Maintaining their one-game lead in the A. L. West, the Royals defeated the A's, 5-3. Leading, 2-1, in the eighth inning, the Royals loaded the bases on a single by Darrell Porter, walk to Al Cowens and sacrifice bunt by Willie Wilson, which A's catcher Jim Essian kicked for an error. Amos Otis, who doubled in the Royals' second run in the sixth stanza, then lined a double to left center, clearing the bases and putting the Royals ahead, 5-1. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 5, Oakland Athletics 3

Game Played on Monday, September 4, 1978 (Night game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Royals 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 - 5 5 0 A's 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 - 3 9 3 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brett 3b 5 0 0 0 0 2 .285 Edwards 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .274 McRae dh 4 0 1 0 1 0 .274 Gross ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .196 LaCock 1b 5 0 0 1 0 0 .304 Picciolo pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Porter c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .283 Revering 1b 5 0 2 1 0 0 .275 Cowens rf 1 2 0 0 2 1 .282 Carty dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .296 Hurdle lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .264 Page lf 2 1 0 0 2 0 .288 Wilson ph,lf 0 1 0 0 0 0 .220 Robinson c 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Otis cf 3 0 2 4 1 0 .273 Woodard pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White 2b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .275 Essian c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Terrell ss 4 1 1 0 0 1 .202 Hosley ph,c 1 1 1 1 0 0 1.000 Gale p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Guerrero ss 4 0 2 1 0 0 .282 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Duncan 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .262 Wallis rf,cf,rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .273 Armas cf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .213 Alston ph,rf 1 1 1 0 0 0 .225 Newman ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .236 Burke cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .218 Norris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 5 5 5 5 4 Totals 33 3 9 3 4 4 Time of Game: 3:01 Attendance: 7,550 Left on Base: Royals 7, A's 8 DP: Royals 1, A's 0 Errors: Edwards, Revering 2 Doubles: Otis 2 (25), Hosley (1) Stolen Bases: Terrell (7), White (10), Cowens (13) Caught Stealing: McRae (7), Otis (7), Page (16) Sacrifice Hits: Wilson (5), White (9), Edwards (14) GIDP: Revering (10) Hit by Pitch: Cowens (6,by Norris) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gale W(14-7) 6 6 1 1 2 2 0 25 2.92 Hrabosky SV(18) 3 3 2 2 2 2 0 13 2.78 Totals 9 9 3 3 4 4 0 38 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Norris L(0-3) 7 4 4 4 5 3 0 32 4.73 Heaverlo 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 7 3.08 Totals 9 5 5 4 5 4 0 39 Hit by Pitch: Norris (3) Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Lou DiMuro, 2B - Fred Spenn, 3B - Larry Barnett ROYALS 1ST: Brett grounded out (pitcher to first); McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); LaCock flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards grounded out (pitcher to first); Revering singled to right; Carty walked [Revering to second]; Page lined to left; Robinson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0. ROYALS 2ND: Porter grounded out (second to first); Cowens struck out; Hurdle reached on an error by Edwards [Hurdle to second]; Otis walked; White forced Otis (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); Duncan popped to second; Wallis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0. ROYALS 3RD: Terrell singled to right; Terrell stole second; Brett popped to catcher; McRae singled to left [Terrell to third]; LaCock reached on a fielder's choice [Terrell scored, McRae to third (error by Revering)]; Porter popped to first in foul territory; Cowens was hit by a pitch [LaCock to second]; Hurdle flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Armas was called out on strikes; Edwards popped to second; Revering lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 0. ROYALS 4TH: Otis lined to center; White walked; Terrell struck out; White stole second; Brett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 4TH: Carty grounded out (pitcher to first); Page walked; Robinson lined to center; Page was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 0. ROYALS 5TH: McRae lined to center; LaCock flied out to center; Porter grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 5TH: Guerrero popped to catcher in foul territory; Duncan was called out on strikes; Wallis grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 0. ROYALS 6TH: Cowens walked; Hurdle flied out to left; Cowens stole second; Otis doubled to right [Cowens scored]; White lined to center [Otis to third]; Tony Armas made great catch running into wall and injured knee; Terrell flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 6TH: ALSTON BATTED FOR ARMAS; Alston singled to left; Tony Armas left with injured knee; Edwards out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Alston to second]; Revering singled to right [Alston scored]; Carty lined to left; Page forced Revering (shortstop unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 1. ROYALS 7TH: ALSTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); WALLIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Brett grounded out (second to first); McRae walked; LaCock flied out to right; McRae was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Robinson singled to right; WOODARD RAN FOR ROBINSON; Guerrero singled to left [Woodard to second]; Duncan singled [Woodard to third, Guerrero to second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED GALE (PITCHING); Wallis struck out; NEWMAN BATTED FOR ALSTON; Newman struck out; Edwards flied out to right; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 1. ROYALS 8TH: ESSIAN REPLACED WOODARD (PLAYING C ); BURKE REPLACED NEWMAN (PLAYING CF); WALLIS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Porter singled; Cowens walked [Porter to second]; HEAVERLO REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); WILSON BATTED FOR HURDLE; Wilson reached on an error by Revering on a sacrifice bunt [Porter to third, Cowens to second]; Otis doubled to left [Porter scored, Cowens scored, Wilson scored (unearned)]; White out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Otis to third]; Otis was caught stealing home (catcher unassisted); Terrell grounded out (third to first); 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 8TH: WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Revering flied out to center; Carty popped to catcher in foul territory; Page walked; HOSLEY BATTED FOR ESSIAN; Hosley doubled to left [Page scored]; Guerrero singled to center [Hosley scored]; Duncan flied to left in foul territory; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 3. ROYALS 9TH: HOSLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Brett struck out; McRae flied out to center; LaCock flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: Wallis walked; Burke popped to second; GROSS BATTED FOR EDWARDS; Gross singled to center [Wallis to second]; PICCIOLO RAN FOR GROSS; Revering grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Picciolo out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Athletics 3.

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