Joe Wallis, who dropped a fly ball to help the Royals win the opener of a doubleheader, 4-2, drove in three runs with a pair of doubles to spark the A's to a 9-3 victory in the nightcap. The A's led, 1-0, going into the eighth inning of the first game when Jerry Terrell began the Royals' half with a two-base hit off Bob Lacey. After Amos Otis drew a walk, Wallis dropped George Brett's line drive, enabling Terrell to score and Otis to advance to second.

A sacrifice by Darrell Porter moved the runners to second and third. After Hal McRae was given an intentional walk to load the bases, Elias Sosa replaced Lacey and walked pinch-hitter Steve Braun to force in Otis. Freddie Patek then stroked a single to plate Brett. Dave Heaverlo relieved and gave up another run on a single by Frank White before getting Tom Poquette to bounce into a double play.

In the second game, Wallis hit a two-run double in the fourth inning to send the A's ahead, 3-1, and added an RBI double and scored during a three-run sixth inning. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 4, Oakland Athletics 2 (Game 1)

Game Played on Sunday, July 2, 1978 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 - 4 11 0 A's 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 - 2 9 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Poquette lf,rf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .198 Wallis cf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .319 LaCock 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .219 Dilone lf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .255 Terrell ph,1b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .200 Page dh 4 1 2 1 0 0 .276 Otis cf 4 1 2 0 1 2 .288 Duncan 3b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .259 Brett 3b 5 1 2 0 0 1 .309 Gross 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .208 Porter c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .284 Newman 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .265 McRae dh 2 1 1 0 1 0 .268 Burke rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .220 Hurdle rf 1 0 1 0 1 0 .250 Essian c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .239 Zdeb ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .233 Edwards 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .239 Braun ph 0 0 0 1 1 0 .229 Revering ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .262 Wilson pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .243 Alston pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Patek ss 4 0 2 1 0 1 .269 Picciolo ss 2 0 1 0 0 0 .211 White 2b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .278 Armas ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .224 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 4 11 3 5 6 Totals 32 2 9 1 2 2 Time of Game: 2:29 Left on Base: Royals 10, A's 8 DP: Royals 0, A's 2 Errors: Wallis Doubles: Terrell (1), Wallis (4) Home Runs: Page (9) Stolen Bases: McRae (9), Duncan (1), Burke (5) Caught Stealing: Picciolo (1) Sacrifice Hits: Porter (1), Dilone (6), Duncan (3), Picciolo (1) GIDP: Poquette 2 (5) Hit by Pitch: McRae (4,by Langford) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gura W(6-2) 8.1 9 2 2 2 1 1 35 3.07 Hrabosky SV(12) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2.34 Totals 9 9 2 2 2 2 1 37 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford 5.2 6 0 0 2 5 0 24 2.87 Lacey L(6-4) 1.2 2 4 3 2 0 0 9 2.82 Sosa 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 2.95 Heaverlo 1.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 3.06 Totals 9 11 4 3 5 6 0 41 Hit by Pitch: Langford (1) Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Greg Kosc ROYALS 1ST: Poquette lined to center; LaCock flied out to left; Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Wallis singled to center; Dilone out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Wallis to second]; Page grounded out (pitcher to first); Duncan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0. ROYALS 2ND: Brett grounded out (first unassisted); Porter struck out; McRae singled to left; McRae stole second; Hurdle singled to left [McRae out at home (left to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman grounded out (shortstop to first); Burke flied out to left; Essian flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0. ROYALS 3RD: Patek struck out; White popped to first in foul territory; Poquette popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Edwards flied out to center; Picciolo grounded out (third to first); Wallis doubled to left; Dilone struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0. ROYALS 4TH: LaCock was called out on strikes; Otis singled to left; Brett struck out; Porter walked [Otis to second]; McRae lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Page lined to center; Duncan singled to left; Newman singled to center [Duncan to second]; Burke forced Newman (third to second) [Duncan to third]; Duncan stole home and Burke stole second; Essian flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 1. ROYALS 5TH: Hurdle walked; Patek singled to center [Hurdle to second]; White popped to pitcher; Hurdle was picked off second (pitcher to shortstop); Poquette forced Patek (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Picciolo singled to left; Picciolo was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop to pitcher); Wallis lined to pitcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 1. ROYALS 6TH: LaCock lined to center; Otis singled to left; Brett singled to right [Otis to second]; Porter popped to third; McRae was hit by a pitch [Otis to third, Brett to second]; LACEY REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); ZDEB BATTED FOR HURDLE; Zdeb forced McRae (third to second); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: ZDEB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Dilone singled; Page singled to right [Dilone to second]; Duncan out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Dilone to third, Page to second]; Newman was walked intentionally; Burke flied out to center; Essian popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 1. ROYALS 7TH: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); White singled to left; Poquette grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [White out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Edwards singled to left; Picciolo out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Edwards to second]; Wallis grounded out (shortstop to first) [Edwards to third]; Dilone flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 1. ROYALS 8TH: GROSS REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING 3B); TERRELL BATTED FOR LACOCK; Terrell doubled to left; Otis walked; Brett reached on an error by Wallis [Terrell scored (no RBI), Otis to second]; Porter out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Otis to third, Brett to second]; McRae was walked intentionally; SOSA REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); BRAUN BATTED FOR ZDEB; Braun walked [Otis scored, Brett to third, McRae to second]; WILSON RAN FOR BRAUN; Patek singled to left [Brett scored (unearned), McRae to third, Wilson to second]; HEAVERLO REPLACED SOSA (PITCHING); White singled [McRae scored, Wilson to third, Patek to second]; Poquette grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [White out at second]; 4 R (3 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: TERRELL STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); POQUETTE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Page homered; Gross flied out to center; Newman flied out to right; Burke popped to first; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Athletics 2. ROYALS 9TH: Terrell popped to catcher in foul territory; Otis struck out; Brett singled to left; Porter flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 9TH: Essian flied out to center; REVERING BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Revering walked; HRABOSKY REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); ALSTON RAN FOR REVERING; ARMAS BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Armas struck out; Wallis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Athletics 2.

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