Pounding the A's, 9-1, the Royals extended their lead in the West division over the Angels to 3½ games. The Royals' first two tallies came in the third inning on a sacrifice fly by Hal McRae and a double by Amos Otis. McRae also had an RBI single in a four-run sixth inning. Rookie Luis Silverio, starting his first major league game, had a two-run double and scored three times for the Royals. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 9, Oakland Athletics 1

Game Played on Wednesday, September 13, 1978 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

A's 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 - 1 7 4 Royals 0 0 2 0 3 4 0 0 x - 9 7 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Edwards 2b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .274 Brett 3b 4 2 1 1 0 0 .281 Woodard 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McRae dh 3 1 2 4 0 0 .271 Revering 1b 3 1 2 1 0 0 .275 Otis cf 3 0 1 1 1 0 .288 Newman 1b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .241 Cowens rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .280 Page lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .293 Porter c 4 0 0 0 0 2 .279 Carty dh 2 0 0 0 1 1 .286 Kusnyer c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 Hosley ph,dh 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 Wathan 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .314 Robinson c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .262 White 2b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .271 Essian c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Patek ss 3 2 1 0 1 0 .262 Meyer c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Silverio lf 2 3 2 2 1 0 1.000 Guerrero ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .279 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Picciolo ss 1 0 1 0 0 0 .217 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Burke cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .246 Gross 3b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .198 Wallis rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .261 Alston ph,rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .221 Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sosa p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 33 1 7 1 1 2 Totals 30 9 7 8 4 3 Time of Game: 1:58 Attendance: 18,359 Left on Base: A's 6, Royals 4 DP: A's 0, Royals 1 Errors: Robinson, Guerrero 2, Johnson Doubles: Otis (26), Brett (40), Silverio (1) Home Runs: Revering (14), McRae (16) Sacrifice Hits: Silverio (1), Brett (3) Sacrifice Flies: McRae (9) GIDP: Revering (11) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Johnson L(10-8) 6 6 9 5 4 2 1 30 3.18 Sosa 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 2.40 Totals 8 7 9 5 4 3 1 37 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard W(17-17) 6.1 6 1 1 1 2 1 25 3.53 Mingori 2.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 2.86 Totals 9 7 1 1 1 2 1 34 Wild Pitches: Sosa (4) Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Marty Springstead ATHLETICS 1ST: Edwards lined to second; Revering singled to center; Page flied out to center; Carty grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Brett grounded out (third to first); McRae flied out to right; Otis walked; Cowens flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Robinson flied out to left; Guerrero singled to left; Burke flied out to center; Gross popped to second in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Porter was called out on strikes; Wathan popped to first; White grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Wallis struck out; Edwards singled to left; Revering grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Edwards out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Patek walked; Silverio reached on an error by Johnson on a sacrifice bunt [Patek to second]; Brett out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Patek to third, Silverio to second]; McRae hit a sacrifice fly to right [Patek scored (unearned), Silverio to third]; Otis doubled to left [Silverio scored (unearned)]; Guerrero dropped a foul fly hit by Cowens for an error; Cowens flied out to right; 2 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 2. ATHLETICS 4TH: Page grounded out (shortstop to first); Carty walked; Robinson flied out to left; Guerrero lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 4TH: Porter grounded out (first unassisted); Wathan flied out to center; White lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 2. ATHLETICS 5TH: Burke grounded out (second to first); Gross singled to right; Wallis popped to second; Edwards popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 5TH: Patek flied out to center; Silverio walked; Brett doubled to left [Silverio scored]; McRae homered [Brett scored]; Otis flied out to left; Cowens struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 5. ATHLETICS 6TH: Revering homered; Page grounded out (first unassisted); Carty struck out; Robinson grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 5. ROYALS 6TH: Porter grounded out (second to first); Wathan flied out to center; White walked; Patek singled to right [White to second]; Silverio doubled to left [White scored, Patek scored]; Brett reached on an error by Guerrero [Silverio scored (unearned) (no RBI), Brett to second]; McRae singled to left [Brett scored (unearned), McRae to third (error by Robinson)]; Otis grounded out (third to first); 4 R (2 ER), 3 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 9. ATHLETICS 7TH: Guerrero grounded out (third to first); Burke singled to center; 2:02 rain delay at 9:12pm; MINGORI REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Gross flied out to right; ALSTON BATTED FOR WALLIS; Alston grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 9. ROYALS 7TH: ALSTON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); PICCIOLO REPLACED GUERRERO (PLAYING SS); ESSIAN REPLACED ROBINSON (PLAYING C ); NEWMAN REPLACED REVERING (PLAYING 1B); WOODARD REPLACED EDWARDS (PLAYING 2B); SOSA REPLACED JOHNSON (PITCHING); Cowens popped to shortstop; Porter struck out; Wathan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 9. ATHLETICS 8TH: KUSNYER REPLACED PORTER (PLAYING C ); Woodard grounded out (third to first); Newman flied out to right; Page grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 9. ROYALS 8TH: MEYER REPLACED ESSIAN (PLAYING C ); White flied out to center; Patek flied out to right; Silverio singled; Sosa threw a wild pitch [Silverio to second]; Brett popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 9. ATHLETICS 9TH: HOSLEY BATTED FOR CARTY; Hosley grounded out (third to first); Meyer popped to catcher in foul territory; Picciolo singled to center; Burke forced Picciolo (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 9.

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