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July 8, 1978

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Orioles 3 8 1
Royals 11 14 2
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Orioles 3 8 1
Royals 11 14 2

Lee May Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .252
OBP .250 .296
At Bats 3 310
Hits 0 78
• Singles 0 50
• Doubles 0 12
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 15
Walks 1 19
RBI’s 0 47

Doug Bird Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
3 4 1
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Royals Stadium - July 8, 1978
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Strikeout
Doug Bird
John Wathan
Pete LaCock
Frank White
George Brett
U L Washington
Joe Zdeb
Willie Wilson
Clint Hurdle
Lee May
Ken Singleton
Eddie Murray
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

May strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 The umpire calls a balk on Bird Dauer scores. Murray moves to third. Singleton moves to second.
Top 9 Singleton takes first base on ball four. Dauer moves to third. Murray moves to second.
Top 9 Murray hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Harlow scores. Dauer moves to second.
Top 9 Dauer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Harlow moves to third.
Top 9 Harlow hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hurdle. Harlow reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Doug Bird now pitching. Hendricks hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Garcia scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Kiko Garcia now playing shortstop. Elrod Hendricks now catching. John Flinn now pitching. Wathan hits a fly ball into right field. Singleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Terry Crowley pinch hits for Rick Dempsey. Crowley hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaCock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Crowley for the out.
Top 8 DeCinces hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wathan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kelly hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Singleton moves to second.
Top 8 May hits a fly ball into left field. Zdeb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 John Wathan now catching. Joe Zdeb now playing left field. Willie Wilson now playing center field. Singleton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Joe Zdeb pinch runs for Darrell Porter. Hurdle strikes out.
Bottom 7 Porter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brett scores.
Bottom 7 LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dauer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Singleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brett moves to third.
Bottom 7 Brett hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kelly. Brett reaches second base with a double. Wilson scores. White scores. Washington goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 7 Don Stanhouse now pitching. Washington hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Otis scores. Wilson moves to third. White moves to second.
Bottom 7 Willie Wilson pinch runs for Tom Poquette. White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Otis moves to third. Wilson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Poquette bunts towards the mound. Martinez fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Otis moves to second.
Bottom 7 Otis takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Murray strikes out.
Top 7 Dauer takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 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.
Top 7 Belanger hits a popup, foul, towards first. LaCock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Hurdle hits a fly ball into center field. Harlow settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murray scoops it up and throws to first, with Martinez covering, for the out. LaCock moves to third.
Bottom 6 LaCock hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kelly. LaCock reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 6 McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Singleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Dempsey hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 DeCinces hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Kelly takes first base on ball four. Murray scores. Singleton moves to third. May moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 6 May takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 There's a wild pitch. Murray moves to third. Singleton moves to second.
Top 6 Singleton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gale fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Gale. Murray moves to second.
Top 6 Murray hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 6 Dauer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Belanger fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 5 Washington takes first base on ball four. Poquette moves to second.
Bottom 5 White hits a fly ball into right field. Singleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Poquette hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Harlow hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Belanger hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Dempsey hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Hurdle strikes out.
Bottom 4 Porter hits a popup, foul, towards third. DeCinces settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dauer scoops it up and throws to first, with Martinez covering, for the out.
Top 4 DeCinces hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Kelly hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Singleton strikes out.
Bottom 3 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Brett takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Washington hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Harlow, who is chasing the ball. Washington reaches third base with a triple. White goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 There goes Poquette, trying to steal home. The slide, and he is safe. Poquette steals home. That run is unearned.
Bottom 3 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Poquette moves to third.
Bottom 3 Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murray juggles the ball. That's an error on Murray.
Bottom 3 Otis hits a fly ball into right field. Singleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Hurdle hits a fly ball into center field. Harlow settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Murray hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Dauer hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hurdle. Dauer reaches second base with a double. Belanger moves to third.
Top 3 Harlow hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Belanger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Washington misplays the ball. That's an error on Washington.
Top 3 Dempsey hits a popup towards first. LaCock settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Tippy Martinez now pitching. Porter strikes out.
Bottom 2 LaCock hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Poquette scores. Brett scores. McRae moves to second.
Bottom 2 McRae takes first base on ball four. Poquette moves to third. Brett moves to second.
Bottom 2 Brett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Poquette moves to second.
Bottom 2 Washington strikes out.
Bottom 2 White strikes out.
Bottom 2 Poquette hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 DeCinces hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Kelly hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 May hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Otis strikes out.
Bottom 1 Hurdle hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Kelly who is chasing the ball. Hurdle reaches third base with a triple. LaCock scores. Porter goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Porter takes first base on ball four. LaCock moves to second.
Bottom 1 LaCock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dauer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murray scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brett for the out.
Top 1 Singleton strikes out.
Top 1 There goes Harlow. The throw from Porter and he is safe. Harlow steals second.
Top 1 Murray strikes out.
Top 1 Dauer hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Harlow takes first base on ball four.