The Royals, without a baserunner for 6 2/3 innings, scored twice in the seventh to down the Orioles, 2-0. The first Royal hit was a double by Hal McRae with two out in the seventh. A single by Al Cowens scored McRae, who reached third on a single by Amos Otis and crossed the plate on a single by John Wathan. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 2, Baltimore Orioles 0

Game Played on Wednesday, August 9, 1978 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium

Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 2 5 0 Orioles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 4 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Orioles AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Patek ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Belanger ss 1 0 0 0 2 0 .193 Zdeb lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .267 Garcia ph,ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .297 McRae dh 4 1 2 0 0 0 .283 Dauer 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .272 Wilson pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Singleton rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .288 Cowens rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 .272 Murray 1b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .283 Otis cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .271 DeCinces 3b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .265 Wathan c 4 0 1 1 0 1 .278 May dh 4 0 0 0 0 3 .241 LaCock 1b 3 0 0 0 0 3 .322 Mora lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .241 Washington 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .282 Lopez cf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .222 Terrell 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .183 Skaggs c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .149 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dempsey ph,c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .257 McGregor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 2 5 2 1 4 Totals 28 0 4 0 4 7 Time of Game: 2:11 Attendance: 12,859 Left on Base: Royals 4, Orioles 6 DP: Royals 0, Orioles 0 Doubles: McRae (26), DeCinces (23) Caught Stealing: Belanger (6), Murray (3) Sacrifice Hits: Dauer (2) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gura W(10-2) 9 4 0 0 4 7 0 33 2.57 Totals 9 4 0 0 4 7 0 33 Orioles IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA McGregor L(11-10) 9 5 2 2 1 4 0 33 3.55 Totals 9 5 2 2 1 4 0 33 Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Terry Cooney, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Bill Kunkel ROYALS 1ST: Patek flied out to left; Zdeb made an out to first; McRae made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 1ST: Belanger flied out to right; Dauer flied out to center; Singleton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ROYALS 2ND: Cowens flied out to right; Otis grounded out (second to first); Wathan struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 2ND: Murray grounded out (shortstop to first); DeCinces doubled; May popped to catcher in foul territory; Mora made an out to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ROYALS 3RD: LaCock was called out on strikes; Washington grounded out (pitcher to first); Terrell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 3RD: Lopez made an out to first; Skaggs made an out to second; Belanger walked; Belanger was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second to pitcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ROYALS 4TH: Patek flied out to right; Zdeb made an out to first; McRae grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 4TH: Dauer flied out to center; Singleton lined to third; Murray singled to center; DeCinces forced Murray (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ROYALS 5TH: Cowens made an out to second; Otis flied out to right; Wathan flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 5TH: May struck out; Mora walked; Lopez was called out on strikes; Skaggs struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ROYALS 6TH: LaCock struck out; Washington grounded out (first to pitcher); Terrell popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 6TH: Belanger walked; Dauer out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Belanger to second]; Singleton flied out to right; Murray grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Orioles 0. ROYALS 7TH: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Zdeb grounded out (third to first); McRae doubled to right; Cowens singled [McRae scored]; Otis singled to center [Cowens to third]; Wathan singled to left [Cowens scored, Otis to second]; LaCock struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 7TH: DeCinces flied out to left; May struck out; Mora grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Orioles 0. ROYALS 8TH: Washington lined to pitcher; Terrell flied out to center; Patek flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 8TH: Lopez singled; DEMPSEY BATTED FOR SKAGGS; Dempsey flied out to center; GARCIA BATTED FOR BELANGER; Garcia struck out; Dauer flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Orioles 0. ROYALS 9TH: GARCIA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); DEMPSEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Zdeb flied out to left; McRae singled to left; WILSON RAN FOR MCRAE; Cowens grounded out (second to first) [Wilson to second]; Otis was walked intentionally; Wathan forced Otis (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Orioles 0. ORIOLES 9TH: WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Singleton grounded out (second to first); Murray walked; DeCinces singled [Murray to second]; Murray was caught stealing third (catcher to third); May struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Orioles 0.

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