With help from Jim Willoughby, Ken Kravec gained his fifth straight victory when the White Sox defeated the Royals, 6-1. Freddie Patek walked in the sixth inning, stole second and scored the Royals' run on a double by Al Cowens.

When the Royals threatened in the seventh, loading the bases with two out, Willoughby replaced Kravec and retired Hal McRae on a fly. Ron Blomberg drove in two runs with a double for the White Sox and Greg Pryor accounted for two with a sacrifice fly and a grounder. [The Sporting News]

Chicago White Sox 6, Kansas City Royals 1

Game Played on Saturday, June 17, 1978 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

Royals 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 6 1 White Sox 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 x - 6 11 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Patek ss 2 1 0 0 2 1 .266 Garr lf 4 2 2 0 1 0 .271 Washington ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Washington rf 5 0 3 0 0 1 .208 McRae dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .262 Orta 2b 1 1 1 0 0 0 .269 Brett 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .307 Pryor 2b 3 0 0 2 0 2 .268 Cowens rf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .258 Blomberg dh 4 1 1 2 0 0 .244 Zdeb lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .311 Lemon cf 3 1 1 0 1 0 .291 Braun ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .202 Breazeale 1b 2 0 1 1 0 1 .273 Porter c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Lamar Johnson ph,1b 2 0 1 0 0 1 .244 Kusnyer c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nahorodny c 2 0 0 1 1 0 .251 White 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .291 Kessinger ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .263 Hurdle 1b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .259 Soderholm 3b 3 1 0 0 0 0 .219 Wilson cf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .234 Kravec p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gale p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willoughby 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 33 1 6 1 3 5 Totals 32 6 11 6 4 5 Time of Game: 2:43 Attendance: 26,798 Left on Base: Royals 8, White Sox 9 DP: Royals 2, White Sox 1 Errors: Patek, Soderholm Doubles: Cowens (10), Blomberg (4) Stolen Bases: Patek (15), Lemon (3) Sacrifice Flies: Nahorodny (2), Pryor (1) GIDP: Wilson (2), Lemon (7), Soderholm (4) Hit by Pitch: Soderholm (2,by Mingori) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gale L(6-2) 1.1 5 5 5 3 0 0 12 3.53 Mingori 4.2 4 1 1 0 3 0 18 2.52 Pattin 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 9 2.89 Totals 8 11 6 6 4 5 0 39 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Kravec W(6-4) 6.2 4 1 1 3 5 0 28 4.14 Willoughby SV(8) 2.1 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 2.45 Totals 9 6 1 1 3 5 0 36 Hit by Pitch: Mingori (3) Wild Pitches: Pattin (1) Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Fred Spenn ROYALS 1ST: Patek struck out; McRae reached on an error by Soderholm [McRae to second]; Brett grounded out (second to first) [McRae to third]; Cowens grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr walked; Washington popped to catcher in foul territory; Orta singled [Garr to third, Orta to second (on throw to 3b)]; Blomberg doubled to left [Garr scored, Orta scored]; Lemon walked; Breazeale singled to center [Blomberg scored, Lemon to third]; Nahorodny hit a sacrifice fly to right [Lemon scored]; Kessinger walked [Breazeale to second]; Soderholm forced Kessinger; 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 4. ROYALS 2ND: PRYOR REPLACED ORTA (PLAYING 2B); Zdeb flied out to center; Porter lined to first; White flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 4. WHITE SOX 2ND: Garr singled to right; Washington singled to right [Garr to third]; Pryor hit a sacrifice fly to right [Garr scored]; MINGORI REPLACED GALE (PITCHING); Blomberg flied out to right; Lemon forced Washington (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 5. ROYALS 3RD: Hurdle popped to shortstop; Wilson struck out; Patek grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 3RD: Breazeale struck out; Nahorodny lined to left; Kessinger flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 5. ROYALS 4TH: McRae lined to left; Brett grounded out (second to first); Cowens singled to left; Zdeb singled to center [Cowens to second]; Porter grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 5. WHITE SOX 4TH: Soderholm was hit by a pitch; Garr singled to left [Soderholm to second]; Washington singled to left [Soderholm to third, Garr to second]; Pryor reached on an error by Patek [Soderholm scored, Garr to third, Washington to second]; Blomberg popped to first in foul territory; Lemon grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Pryor out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 6. ROYALS 5TH: White flied out to center; Hurdle struck out; Wilson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 6. WHITE SOX 5TH: LAMAR JOHNSON BATTED FOR BREAZEALE; Lamar Johnson singled to center; Nahorodny lined to third; Kessinger singled to right [Lamar Johnson to second]; Soderholm grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Kessinger out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 6. ROYALS 6TH: LAMAR JOHNSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Patek walked; Patek stole second; McRae struck out; Brett struck out; Cowens doubled to left [Patek scored]; Zdeb flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 6. WHITE SOX 6TH: Garr flied out to left; Washington struck out; Pryor was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 6. ROYALS 7TH: Porter flied out to right; White grounded out (second to first); Hurdle singled to center; Wilson walked [Hurdle to second]; Patek walked [Hurdle to third, Wilson to second]; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING); McRae flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 6. WHITE SOX 7TH: PATTIN REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Blomberg flied out to center; Lemon singled to left; Lemon stole second; Lamar Johnson was called out on strikes; Nahorodny walked; Pattin threw a wild pitch [Lemon to third, Nahorodny to second]; Kessinger grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 6. ROYALS 8TH: Brett singled to center; Cowens flied out to center; BRAUN BATTED FOR ZDEB; Braun lined to right; Porter forced Brett (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 6. WHITE SOX 8TH: BRAUN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); KUSNYER REPLACED PORTER (PLAYING C ); WASHINGTON REPLACED PATEK (PLAYING SS); Soderholm flied out to left; Garr grounded out (second to first); Washington singled to center; Pryor struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 6. ROYALS 9TH: White grounded out (pitcher to first); Hurdle singled to left; Wilson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Hurdle out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 6.

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