Oakland Athletics 5, Kansas City Royals 4 (Game 2) Game Played on Friday, June 23, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium A's 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 5 9 1 Royals 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 - 4 12 2 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Dilone rf 5 0 2 1 0 2 .273 Patek ss 3 0 2 1 1 0 .280 Fuentes 2b 4 1 0 0 0 2 .000 White 2b 5 0 1 1 0 1 .279 Edwards 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .216 Brett 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .291 Guerrero ss 4 1 2 1 0 0 .282 McRae dh 2 2 2 0 2 0 .273 Page dh 3 1 1 2 1 0 .260 Cowens rf,cf 5 0 3 0 0 0 .250 Revering 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .260 Porter c 4 0 1 2 0 0 .292 Duncan 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Zdeb lf 2 1 0 0 0 0 .250 Gross 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .213 Braun ph,lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .226 Alston lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .206 Hurdle 1b,rf 3 0 1 0 2 0 .267 Essian c 3 1 2 0 1 0 .242 Wilson cf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .228 Armas cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .226 Poquette ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .212 Conroy p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Terrell ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .192 Broberg p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 5 9 4 3 6 Totals 35 4 12 4 6 1 Time of Game: 3:00 Attendance: 38,841 Left on Base: A's 6, Royals 13 DP: A's 1, Royals 1 Errors: Alston, Porter, Hurdle Doubles: Hurdle (11), McRae 2 (18) Home Runs: Page (7) Stolen Bases: Alston (2), Patek 2 (22) Caught Stealing: Page (6), Patek (4) Sacrifice Hits: Armas (2) Sacrifice Flies: Patek (3), Porter (1) GIDP: Guerrero (8), Hurdle (2) Hit by Pitch: McRae (3,by Conroy) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Conroy 3.1 2 1 1 5 0 0 18 2.70 Broberg W(7-6) 3.2 4 1 1 1 1 0 16 3.79 Lacey 0.2 3 1 1 0 0 0 5 2.63 Sosa 0.1 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 3.20 Heaverlo SV(3) 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.38 Totals 9 12 4 4 6 1 0 44 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard L(7-10) 7 9 5 1 3 6 1 32 3.77 Mingori 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2.33 Totals 9 9 5 1 3 6 1 38 Hit by Pitch: Conroy (1) Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Bill Haller, 3B - Lou DiMuro ATHLETICS 1ST: Dilone struck out; Debut game for Tim Conroy; Fuentes struck out; Guerrero singled to center; Page grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Patek singled to center; Patek stole second; White flied out to right; Brett grounded out (third to first); McRae was hit by a pitch; Cowens lined to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Revering grounded out (pitcher to first); Duncan struck out; Alston grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Porter flied out to right; Zdeb flied out to center; Hurdle walked; Wilson forced Hurdle (second unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Essian singled to left; Armas out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Essian to second]; Dilone struck out; Fuentes reached on an error by Hurdle [Essian scored (unearned) (no RBI), Fuentes to second]; Guerrero singled to right [Fuentes scored (unearned), Guerrero to second (on throw to home)]; Page homered (unearned) [Guerrero scored (unearned)]; Revering singled to right; Duncan forced Revering (shortstop to second); 4 R (0 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 4, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Patek walked; On a bunt White made an out to catcher; Frank White called for interference; Royals Manager Whitey Herzog ejected by HP umpire Ken Kaiser; Patek stole second; Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae walked; Cowens popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 4, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Alston singled to right; Alston stole second [Alston to third (error by Porter)]; Essian walked; Armas walked [Essian to second]; Dilone singled to left [Alston scored, Essian to third, Armas to second]; Fuentes popped to second; Guerrero grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Dilone out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: Porter singled to center; Zdeb forced Porter (shortstop to second); Hurdle walked [Zdeb to second]; Wilson walked [Zdeb to third, Hurdle to second]; BROBERG REPLACED CONROY (PITCHING); Patek hit a sacrifice fly to center [Zdeb scored, Hurdle to third, Wilson to second]; White struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Page popped to second; Revering struck out; Duncan flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 1. ROYALS 5TH: Brett flied out to center; McRae walked; Cowens singled to left [McRae to second]; Porter popped to shortstop; BRAUN BATTED FOR ZDEB; Braun popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: BRAUN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Alston lined to center; Essian singled to left; Armas popped to catcher in foul territory; On a bunt Dilone singled to third [Essian to second]; Fuentes struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 1. ROYALS 6TH: EDWARDS REPLACED FUENTES (PLAYING 2B); Hurdle doubled to left [Hurdle to third (error by Alston)]; POQUETTE BATTED FOR WILSON; Poquette reached on a fielder's choice [Hurdle out at home (pitcher to third to catcher), Poquette to second]; Patek popped to third; White flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: POQUETTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); COWENS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Guerrero popped to first; Page walked; Page was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Revering popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 1. ROYALS 7TH: Brett grounded out (first unassisted); McRae doubled to right; Cowens singled to center [McRae to third]; Porter grounded out (first unassisted) [McRae scored, Cowens to second]; Braun flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 2. ATHLETICS 8TH: MINGORI REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Duncan grounded out (second to first); Alston popped to shortstop; Essian flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 2. ROYALS 8TH: LACEY REPLACED BROBERG (PITCHING); GROSS REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING 3B); Hurdle grounded out (pitcher to first); TERRELL BATTED FOR POQUETTE; Terrell singled to left; Patek singled to left [Terrell to second]; White singled to left [Terrell scored, Patek to second]; Brett lined to second; SOSA REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Patek was caught stealing third (catcher to third); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: LACOCK REPLACED TERRELL (PLAYING 1B); HURDLE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Armas popped to shortstop; Dilone flied out to left; Edwards grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 3. ROYALS 9TH: McRae doubled to right; Cowens singled to left [McRae to third]; HEAVERLO REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); Porter lined out on a sacrifice fly to center [McRae scored]; Braun singled to right [Cowens to third]; Hurdle grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Braun out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 5, Royals 4.

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