Coming back from a 7-0 deficit, the Royals scored an 11-8 triumph over the A's in 12 innings. The score was 8-8 going into the 12th when U.L. Washington started the winning rally by drawing a base on balls. After Hal McRae forced Washington at second and was replaced by Willie Wilson, John Wathan singled and Darrell Porter walked to load the bases.

Dave Heaverlo was relieved on the mound by Elias Sosa. Al Cowens got a bloop single for one run and, one out later, a single by Amos Otis plated two more. The Royals had tied the contest in the ninth on a two-out triple by Frank White and infield single by Steve Braun. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 11, Oakland Athletics 8

Game Played on Wednesday, September 6, 1978 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Royals 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 4 1 0 0 3 - 11 20 4 A's 2 3 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 8 14 3 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brett 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .281 Edwards 2b 7 1 2 0 0 0 .274 Quirk 3b,ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .095 Duncan 3b 4 2 1 0 1 1 .262 Zdeb ph 1 1 1 0 0 0 .259 Gross 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 .197 Washington ss 1 0 1 0 1 0 .281 Norris pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McRae dh 6 1 1 0 1 1 .273 Picciolo 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Wilson pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .219 Carty dh 6 2 2 4 0 2 .295 LaCock 1b 4 2 2 1 0 0 .303 Page lf 4 0 1 1 0 3 .289 Wathan ph,1b 3 1 2 0 0 0 .313 Alston rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .224 Porter c 6 1 3 2 1 0 .284 Hosley c 3 0 1 0 1 1 .500 Cowens rf 7 0 2 1 0 0 .279 Woodard pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 Hurdle lf 7 1 1 0 0 3 .262 Essian c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Otis cf 6 1 4 4 1 1 .279 Revering ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .273 White 2b 7 1 2 0 0 1 .280 Robinson c 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Terrell ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .195 Guerrero ss 5 0 0 0 1 1 .277 Braun ph,3b 3 1 1 1 1 0 .245 Newman 1b 6 1 3 0 0 1 .243 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Burke cf 4 0 2 1 1 0 .225 Busby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dilone rf,lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .230 McGilberry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wallis lf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .269 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 56 11 20 9 5 6 Totals 49 8 14 6 5 9 Time of Game: 4:05 Attendance: 1,350 Left on Base: Royals 15, A's 11 DP: Royals 0, A's 0 Errors: Brett, Porter, Terrell, Braun, Alston, Burke, Dilone Doubles: Porter (26), McRae (34), Duncan (15), Newman 2 (7) Triples: White (5) Home Runs: Otis (19), Carty (28) Stolen Bases: Otis (24), Burke (13) Caught Stealing: Edwards (19), Burke (7) Sacrifice Hits: Terrell (8) Sacrifice Flies: Burke (1) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff 1.2 5 5 3 2 2 0 14 3.34 Busby 3.1 4 2 2 1 4 1 14 9.00 McGilberry 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 3.71 Bird 3.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 13 5.49 Hrabosky W(7-6) 1.2 2 0 0 1 1 0 7 2.71 Pattin SV(4) 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 4.05 Totals 12 14 8 6 5 9 1 55 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough 7.1 10 6 4 3 3 1 36 3.03 Lacey 0.1 3 1 1 0 0 0 4 3.10 Heaverlo L(3-6) 3.2 5 4 4 2 2 0 18 3.29 Sosa 0.2 2 0 0 0 1 0 4 2.55 Totals 12 20 11 9 5 6 1 62 Umpires: HP - Fred Spenn, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Jim McKean, 3B - Lou DiMuro ROYALS 1ST: Brett grounded out (second to first); McRae was called out on strikes; LaCock grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards flied out to center; Duncan doubled to right; Carty reached on an error by Terrell [Duncan to third, Carty to second]; Page struck out; Hosley reached on an error by Brett [Duncan scored (unearned) (no RBI), Carty scored (unearned) (no RBI), Hosley to second]; Guerrero grounded out (third to first); 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 2. ROYALS 2ND: Porter popped to third; Cowens grounded out (second to first); Hurdle grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 2. ATHLETICS 2ND: Newman singled to right; Burke grounded out (second to first) [Newman to second]; Dilone walked; Edwards singled to right [Newman to third, Dilone to second]; Duncan struck out; Carty singled to right [Newman scored, Dilone scored, Edwards to third]; Page singled to right [Edwards scored, Carty to second]; Hosley walked [Carty to third, Page to second]; BUSBY REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Guerrero popped to first; 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 5. ROYALS 3RD: Otis singled to left; White singled to center [Otis to second]; Terrell out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Otis to third, White to second]; Brett flied out to center; McRae walked; LaCock lined to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 5. ATHLETICS 3RD: Newman struck out; Burke grounded out (third to first); Dilone popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 5. ROYALS 4TH: Porter doubled to left; Cowens flied out to