Rookie Rich Gale yielded just one hit -- a triple by Al Oliver with two out in the seventh inning -- as the Royals downed the Rangers, 5-0. Tom Poquette drove in three runs with a double in the third, a sacrifice fly in the fourth and single in the sixth. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 5, Texas Rangers 0

Game Played on Tuesday, June 13, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 0 Royals 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 0 x - 5 12 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Harrah 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .203 Poquette lf 3 0 2 3 0 0 .237 Wills 2b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .219 Zdeb lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Bonds rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .245 McRae dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .272 Oliver cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .291 Brett 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .304 Zisk lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .286 Otis cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .291 Hargrove 1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .266 Porter c 4 0 2 0 0 0 .300 Lowenstein dh 2 0 0 0 1 1 .279 LaCock 1b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .205 Sundberg c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .314 Cowens rf 4 1 1 0 0 1 .254 Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .179 Patek ss 4 0 1 1 0 1 .263 Alexander p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White 2b 4 2 3 0 0 0 .288 Umbarger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gale p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 24 0 1 0 6 4 Totals 34 5 12 5 1 3 Time of Game: 2:08 Attendance: 22,103 Left on Base: Rangers 3, Royals 7 DP: Rangers 1, Royals 3 Doubles: Porter (10), White 2 (12), Poquette (7), Otis (14), LaCock (3), Brett (18) Triples: Oliver (4) Caught Stealing: Bonds (3) Sacrifice Flies: Poquette (4) GIDP: Hargrove (3), Sundberg (8), LaCock (1) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Alexander L(5-4) 6 11 5 5 1 1 0 29 4.03 Umbarger 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 4.98 Totals 8 12 5 5 1 3 0 36 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gale W(6-1) 9 1 0 0 6 4 0 30 2.89 Totals 9 1 0 0 6 4 0 30 Wild Pitches: Alexander (1) Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Larry McCoy RANGERS 1ST: Harrah grounded out (third to first); Wills grounded out (pitcher to first); Bonds walked; Bonds was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Poquette grounded out (pitcher to first); McRae lined to shortstop; Brett popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. RANGERS 2ND: Oliver grounded out (pitcher to first); Zisk walked; Hargrove grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Zisk out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Otis flied out to right; Porter doubled to right; LaCock flied out to center; Cowens struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. RANGERS 3RD: Lowenstein walked; Sundberg grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Lowenstein out at second]; Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Patek flied out to right; White doubled; Poquette doubled to center [White scored]; McRae flied out to right [Poquette to third]; Brett flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1. RANGERS 4TH: Harrah grounded out (shortstop to first); Wills flied out to center; Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 4TH: Otis doubled to center; Porter popped to shortstop; LaCock doubled to right [Otis scored]; Cowens singled to shortstop [LaCock to third]; Patek singled to left [LaCock scored, Cowens to second]; White singled to shortstop [Cowens to third, Patek to second]; Poquette hit a sacrifice fly to center [Cowens scored]; Alexander threw a wild pitch [Patek to third, White to second]; McRae walked; Brett popped to first in foul territory; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 4. RANGERS 5TH: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Zisk grounded out (shortstop to first); Hargrove walked; Lowenstein flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 4. ROYALS 5TH: Otis popped to second; Porter singled to center; LaCock grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Porter out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 4. RANGERS 6TH: Sundberg flied out to left; Campaneris grounded out (shortstop to first); Harrah popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 4. ROYALS 6TH: Cowens flied out to right; Patek flied out to right; White doubled to left; Poquette singled to left [White scored]; McRae flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 5. RANGERS 7TH: Wills struck out; Bonds was called out on strikes; Oliver tripled to right; Zisk flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 5. ROYALS 7TH: UMBARGER REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Brett doubled to center; Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter flied out to center; LaCock was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 5. RANGERS 8TH: Hargrove struck out; Lowenstein struck out; Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 5. ROYALS 8TH: Cowens flied out to left; Patek struck out; White grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 5. RANGERS 9TH: ZDEB REPLACED POQUETTE (PLAYING LF); Campaneris grounded out (first unassisted); Harrah walked; Wills walked [Harrah to second]; Bonds lined into a double play (shortstop to second) [Harrah out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 5.

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