Paul Splittorff gained his 19th victory and Al Hrabosky picked up his 20th save as the Royals defeated the Twins, 3-1. Splittorff gave up six hits and six walks in 7 1/3 innings before Hrabosky relieved.

The Royals jumped off with two runs in the first inning on a walk to Steve Braun, singles by George Brett and Pete LaCock and an error by left fielder Willie Norwood in handling LaCock's hit. After Clint Hurdle homered in the second, the Royals collected only two more hits off Roger Erickson the rest of the way. Dave Edwards hit his first major league homer for the Twins' run in the fifth. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 3, Minnesota Twins 1

Game Played on Saturday, September 23, 1978 (Night game) at Metropolitan Stadium

Royals 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 5 0 Twins 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 6 3 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Braun lf 3 1 0 0 1 0 .265 Edwards cf 5 1 3 1 0 1 .276 Wilson pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .219 Carew 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .336 Brett 3b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .289 Smalley ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .275 Otis cf 4 0 1 0 0 2 .298 Morales dh 2 0 0 0 2 1 .323 Porter c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .269 Wilfong pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .254 LaCock 1b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .303 Norwood lf 3 0 1 0 1 0 .255 McRae dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Rivera rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .264 Hurdle rf 3 1 1 1 1 2 .265 Randall 2b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .275 Cowens pr,rf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .276 Wynegar c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .225 Patek ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 .251 Wolfe 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .240 White 2b 3 0 1 0 0 1 .276 Erickson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 30 3 5 2 4 6 Totals 30 1 6 1 7 4 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 13,288 Left on Base: Royals 5, Twins 9 DP: Royals 2, Twins 1 Errors: Carew, Norwood, Randall Home Runs: Hurdle (7), Edwards (1) Caught Stealing: Otis (8), Wilson (12), Edwards (1) Sacrifice Hits: LaCock (1) GIDP: Braun (5), Randall (6) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff W(19-12) 7.1 6 1 1 6 2 1 31 3.38 Hrabosky SV(20) 1.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 3.00 Totals 9 6 1 1 7 4 1 37 Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Erickson L(14-13) 9 5 3 2 4 6 1 35 3.98 Totals 9 5 3 2 4 6 1 35 Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Ken Kaiser, 2B - Mike Reilly, 3B - Bill Haller ROYALS 1ST: Braun walked; Brett singled to left [Braun to second]; Otis struck out; Porter lined to right; LaCock singled to left [Braun scored, Brett scored (error by Norwood) (unearned) (no RBI), LaCock to third]; McRae flied out to center; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0. TWINS 1ST: Edwards singled to left; Edwards was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second); Carew flied out to left; Smalley walked; Morales struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Twins 0. ROYALS 2ND: Hurdle homered; Patek popped to third; White singled to center; Braun grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [White out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0. TWINS 2ND: Norwood flied out to center; Rivera flied out to center; Randall walked; Wynegar flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0. ROYALS 3RD: Brett flied out to left; Otis singled to left; Porter flied out to right; Otis was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0. TWINS 3RD: Wolfe singled to left; Edwards singled to left [Wolfe to second]; Carew flied to left in foul territory; Smalley popped to shortstop; Morales flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0. ROYALS 4TH: LaCock lined to left; McRae flied out to center; Hurdle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0. TWINS 4TH: Norwood singled to center; Rivera lined into a double play (first unassisted) [Norwood out at first]; Randall grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0. ROYALS 5TH: Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); White struck out; Braun grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 0. TWINS 5TH: Wynegar flied out to right; Wolfe flied to right in foul territory; Edwards homered; Carew grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 1. ROYALS 6TH: Brett struck out; Otis flied out to right; Porter flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 1. TWINS 6TH: Smalley lined to center; Morales walked; Norwood walked [Morales to second]; Rivera singled to right [Morales to third, Norwood to second]; Randall grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Rivera out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 1. ROYALS 7TH: LaCock grounded out (second to first); McRae flied out to center; Hurdle struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 1. TWINS 7TH: Wynegar popped to first in foul territory; Wolfe grounded out (third to first); Edwards grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 1. ROYALS 8TH: Patek flied out to right; White popped to catcher in foul territory; Braun reached on an error by Randall; WILSON RAN FOR BRAUN; Wilson was picked off and caught stealing second but was safe at second (error by Carew; assist by Erickson); Brett walked; Otis was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 1. TWINS 8TH: WILSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Carew walked; Smalley struck out; Morales walked [Carew to second]; HRABOSKY REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); WILFONG RAN FOR MORALES; Norwood popped to first; Rivera was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 1. ROYALS 9TH: WILFONG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Porter walked; LaCock out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Porter to second]; McRae popped to first in foul territory; Hurdle was walked intentionally; COWENS RAN FOR HURDLE; Patek forced Cowens (second to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 1. TWINS 9TH: COWENS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Randall lined to third; Wynegar grounded out (third to first); Wolfe walked; Edwards was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Twins 1.

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