The Royals unleashed a 15-hit attack to back the five-hit pitching of Larry Gura in a 12-0 blasting of the White Sox. Darrell Porter led the assault with four hits and four runs batted in. The Royals sent 11 men to the plate and scored six runs in the second inning. Amos Otis singled in two runs, Frank White knocked in two others with a double and Pete LaCock and Porter each accounted for one with a single. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 12, Chicago White Sox 0

Game Played on Wednesday, August 30, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 5 1 Royals 0 6 0 0 2 3 0 1 x - 12 15 0 White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Washington lf 4 0 2 0 0 1 .253 Brett 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .293 Kessinger ss 3 0 2 0 0 0 .271 McRae dh 5 2 2 0 0 0 .277 Pryor pr,ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .236 LaCock 1b 5 2 4 3 0 1 .315 Lamar Johnson dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Porter c 4 2 4 4 0 0 .283 Soderholm 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .253 Cowens rf 5 1 1 1 0 0 .277 Bell 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Hurdle lf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .269 Lemon rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .285 Wilson lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Orta 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .277 Otis cf 4 1 2 2 0 0 .266 Colbern c 3 0 0 0 0 2 .258 Patek ss 4 1 0 0 0 0 .263 Squires 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .303 White 2b 3 2 1 2 1 0 .272 Bosley cf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .257 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Barrios p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Torrealba p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schueler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willoughby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 0 5 0 0 5 Totals 38 12 15 12 2 1 Time of Game: 1:56 Attendance: 19,053 Left on Base: White Sox 4, Royals 5 DP: White Sox 0, Royals 1 Errors: Washington Doubles: White (19), LaCock (14) Home Runs: Porter (14) Stolen Bases: Washington (4) Sacrifice Flies: Porter (3) GIDP: Lamar Johnson (13) White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barrios L(8-12) 1.2 6 6 6 1 1 0 12 3.99 Torrealba 3.1 4 2 2 0 0 1 14 5.16 Schueler 2 3 3 3 1 0 0 10 3.99 Willoughby 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 5 3.63 Totals 8 15 12 12 2 1 1 41 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gura W(12-4) 9 5 0 0 0 5 0 31 2.77 Totals 9 5 0 0 0 5 0 31 Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Larry McCoy WHITE SOX 1ST: Washington singled to center; Washington stole second; Kessinger popped to second; Lamar Johnson grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Brett flied out to center; McRae popped to catcher in foul territory; LaCock struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Lemon was called out on strikes; Orta grounded out (second to first); Colbern was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Porter singled to center; Cowens singled to left [Porter to second]; Hurdle walked [Porter to third, Cowens to second]; Otis singled to center [Porter scored, Cowens scored, Hurdle to second]; Patek forced Hurdle (pitcher to third) [Otis to second]; White doubled to left [Otis scored, Patek scored]; Brett singled to left [White to third]; McRae flied out to right; LaCock singled to center [White scored, Brett to third]; TORREALBA REPLACED BARRIOS (PITCHING); Porter singled to right [Brett scored, LaCock to second]; Cowens forced Porter (third to second); 6 R, 7 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 6. WHITE SOX 3RD: Squires flied out to center; Bosley grounded out (pitcher to first); On a bunt Washington singled to third; Kessinger singled to center [Washington to second]; Lamar Johnson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 6. ROYALS 3RD: Hurdle flied out to center; Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek grounded out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 6. WHITE SOX 4TH: Soderholm grounded out (third to first); Lemon flied out to right; Orta grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 6. ROYALS 4TH: White grounded out (third to first); Brett lined to right; McRae flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 6. WHITE SOX 5TH: Colbern grounded out (shortstop to first); Squires flied out to center; Bosley grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 6. ROYALS 5TH: LaCock doubled to right; Porter homered [LaCock scored]; Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); Hurdle flied out to left; Otis singled to left; Patek forced Otis (third to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 8. WHITE SOX 6TH: WILSON REPLACED HURDLE (PLAYING LF); Washington struck out; Kessinger singled to left; PRYOR RAN FOR KESSINGER; Lamar Johnson grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Pryor out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 8. ROYALS 6TH: PRYOR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); SCHUELER REPLACED TORREALBA (PITCHING); White walked; Brett lined to right; McRae singled to left [White to third, McRae to second (error by Washington)]; LaCock singled to right [White scored, McRae scored]; Porter singled to center [LaCock to third, Porter to second (on throw to 3b)]; Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first) [LaCock scored, Porter to third]; Wilson popped to third in foul territory; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 11. WHITE SOX 7TH: Soderholm grounded out (third to first); Lemon popped to third in foul territory; Orta popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 11. ROYALS 7TH: BELL REPLACED SODERHOLM (PLAYING 3B); Otis grounded out (third to first); Patek grounded out (third to first); White grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 11. WHITE SOX 8TH: Colbern struck out; Squires flied out to center; Bosley singled to right; Washington grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 11. ROYALS 8TH: WILLOUGHBY REPLACED SCHUELER (PITCHING); Brett flied out to center; McRae singled to left; LaCock singled to right [McRae to third]; Porter hit a sacrifice fly to center [McRae scored]; Cowens flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 12. WHITE SOX 9TH: Pryor flied out to left; Lamar Johnson flied out to left; Bell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. White Sox 0, Royals 12.

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