In game played under protest by Chicago, the Royals defeated the White Sox, 6-3. The Royals got three runs in the third inning on RBI singles by George Brett, John Wathan and Darrell Porter. In the fourth frame, Frank White opened with a triple and scored on a single by Hal McRae. Al Cowens followed with a home run. McRae's single resulted in the protest: the White Sox charged that McRae was using a cork-filled bat when he got his hit. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 6, Chicago White Sox 3

Game Played on Tuesday, August 22, 1978 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I

Royals 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 - 6 12 0 White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 3 9 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White 2b 4 2 2 0 1 0 .277 Garr lf 4 1 0 0 1 0 .283 Brett 3b 4 0 2 0 1 0 .311 Kessinger ss 5 2 2 0 0 0 .268 McRae dh 5 1 2 1 0 1 .278 Squires 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .371 Cowens rf 4 2 2 3 1 0 .279 Lamar Johnson dh 4 0 3 2 0 1 .273 Otis cf 4 1 0 0 0 0 .266 Soderholm 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .253 Wathan 1b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .296 Washington rf 3 0 1 0 0 1 .244 Porter c 5 0 1 1 0 0 .272 Colbern c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .266 Hurdle lf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .271 Nahorodny c 1 0 0 0 0 1 .243 Wilson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .231 Spencer cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Washington ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .268 Bell ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .171 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bosley cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pryor 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .237 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Baumgarten p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schueler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 6 12 6 4 3 Totals 36 3 9 3 1 4 Time of Game: 2:44 Attendance: 21,689 Left on Base: Royals 10, White Sox 8 DP: Royals 0, White Sox 1 Errors: Kessinger Doubles: Lamar Johnson 2 (17), Colbern (4), Kessinger (16) Triples: White (4) Home Runs: Cowens (5) Hit by Pitch: Otis (4,by Schueler), Washington (1,by Hrabosky) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gura W(11-3) 7.1 8 3 3 1 2 0 31 2.78 Pattin 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.94 Hrabosky SV(16) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 2.67 Totals 9 9 3 3 1 4 0 38 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Baumgarten L(1-1) 3.1 9 6 6 3 1 1 22 7.71 Schueler 3.2 2 0 0 0 2 0 13 3.71 Wood 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 5.20 Totals 9 12 6 6 4 3 1 43 Hit by Pitch: Hrabosky (1), Schueler (6) Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Greg Kosc ROYALS 1ST: White grounded out (third to first); Brett reached on an error by Kessinger [Brett to second]; McRae popped to second; Cowens walked; Otis lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (pitcher to first); Kessinger grounded out (third to first); Squires lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. ROYALS 2ND: Wathan singled to center; Porter lined to center; Hurdle flied out to center; Washington singled to right [Wathan to third, Washington out at second (right to shortstop)]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Lamar Johnson doubled to left; Soderholm flied out to right; Washington singled to left [Lamar Johnson to third]; Colbern flied out to right; Spencer popped to second; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. ROYALS 3RD: White walked; Brett singled to left [White to second]; McRae struck out; Cowens singled to center [White scored, Brett to third]; Otis reached on a fielder's choice [Brett out at home (pitcher to catcher to third), Cowens to third]; Wathan singled to right [Cowens scored, Otis to third]; Porter singled to left [Otis scored, Wathan to second]; Hurdle walked [Wathan to third, Porter to second]; Washington lined to right; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Pryor flied out to left; Garr popped to second; Kessinger grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, White Sox 0. ROYALS 4TH: White tripled to center; Brett grounded out (second to first); McRae singled to left [White scored]; The White Sox claimed that Hal McRae used illegal bat and protested the game; Cowens homered [McRae scored]; SCHUELER REPLACED BAUMGARTEN (PITCHING); Otis grounded out (pitcher to first); Wathan flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Squires flied out to right; Lamar Johnson was called out on strikes; Soderholm flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 0. ROYALS 5TH: Porter grounded out (first unassisted); Hurdle popped to third; Washington struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: Washington grounded out (first unassisted); Colbern doubled to left; Spencer popped to catcher in foul territory; Pryor flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 0. ROYALS 6TH: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett singled to right; McRae singled to left [Brett to second]; Cowens lined into a double play (first unassisted) [McRae out at first]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 6TH: Garr lined to center; Kessinger doubled to left; Squires grounded out (pitcher to first); Lamar Johnson singled to center [Kessinger scored]; Soderholm singled to center [Lamar Johnson to second]; Washington struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 1. ROYALS 7TH: Otis was hit by a pitch; Wathan forced Otis (third to second); Porter lined to shortstop; Hurdle was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: WILSON REPLACED HURDLE (PLAYING LF); Colbern flied out to right; Spencer flied to left in foul territory; Pryor popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 1. ROYALS 8TH: WOOD REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING); NAHORODNY REPLACED COLBERN (PLAYING C ); Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); White singled to center; Brett walked [White to second]; McRae flied out to center; Cowens lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 8TH: Garr walked; Kessinger singled to right [Garr to second]; Squires popped to shortstop; Lamar Johnson doubled to center [Garr scored, Kessinger to third]; PATTIN REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Soderholm singled to left [Kessinger scored, Lamar Johnson to third]; HRABOSKY REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Washington was hit by a pitch [Soderholm to second]; Nahorodny struck out; BELL BATTED FOR SPENCER; Bell struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 3. ROYALS 9TH: BOSLEY REPLACED BELL (PLAYING CF); Otis grounded out (third to first); Wathan grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 3. WHITE SOX 9TH: Pryor lined to shortstop; Garr flied out to left; Kessinger flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 3.

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