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Orioles
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
July 9, 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 July 9, 1978 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 9, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Baltimore Orioles
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 9, 1978 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| 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 | 24,662 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 16 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Don Denkinger 1B: Dave Phillips 2B: Larry McCoy 3B: Steve Palermo |
Baltimore Orioles Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Larry Harlow | Center Fielder |
| Rich Dauer | Second Baseman |
| Ken Singleton | Right Fielder |
| Eddie Murray | First Baseman |
| Lee May | DH |
| Andres Mora | Left Fielder |
| Doug DeCinces | Third Baseman |
| Kiko Garcia | Shortstop |
| Dave Skaggs | Catcher |
| Earl Weaver | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Brett | Third Baseman |
| Joe Zdeb | Left Fielder |
| Hal McRae | DH |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| Darrell Porter | Catcher |
| John Wathan | First Baseman |
| Clint Hurdle | Right Fielder |
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Herzog | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Orioles
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
July 9, 1978
Top 1
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Orioles, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harlow vs. Leonard
Harlow hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Dauer vs. Leonard
Dauer hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Singleton vs. Leonard
Singleton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Harlow moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Murray vs. Leonard
Murray hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 1
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Orioles, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Flanagan
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dauer scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zdeb vs. Flanagan
Zdeb hits a line drive towards short. Garcia reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Flanagan
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Orioles, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Leonard
May hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mora vs. Leonard
Mora hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeCinces vs. Leonard
DeCinces hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Orioles, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Flanagan
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Flanagan
Porter takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wathan vs. Flanagan
Wathan hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Harlow. Wathan reaches second base with a double. Porter goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hurdle vs. Flanagan
Hurdle is called out on strikes. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Patek vs. Flanagan
Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Wathan scores. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Flanagan
There goes Patek. The throw from Skaggs and he is out, Garcia applying the tag. View Play
Top 3
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Orioles, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Leonard
Garcia hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skaggs vs. Leonard
Skaggs takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harlow vs. Leonard
Harlow hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Skaggs moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Dauer vs. Leonard
Dauer hits a fly ball into left field. Zdeb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Orioles, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Flanagan
White hits a fly ball into left field. Mora settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Flanagan
Brett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zdeb vs. Flanagan
Zdeb hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brett moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McRae vs. Flanagan
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Brett scores. Zdeb moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Otis vs. Flanagan
Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Zdeb scores. McRae moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Porter vs. Flanagan
Porter hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. Flinn
John Flinn now pitching.
Wathan hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is bouncing around. Singleton is chasing the ball. Wathan rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park home run. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hurdle vs. Flinn
Hurdle hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Singleton. Hurdle reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 8
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Patek vs. Flinn
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 8
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
White vs. Flinn
White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Hurdle scores. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Flinn
Brett hits a fly ball into left field. Mora settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Orioles, 0 - Royals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Singleton vs. Leonard
Singleton strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Leonard
Murray hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Leonard
May hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 0 - Royals, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mora vs. Leonard
Mora hits a line drive into left field. That will be extra bases. Zdeb fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on Zdeb. Murray goes all the way around to score. Mora moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 1 - Royals, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
DeCinces vs. Leonard
DeCinces hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 9
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Leonard
Garcia strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Orioles, 3 - Royals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zdeb vs. Flinn
Zdeb hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 9
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Flinn
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Flinn fields it and throws to first for the out. Zdeb moves to second. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 9
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Otis vs. Flinn
Otis hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Mora. Otis reaches second base with a double. Zdeb scores. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Porter vs. Flinn
Porter hits a fly ball into center field. Harlow settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wathan vs. Flinn
Wathan hits a popup towards third. DeCinces settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Skaggs vs. Leonard
Skaggs hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harlow vs. Leonard
Harlow strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dauer vs. Leonard
Dauer hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hurdle vs. McGregor
Scott McGregor now pitching.
Hurdle strikes out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. McGregor
Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. McGregor
White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Dauer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. McGregor
Brett hits a fly ball into left field. Mora settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Singleton vs. Leonard
Singleton hits a popup towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Leonard
Murray hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Leonard
May strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zdeb vs. McGregor
Zdeb hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. McGregor
McRae hits a fly ball into left field. Mora settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. McGregor
Otis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Porter vs. McGregor
Porter strikes out. View Play
Top 7
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Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mora vs. Leonard
Mora hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
DeCinces vs. Leonard
DeCinces hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garcia vs. Leonard
Garcia hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Skaggs vs. Leonard
Skaggs hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. McGregor
Wathan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hurdle vs. McGregor
Hurdle hits a popup, foul, towards first. Murray settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. McGregor
Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Harlow settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. McGregor
White hits a popup, foul, towards first. Murray settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harlow vs. Leonard
Harlow hits a fly ball into left field. Zdeb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Dauer vs. Leonard
Dauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Singleton vs. Leonard
Singleton hits a fly ball into left field. Zdeb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Kerrigan
Joe Kerrigan now pitching.
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zdeb vs. Kerrigan
Zdeb hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Dauer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Kerrigan
McRae hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Kerrigan
Otis hits a line drive towards short. Garcia reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Murray vs. Leonard
Murray hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Leonard
May hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leonard fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mora vs. Leonard
Mora takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
DeCinces vs. Leonard
DeCinces hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Zdeb. DeCinces reaches second base with a double. Mora moves to third. View Play -
Orioles, 3 - Royals, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Garcia vs. Leonard
Garcia hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek misplays the ball. That's an error on Patek. Mora scores. DeCinces moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Orioles, 4 - Royals, 10
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Hendricks vs. Leonard
Elrod Hendricks pinch hits for Dave Skaggs.
Hendricks hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle 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 7/9/1978 -- Baltimore at Kansas City (D)
Baltimore AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Harlow L, cf 4 0 1 0 Brett G, 3b 5 1 1 0
Dauer R, 2b 4 0 0 0 Zdeb J, lf 5 2 2 0
Singleton K, rf 4 0 1 0 McRae H, dh 5 1 2 1
Murray E, 1b 4 1 1 0 Otis A, cf 4 1 2 2
May L, dh 4 0 0 0 Porter D, c 3 2 1 3
Mora A, lf 3 2 1 0 Wathan J, 1b 4 2 3 2
DeCinces D, 3b 4 1 2 2 Hurdle C, rf 4 1 1 0
Garcia K, ss 4 0 1 0 Patek F, ss 4 0 2 1
Skaggs D, c 2 0 0 0 White F, 2b 4 0 1 1
Hendricks E, ph 1 0 0 0
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34 4 7 2 38 10 15 10
Baltimore 000 300 001 -- 4
Kansas City 027 100 00x -- 10
Baltimore IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan M (L) 2.1 7 7 7 1 1
Flinn J 1.2 5 3 3 0 0
McGregor S 3.0 2 0 0 1 2
Kerrigan J 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard D (W) 9.0 7 4 3 2 4
E -- Zdeb J, Patek F
DP -- Kansas City 1
LOB -- Baltimore 5, Kansas City 6
2B -- Wathan J, Hurdle C, Mora A, Otis A, DeCinces D
HR -- Porter D, Wathan J, DeCinces D
CS -- Patek F
T -- 2:16
A -- 24662
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