Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
April 12, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 12, 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 5

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry lf 5 0 0 0
Smith 2b 4 0 1 0
Singleton rf 4 0 0 0
Murray 1b 3 1 2 1
May dh 4 1 1 0
Harlow cf 3 0 2 1
DeCinces 3b 3 0 1 0
Belanger ss 2 0 0 0
  Kelly ph 0 0 0 0
  Roenicke ph 1 0 0 0
Skaggs c 3 0 0 0
  Lopez ph 1 0 0 0
Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 7 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
McRae dh 3 1 0 0
Brett 3b 4 0 0 0
Cowens rf 4 1 2 0
Otis cf 4 1 2 3
Porter c 3 1 1 1
Zdeb lf 3 1 1 0
Hurdle 1b 2 0 1 0
White 2b 2 0 0 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 5 7 4
Baltimore 010 000 001271
Kansas City 000 005 00x572
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Flanagan  L (0-2) 5.2 6 5 4 3 3
  Martinez   2.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
7
5
4
3
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  W (1-1) 8.0 7 2 2 4 5
  Mingori  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
2
2
4
5

  E–Murray (2), Brett (2), Hurdle (1).  DP–Baltimore 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Baltimore May (2,off Leonard); Harlow (2,off Leonard).  3B–Kansas City Zdeb (1,off Flanagan).  HR–Baltimore Murray (2,2nd inning off Leonard 0 on, 0 out), Kansas City Otis (1,6th inning off Flanagan 2 on, 2 out); Porter (1,6th inning off Flanagan 0 on, 2 out).  HBP–White (1,by Flanagan).  CS–Harlow (1,2nd base by Leonard/Porter); Hurdle (2,2nd base by Flanagan/Skaggs); Otis (1,2nd base by T Martinez/Skaggs).  WP–Flanagan (1).  HBP–Flanagan (1,White).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:11.  A–17,449.
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