Winning their fifth straight game, the Royals routed the Rangers, 11-4. Frank White ripped a two-run double and Clint Hurdle added a two-run triple in a seven-run third inning. Fredie Patek stroked three singles and also scored three runs and Hurdle also collected three hits as the Royals unleashed a 14-hit bombardment. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 11, Texas Rangers 4

Game Played on Wednesday, July 19, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Rangers 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 7 2 Royals 0 2 7 0 1 0 1 0 x - 11 14 0 Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Hargrove 1b 2 0 0 0 2 0 .260 Brett 3b 5 0 1 1 0 1 .305 Beniquez cf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .281 McRae dh 4 1 1 1 0 0 .265 Sundberg c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .312 LaCock 1b 5 1 1 1 0 0 .280 Oliver lf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .301 Otis cf 3 2 1 0 2 0 .273 Bonds dh 4 1 2 3 0 1 .264 Porter c 5 1 2 1 0 3 .280 Thompson pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Hurdle rf 5 1 3 2 0 2 .258 Zisk rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .260 Poquette lf 0 0 0 1 0 0 .222 Bevacqua 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .184 Wilson ph,lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .232 Wills 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Patek ss 4 3 3 1 0 0 .281 Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .215 White 2b 3 1 2 3 1 0 .287 Jenkins p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gale p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Umbarger p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 4 7 4 3 3 Totals 37 11 14 11 4 6 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 28,420 Left on Base: Rangers 3, Royals 8 DP: Rangers 0, Royals 3 Errors: Hargrove, Oliver Doubles: Oliver (16), Porter 2 (19), LaCock (6), White (17), Brett (30) Triples: Zisk (1), Hurdle (3), White (3) Home Runs: Bonds (15), Bevacqua (2) Stolen Bases: Otis (19), Patek 2 (26) Caught Stealing: Beniquez (8), Oliver (4) Sacrifice Flies: Poquette (5), McRae (6) GIDP: Sundberg (11), Bevacqua (4) Hit by Pitch: Beniquez (2,by Gale) Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Jenkins L(9-5) 2.2 6 6 6 1 2 0 15 3.20 Umbarger 5.1 8 5 4 3 4 0 28 4.60 Totals 8 14 11 10 4 6 0 43 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gale W(11-3) 9 7 4 4 3 3 2 34 2.65 Totals 9 7 4 4 3 3 2 34 Hit by Pitch: Gale (2) Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Russ Goetz RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove lined to first; Beniquez walked; Beniquez was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae popped to catcher in foul territory; LaCock lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. RANGERS 2ND: Oliver singled to right; Bonds struck out while Oliver was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Zisk tripled to right; Bevacqua grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Otis walked; Otis stole second; Porter doubled to right [Otis scored]; Hurdle singled to right [Porter to third, Hurdle out at second (right to first to shortstop)]; Poquette hit a sacrifice fly to center [Porter scored]; Patek reached on an error by Oliver [Patek to second]; White flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 2. RANGERS 3RD: Wills struck out; Campaneris flied out to left; Hargrove walked; Beniquez forced Hargrove (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 3RD: Brett struck out; McRae singled to center; LaCock doubled to right [McRae scored]; Otis singled to center [LaCock to third]; Porter struck out; Hurdle tripled to center [LaCock scored, Otis scored]; UMBARGER REPLACED JENKINS (PITCHING); WILSON BATTED FOR POQUETTE; Wilson walked; Patek singled to center [Hurdle scored, Wilson to third]; Patek stole second; White doubled to center [Wilson scored, Patek scored]; Brett doubled to left [White scored]; McRae grounded out (third to first); 7 R, 7 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 9. RANGERS 4TH: WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Sundberg singled to left; Oliver doubled to center [Sundberg to third]; Bonds homered [Sundberg scored, Oliver scored]; Zisk flied out to center; Bevacqua popped to first in foul territory; Wills grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 9. ROYALS 4TH: LaCock grounded out (second to first); Otis grounded out (third to first); Porter doubled to right; Hurdle was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 9. RANGERS 5TH: Campaneris flied out to center; Hargrove walked; Beniquez was hit by a pitch [Hargrove to second]; Sundberg grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Beniquez out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 9. ROYALS 5TH: Wilson lined to first; Patek singled to right; Patek stole second; White walked; Brett reached on an error by Hargrove [Patek to third, White to second]; McRae hit a sacrifice fly to left [Patek scored (unearned), White to third, Brett to second]; LaCock grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 10. RANGERS 6TH: Oliver struck out; Bonds popped to first; Zisk grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 10. ROYALS 6TH: Otis flied out to left; Porter struck out; Hurdle singled to left; Wilson flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 3, Royals 10. RANGERS 7TH: Bevacqua homered; Wills grounded out (second to first); Campaneris lined to shortstop; Hargrove flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Royals 10. ROYALS 7TH: Patek singled to left; White tripled to center [Patek scored]; Brett grounded out (first unassisted); McRae grounded out (second to first); LaCock grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Royals 11. RANGERS 8TH: Beniquez grounded out (shortstop to first); Sundberg flied out to right; Oliver popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Royals 11. ROYALS 8TH: Otis walked; Porter was called out on strikes; Hurdle was called out on strikes; Wilson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 4, Royals 11. RANGERS 9TH: Bonds singled to center; THOMPSON RAN FOR BONDS; Zisk flied out to center; Bevacqua grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Thompson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Royals 11.

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