Extending their lead in the A.L. West to 1½ games, the Royals powered past the A's, 7-2. K.C. put the game away with a five-run third inning. Frank White led off with a triple and after Steve Braun walked, Amos Otis hit a three-run homer. Darrell Porter followed witha home run and the Royals added their final marker of the frame on a sacrifice fly by U.L. Washington. Porter hit another round-tripper leading off the fifth stanza. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 7, Oakland Athletics 2

Game Played on Monday, September 11, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

A's 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 2 4 1 Royals 0 1 5 0 1 0 0 0 x - 7 9 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Edwards 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .276 Braun lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .247 Burke cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .246 Wilson lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Carty dh 3 0 0 0 0 1 .290 Brett 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .278 Page lf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .294 Otis cf 4 1 1 3 0 0 .284 Revering 1b 3 1 1 0 0 0 .273 Porter c 3 2 2 2 1 1 .284 Duncan 3b 3 0 1 2 0 0 .266 LaCock 1b 4 2 2 0 0 1 .296 Robinson c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .274 Cowens rf 3 0 2 1 1 0 .282 Meyer c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McRae dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Dilone rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .226 Washington ss 3 0 0 1 0 0 .270 Picciolo ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .203 Patek ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Gross ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .197 White 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .276 Keough p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Norris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 2 4 2 0 3 Totals 33 7 9 7 3 3 Time of Game: 1:58 Attendance: 24,765 Left on Base: A's 0, Royals 6 DP: A's 0, Royals 2 Errors: Duncan Doubles: Cowens (22) Triples: White (6) Home Runs: Otis (20), Porter 2 (18) Stolen Bases: Braun (4) Sacrifice Flies: Washington (1) GIDP: Burke (6), Robinson (2) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Keough L(8-12) 2.1 4 5 5 2 1 2 13 3.25 Norris 4.2 5 2 1 1 2 1 21 4.50 Lacey 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.07 Totals 8 9 7 6 3 3 3 37 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Pattin W(3-2) 9 4 2 2 0 3 0 29 3.75 Totals 9 4 2 2 0 3 0 29 Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Marty Springstead, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Jim Evans ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Burke grounded out (second to first); Carty flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Braun grounded out (second to first); Brett grounded out (second to first); Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Page grounded out (shortstop to first); Revering grounded out (second to first); Duncan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Porter walked; LaCock forced Porter (second to shortstop); Cowens doubled to left [LaCock scored]; McRae grounded out (pitcher to first); Washington grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Robinson grounded out (second to first); Dilone grounded out (second to first); Picciolo flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 3RD: White tripled to right; Braun walked; Braun stole second; Brett struck out; Otis homered [White scored, Braun scored]; Porter homered; NORRIS REPLACED KEOUGH (PITCHING); LaCock singled to right; Cowens walked [LaCock to second]; McRae reached on an error by Duncan [LaCock to third, Cowens to second]; Washington hit a sacrifice fly to right [LaCock scored (unearned), Cowens to third]; White popped to third; 5 R (4 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 6. ATHLETICS 4TH: Edwards popped to first; Burke was called out on strikes; Carty flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 6. ROYALS 4TH: Braun grounded out (third to first); Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 6. ATHLETICS 5TH: Page grounded out (first unassisted); Revering grounded out (first unassisted); Duncan popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 6. ROYALS 5TH: Porter homered; LaCock singled to right; Cowens popped to catcher in foul territory; McRae flied out to center; Washington flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 7. ATHLETICS 6TH: Robinson grounded out (catcher to first); Dilone flied out to right; Picciolo flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 7. ROYALS 6TH: White singled to center; Braun popped to shortstop in foul territory; Brett flied to left in foul territory; Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 7. ATHLETICS 7TH: WILSON REPLACED BRAUN (PLAYING LF); Edwards singled to center; Burke grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Edwards out at second]; Carty was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 7. ROYALS 7TH: Porter struck out; LaCock was called out on strikes; Cowens singled to left; McRae flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 7. ATHLETICS 8TH: Page singled to right; Revering singled [Page to third, Revering to second (on throw to 3b)]; Duncan singled to center [Page scored, Revering scored]; Robinson grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to pitcher) [Duncan out at second]; Dilone grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Royals 7. ROYALS 8TH: LACEY REPLACED NORRIS (PITCHING); MEYER REPLACED ROBINSON (PLAYING C ); Washington grounded out (third to first); White flied out to center; Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Royals 7. ATHLETICS 9TH: PATEK REPLACED WASHINGTON (PLAYING SS); GROSS BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Gross struck out; Edwards lined to third; Burke grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Royals 7.

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