right [Porter to third]; Hurdle struck out; Otis walked; White forced Otis (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 5. ATHLETICS 4TH: Edwards singled to left; Edwards was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Duncan walked; Carty homered [Duncan scored]; Page struck out; Hosley struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 7. ROYALS 5TH: Terrell grounded out (third to first); Brett lined to shortstop; McRae doubled to left; LaCock singled to left [McRae scored]; Porter singled to right [LaCock scored (error by Dilone) (unearned) (no RBI), Porter to second]; Cowens flied out to center; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 7. ATHLETICS 5TH: QUIRK REPLACED BRETT (PLAYING 3B); Guerrero struck out; Newman doubled to left; Burke singled to left [Newman to third]; Burke stole second; Dilone grounded out (second to first); Edwards flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 7. ROYALS 6TH: Hurdle flied out to right; Otis singled to right; White flied out to left; BRAUN BATTED FOR TERRELL; Otis stole second; Braun flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 7. ATHLETICS 6TH: BRAUN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); QUIRK CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); MCGILBERRY REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING); Duncan popped to second; Carty struck out; Page struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 7. ROYALS 7TH: ALSTON REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING RF); DILONE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Quirk lined to center; McRae flied out to center; LaCock singled; Porter reached on an error by Burke [LaCock scored (unearned) (no RBI), Porter to second]; Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 7. ATHLETICS 7TH: BIRD REPLACED MCGILBERRY (PITCHING); Hosley singled to center; WOODARD RAN FOR HOSLEY; Guerrero flied out to center; Newman doubled to right [Woodard to third]; Burke hit a sacrifice fly to right [Woodard scored, Newman to third (error by Porter)]; Dilone grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 8. ROYALS 8TH: ESSIAN REPLACED WOODARD (PLAYING C ); Hurdle singled to center; Otis homered [Hurdle scored]; White was called out on strikes; Braun walked; LACEY REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); ZDEB BATTED FOR QUIRK; Zdeb singled to center [Braun to second]; McRae flied out to center; WATHAN BATTED FOR LACOCK; Wathan singled to center [Braun to third, Zdeb to second]; Porter singled to right [Braun scored, Zdeb scored, Wathan to third]; HEAVERLO REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Cowens flied out to center; 4 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 7, Athletics 8. ATHLETICS 8TH: WASHINGTON REPLACED ZDEB (PLAYING SS); WATHAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Edwards flied out to left; Duncan grounded out (shortstop to first); Carty flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 7, Athletics 8. ROYALS 9TH: GROSS REPLACED DUNCAN (PLAYING 3B); Hurdle struck out; Otis grounded out (second to first); White tripled to right; Braun singled to center [White scored]; Washington singled to left [Braun to second]; McRae flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 8, Athletics 8. ATHLETICS 9TH: Alston grounded out (first to pitcher); REVERING BATTED FOR ESSIAN; Revering popped to second; Guerrero lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Athletics 8. ROYALS 10TH: ROBINSON REPLACED REVERING (PLAYING C ); WALLIS REPLACED DILONE (PLAYING LF); Wathan grounded out (second to first); Porter flied out to right; Cowens singled to center; Hurdle popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 8, Athletics 8. ATHLETICS 10TH: Newman flied out to center; Burke singled to left; HRABOSKY REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); Wallis popped to third; Burke was caught stealing second (catcher to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Athletics 8. ROYALS 11TH: Otis struck out; White grounded out (second to first); Braun popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Athletics 8. ATHLETICS 11TH: Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Gross singled to right; NORRIS RAN FOR GROSS; Carty struck out; Alston flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 8, Athletics 8. ROYALS 12TH: PICCIOLO REPLACED NORRIS (PLAYING 3B); Washington walked; McRae forced Washington (pitcher to shortstop); WILSON RAN FOR MCRAE; Wathan singled to left [Wilson to second]; Porter walked [Wilson to third, Wathan to second]; SOSA REPLACED HEAVERLO (PITCHING); Cowens singled to left [Wilson scored, Wathan to third, Porter to second]; Hurdle struck out; Otis singled to right [Wathan scored, Porter scored, Cowens to third (error by Alston)]; White flied out to center; 3 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 11, Athletics 8. ATHLETICS 12TH: WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Robinson singled to center; Guerrero walked [Robinson to second]; PATTIN REPLACED HRABOSKY (PITCHING); Newman forced Robinson (third unassisted) [Guerrero to third, Newman to second (error by Braun)]; Burke walked; Wallis flied out to right; Edwards forced Burke (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Royals 11, Athletics 8.

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