California Angels 4, Kansas City Royals 2 (Game 2) Game Played on Saturday, September 9, 1978 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium Royals 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 2 7 0 Angels 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 x - 4 9 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Poquette lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 .209 R. Miller cf 4 0 2 1 0 1 .270 Washington ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .287 Lansford 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .273 Hurdle dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .261 Bostock rf 4 1 1 0 0 2 .292 LaCock 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .297 Baylor dh 4 1 3 2 0 1 .260 Otis cf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .286 Rudi lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 .248 Cowens rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .279 Fairly 1b 2 0 0 1 1 0 .222 Brett 3b 4 1 1 1 0 1 .278 Downing c 4 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Wathan c 3 0 2 0 0 0 .322 Grich 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .234 Porter ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .283 Anderson ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .216 White 2b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .275 Frost p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Terrell ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .198 Braun ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .251 Wilson pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .223 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 2 7 2 1 3 Totals 30 4 9 4 3 6 Time of Game: 2:46 Attendance: 41,511 Left on Base: Royals 5, Angels 6 DP: Royals 1, Angels 1 Errors: Anderson Doubles: Grich (12), R. Miller (19), Baylor (23) Home Runs: Brett (6), Baylor (31) Stolen Bases: Baylor (21) Caught Stealing: Wilson (11) Sacrifice Flies: Fairly (5) GIDP: Cowens (6), Downing (11) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard L(16-17) 7 9 4 4 3 6 1 32 3.58 Hrabosky 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2.87 Totals 8 9 4 4 3 6 1 34 Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Frost W(4-4) 9 7 2 2 1 3 1 34 2.91 Totals 9 7 2 2 1 3 1 34 Wild Pitches: Frost (3) Umpires: HP - Bill Deegan, 1B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Bill Kunkel ROYALS 1ST: Umpire Al Clark out with hurt toe; Poquette grounded out (pitcher to second to first); Hurdle struck out; LaCock grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 1ST: R. Miller lined to center; Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first); Bostock struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ROYALS 2ND: Otis grounded out (third to first); Cowens grounded out (third to first); Brett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ANGELS 2ND: Baylor struck out; Rudi singled to left; Fairly popped to shortstop; Downing flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Angels 0. ROYALS 3RD: Wathan popped to second; White singled to shortstop; Frost threw a wild pitch [White to second]; Terrell grounded out (first unassisted) [White to third]; Poquette singled to left [White scored]; Hurdle flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Angels 0. ANGELS 3RD: Grich doubled to left; Anderson popped to second; R. Miller doubled to right [Grich scored]; Lansford flied out to right [R. Miller to third]; Bostock grounded out (first unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Angels 1. ROYALS 4TH: LaCock grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Angels 1. ANGELS 4TH: Baylor homered; Rudi flied out to right; Fairly grounded out (third to first); Downing struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Angels 2. ROYALS 5TH: Brett flied to left in foul territory; Wathan singled to right; White flied out to left; Terrell forced Wathan (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Angels 2. ANGELS 5TH: Grich grounded out (shortstop to first); Anderson grounded out (third to first); R. Miller singled to left; Lansford singled to center [R. Miller to second]; Bostock was called out on strikes; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Angels 2. ROYALS 6TH: Poquette grounded out (shortstop to first); Hurdle flied out to right; LaCock popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 1, Angels 2. ANGELS 6TH: Baylor singled to center; Baylor stole second; Rudi was called out on strikes; Fairly was walked intentionally; Downing grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Fairly out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Angels 2. ROYALS 7TH: Otis singled to center; Cowens grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Otis out at second]; Brett homered; Wathan singled to center; White grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Angels 2. ANGELS 7TH: Grich grounded out (shortstop to first); Anderson grounded out (third to first); R. Miller struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Angels 2. ROYALS 8TH: BRAUN BATTED FOR TERRELL; Braun singled to left; WILSON RAN FOR BRAUN; Wilson was caught stealing second but was safe at second (error by Anderson; assist by Downing); Royals protested game, claiming Dave Frost not pausing in stretch; Poquette popped to shortstop; Hurdle struck out; LaCock flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Angels 2. ANGELS 8TH: WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); WASHINGTON REPLACED POQUETTE (PLAYING SS); Lansford walked; Bostock singled to right [Lansford to third]; Baylor doubled to left [Lansford scored, Bostock to third]; Rudi was walked intentionally; HRABOSKY REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Fairly sacrifice flied into a double play to right [Bostock scored, Baylor out at second (pitcher to second)]; Don Baylor out on appeal for leaving early; Angels Coach John McNamara ejected by 3B umpire Bill Kunkel; Downing grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Angels 4. ROYALS 9TH: Otis walked; Cowens popped to shortstop; Brett lined to left; PORTER BATTED FOR WATHAN; Porter lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Angels 4.

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