The slugging of Amos Otis and Darrell Porter enabled the Royals to snare a 4-2 victory from the Rangers. The Royals trailed, 1-0, going into the seventh inning when Porter tied the score with a home run. Later in the inning, Otis belted a round-tripper to put the Royals ahead. Porter hit his second homer of the game in the ninth. Otis then singled home the Royals' final run. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 4, Texas Rangers 2

Game Played on Sunday, August 27, 1978 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium

Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 - 4 9 1 Rangers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 9 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braun lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .243 Hargrove 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .251 Wilson lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227 Jorgensen 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .136 McRae dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .278 Bevacqua 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .241 Brett 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .295 Beniquez cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Porter c 4 2 3 2 0 0 .281 Oliver lf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .314 LaCock 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .306 Bonds rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .279 Cowens rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .276 Zisk dh 4 0 2 0 0 1 .254 Otis cf 3 1 2 2 1 1 .269 Campaneris pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .189 Washington ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 .274 Sundberg c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .294 Terrell ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .184 Harrah ss 4 0 2 0 0 2 .222 Hurdle ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .268 Wills 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Patek pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Lowenstein ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .212 White 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .271 Gray ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .222 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Medich p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mirabella p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Cleveland p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 4 9 4 2 6 Totals 35 2 9 1 0 8 Time of Game: 2:38 Attendance: 25,242 Left on Base: Royals 5, Rangers 7 DP: Royals 0, Rangers 2 Errors: Terrell, Harrah Doubles: Porter (24), Zisk (14) Triples: Bonds (3) Home Runs: Porter 2 (13), Otis (16), Oliver (12) Stolen Bases: McRae (14), Otis (23), Cowens (11) Caught Stealing: Otis (6), Bonds (17) GIDP: McRae (14), Brett (5) Hit by Pitch: Hargrove (7,by Leonard) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard W(15-15) 8.2 9 2 2 0 7 1 35 3.52 Hrabosky SV(17) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.66 Totals 9 9 2 2 0 8 1 36 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Medich L(7-8) 8.2 8 4 4 2 5 3 34 3.57 Mirabella 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 7.40 Cleveland 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2.73 Totals 9 9 4 4 2 6 3 36 Hit by Pitch: Leonard (9) Wild Pitches: Leonard (9) Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Jim Evans ROYALS 1ST: Braun flied out to center; McRae walked; Brett struck out; McRae stole second; Porter lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove was hit by a pitch; Bevacqua flied out to center; Beniquez struck out; Oliver grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 0. ROYALS 2ND: LaCock flied out to right; Cowens flied out to right; Otis walked; Otis stole second; Washington singled to third [Otis to third]; Otis was caught stealing home (catcher to shortstop to catcher) [Washington to second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 2ND: TERRELL REPLACED WASHINGTON (PLAYING SS); Bonds tripled to right; U L Washington injured foot sliding into 2B; Leonard threw a wild pitch [Bonds scored]; Zisk was called out on strikes; Sundberg grounded out (second to first); Harrah singled to left; Wills flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 1. ROYALS 3RD: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Braun reached on an error by Harrah; McRae grounded into a double play (second to first to shortstop) [Braun out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 3RD: Hargrove grounded out (first to pitcher); Bevacqua grounded out (shortstop to first); Beniquez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 1. ROYALS 4TH: Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter doubled to left; LaCock lined to left; Cowens was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 4TH: Oliver grounded out (second to first); Bonds reached on an error by Terrell; Zisk popped to second; Bonds was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 1. ROYALS 5TH: Otis was called out on strikes; Terrell popped to second; White grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg grounded out (second to first); Harrah singled to left; Wills flied out to left; Hargrove struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 1. ROYALS 6TH: Braun singled to second; McRae flied out to right; Brett grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Braun out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 1. RANGERS 6TH: Bevacqua grounded out (third to first); Beniquez popped to first in foul territory; Oliver singled to left; Bonds flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 1. ROYALS 7TH: Porter homered; LaCock grounded out (pitcher to first); Cowens struck out; Otis homered; Terrell was called out on strikes; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 1. RANGERS 7TH: Zisk doubled to center; Sundberg grounded out (second to first) [Zisk to third]; Harrah struck out; Wills was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 1. ROYALS 8TH: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Braun grounded out (second to first); McRae grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 1. RANGERS 8TH: WILSON REPLACED BRAUN (PLAYING LF); Hargrove flied out to center; Bevacqua singled to center [Bevacqua out at second (center to shortstop)]; Beniquez flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 1. ROYALS 9TH: JORGENSEN REPLACED HARGROVE (PLAYING 1B); Brett grounded out (second to first); Porter homered; LaCock grounded out (first to pitcher); Cowens singled to left; Cowens stole second; Otis singled to center [Cowens scored]; MIRABELLA REPLACED MEDICH (PITCHING); HURDLE BATTED FOR TERRELL; Hurdle singled to right [Otis to third]; PATEK RAN FOR HURDLE; CLEVELAND REPLACED MIRABELLA (PITCHING); White struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Rangers 1. RANGERS 9TH: PATEK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Oliver homered; Bonds popped to shortstop; Zisk singled to right; CAMPANERIS RAN FOR ZISK; Sundberg singled to right [Campaneris to second]; Harrah struck out; LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR WILLS; HRABOSKY REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); GRAY BATTED FOR LOWENSTEIN; Gray struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Rangers 2.

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