Try this game in our Simulator
Lineups and Summary
(back to top)
Royals
@ Angels
Anaheim Stadium
September 10, 1978
(No Comments)
The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the California Angels and the Kansas City Royals, played on September 10, 1978 at Anaheim Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 10, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
|
| Home Team |
California Angels
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 10, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | California Angels |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Paul Splittorff |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Nolan Ryan |
| Ballpark | Anaheim Stadium |
| City | Anaheim |
| State | CA |
| Attendance | 24,793 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 52 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Terry Cooney 1B: Bill Kunkel 2B: (none) 3B: Bill Deegan |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tom Poquette | Left Fielder |
| Hal McRae | DH |
| Pete LaCock | First Baseman |
| Darrell Porter | Catcher |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| George Brett | Third Baseman |
| Al Cowens | Right Fielder |
| U L Washington | Shortstop |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Herzog | Manager |
California Angels Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rick Miller | Center Fielder |
| Carney Lansford | Third Baseman |
| Lyman Bostock | Right Fielder |
| Don Baylor | DH |
| Joe Rudi | Left Fielder |
| Ron Jackson | First Baseman |
| Dave Chalk | Second Baseman |
| Jim Anderson | Shortstop |
| Terry Humphrey | Catcher |
| Jim Fregosi | Manager |
All Plays in Game
(back to top)
Royals
@ Angels
Anaheim Stadium
September 10, 1978
Top 1
-
Royals, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Ryan
Poquette hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Ryan
McRae strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
LaCock vs. Ryan
LaCock takes first base on ball four. Poquette moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Porter vs. Ryan
Porter hits a fly ball into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Otis vs. Ryan
Otis strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
-
Royals, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Splittorff
Miller takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lansford vs. Splittorff
Lansford hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Miller moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bostock vs. Splittorff
Bostock hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Miller moves to third. Lansford moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Baylor vs. Splittorff
Baylor hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A grand slam home run. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudi vs. Splittorff
Rudi takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jackson vs. Splittorff
Jackson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rudi moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Chalk vs. Bird
Doug Bird now pitching.
Chalk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Rudi moves to third. Jackson moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Anderson vs. Bird
Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it and throws to second for the out. Rudi scores. Jackson moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Humphrey vs. Bird
Humphrey hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Porter settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Miller vs. Bird
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 2
-
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Ryan
Brett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cowens vs. Ryan
Cowens hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Chalk settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Washington vs. Ryan
Washington strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Ryan
White hits a popup, foul, towards first. Jackson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
-
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lansford vs. Bird
Lansford hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Poquette. Lansford reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bostock vs. Bird
Bostock hits a fly ball towards right. Cowens catches it and throws to third to double up . View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baylor vs. Bird
Baylor hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
-
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Ryan
Poquette strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Ryan
McRae strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaCock vs. Ryan
LaCock is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 3
-
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudi vs. Bird
Rudi hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Bird
Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chalk vs. Bird
Chalk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Anderson vs. Bird
Anderson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White misplays the ball. That's an error on White. Chalk moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Humphrey vs. Bird
Humphrey hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
-
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Ryan
Porter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jackson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Porter for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Ryan
Otis strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Ryan
Brett hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Bostock. Brett reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cowens vs. Ryan
There's a wild pitch. Brett moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cowens vs. Ryan
Cowens hits a fly ball into left field. Rudi settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
-
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Miller vs. Bird
Miller hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. Miller reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lansford vs. Bird
Lansford hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Miller moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Bostock vs. Bird
Bostock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Miller scores. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baylor vs. Bird
Baylor hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
-
Royals, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Ryan
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Ryan, and towards Chalk, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Ryan
White hits a fly ball into right field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Ryan
Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Chalk scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
-
Royals, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rudi vs. Bird
Rudi strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Bird
Jackson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chalk vs. Bird
Chalk hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
-
Royals, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Ryan
Ken Landreaux now playing left field.
McRae strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaCock vs. Ryan
LaCock hits a popup, foul, towards short. Anderson settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Ryan
Porter hits a fly ball into right field. Bostock settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
-
Royals, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Anderson vs. Bird
Anderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Humphrey vs. Bird
Humphrey hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Bird
Miller hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lansford vs. Bird
Lansford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Anderson moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 6
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bostock vs. Bird
Bostock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Anderson scores. Lansford moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Baylor vs. Bird
Baylor hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Lansford scores. Bostock moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Landreaux vs. Bird
Landreaux is walked intentionally. Baylor moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jackson vs. Bird
Jackson hits a line drive into left field. Poquette picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Poquette. Bostock scores. Baylor scores. Landreaux goes all the way around to score. Jackson moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 11
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Chalk vs. Bird
Chalk hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Jackson scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Anderson vs. Busby
Steve Busby now pitching.
