A single by Clint Hurdle in the bottom of the ninth lifted the Royals to a 4-3 triumph over the Angels. George Brett led off the ninth with a double and Darrell Porter received an intentional walk.

A sacrifice by Hal McRae advanced the runners and Dave LaRoche came on to pitch to Hurdle, who bounced a hit to right through the drawn-in infield. The Royals had a 3-1 lead going into the top of ninth, but Don Baylor smacked a two-run homer to tie the contest. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 4, California Angels 3

Game Played on Tuesday, July 4, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Angels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 - 3 5 0 Royals 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 - 4 9 1 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG R. Miller cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .274 White 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .278 Chalk 2b,ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .261 Otis cf 4 0 0 0 0 3 .280 Bostock rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .282 Brett 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .306 Baylor dh 3 1 1 2 1 0 .248 Porter c 3 1 1 0 1 1 .284 Jackson 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .317 McRae dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .259 Fairly 1b 4 0 1 0 0 2 .236 Hurdle rf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .257 Rudi lf 3 1 1 1 0 0 .207 LaCock 1b 3 1 1 1 0 0 .238 Downing c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .230 Patek ss 2 0 1 1 0 1 .274 Anderson ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .333 Poquette lf 3 0 2 0 0 0 .203 Solaita ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Wilson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Machemer pr,2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Gale p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Frost p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hartzell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 3 5 3 2 3 Totals 30 4 9 4 1 5 Time of Game: 2:27 Attendance: 40,030 Left on Base: Angels 3, Royals 4 DP: Angels 0, Royals 1 Errors: Brett Doubles: Porter (15), Hurdle (14), Brett (26) Home Runs: Rudi (4), Baylor (19), LaCock (3) Stolen Bases: White (9) Caught Stealing: Fairly (1) Sacrifice Hits: McRae (1) Sacrifice Flies: Patek (4) GIDP: R. Miller (6) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Frost 8 7 3 3 0 5 1 29 2.45 Hartzell L(1-6) 0.1 1 1 1 1 0 0 3 3.77 LaRoche 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.22 Totals 8.1 9 4 4 1 5 1 33 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gale W(8-3) 9 5 3 2 2 3 2 33 3.00 Totals 9 5 3 2 2 3 2 33 Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Dale Ford ANGELS 1ST: R. Miller grounded out (shortstop to first); Chalk grounded out (third to first); Bostock flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis was called out on strikes; Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 0. ANGELS 2ND: Baylor grounded out (third to first); Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first); Fairly grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Porter doubled to right; McRae grounded out (second to first) [Porter to third]; Hurdle grounded out (second to first) [Porter scored]; LaCock grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 1. ANGELS 3RD: Rudi grounded out (second to first); Downing popped to first in foul territory; Anderson flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 3RD: Patek struck out; Poquette singled to right; White forced Poquette (pitcher to shortstop); White stole second; Otis was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 1. ANGELS 4TH: R. Miller grounded out (shortstop to first); Chalk grounded out (second to first); Bostock singled to center; Baylor walked [Bostock to second]; Jackson flied to right in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 4TH: Brett popped to shortstop; Porter was called out on strikes; McRae grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 1. ANGELS 5TH: Fairly singled to second; Fairly was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Rudi flied out to right; Downing singled to center; Anderson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 5TH: Hurdle doubled to center; LaCock grounded out (first to pitcher) [Hurdle to third]; Patek hit a sacrifice fly to center [Hurdle scored]; Poquette singled to left [Poquette out at second (left to second)]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 2. ANGELS 6TH: R. Miller flied out to left; Chalk grounded out (first unassisted); Bostock flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 6TH: White grounded out (third to first); Otis was called out on strikes; Brett lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 2. ANGELS 7TH: Baylor popped to catcher; Jackson popped to first in foul territory; Fairly struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 7TH: Porter flied out to left; McRae grounded out (pitcher to first); Hurdle grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 2. ANGELS 8TH: Rudi homered; Downing walked; SOLAITA BATTED FOR ANDERSON; Solaita forced Downing (second to shortstop); MACHEMER RAN FOR SOLAITA; R. Miller grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Machemer out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Royals 2. ROYALS 8TH: MACHEMER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); CHALK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); LaCock homered; Patek singled to center [Patek out at second (center to shortstop)]; Poquette popped to third in foul territory; White singled to center; Otis flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 1, Royals 3. ANGELS 9TH: WILSON REPLACED POQUETTE (PLAYING LF); Chalk reached on an error by Brett; Bostock forced Chalk (shortstop to second); Baylor homered [Bostock scored (unearned)]; Jackson lined to center; Fairly struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Royals 3. ROYALS 9TH: HARTZELL REPLACED FROST (PITCHING); Brett doubled to center; Porter was walked intentionally; McRae out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Brett to third, Porter to second]; LAROCHE REPLACED HARTZELL (PITCHING); Hurdle singled to right [Brett scored, Porter to third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 3, Royals 4.

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