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Orioles
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
April 12, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Baltimore Orioles, played on April 12, 1978 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 12, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Baltimore Orioles
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | April 12, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Baltimore Orioles |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Mike Flanagan |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dennis Leonard |
| Ballpark | Royals Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 17,449 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 11 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jerry Neudecker 1B: George Maloney 2B: Jim McKean 3B: Greg Kosc |
Baltimore Orioles Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Al Bumbry | Left Fielder |
| Billy Smith | Second Baseman |
| Ken Singleton | Right Fielder |
| Eddie Murray | First Baseman |
| Lee May | DH |
| Larry Harlow | Center Fielder |
| Doug DeCinces | Third Baseman |
| Mark Belanger | Shortstop |
| Dave Skaggs | Catcher |
| Earl Weaver | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Hal McRae | DH |
| George Brett | Third Baseman |
| Al Cowens | Right Fielder |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| Darrell Porter | Catcher |
| Joe Zdeb | Left Fielder |
| Clint Hurdle | First Baseman |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Herzog | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Orioles
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
April 12, 1978
Top 1
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Orioles, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bumbry vs. Leonard
Bumbry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Leonard
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Zdeb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Singleton vs. Leonard
Singleton strikes out. Porter drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Singleton out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Orioles, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Flanagan
Patek is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Flanagan
McRae hits a popup towards first. Murray settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Flanagan
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murray scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brett for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Orioles, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Leonard
Murray hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Leonard
May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harlow vs. Leonard
Harlow hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeCinces vs. Leonard
There goes Harlow. The throw from Porter and he is out, White applying the tag. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeCinces vs. Leonard
DeCinces is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 2
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Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Flanagan
Cowens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Flanagan
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Porter vs. Flanagan
Porter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murray fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zdeb vs. Flanagan
There's a wild pitch. Porter moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Zdeb vs. Flanagan
Zdeb hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murray scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Zdeb for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Belanger vs. Leonard
Belanger hits a fly ball into left field. Zdeb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skaggs vs. Leonard
Skaggs hits a line drive towards short. Patek reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bumbry vs. Leonard
Bumbry strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hurdle vs. Flanagan
Hurdle hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Flanagan
Flanagan fires to first and has Hurdle trapped. There's the throw to Belanger who tags Hurdle for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Flanagan
White is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Flanagan
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murray fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play. View Play
Top 4
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Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Leonard
Smith hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Singleton vs. Leonard
Singleton strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Leonard
Murray takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Leonard
May hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Flanagan
McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Singleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Flanagan
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Flanagan
Cowens strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harlow vs. Leonard
Harlow takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeCinces vs. Leonard
Leonard fires over to first and Hurdle drops the ball. That's an error on Hurdle. Harlow moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
DeCinces vs. Leonard
DeCinces hits a popup towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Belanger vs. Leonard
Belanger takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Skaggs vs. Leonard
Skaggs hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Harlow moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bumbry vs. Leonard
Bumbry hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Flanagan
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Flanagan
Porter takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zdeb vs. Flanagan
Zdeb hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hurdle vs. Flanagan
Hurdle takes first base on ball four. Zdeb moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
White vs. Flanagan
White hits a fly ball into center field. Harlow settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Leonard
Smith hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Singleton vs. Leonard
Singleton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Leonard
Murray hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Leonard
May hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hurdle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Flanagan
Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Singleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Flanagan
McRae takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Flanagan
Brett strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cowens vs. Flanagan
Cowens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. McRae moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Otis vs. Flanagan
Otis hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Flanagan
Porter hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is bouncing around. Singleton is chasing the ball. Porter rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zdeb vs. Flanagan
Zdeb hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Singleton who is chasing the ball. Zdeb reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hurdle vs. Martinez
Tippy Martinez now pitching.
Hurdle hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murray juggles the ball. That's an error on Murray. Zdeb scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Martinez
White strikes out. Skaggs drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws White out. View Play
Top 7
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Orioles, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harlow vs. Leonard
Harlow hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeCinces vs. Leonard
DeCinces hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Belanger vs. Leonard
Belanger hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hurdle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skaggs vs. Leonard
Skaggs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett juggles the ball. That's an error on Brett. DeCinces moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Bumbry vs. Leonard
Bumbry strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Orioles, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Martinez
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Smith scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Martinez
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Martinez
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Orioles, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smith vs. Leonard
Smith hits a fly ball into left field. Zdeb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Singleton vs. Leonard
Singleton hits a line drive into left field. Zdeb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Leonard
Murray hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Orioles, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Martinez
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Martinez fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Martinez
Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Porter vs. Martinez
Otis is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Martinez
Porter hits a line drive into right field. Singleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Orioles, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Leonard
May hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. May reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Harlow vs. Leonard
Harlow hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zdeb. Harlow reaches second base with a double. May scores. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
DeCinces vs. Leonard
DeCinces takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Roenicke vs. Mingori
Pat Kelly pinch hits for Mark Belanger. Steve Mingori now pitching. Gary Roenicke pinch hits for Pat Kelly.
Roenicke hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Lopez vs. Mingori
Carlos Lopez pinch hits for Dave Skaggs.
Lopez hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 2 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Bumbry vs. Mingori
Bumbry hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 4/12/1978 -- Baltimore at Kansas City (D)
Baltimore AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Bumbry A, lf 5 0 0 0 Patek F, ss 4 0 0 0
Smith B, 2b 4 0 1 0 McRae H, dh 3 1 0 0
Singleton K, rf 4 0 0 0 Brett G, 3b 4 0 0 0
Murray E, 1b 3 1 2 1 Cowens A, rf 4 1 2 0
May L, dh 4 1 1 0 Otis A, cf 4 1 2 3
Harlow L, cf 3 0 2 1 Porter D, c 3 1 1 1
DeCinces D, 3b 3 0 1 0 Zdeb J, lf 3 1 1 0
Belanger M, ss 2 0 0 0 Hurdle C, 1b 2 0 1 0
Kelly P, ph 0 0 0 0 White F, 2b 2 0 0 0
Roenicke G, ph 1 0 0 0
Skaggs D, c 3 0 0 0
Lopez C, ph 1 0 0 0
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33 2 7 2 29 5 7 4
Baltimore 010 000 001 -- 2
Kansas City 000 005 00x -- 5
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan M (L) 5.2 6 5 4 3 3
Martinez T 2.1 1 0 0 0 1
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard D (W)* 8.0 7 2 2 4 5
Mingori S (S) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 3 batters in 9th
E -- Hurdle C, Murray E, Brett G
DP -- Baltimore 1, Kansas City 1
LOB -- Baltimore 8, Kansas City 4
2B -- May L, Harlow L
3B -- Zdeb J
HR -- Murray E, Otis A, Porter D
CS -- Harlow L, Hurdle C, Otis A
HBP -- by Flanagan M (White F)
WP -- Flanagan M
T -- 2:11
A -- 17449
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