Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
June 12, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 12, 1978 at Royals Stadium. The Texas Rangers defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 6, Kansas City Royals 5

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Harrah 3b 5 0 1 1
Wills 2b 5 1 1 0
Bonds rf 4 1 1 3
Oliver lf 4 1 2 1
Zisk dh 3 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 4 0 1 0
  Jorgensen pr,1b 0 0 0 0
Sundberg c 4 0 0 0
Beniquez cf 2 0 0 0
  Thompson pr,cf 0 1 0 0
Campaneris ss 3 2 2 1
Jenkins p 0 0 0 0
  Comer p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 8 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Poquette lf 4 0 1 1
  Patek pr,ss 1 1 1 0
McRae dh 4 0 0 0
Brett 3b 3 0 1 1
Otis cf 4 0 0 0
Porter c 4 1 2 0
Hurdle rf 2 2 1 1
  Cowens ph,rf 0 0 0 0
LaCock 1b 3 0 1 1
  Wathan ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Washington ss 2 0 0 0
  Braun ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Zdeb ph,lf 1 0 0 0
White 2b 4 1 2 1
Bird p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 5 9 5
Texas 102 000 210680
Kansas City 010 000 400590
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Jenkins   6.2 6 5 5 2 2
  Comer  W (3-1) 0.1 2 0 0 1 0
  Lindblad  SV (2) 2.0 1 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
4
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Bird   7.0 7 5 5 1 3
  Mingori  L (1-1) 0.1 1 1 1 1 0
  Pattin   1.2 0 0 0 1 0
Totals
9.0
8
6
6
3
3

  E–None.  DP–Texas 2.  2B–Texas Hargrove (13,off Bird), Kansas City Porter 2 (9,off Jenkins,off Comer); White (10,off Jenkins); Poquette (6,off Jenkins).  3B–Texas Wills (1,off Bird); Campaneris (1,off Bird), Kansas City LaCock (1,off Jenkins).  HR–Texas Bonds (7,3rd inning off Bird 1 on, 2 out); Oliver (8,8th inning off Mingori 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Bonds (3,off Bird).  HBP–Beniquez (1,by Bird).  IBB–Thompson (1,by Pattin).  SB–Harrah (15,2nd base off Bird/Porter); White (7,2nd base off Jenkins/Sundberg).  WP–Lindblad (2).  HBP–Bird (1,Beniquez).  IBB–Pattin (2,Thompson).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:18.  A–38,146.
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