Seven straight hits during a seven-run third inning carried the Royals to a 10-4 thumping of the Orioles. George Brett, Joe Zdeb, Hal McRae and Amos Otis hit consecutive singles to produce two runs and Darrell Porter followed with a three-run homer. John Wathan hit an inside-the-park drive off reliever John Flinn and Clint Hurdle doubled before the Orioles got the first out of the inning. Frank White then singled to drive in Hurdle. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 10, Baltimore Orioles 4

Game Played on Sunday, July 9, 1978 (Day game) at Royals Stadium

Orioles 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 - 4 7 0 Royals 0 2 7 1 0 0 0 0 x - 10 15 2 Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Harlow cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Brett 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .319 Dauer 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .254 Zdeb lf 5 2 2 0 0 0 .256 Singleton rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .281 McRae dh 5 1 2 1 0 0 .261 Murray 1b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .271 Otis cf 4 1 2 2 1 0 .276 May dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .248 Porter c 3 2 1 3 1 1 .281 Mora lf 3 2 1 0 1 0 .250 Wathan 1b 4 2 3 2 0 0 .300 DeCinces 3b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .237 Hurdle rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .259 Garcia ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .297 Patek ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 .274 Skaggs c 2 0 0 0 1 0 .143 White 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .286 Hendricks ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .308 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Flanagan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Flinn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McGregor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kerrigan p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 4 7 2 2 4 Totals 38 10 15 10 2 3 Time of Game: 2:16 Attendance: 24,662 Left on Base: Orioles 5, Royals 6 DP: Orioles 0, Royals 1 Errors: Zdeb, Patek Doubles: Mora (6), DeCinces (14), Wathan (5), Hurdle (15), Otis (16) Home Runs: DeCinces (10), Porter (7), Wathan (1) Caught Stealing: Patek (5) GIDP: Murray (11) Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Flanagan L(12-6) 2.1 7 7 7 1 1 1 14 3.53 Flinn 1.2 5 3 3 0 0 1 10 8.22 McGregor 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 12 3.94 Kerrigan 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 5.65 Totals 8 15 10 10 2 3 2 40 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard W(9-11) 9 7 4 3 2 4 1 36 3.73 Totals 9 7 4 3 2 4 1 36 Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Steve Palermo ORIOLES 1ST: Harlow singled to left; Dauer popped to shortstop; Singleton singled to right [Harlow to third]; Murray grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Singleton out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Brett grounded out (second to first); Zdeb lined to shortstop; McRae grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 0. ORIOLES 2ND: May flied out to right; Mora grounded out (shortstop to first); DeCinces flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Otis grounded out (third to first); Porter walked; Wathan doubled [Porter scored]; Hurdle was called out on strikes; Patek singled to center [Wathan scored]; Patek was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 2. ORIOLES 3RD: Garcia flied out to center; Skaggs walked; Harlow grounded out (second to first) [Skaggs to second]; Dauer flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 3RD: White flied out to left; Brett singled to left; Zdeb singled to right [Brett to third]; McRae singled to shortstop [Brett scored, Zdeb to second]; Otis singled to left [Zdeb scored, McRae to second]; Porter homered [McRae scored, Otis scored]; FLINN REPLACED FLANAGAN (PITCHING); Wathan hit an inside the park homer to right; Hurdle doubled to right; Patek grounded out (third to first); White singled to right [Hurdle scored]; Brett flied out to left; 7 R, 8 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 0, Royals 9. ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton struck out; Murray singled to center; May flied out to right; Mora doubled to left [Murray scored (error by Zdeb), Mora to third]; DeCinces homered [Mora scored]; Garcia struck out; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Royals 9. ROYALS 4TH: Zdeb singled to center; McRae grounded out (pitcher to first) [Zdeb to second]; Otis doubled to left [Zdeb scored]; Porter flied out to center; Wathan popped to third; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Royals 10. ORIOLES 5TH: Skaggs flied out to right; Harlow struck out; Dauer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Royals 10. ROYALS 5TH: MCGREGOR REPLACED FLINN (PITCHING); Hurdle struck out; Patek singled to center; White popped to second; Brett flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Royals 10. ORIOLES 6TH: Singleton popped to third; Murray flied out to center; May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Royals 10. ROYALS 6TH: Zdeb grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae flied out to left; Otis walked; Porter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Royals 10. ORIOLES 7TH: Mora grounded out (shortstop to first); DeCinces popped to second; Garcia singled to center; Skaggs grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Royals 10. ROYALS 7TH: Wathan singled to left; Hurdle popped to first; Patek flied out to center; White popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Royals 10. ORIOLES 8TH: Harlow flied out to left; Dauer grounded out (shortstop to first); Singleton flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Orioles 3, Royals 10. ROYALS 8TH: KERRIGAN REPLACED MCGREGOR (PITCHING); Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); Zdeb popped to second; McRae singled to right; Otis lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Orioles 3, Royals 10. ORIOLES 9TH: Murray flied out to center; May grounded out (pitcher to first); Mora walked; DeCinces doubled to left [Mora to third]; Garcia reached on an error by Patek [Mora scored (unearned) (no RBI), DeCinces to third, Garcia to first]; HENDRICKS BATTED FOR SKAGGS; Hendricks flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Orioles 4, Royals 10.

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