Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
April 10, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 10, 1978 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 2, Kansas City Royals 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 2 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 3 0 0 0
Roenicke lf 4 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 1 0
May dh 4 1 2 0
DeCinces 3b 4 0 0 0
Lopez rf 4 1 3 1
Dempsey c 4 0 1 1
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
Briles p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 7 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 4 1 1 0
McRae dh 3 2 1 0
Brett 3b 4 1 1 1
Cowens rf 4 0 2 3
Porter c 3 0 1 0
Otis cf 4 0 0 0
Hurdle 1b 3 0 2 0
Patek ss 3 0 0 0
White 2b 2 0 1 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 4 9 4
Baltimore 001 000 001271
Kansas City 003 000 01x490
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Briles  L (0-1) 6.0 6 3 3 2 2
  Stoddard   2.0 3 1 1 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
4
4
3
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (1-0) 8.1 7 2 2 3 1
  Hrabosky  SV (1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
3
2

  E–Briles (1).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Baltimore Lopez (1,off Splittorff); May (1,off Splittorff), Kansas City Porter (2,off Briles).  3B–Kansas City Hurdle (1,off Briles); Cowens 2 (3,off Briles,off Stoddard); McRae (1,off Stoddard).  SH–Belanger (1,off Splittorff).  IBB–Porter (1,by Stoddard).  SB–Brett (1,2nd base off Briles/Dempsey); Wilson (3,2nd base off Briles/Dempsey).  CS–Hurdle (1,2nd base by Briles/Dempsey); Wilson (1,2nd base by Briles/Dempsey); White (1,2nd base by Stoddard/Dempsey).  IBB–Stoddard (1,Porter).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:19.  A–38,194.
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