Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
June 25, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 25, 1978 at Royals Stadium. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 6, Kansas City Royals 3

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Dilone lf 3 0 0 0
  Alston lf 2 0 1 0
Fuentes 2b 3 1 1 0
  Edwards 2b 2 0 1 1
Guerrero ss 4 1 2 1
Duncan 3b 4 0 1 0
  Picciolo pr,3b 0 0 0 0
  Gross ph,3b 1 0 0 0
Page dh 3 0 1 1
Revering 1b 4 0 0 0
Burke cf 4 2 2 0
Essian c 1 0 0 1
Armas rf 4 2 2 2
Keough p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
  Sosa p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 6 11 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Braun lf 3 1 1 1
  Zdeb ph,lf 1 0 0 0
  Hurdle ph 0 0 0 0
McRae dh 5 0 2 0
Brett 3b 3 0 1 1
Porter c 3 0 1 0
  Kusnyer c 2 0 0 0
LaCock 1b 3 1 1 0
  Patek ph,ss 1 0 1 0
Cowens cf,rf 4 0 1 1
Poquette rf 2 0 0 0
  Otis ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilson cf 0 0 0 0
Washington ss 3 0 0 0
  Terrell 1b 1 0 0 0
White 2b 4 1 2 0
Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 10 3
Oakland 000 200 2026112
Kansas City 010 020 0003101
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough   4.0 7 3 3 1 4
  Lacey  W (6-3) 4.0 2 0 0 0 1
  Sosa  SV (11) 1.0 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
3
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura  L (5-2) 6.2 7 4 4 1 2
  Pattin   1.0 1 0 0 1 0
  Mingori   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
  Bird   1.0 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
6
6
3
4

  E–Fuentes (1), Guerrero (13), Brett (9).  DP–Oakland 1.  PB–Essian (2).  2B–Oakland Fuentes (1,off Gura); Guerrero (10,off Gura); Burke (4,off Gura); Armas (6,off Bird), Kansas City Brett (20,off Keough); Porter (12,off Keough); White (14,off Keough); Braun (7,off Keough).  3B–Kansas City White (1,off Sosa).  HR–Oakland Armas (1,7th inning off Gura 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Essian (10,off Bird).  SF–Essian (3,off Gura); Brett (4,off Lacey).  IBB–Page (3,by Pattin); Guerrero (1,by Bird).  SB–Page (11,2nd base off Gura/Porter); Burke (4,3rd base off Gura/Kusnyer); Edwards (8,2nd base off Bird/Kusnyer).  CS–Alston (2,2nd base by Pattin/Kusnyer).  IBB–Pattin (3,Page); Bird (4,Guerrero).  U-HP–Bill Haller, 1B–Lou DiMuro, 2B–Ken Kaiser, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–3:00.  A–32,842.
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