Kansas City Royals vs Chicago White Sox
June 18, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 18, 1978 at Comiskey Park I. The Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 0, Chicago White Sox 11

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson cf 3 0 0 0
Poquette lf 4 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 0 0 0
Hurdle 1b 3 0 1 0
McRae dh 4 0 2 0
Porter c 2 0 1 0
  Washington ss 0 0 0 0
  Braun ph 1 0 1 0
Cowens rf 4 0 0 0
Patek ss 2 0 0 0
  Kusnyer c 1 0 0 0
Terrell 2b 3 0 0 0
  LaCock ph 1 0 0 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 0 5 0
Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Bannister lf 2 1 0 0
  Cruz ph,lf 2 1 1 0
Washington rf 5 2 2 2
Lemon cf 4 2 2 2
Nordhagen c 5 2 3 1
Johnson 1b 5 0 2 1
Nahorodny dh 4 0 0 1
Soderholm 3b 2 3 2 2
Kessinger ss 4 0 1 0
Pryor 2b 4 0 1 1
Schueler p 0 0 0 0
  Willoughby p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 11 14 10
Kansas City 000 000 000052
Chicago 022 101 23x11141
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  L (8-6) 5.0 6 5 5 2 0
  Pattin   3.0 8 6 3 2 1
Totals
8.0
14
11
8
4
1
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Schueler  W (3-1) 5.0 2 0 0 4 2
  Willoughby  SV (9) 4.0 3 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
5
0
0
4
2

  E–Poquette (5), Washington (5), Kessinger (5).  DP–Kansas City 1, Chicago 1.  PB–Kusnyer (1); Nordhagen (5).  2B–Kansas City McRae (16,off Willoughby), Chicago Nordhagen (10,off Splittorff); Lemon (14,off Splittorff).  HR–Chicago Soderholm 2 (5,2nd inning off Splittorff 0 on, 2 out,4th inning off Splittorff 0 on, 0 out); Washington (1,3rd inning off Splittorff 1 on, 1 out); Lemon (6,7th inning off Pattin 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Nahorodny (3,off Splittorff).  SB–Wilson (26,2nd base off Schueler/Nordhagen); Braun (2,2nd base off Willoughby/Nordhagen).  WP–Schueler (2).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–Fred Spenn, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:32.  A–40,598.
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