Hitless in his 24 previous at-bats, Ron Fairly singled with two out in the eighth to break a 1-1 tie and lift the Angels to a 3-1 victory over the Royals. With one out in the eighth, Lyman Bostock and Don Baylor hit consecutive singles and the runners advanced to second and third on a groundout by Ron Jackson.

Fairly, playing in his 2,400th major league game, then hit a sharp grounder between first and second to score Bostock. Royal second sacker Frank White made a diving stop of the ball but threw wildly past first and Baylor also scored. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 3, Kansas City Royals 1

Game Played on Thursday, June 29, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium

Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 3 2 Angels 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 x - 3 8 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braun lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .226 Landreaux lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .238 McRae dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Rettenmund ph,lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Brett 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .307 R. Miller cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .253 Otis cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .294 Bostock rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .284 Porter c 2 0 0 0 1 1 .285 Baylor dh 4 2 2 0 0 0 .252 LaCock 1b 2 0 0 1 0 0 .227 Jackson 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Hurdle rf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .256 Fairly 1b 3 0 1 3 0 0 .240 Patek ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Chalk ss 3 0 1 0 1 0 .273 White 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Grich 2b 3 0 2 0 0 0 .239 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Downing c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .206 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Frost p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 25 1 3 1 3 3 Totals 30 3 8 3 2 0 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 17,038 Left on Base: Royals 3, Angels 7 DP: Royals 0, Angels 2 Errors: Patek, White, Chalk Triples: R. Miller (2) Caught Stealing: Chalk (4) Sacrifice Hits: Patek 2 (6), Jackson (2) Sacrifice Flies: LaCock (2), Fairly (1) GIDP: McRae (11) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Pattin 6.1 4 1 1 1 0 0 23 3.10 Hrabosky L(2-3) 1.2 4 2 2 1 0 0 11 2.38 Totals 8 8 3 3 2 0 0 34 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Frost W(1-1) 8 3 1 1 3 3 0 28 1.93 LaRoche SV(9) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.38 Totals 9 3 1 1 3 3 0 31 Balks: Hrabosky (1) Umpires: HP - Dale Ford, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Nick Bremigan ROYALS 1ST: Braun walked; McRae grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Braun out at second]; Brett popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: Landreaux grounded out (third to first); R. Miller lined to left; Bostock flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ROYALS 2ND: Otis struck out; Porter grounded out (second to first); LaCock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 2ND: Baylor grounded out (second to first); Jackson lined to left; Fairly flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ROYALS 3RD: Hurdle singled to first; Patek out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Hurdle to second]; White popped to first in foul territory; Braun struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 3RD: Chalk walked; Chalk was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Grich singled to left; Downing grounded out (third to first) [Grich to second]; Landreaux grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ROYALS 4TH: McRae lined to left; Brett flied out to center; Otis lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 4TH: R. Miller grounded out (second to first); Bostock flied out to center; Baylor popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ROYALS 5TH: Porter struck out; LaCock lined to left; Hurdle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 5TH: Jackson flied out to right; Fairly grounded out (first unassisted); Chalk singled to right; Grich grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ROYALS 6TH: Patek grounded out (third to first); White flied out to left; Braun popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 6TH: Downing grounded out (third to first); Landreaux grounded out (first unassisted); R. Miller tripled to center; Bostock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ROYALS 7TH: McRae reached on an error by Chalk; Brett singled to center [McRae to second]; Otis singled to left [McRae out at home (left to catcher), Brett to third, Otis to second (on throw to home)]; Porter was walked intentionally; LaCock sacrifice flied into a double play to center [Brett scored, Otis to third, Porter out at second (center to shortstop to second)]; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 7TH: Baylor singled to center; Jackson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Baylor to second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Hrabosky balked [Baylor to third]; Fairly hit a sacrifice fly to center [Baylor scored]; Chalk reached on an error by Patek; Grich singled to center [Chalk to second]; Downing walked [Chalk to third, Grich to second]; RETTENMUND BATTED FOR LANDREAUX; Rettenmund flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Royals 1, Angels 1. ROYALS 8TH: RETTENMUND STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Hurdle walked; Patek out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Hurdle to second]; White grounded out (third to first); Braun lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Angels 1. ANGELS 8TH: R. Miller grounded out (pitcher to first); Bostock singled to center; Baylor singled to left [Bostock to second]; Jackson grounded out (second to first) [Bostock to third, Baylor to second]; Fairly singled to second [Bostock scored, Baylor scored, Fairly to second (error by White)]; Chalk flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Angels 3. ROYALS 9TH: LAROCHE REPLACED FROST (PITCHING); McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett grounded out (second to first); Otis flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Angels 3.

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