Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
July 8, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 8, 1978 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 3, Kansas City Royals 11

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Harlow cf 4 1 1 0
Dauer 2b 4 1 2 0
Murray 1b 5 1 2 1
Singleton rf 4 0 1 0
May dh 4 0 0 0
Kelly lf 4 0 2 1
DeCinces 3b 4 0 0 0
Dempsey c 3 0 0 0
  Crowley ph 1 0 0 0
  Garcia ss 0 0 0 0
Belanger ss 3 0 0 0
  Hendricks c 1 0 0 0
Martinez D. p 0 0 0 0
  Martinez T. p 0 0 0 0
  Stanhouse p 0 0 0 0
  Flinn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 8 2
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Brett 3b 4 2 2 3
McRae dh 4 0 0 0
LaCock 1b 5 1 3 2
Porter c 4 1 1 1
  Zdeb pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Hurdle rf 5 0 1 2
Otis cf 3 1 0 0
  Wathan c 1 0 0 0
Poquette lf 4 2 3 0
  Wilson pr,cf 1 1 0 0
White 2b 5 2 2 0
Washington ss 3 1 2 2
Gale p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 11 14 10
Baltimore 000 001 002381
Kansas City 222 000 50x11142
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Martinez D.  L (7-7) 1.2 5 4 4 2 3
  Martinez T.   4.1 6 5 3 3 2
  Stanhouse   1.0 3 2 2 0 1
  Flinn   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
11
9
5
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale  W (9-3) 8.0 5 1 0 4 4
  Bird   1.0 3 2 2 1 1
Totals
9.0
8
3
2
5
5

  E–Murray (6), Washington (6), Gale (2).  2B–Baltimore Dauer (9,off Gale); Harlow (13,off Bird), Kansas City LaCock (5,off T Martinez); Brett (28,off Stanhouse).  3B–Kansas City Hurdle (2,off D Martinez); Washington (1,off T Martinez).  SB–Harlow (13,2nd base off Gale/Porter); Poquette (1,Home off T Martinez/Dempsey).  WP–Gale (2).  BK–Bird (2).  U-HP–Steve Palermo, 1B–Don Denkinger, 2B–Dave Phillips, 3B–Larry McCoy.  T–2:58.  A–34,587.
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