A first-inning home run by Amos Otis triggered the Royals to a 3-1 triumph over the Yankees. The Yanks' Jim Beattie, making his first start since pitching a seven-inning no-hitter for Tacoma in the Pacific Coast League, walked leadoff batter George Brett and two outs later served a gopher ball to Otis. K.C. scored again in the third when Brett doubled, advanced to third on an infield single by Hal McRae and scored when Pete LaCock bounced into a fielder's choice. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 3, New York Yankees 1

Game Played on Sunday, July 16, 1978 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I

Royals 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 6 0 Yankees 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 7 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brett 3b 3 2 1 0 1 1 .307 White dh 5 0 1 0 0 0 .242 McRae dh 4 0 1 0 0 1 .263 Rivers cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 .245 LaCock 1b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .288 Munson rf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .289 Otis cf 3 1 1 2 1 0 .275 Piniella lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .311 Porter c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Johnson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .192 Hurdle rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Chambliss ph,1b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .289 Zdeb ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Nettles 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .239 Poquette lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .225 Stanley ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .235 Wilson lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .232 Heath c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Patek ss 3 0 0 0 0 1 .272 Doyle 2b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .233 White 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .282 Randolph ph,2b 1 0 1 0 1 0 .254 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Beattie p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lyle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 3 6 3 2 4 Totals 33 1 7 1 4 3 Time of Game: 2:36 Attendance: 45,089 Left on Base: Royals 4, Yankees 10 DP: Royals 0, Yankees 0 Doubles: Brett (29) Home Runs: Otis (14), Nettles (16) Stolen Bases: Brett (14), White (7) Caught Stealing: Otis (3) Sacrifice Hits: Doyle (1) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gura W(7-2) 6.1 5 1 1 3 1 1 27 2.94 Mingori 0.1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2.06 Bird 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 5.37 Hrabosky SV(13) 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 7 2.54 Totals 9 7 1 1 4 3 1 38 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Beattie L(2-4) 2.1 4 3 3 2 2 1 13 4.42 Tidrow 4.2 1 0 0 0 2 0 15 3.78 Lyle 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 3.41 Totals 9 6 3 3 2 4 1 34 Wild Pitches: Mingori (1) Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Durwood Merrill ROYALS 1ST: Brett walked; Brett stole second; McRae struck out; LaCock flied out to left; Otis homered [Brett scored]; Porter popped to shortstop; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: White flied out to center; Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); Munson singled to right; Piniella flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 0. ROYALS 2ND: Hurdle popped to third; Poquette singled to right; Patek struck out; White grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Johnson popped to third; Nettles popped to third; Stanley grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 0. ROYALS 3RD: Brett doubled to right; McRae singled to third [Brett to third]; LaCock forced McRae (second to shortstop) [Brett scored]; Otis walked [LaCock to second]; TIDROW REPLACED BEATTIE (PITCHING); Porter flied out to center [LaCock to third]; Hurdle grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Heath singled to left; Doyle out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Heath to second]; White singled to left [Heath to third]; White stole second; Rivers struck out; Munson walked; Piniella flied out to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 0. ROYALS 4TH: Poquette popped to shortstop; Patek flied out to right; White flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 0. YANKEES 4TH: Johnson popped to shortstop; Nettles homered; Stanley walked; Heath flied out to right; Doyle singled to first [Stanley to second]; White forced Doyle (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. ROYALS 5TH: Brett flied out to left; McRae flied out to right; LaCock singled to right; Otis flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. YANKEES 5TH: Rivers flied out to right; Munson popped to shortstop; Piniella popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. ROYALS 6TH: Porter grounded out (second to first); Hurdle grounded out (second to first); Poquette flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. YANKEES 6TH: Johnson flied out to left; Nettles grounded out (first unassisted); Stanley flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. ROYALS 7TH: Patek flied out to center; White struck out; Brett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. YANKEES 7TH: Heath grounded out (second to first); RANDOLPH BATTED FOR DOYLE; Randolph walked; MINGORI REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Mingori threw a wild pitch [Randolph to second]; White popped to second; Rivers walked; BIRD REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Munson singled to shortstop [Randolph to third, Rivers to second]; Piniella popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. ROYALS 8TH: RANDOLPH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); LYLE REPLACED TIDROW (PITCHING); McRae popped to shortstop; LaCock singled to third; Otis forced LaCock (third to second); Otis was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. YANKEES 8TH: HRABOSKY REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); WILSON REPLACED POQUETTE (PLAYING LF); CHAMBLISS BATTED FOR JOHNSON; Chambliss struck out; Nettles flied out to center; Stanley struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. ROYALS 9TH: CHAMBLISS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Porter popped to third; ZDEB BATTED FOR HURDLE; Zdeb popped to second; Wilson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. YANKEES 9TH: ZDEB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Heath grounded out (shortstop to first); Randolph singled to center; White forced Randolph (third to second); Rivers flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1.

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