Milwaukee Brewers vs Kansas City Royals
April 28, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 28, 1978 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Milwaukee Brewers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Milwaukee Brewers 6, Kansas City Royals 7

Milwaukee Brewers ab   r   h rbi
Sakata 2b 5 1 2 0
Bando 3b 4 2 1 0
Cooper 1b 5 2 2 1
Hisle lf 4 1 1 3
Oglivie rf 3 0 1 2
Lezcano dh 4 0 0 0
Thomas cf 1 0 0 0
Martinez c 4 0 1 0
  Davis ph 1 0 0 0
Nordbrook ss 2 0 0 0
Sorensen p 0 0 0 0
  McClure p 0 0 0 0
  Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 8 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Poquette lf 2 1 1 0
  Zdeb ph,lf 1 1 1 0
  LaCock ph 0 0 0 1
  Wilson lf 0 0 0 0
McRae dh 5 0 1 0
Brett 3b 5 1 4 1
Cowens rf 4 0 0 1
Porter c 4 0 0 0
Otis cf 3 2 1 0
Hurdle 1b 3 0 1 1
  Wathan ph,1b 1 1 1 1
Patek ss 4 1 2 1
Terrell 2b 2 0 0 0
  Lahoud ph 1 0 0 0
  White 2b 1 0 1 1
Busby p 0 0 0 0
  Colborn p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 7 13 7
Milwaukee 230 000 010682
Kansas City 001 002 13x7131
  Milwaukee Brewers IP H R ER BB SO
Sorensen   6.0 7 3 3 2 3
  McClure   1.0 4 3 3 0 0
  Rodriguez  L (0-2) 1.0 2 1 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
7
6
2
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Busby   1.2 5 5 5 2 0
  Colborn  W (1-0) 6.1 3 1 1 5 0
  Pattin  SV (2) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
7
0

  E–Thomas 2 (2), Colborn (1).  2B–Milwaukee Cooper (5,off Busby); Sakata (2,off Colborn), Kansas City Brett (6,off McClure).  HR–Milwaukee Hisle (7,2nd inning off Busby 2 on, 2 out); Cooper (7,8th inning off Colborn 0 on, 1 out).  SH–Nordbrook 2 (2,off Colborn 2).  HBP–Bando (2,by Busby); Thomas (1,by Colborn).  SF–LaCock (1,off Rodriguez).  SB–Otis (2,2nd base off McClure/Martinez).  HBP–Busby (1,Bando); Colborn (1,Thomas).  U-HP–Terry Cooney, 1B–Al Clark, 2B–Bill Kunkel, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:23.  A–20,166.
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