills 2 (17), Thompson (3), Bonds (11) Caught Stealing: Wilson (7), McRae (3) Sacrifice Hits: Zdeb (2), Wilson (4), Bonds (3), Hargrove (1) Sacrifice Flies: Bonds (2) GIDP: Cowens (1) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gale 8.2 3 2 2 8 1 0 35 3.38 Hrabosky L(1-1) 3.2 2 1 1 1 2 0 15 1.48 Pattin 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.60 Totals 12.2 5 3 3 9 3 0 51 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Matlack 9 7 2 1 1 5 0 35 2.72 Cleveland 3 1 0 0 1 2 0 11 1.88 Comer W(2-1) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.32 Totals 13 9 2 1 2 7 0 49 Wild Pitches: Gale (1), Matlack (4) Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Ron Luciano, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Vic Voltaggio ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae doubled to right; Brett grounded out (second to first) [McRae to third]; Cowens singled to right [McRae scored]; Wathan struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Wills walked; Wills stole second; Hargrove walked; Gale threw a wild pitch [Wills to third, Hargrove to second]; Oliver popped to catcher in foul territory; Zisk struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. ROYALS 2ND: Zdeb grounded out (shortstop to first); White grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: Bonds flied out to center; Sundberg flied out to center; Beniquez popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. ROYALS 3RD: Washington flied out to right; Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae reached on an error by Campaneris; McRae stole second; Brett flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 3RD: Campaneris grounded out (first unassisted); Harrah flied out to center; Wills flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. ROYALS 4TH: Cowens singled to center; Cowens stole second; Matlack threw a wild pitch [Cowens to third]; Wathan grounded out (third to first); Zdeb struck out; White grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 4TH: Hargrove walked; Oliver lined into a double play (first to shortstop) [Hargrove out at second]; Zisk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. ROYALS 5TH: Porter struck out; Washington popped to catcher in foul territory; Wilson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 5TH: Bonds popped to first in foul territory; Sundberg flied out to right; Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. ROYALS 6TH: McRae struck out; Brett grounded out (second to first); Cowens was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. RANGERS 6TH: Campaneris grounded out (third to first); Harrah grounded out (third to first); Wills grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Rangers 0. ROYALS 7TH: Wathan reached on an error by Campaneris; Zdeb out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Wathan to second]; White popped to second; Porter singled to center [Wathan scored (unearned)]; Washington grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 0. RANGERS 7TH: Hargrove walked; Oliver flied out to left; Zisk singled to left [Hargrove to second]; Bonds walked [Hargrove to third, Zisk to second]; Sundberg singled to left [Hargrove scored, Zisk scored, Bonds to second]; Beniquez flied out to right; Campaneris walked [Bonds to third, Sundberg to second]; Harrah flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 2. ROYALS 8TH: Wilson singled to right; Wilson was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); McRae walked; McRae was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Brett singled to center; Cowens grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 2. RANGERS 8TH: Wills grounded out (pitcher to first); Hargrove singled to right [Hargrove out at second (right to shortstop)]; Oliver grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 2. ROYALS 9TH: Wathan singled to left; Zdeb forced Wathan (first to shortstop); White popped to second; Porter lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 2. RANGERS 9TH: Zisk walked; THOMPSON RAN FOR ZISK; Bonds reached on an error by Gale on a sacrifice bunt [Thompson to second]; Thompson stole third and Bonds stole second; Sundberg was walked intentionally; Beniquez forced Thompson (shortstop to catcher) [Bonds to third, Sundberg to second]; LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR CAMPANERIS; Bonds was picked off third (catcher to third); HRABOSKY REPLACED GALE (PITCHING); BEVACQUA BATTED FOR LOWENSTEIN; Bevacqua flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 2. ROYALS 10TH: THOMPSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); MASON REPLACED BEVACQUA (PLAYING SS); CLEVELAND REPLACED MATLACK (PITCHING); Washington singled to right; Wilson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Washington to second]; McRae flied out to center [Washington to third]; Brett flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 2. RANGERS 10TH: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Wills popped to first in foul territory; Hargrove struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 2. ROYALS 11TH: Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); Wathan struck out; Zdeb struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 2. RANGERS 11TH: Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first); Thompson struck out; Bonds singled to shortstop; Sundberg grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 2. ROYALS 12TH: White walked; Porter grounded out (first unassisted) [White to second]; Washington grounded out (shortstop to first) [White to third]; Wilson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 2. RANGERS 12TH: Beniquez flied out to right; Mason flied out to center; Harrah popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 2. ROYALS 13TH: COMER REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING); McRae singled to center; Brett forced McRae (second to shortstop); Cowens grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Brett out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 2. RANGERS 13TH: Wills singled to third; Wills stole second; Hargrove reached on a fielder's choice on a sacrifice bunt [Wills to third]; Oliver was walked intentionally [Hargrove to second]; Thompson flied out to center; PATTIN REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); Bonds hit a sacrifice fly to right [Wills scored]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 3.

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