Dividing a doubleheader, the Royals captured the first game, 3-2, in 11 innings, and the White Sox took the second contest in an 11-0 rout. The score was 2-2 in the opener when Hal McRae opened the Royals' 11th with a walk, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Joe Zdeb and scored on single by Darrell Porter.

The nightcap was easy for the White Sox. Eric Soderholm hit a pair of solo homers and Claudell Washington and Chet Lemon each had two-run blasts. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 3, Chicago White Sox 2 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, June 18, 1978 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I

Royals 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 - 3 6 2 White Sox 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 7 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Patek ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .262 Garr lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .267 LaCock ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .204 Bannister dh,ss 4 0 1 0 1 0 .263 White 2b 3 0 2 0 1 0 .297 Lemon cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 .283 Terrell pr,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .188 Nordhagen rf 2 1 1 0 1 0 .281 Brett 3b 4 0 0 0 1 1 .300 Washington ph,rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .200 Cowens rf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .254 Lamar Johnson 1b 4 1 1 0 1 1 .244 McRae dh 4 1 0 0 1 0 .258 Nahorodny c 4 0 1 0 1 0 .251 Zdeb lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Cruz pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Porter c 5 0 1 1 0 2 .291 Soderholm 3b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .224 Hurdle 1b 2 2 1 1 2 0 .262 Kessinger ss,2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .257 Washington pr,ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Pryor 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .270 Wilson cf 3 0 2 1 1 0 .244 Blomberg ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .242 Hassler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaGrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 3 6 3 8 6 Totals 37 2 7 1 5 5 Time of Game: 3:08 Left on Base: Royals 8, White Sox 9 DP: Royals 1, White Sox 1 Errors: White, Cowens, Lamar Johnson Doubles: Wilson (6) Home Runs: Hurdle (3) Stolen Bases: Brett (6), Wilson (25), Patek (16), Washington (8) Caught Stealing: Terrell (4), Washington (3) Sacrifice Hits: Zdeb (4), Garr (3), Kessinger (5) GIDP: Cowens (2), Bannister (2) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hassler 6.2 6 2 2 4 2 0 29 4.68 Bird 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5.02 Hrabosky W(2-2) 2.2 0 0 0 1 3 0 9 2.15 Totals 11 7 2 2 5 5 0 44 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Wood 8.2 5 2 2 7 5 1 36 4.23 LaGrow L(1-2) 2.1 1 1 1 1 1 0 8 3.89 Totals 11 6 3 3 8 6 1 44 Wild Pitches: Hassler (1) Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Fred Spenn, 3B - Dale Ford ROYALS 1ST: Patek popped to shortstop; White singled to left; Brett struck out; Cowens walked [White to second]; McRae flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr walked; Bannister grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Garr out at second]; Lemon grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. ROYALS 2ND: Zdeb grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter popped to shortstop; Hurdle homered; Wilson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Nordhagen singled to left; Lamar Johnson singled to left [Nordhagen to second]; Nahorodny forced Lamar Johnson (third to second) [Nordhagen scored (error by White), Nahorodny to second]; Soderholm flied out to center [Nahorodny to third]; Kessinger grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 1. ROYALS 3RD: Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); White grounded out (third to first); Brett walked; Brett stole second; Cowens struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 3RD: Pryor singled to right; Hassler threw a wild pitch [Pryor to second]; Garr out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Pryor to third]; Bannister popped to catcher in foul territory; Lemon struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 1. ROYALS 4TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Zdeb grounded out (third to first); Porter popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 4TH: Nordhagen grounded out (shortstop to first); Lamar Johnson walked; Nahorodny singled to right [Lamar Johnson to third (error by Cowens)]; Soderholm singled to left [Lamar Johnson scored, Nahorodny to second]; Kessinger flied out to center; Pryor flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 2. ROYALS 5TH: Hurdle grounded out (first unassisted); Wilson singled to center; Patek walked [Wilson to second]; Wilson stole third and Patek stole second; White walked; Brett popped to shortstop; Cowens grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 5TH: Garr flied out to right; Bannister singled to center; Lemon grounded out (third to first) [Bannister to second]; Nordhagen walked; Lamar Johnson struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 2. ROYALS 6TH: McRae grounded out (third to first); Zdeb flied out to center; Porter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 6TH: Nahorodny grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm flied out to center; Kessinger flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, White Sox 2. ROYALS 7TH: Hurdle walked; Wilson doubled to center [Hurdle scored, Wilson out at third (center to shortstop to third)]; Patek struck out; White singled to left; TERRELL RAN FOR WHITE; Terrell was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: TERRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Pryor grounded out (third to first); Garr lined to shortstop; Bannister walked; BIRD REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING); Lemon forced Bannister (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 2. ROYALS 8TH: Brett reached on an error by Lamar Johnson; Cowens grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Brett out at second]; McRae flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 8TH: WASHINGTON BATTED FOR NORDHAGEN; Washington lined to left; Lamar Johnson flied out to center; Nahorodny popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 2. ROYALS 9TH: WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Zdeb popped to second; Porter struck out; Hurdle walked; WASHINGTON RAN FOR HURDLE; Washington stole second; Wilson walked; LAGROW REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); LACOCK BATTED FOR PATEK; LaCock lined to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 9TH: LACOCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); WASHINGTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Soderholm singled to left; Kessinger out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Soderholm to second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); BLOMBERG BATTED FOR PRYOR; Blomberg lined to right; Garr flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 2. ROYALS 10TH: LAGROW REPLACED BLOMBERG (PITCHING); KESSINGER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING 2B); BANNISTER CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Terrell lined to second; Brett grounded out (second to first); Cowens was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 10TH: Bannister popped to third; Lemon struck out; Washington was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 2. ROYALS 11TH: McRae walked; Zdeb out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [McRae to second]; Porter singled to right [McRae scored]; Washington forced Porter (second unassisted); Washington was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 11TH: Lamar Johnson grounded out (second to first); Nahorodny walked; CRUZ RAN FOR NAHORODNY; Soderholm popped to shortstop; Kessinger struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 2.

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