Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
July 1, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 1, 1978 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 2, Oakland Athletics 4

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 0 1 1
Zdeb rf 4 0 0 0
Brett 3b 3 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 0 0 0
McRae dh 3 0 1 0
Porter c 3 0 1 0
White 2b 4 1 1 0
Hurdle 1b 4 0 0 0
Wilson lf 3 1 1 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 2 5 1
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Wallis cf 3 0 2 0
  Armas rf 1 0 0 0
Dilone lf 4 0 0 0
Page dh 3 1 1 0
Revering 1b 4 1 2 0
Duncan 3b 3 1 1 0
Burke rf,cf 3 0 0 1
Newman c 4 1 2 2
Edwards 2b 4 0 3 1
Picciolo ss 4 0 1 0
Johnson p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 12 4
Kansas City 000 010 010251
Oakland 000 202 00x4120
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  L (7-11) 5.2 10 4 4 2 4
  Mingori   2.1 2 0 0 0 2
Totals
8.0
12
4
4
2
6
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Johnson  W (5-4) 9.0 5 2 1 3 9
Totals
9.0
5
2
1
3
9

  E–Zdeb (1).  DP–Kansas City 1.  PB–Newman (2).  2B–Kansas City McRae (20,off Johnson); Porter (13,off Johnson), Oakland Wallis (3,off Leonard); Newman (2,off Leonard); Revering (11,off Mingori).  3B–Kansas City White (2,off Johnson).  SH–Duncan (2,off Leonard); Burke (2,off Leonard).  IBB–Page (4,by Leonard).  SB–McRae (8,2nd base off Johnson/Newman); Wilson (29,2nd base off Johnson/Newman); Dilone (26,2nd base off Leonard/Porter); Edwards (9,2nd base off Mingori/Porter).  WP–Johnson (1).  IBB–Leonard (4,Page).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–George Maloney, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:27.  A–5,062.
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