Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
April 21, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 21, 1978 at Memorial Stadium. The Baltimore Orioles defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 1, Baltimore Orioles 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Poquette lf 4 1 2 1
McRae dh 4 0 0 0
Brett 3b 3 0 0 0
Cowens rf 4 0 1 0
  Wilson pr 0 0 0 0
Porter c 4 0 2 0
Hurdle 1b 3 0 0 0
Otis cf 3 0 0 0
Patek ss 2 0 0 0
  LaCock ph 1 0 0 0
  Terrell 2b 0 0 0 0
White 2b 2 0 0 0
  Lahoud ph 1 0 0 0
  Washington ss 0 0 0 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 5 1
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry lf 3 0 1 0
Harlow cf 4 1 1 0
Singleton rf 4 0 2 0
  Lopez pr,rf 0 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 0 0
May dh 3 1 1 1
DeCinces 3b 3 0 0 0
Smith 2b 3 0 0 0
Dempsey c 2 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 1 0
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 29 2 6 1
Kansas City 000 001 000150
Baltimore 000 002 00x260
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  L (2-2) 8.0 6 2 2 2 7
Totals
8.0
6
2
2
2
7
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  W (2-0) 8.0 4 1 1 1 3
  Stanhouse  SV (3) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
3

  E–None.  DP–Baltimore 2.  PB–Dempsey (1).  2B–Kansas City Poquette (1,off Palmer), Baltimore Belanger (3,off Leonard); Harlow (3,off Leonard); May (3,off Leonard).  HR–Kansas City Poquette (1,6th inning off Palmer 0 on, 0 out).  SB–Wilson (5,2nd base off Stanhouse/Dempsey); Bumbry (2,2nd base off Leonard/Porter).  CS–Porter 2 (2,2nd base by Palmer/Dempsey 2); Bumbry (1,2nd base by Leonard/Porter).  WP–Leonard 2 (4).  U-HP–Lou DiMuro, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Mike Reilly, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:15.  A–6,203.
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