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Athletics
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
June 23, 1978
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Oakland Athletics, played on June 23, 1978 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | June 23, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | June 23, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Fri |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rick Langford |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Paul Splittorff |
| Ballpark | Royals Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 29 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Lou DiMuro 1B: Ken Kaiser 2B: Mike Reilly 3B: Bill Haller |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Miguel Dilone | Right Fielder |
| Tito Fuentes | Second Baseman |
| Mario Guerrero | Shortstop |
| Taylor Duncan | Third Baseman |
| Mitchell Page | DH |
| Jeff Newman | Catcher |
| Dave Revering | First Baseman |
| Dell Alston | Left Fielder |
| Tony Armas | Center Fielder |
| Jack McKeon | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Steve Braun | Left Fielder |
| Hal McRae | DH |
| George Brett | Third Baseman |
| Darrell Porter | Catcher |
| Clint Hurdle | First Baseman |
| Al Cowens | Center Fielder |
| Tom Poquette | Right Fielder |
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Herzog | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
June 23, 1978
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dilone vs. Splittorff
Dilone hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett juggles the ball. That's an error on Brett. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Splittorff
Fuentes hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Guerrero vs. Splittorff
There goes Dilone. The throw from Porter and he is safe. Dilone steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Guerrero vs. Splittorff
There goes Dilone. The throw from Porter and he is safe. Dilone steals third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Guerrero vs. Splittorff
Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Duncan vs. Splittorff
Duncan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Langford
Braun hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Dilone. Braun reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McRae vs. Langford
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Braun moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brett vs. Langford
Brett hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Dilone who is chasing the ball. Brett reaches third base with a triple. Braun scores. McRae goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Porter vs. Langford
Porter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops it up and throws to first, with Langford covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hurdle vs. Langford
Hurdle is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cowens vs. Langford
Cowens strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Splittorff
Page hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Splittorff
Newman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek misplays the ball. That's an error on Patek. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Revering vs. Splittorff
Revering hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Alston vs. Splittorff
Alston hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Langford
Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Langford
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Langford
White hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Splittorff
Armas hits a line drive towards short. Patek reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dilone vs. Splittorff
Dilone hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Splittorff
There goes Dilone. The throw from Porter and he is safe. Dilone steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Fuentes vs. Splittorff
Fuentes hits a fly ball into left field. Braun settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Guerrero vs. Splittorff
Guerrero hits a fly ball into center field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Langford
Braun takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Langford
McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Braun moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brett vs. Langford
Brett is called out on strikes. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Porter vs. Langford
Porter strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hurdle vs. Langford
Hurdle takes first base on ball four. Braun moves to third. McRae moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Cowens vs. Langford
Cowens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Braun scores. McRae scores. Hurdle moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Zdeb vs. Johnson
John Henry Johnson now pitching. Joe Zdeb pinch hits for Tom Poquette.
Zdeb hits a fly ball into left field. Alston settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duncan vs. Splittorff
Joe Zdeb now playing right field.
Duncan hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Cowens. Duncan reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Page vs. Splittorff
Page hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Newman vs. Splittorff
Newman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Revering vs. Splittorff
Revering hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zdeb. Revering reaches second base with a double. Duncan scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Alston vs. Splittorff
Alston is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Johnson
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Johnson
White hits a popup, foul, towards third. Duncan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Johnson
Braun takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Johnson
McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Splittorff
Armas hits a fly ball into center field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dilone vs. Splittorff
Dilone hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fuentes vs. Splittorff
Fuentes hits a line drive into center field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Guerrero vs. Splittorff
Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Johnson
Brett hits a line drive into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Johnson
Porter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Revering scoops it up and throws to first, with Johnson covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hurdle vs. Johnson
Hurdle takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cowens vs. Johnson
Cowens hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Duncan vs. Splittorff
Duncan hits a fly ball into left field. Braun settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Splittorff
Page hits a line drive into right field. Zdeb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Splittorff
Newman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zdeb vs. Johnson
Zdeb hits a fly ball into right field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Johnson
Patek takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Johnson
White hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes catches it and throws to first to double up Patek. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Revering vs. Splittorff
Revering hits a line drive into right field. Zdeb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alston vs. Splittorff
Alston hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hurdle scoops it up and throws to first, with Splittorff covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Splittorff
Armas hits a fly ball into center field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Johnson
Braun takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Johnson
Willie Wilson pinch runs for Steve Braun.
McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Johnson
There goes Wilson. The throw from Newman and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Brett vs. Johnson
Brett hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Dilone. Brett reaches second base with a double. Wilson scores. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Porter vs. Johnson
Porter hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brett moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Hurdle vs. Johnson
Hurdle hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Johnson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dilone vs. Splittorff
Willie Wilson now playing center field. Pete LaCock now playing first base. Al Cowens now playing right field. Joe Zdeb now playing left field.
Dilone hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fuentes vs. Splittorff
Fuentes hits a line drive towards short. Patek reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Guerrero vs. Splittorff
Guerrero hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Duncan vs. Splittorff
Duncan hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Hrabosky
Al Hrabosky now pitching.
Page hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Wilson who is chasing the ball. Page reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Newman vs. Hrabosky
Newman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Revering vs. Hrabosky
Mike Edwards pinch runs for Jeff Newman.
Revering hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Johnson
Mike Edwards now playing second base. Jim Essian now catching.
Cowens strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zdeb vs. Johnson
Zdeb hits a fly ball into right field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Johnson
Patek hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Alston. Patek reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Johnson
White is walked intentionally. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wilson vs. Sosa
Elias Sosa now pitching.
Wilson strikes out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wallis vs. Hrabosky
Joe Wallis pinch hits for Dell Alston.
Wallis strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Hrabosky
Armas strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dilone vs. Hrabosky
Dilone hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 6/23/1978, game 1 -- Oakland at Kansas City (N)
Oakland AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Dilone M, rf 5 0 2 0 Braun S, lf 1 2 1 0
Fuentes T, 2b 4 0 0 0 Wilson W, pr-cf 1 1 0 0
Essian J, c 0 0 0 0 McRae H, dh 4 2 1 0
Guerrero M, ss 4 1 1 0 Brett G, 3b 4 0 2 3
Duncan T, 3b 4 2 2 2 Porter D, c 4 0 0 0
Page M, dh 4 0 1 0 Hurdle C, 1b 2 0 0 0
Newman J, c 3 0 0 0 LaCock P, 1b 0 0 0 0
Edwards M, pr-2b 0 0 0 0 Cowens A, cf-rf 4 0 1 2
Revering D, 1b 4 0 1 1 Poquette T, rf 1 0 0 0
Alston D, lf 3 0 0 0 Zdeb J, ph-rf-lf 3 0 0 0
Wallis J, ph 1 0 0 0 Patek F, ss 3 0 1 0
Armas T, cf 4 0 0 0 White F, 2b 3 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
36 3 7 3 30 5 6 5
Oakland 000 100 020 -- 3
Kansas City 202 000 10x -- 5
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Langford R (L) 2.2 4 4 4 2 4
Johnson J 5.0 2 1 1 5 1
Sosa E 0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff P (W) 7.2 6 3 3 0 1
Hrabosky A (S) 1.1 1 0 0 1 2
E -- Brett G, Patek F, Newman J
DP -- Oakland 1, Kansas City 1
LOB -- Oakland 7, Kansas City 8
2B -- Braun S, Duncan T, Revering D, Brett G, Patek F
3B -- Brett G, Page M
HR -- Duncan T
SB -- Dilone M 3, Wilson W
T -- 2:29
A -- 0
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