Dock Ellis, making his second start since being sidelined for one month by a hamstring injury, gained his first victory since July 13 when the Rangers defeated the Royals, 8-4. Ellis allowed but one hit in the first five innings, gave up three runs in the sixth and remained on the mound until relieved by Len Barker with two out in the eighth. Toby Harrah doubled and Kurt Bevacqua homered for the Rangers in first. Harrah doubled again and drove in one of two tallies in the second.

After the Royals closed the gap in the sixth, the Rangers picked up a run in their half on a sacrifice fly by Juan Beniquez with the bases loaded. After the Rangers filled the sacks again in the seventh, the results were more productive with three runs scoring on a forceout by Richie Zisk, single by Jim Sundberg and error by Clint Hurdle, his second of the game. [The Sporting News]

Texas Rangers 8, Kansas City Royals 4

Game Played on Saturday, August 26, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Royals 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 - 4 6 3 Rangers 2 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 x - 8 10 2 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brett 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .298 Harrah ss 5 1 2 1 0 1 .219 McRae dh 4 2 2 1 0 1 .280 Wills 2b 4 1 2 0 1 1 .227 LaCock 1b 2 1 1 0 2 0 .311 Bevacqua 3b 5 1 2 2 0 1 .241 Porter c 4 0 2 2 0 0 .276 Oliver lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .312 Cowens cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .277 Bonds rf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .280 Washington 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .268 Zisk dh 4 1 0 1 0 0 .251 Hurdle rf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .266 Sundberg c 2 1 1 1 2 1 .294 Poquette lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Beniquez cf 3 1 0 1 0 0 .253 Patek ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .265 Hargrove 1b 3 0 1 1 1 0 .252 White 2b 2 1 1 0 0 0 .274 Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .136 Braun ph,cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .243 D. Ellis p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Barker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Foucault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 4 6 3 3 4 Totals 33 8 10 7 5 5 Time of Game: 2:25 Attendance: 33,084 Left on Base: Royals 5, Rangers 7 DP: Royals 0, Rangers 1 Errors: Porter, Hurdle 2, Harrah, Beniquez Doubles: McRae 2 (32), Harrah 2 (15) Home Runs: Bevacqua (6) Stolen Bases: Bonds (33), Wills (41) Sacrifice Flies: Beniquez (4) GIDP: Porter (12) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gura L(11-4) 1.2 4 4 3 2 1 1 11 2.92 Pattin 4.1 4 3 3 2 4 0 19 4.13 Mingori 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2.65 Foucault 1.2 2 1 0 1 0 0 8 2.75 Totals 8 10 8 6 5 5 1 39 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA D. Ellis W(9-5) 7.2 6 4 3 2 3 0 31 4.14 Barker SV(3) 1.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3.83 Totals 9 6 4 3 3 4 0 36 Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Marty Springstead, 3B - Rich Garcia ROYALS 1ST: Brett grounded out (second to first); McRae struck out; LaCock singled to center; Porter forced LaCock (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Harrah doubled to left; Wills was called out on strikes; Bevacqua homered [Harrah scored]; Oliver grounded out (second to first); Bonds grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 2. ROYALS 2ND: Cowens grounded out (third to first); Hurdle grounded out (second to first); Poquette grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 2. RANGERS 2ND: Zisk reached on an error by Hurdle [Zisk to second]; Sundberg walked; Beniquez forced Zisk (pitcher to third) [Sundberg to second]; Hargrove singled to right [Sundberg scored, Beniquez to third, Hargrove out at second (right to third to second)]; Harrah doubled to left [Beniquez scored (unearned)]; Wills walked; PATTIN REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Bevacqua flied out to right; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 4. ROYALS 3RD: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); White grounded out (third to first); Brett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 4. RANGERS 3RD: Oliver grounded out (first unassisted); Bonds struck out; Zisk flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 4. ROYALS 4TH: McRae reached on an error by Harrah; LaCock forced McRae (shortstop to second); Porter grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [LaCock out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 4. RANGERS 4TH: Sundberg struck out; Beniquez grounded out (third to first); Hargrove grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 4. ROYALS 5TH: Cowens struck out; Hurdle grounded out (second to first); Poquette grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 4. RANGERS 5TH: Harrah was called out on strikes; Wills grounded out (second to first); Bevacqua struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 4. ROYALS 6TH: Patek grounded out (second to first); White singled to right; Brett flied out to left; McRae doubled to center [White scored]; LaCock walked; Porter singled to center [McRae scored, LaCock scored (error by Beniquez) (unearned), Porter to second]; Cowens grounded out (second to first); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Rangers 4. RANGERS 6TH: Oliver singled to catcher; Bonds singled to center [Oliver to second]; Zisk flied out to center [Oliver to third]; Bonds stole second; Sundberg was walked intentionally; Beniquez hit a sacrifice fly to left [Oliver scored, Bonds to third (error by Porter), Sundberg to second]; Hargrove was walked intentionally; Harrah flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Royals 3, Rangers 5. ROYALS 7TH: Hurdle grounded out (second to shortstop to first); Poquette grounded out (pitcher to first); Patek popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Rangers 5. RANGERS 7TH: Wills singled to third; Bevacqua singled to right [Wills to third]; MINGORI REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Oliver grounded out (first unassisted) [Bevacqua to second]; FOUCAULT REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Bonds was walked intentionally; Zisk forced Bevacqua (third unassisted) [Wills scored, Bonds to second]; Sundberg singled to right [Bonds scored, Zisk scored (error by Hurdle) (unearned), Sundberg to second]; Beniquez grounded out (first unassisted); 3 R (2 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Rangers 8. ROYALS 8TH: BRAUN BATTED FOR WHITE; Braun struck out; Brett grounded out (second to first); McRae doubled to right; LaCock walked; Porter singled to right [McRae scored, LaCock to second]; BARKER REPLACED D. ELLIS (PITCHING); Cowens forced Porter (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Rangers 8. RANGERS 8TH: BRAUN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); WASHINGTON REPLACED COWENS (PLAYING 2B); Hargrove flied out to center; Harrah flied out to right; Wills singled to center; Wills stole second; Bevacqua grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Rangers 8. ROYALS 9TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING 1B); Hurdle walked; Poquette flied out to left; Patek was called out on strikes; Braun flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Rangers 8.

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