Art Kusnyer singled in Amos Otis, who had tripled, for the only run as three Royals pitchers held Minnesota to two hits. George Throop, who spent most of the year in the minor leagues, pitched three innings of shutout relief for his first major league victory. [ap]

Kansas City Royals 1, Minnesota Twins 0

Game Played on Sunday, October 1, 1978 (Day game) at Royals Stadium

Twins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 2 0 Royals 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 x - 1 4 1 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Edwards lf,cf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .250 Brett 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .294 Randall 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .270 Cripe 3b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .154 Norwood dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .255 McRae dh 3 0 1 0 0 0 .273 Ford cf 1 0 0 0 1 1 .274 Otis cf 3 1 1 0 0 2 .298 Powell rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .247 Cowens rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .274 Rivera rf,lf 3 0 2 0 0 1 .271 Porter c 1 0 0 0 0 0 .265 Kusick 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .173 Kusnyer c 2 0 1 1 0 1 .231 Wolfe ss 1 0 0 0 2 0 .234 Wathan 1b 3 0 1 0 0 0 .300 Cubbage 3b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .282 White 2b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .275 Borgmann c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Patek ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Zahn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wilson lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .217 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Throop p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 McGilberry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Paschall p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 26 0 2 0 5 7 Totals 27 1 4 1 1 4 Time of Game: 1:59 Attendance: 23,794 Left on Base: Twins 6, Royals 3 DP: Twins 1, Royals 1 Errors: Cowens Triples: Otis (7) Stolen Bases: Rivera (5), Wathan (2) Sacrifice Hits: Rivera (5), Borgmann (3) GIDP: Randall (7), Wathan (5) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Zahn L(14-14) 8 4 1 1 1 4 0 28 3.03 Totals 8 4 1 1 1 4 0 28 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gura 3 0 0 0 2 4 0 11 2.72 Throop W(1-0) 3 2 0 0 3 2 0 13 0.00 McGilberry 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4.21 Mingori 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2.74 Paschall SV(1) 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.38 Totals 9 2 0 0 5 7 0 33 Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Ted Hendry, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Dave Phillips TWINS 1ST: Edwards struck out (catcher to first); Randall struck out; Norwood was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Brett grounded out (pitcher to first); McRae singled to center; Otis struck out; Cowens walked [McRae to second]; Porter grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0. TWINS 2ND: Ford walked; Rivera out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to first) [Ford to second]; Kusick flied out to center; Wolfe walked; Cubbage grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Wathan grounded out (third to first); White struck out; Patek flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0. TWINS 3RD: KUSNYER REPLACED PORTER (PLAYING C ); Borgmann flied out to right; Edwards struck out; Randall flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Wilson grounded out (second to first); Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0. TWINS 4TH: THROOP REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Norwood struck out; Ford struck out; Rivera singled to right [Rivera to second (error by Cowens)]; Kusick flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: Otis tripled to right; Cowens flied out to left; Kusnyer singled to left [Otis scored]; Wathan grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Kusnyer out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1. TWINS 5TH: CRIPE REPLACED BRETT (PLAYING 3B); Wolfe walked; Cubbage walked [Wolfe to second]; Borgmann out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Wolfe to third, Cubbage to second]; Edwards walked; Randall grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Edwards out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 5TH: POWELL REPLACED FORD (PLAYING RF); RIVERA CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); EDWARDS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); White flied out to right; Patek grounded out (third to first); Wilson flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1. TWINS 6TH: Norwood popped to shortstop; Powell grounded out (shortstop to first); Rivera singled to right; Rivera stole second; Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 6TH: Cripe grounded out (pitcher to first); McRae grounded out (second to first); Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1. TWINS 7TH: MCGILBERRY REPLACED THROOP (PITCHING); Wolfe lined to left; Cubbage lined to center; Borgmann grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 7TH: Cowens flied out to right; Kusnyer struck out; Wathan singled to center; Wathan stole second; White lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1. TWINS 8TH: MINGORI REPLACED MCGILBERRY (PITCHING); Edwards grounded out (shortstop to first); Randall lined to left; Norwood grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 8TH: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilson grounded out (third to first); Cripe popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1. TWINS 9TH: PASCHALL REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Powell grounded out (second to first); Rivera was called out on strikes; Kusick lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 1.

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