A leadoff homer by Al Oliver in the eighth inning lifted the Rangers to a 6-5 victory over the Royals, handing K. C. its eighth defeat in the last 10 games. Bobby Bonds triggered the Rangers to a 5-1 lead with a sacrifice fly and two-run homer, but the Royals tied the game with four runs in the seventh, the tying tally coming across on an RBI single by George Brett. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 6, Kansas City Royals 5

Game Played on Monday, June 12, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Rangers 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 - 6 8 0 Royals 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 - 5 9 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Harrah 3b 5 0 1 1 0 1 .207 Poquette lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .223 Wills 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .223 Patek pr,ss 1 1 1 0 0 0 .263 Bonds rf 4 1 1 3 0 0 .249 McRae dh 4 0 0 0 1 0 .276 Oliver lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .290 Brett 3b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .306 Zisk dh 3 0 0 0 1 2 .288 Otis cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .292 Hargrove 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .269 Porter c 4 1 2 0 0 1 .295 Jorgensen pr,1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Hurdle rf 2 2 1 1 1 0 .240 Sundberg c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .319 Cowens ph,rf 0 0 0 0 1 0 .254 Beniquez cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .265 LaCock 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .200 Thompson pr,cf 0 1 0 0 1 0 .267 Wathan ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .296 Campaneris ss 3 2 2 1 1 0 .183 Washington ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .259 Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Braun ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Comer p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Zdeb ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Lindblad p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .277 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 6 8 6 3 3 Totals 34 5 9 5 4 2 Time of Game: 2:18 Attendance: 38,146 Left on Base: Rangers 6, Royals 6 DP: Rangers 2, Royals 0 Doubles: Hargrove (13), Porter 2 (9), White (10), Poquette (6) Triples: Wills (1), Campaneris (1), LaCock (1) Home Runs: Bonds (7), Oliver (8) Stolen Bases: Harrah (15), White (7) Sacrifice Flies: Bonds (3) GIDP: McRae (8) Hit by Pitch: Beniquez (1,by Bird) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins 6.2 6 5 5 2 2 0 28 3.09 Comer W(3-1) 0.1 2 0 0 1 0 0 4 1.15 Lindblad SV(2) 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 2.13 Totals 9 9 5 5 4 2 0 38 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Bird 7 7 5 5 1 3 1 30 5.40 Mingori L(1-1) 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 1 3 2.66 Pattin 1.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 3.24 Totals 9 8 6 6 3 3 2 39 Hit by Pitch: Bird (1) Wild Pitches: Lindblad (2) Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry McCoy RANGERS 1ST: Harrah struck out; Wills tripled; Bonds hit a sacrifice fly to center [Wills scored]; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Poquette flied out to left; McRae lined to pitcher; Brett flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 0. RANGERS 2ND: Zisk was called out on strikes; Hargrove doubled to right; Sundberg popped to third; Beniquez grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Otis flied out to left; Porter struck out; Hurdle walked; LaCock tripled to center [Hurdle scored]; Washington grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 1. RANGERS 3RD: Campaneris singled to left; Harrah grounded out (third to first) [Campaneris to second]; Wills flied out to left; Bonds homered [Campaneris scored]; Oliver flied out to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 1. ROYALS 3RD: White singled to center; Poquette flied out to left; McRae flied out to center; White stole second; Brett walked; Otis forced White (third unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 1. RANGERS 4TH: Zisk struck out; Hargrove grounded out (second to first); Sundberg grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 1. ROYALS 4TH: Porter flied out to left; Hurdle flied out to right; LaCock popped to shortstop in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 1. RANGERS 5TH: Beniquez popped to second; Campaneris walked; Harrah flied out to center; Wills flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 1. ROYALS 5TH: Washington struck out; White lined to third; Poquette grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 1. RANGERS 6TH: Bonds flied out to right; Oliver singled to second; Zisk flied out to center; Hargrove flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 1. ROYALS 6TH: McRae flied out to center; Brett grounded out (second to first); Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 1. RANGERS 7TH: Sundberg flied out to left; Beniquez was hit by a pitch; THOMPSON RAN FOR BENIQUEZ; Campaneris tripled to center [Thompson scored]; On a bunt Harrah singled to pitcher [Campaneris scored]; Harrah stole second; Wills grounded out (second to pitcher) [Harrah to third]; Bonds grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 5, Royals 1. ROYALS 7TH: THOMPSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Porter doubled; Hurdle singled to center [Porter scored, Hurdle to second (on throw to home)]; LaCock flied out to left; BRAUN BATTED FOR WASHINGTON; Braun grounded out (shortstop to first) [Hurdle to third]; White doubled to left [Hurdle scored]; Poquette doubled to right [White scored]; COMER REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); PATEK RAN FOR POQUETTE; McRae walked; Brett singled to right [Patek scored, McRae to third]; Otis grounded out (third to first); 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 5, Royals 5. RANGERS 8TH: PATEK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); BRAUN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); MINGORI REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); Oliver homered; Zisk walked; Hargrove forced Zisk (first to shortstop); PATTIN REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); JORGENSEN RAN FOR HARGROVE; Sundberg grounded out (third to first) [Jorgensen to second]; Thompson was walked intentionally; Campaneris popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 6, Royals 5. ROYALS 8TH: JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Porter doubled to center; LINDBLAD REPLACED COMER (PITCHING); COWENS BATTED FOR HURDLE; Lindblad threw a wild pitch [Porter to third]; Cowens walked; WATHAN BATTED FOR LACOCK; Wathan reached on a fielder's choice that turned into a double play [Porter out at home (third unassisted), Wathan out at first (third to first), Cowens to second]; ZDEB BATTED FOR BRAUN; Zdeb grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 6, Royals 5. RANGERS 9TH: COWENS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); WATHAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); ZDEB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Harrah popped to third; Wills grounded out (second to pitcher); Bonds flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Royals 5. ROYALS 9TH: White flied out to right; Patek singled to left; McRae grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Patek out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 6, Royals 5.

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