Anderson strikes out. View Play
Top 7
-
Royals, 0 - Angels, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Ryan
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Chalk scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Ryan
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Jackson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brett for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Ryan
Cowens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 12
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Washington vs. Ryan
Washington is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 7
-
Royals, 0 - Angels, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Humphrey vs. Busby
Dave Cripe now playing third base. Willie Wilson now playing center field. Luis Silverio now playing right field. Jim Gaudet now catching. U L Wa
Humphrey hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 12
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Miller vs. Busby
Miller hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Washington fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 12
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lansford vs. Busby
Lansford hits a line drive into center field. Wilson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Wilson. Miller goes all the way around to score. Lansford moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bostock vs. Busby
Dave Machemer pinch runs for Carney Lansford.
Bostock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Washington misplays the ball. That's an error on Washington. Machemer moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Baylor vs. Busby
Baylor strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Landreaux vs. Busby
Landreaux hits a fly ball into right field. Silverio settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
-
Royals, 0 - Angels, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Quirk vs. Ryan
Ron Fairly now playing first base. Ron Jackson now playing third base.
Quirk hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Poquette vs. Ryan
Poquette strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Ryan
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Anderson misplays the ball. That's an error on Anderson. Quirk moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
LaCock vs. Ryan
LaCock strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Angels, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cripe vs. Ryan
Cripe hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Quirk scores. McRae moves to second. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Angels, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wilson vs. Ryan
Wilson strikes out. View Play
Bottom 8
-
Royals, 1 - Angels, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jackson vs. Busby
Jackson hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Angels, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chalk vs. Busby
Chalk strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Angels, 13
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Anderson vs. Busby
Anderson hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
-
Royals, 1 - Angels, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Silverio vs. Ryan
Silverio hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Angels, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gaudet vs. Ryan
Gaudet hits a ball on the ground towards short. Anderson misplays the ball. That's an error on Anderson. Silverio moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Angels, 13
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Washington vs. Ryan
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Chalk fields it and throws to second for the out. Silverio moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Angels, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Quirk vs. Ryan
Quirk hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Silverio scores. Washington moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Angels, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Poquette vs. Ryan
Poquette hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Washington scores. Quirk moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Angels, 13
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McRae vs. Ryan
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fairly fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Audio Play-by-Play
(back to top)
Click the button below to listen to the audio play-by-play.
If the player above doesn’t work for you, please check to make sure that your speakers are not muted, especially if your device has a hardware "silence switch".
If that does not resolve the issue, please download the MP3 file below to play the game audio directly.
Box Score
(back to top)
Game of 9/10/1978 -- Kansas City at California (D)
Kansas City AB R H RBI California AB R H RBI
Poquette T, lf 5 0 2 1 Miller R, cf 4 3 1 0
McRae H, dh 5 0 0 0 Lansford C, 3b 5 2 4 0
LaCock P, 1b 3 0 0 0 Machemer D, pr 0 0 0 0
Porter D, c 3 0 0 0 Fairly R, 1b 0 0 0 0
Cripe D, 3b 1 0 1 1 Bostock L, rf 5 2 2 2
Otis A, cf 3 0 0 0 Baylor D, dh 5 2 2 5
Wilson W, cf 1 0 0 0 Rudi J, lf 2 1 0 0
Brett G, 3b 3 0 2 0 Landreaux K, lf 1 1 0 0
Silverio L, rf 1 1 1 0 Jackson R, 1b-3b 5 1 2 2
Cowens A, rf 3 0 1 0 Chalk D, 2b 5 0 3 1
Gaudet J, c 1 0 0 0 Anderson J, ss 5 1 1 1
Washington U, ss-2b 4 1 0 0 Humphrey T, c 4 0 1 0
White F, 2b 2 0 0 0
Quirk J, ss 2 1 2 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
37 3 9 3 41 13 16 11
Kansas City 000 000 012 -- 3
California 500 106 10x -- 13
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff P (L)* 0.0 4 5 5 2 0
Bird D 5.2 10 7 6 1 1
Busby S 2.1 2 1 1 0 3
California IP H R ER BB SO
Ryan N (W) 9.0 9 3 1 1 12
* Pitched to 6 batters in 1st
E -- White F, Poquette T, Wilson W, Washington U, Anderson J 2
DP -- Kansas City 1, California 1
LOB -- Kansas City 8, California 7
2B -- Lansford C, Brett G, Miller R
HR -- Baylor D
WP -- Ryan N
T -- 2:52
A -- 24793
More Complete Baseball-Reference Box Score
