Kansas City Royals vs Baltimore Orioles
April 23, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 23, 1978 at Memorial 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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Kansas City Royals 6, Baltimore Orioles 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf,lf 5 1 2 0
McRae dh 5 1 2 3
Brett 3b 4 1 1 0
Cowens rf 4 1 1 0
Porter c 5 1 3 2
Poquette lf 3 0 1 0
  Zdeb ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Lahoud ph 1 0 0 0
  Otis cf 0 0 0 0
Hurdle 1b 1 1 1 0
  LaCock 1b 0 0 0 0
Patek ss 4 0 0 1
White 2b 4 0 1 0
Busby p 0 0 0 0
  Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 12 6
Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry lf,cf 3 2 0 0
Smith 2b 3 0 2 1
Singleton rf 3 1 0 0
  Lopez ph,rf 1 0 0 0
Murray 1b 4 0 2 2
  Garcia ss 0 0 0 0
May dh 4 0 1 1
Harlow cf 0 0 0 0
  Roenicke ph,lf 2 0 0 1
  Kelly ph 1 0 0 0
DeCinces 3b 5 0 2 0
Dempsey c 5 0 1 0
Belanger ss 1 1 0 0
  Crowley ph,1b 1 1 1 0
Martinez D. p 0 0 0 0
  Stoddard p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez T. p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
Kansas City 012 002 0106120
Baltimore 210 000 020591
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Busby   0.1 1 2 2 3 0
  Gura  W (2-0) 5.1 6 1 1 2 0
  Mingori   0.2 0 0 0 1 1
  Bird   1.0 1 2 2 2 0
  Hrabosky   0.1 1 0 0 0 1
  Pattin  SV (1) 1.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
8
3
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez D.   3.2 7 3 1 1 2
  Stoddard  L (0-1) 2.0 3 2 2 1 1
  Martinez T.   2.1 2 1 1 3 2
  Stanhouse   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
12
6
4
6
6

  E–DeCinces (2).  DP–Kansas City 1, Baltimore 3.  2B–Kansas City Cowens (2,off D Martinez); Brett (4,off Stoddard); McRae (3,off Stoddard), Baltimore DeCinces 2 (5,off Gura 2).  HR–Kansas City McRae (5,8th inning off T Martinez 0 on, 1 out).  HBP–Cowens (2,by Stoddard); May (1,by Mingori).  IBB–LaCock (1,by Stanhouse).  SH–Belanger (2,off Gura).  SF–Roenicke (2,off Gura).  SB–Patek (3,2nd base off D Martinez/Dempsey); Bumbry (3,2nd base off Busby/Porter); Belanger (1,2nd base off Gura/Porter).  CS–Porter (3,3rd base by Stanhouse/Dempsey).  HBP–Mingori (1,May); Stoddard (2,Cowens).  IBB–Stanhouse (1,LaCock).  U-HP–Mike Reilly, 1B–Bill Haller, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–3:22.  A–13,833.
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