Chicago White Sox vs Kansas City Royals
August 29, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 29, 1978 at Royals Stadium. 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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Chicago White Sox 9, Kansas City Royals 3

Chicago White Sox ab   r   h rbi
Washington lf 4 0 0 0
Bosley cf 5 1 0 0
Squires 1b 4 0 1 1
Johnson dh 5 1 3 2
Orta 2b 5 0 0 0
Lemon rf 4 2 3 1
  Molinaro pr,rf 0 1 0 0
Colbern c 4 2 2 1
Kessinger ss 3 1 1 2
Bell 3b 2 0 0 0
  Soderholm ph 1 0 1 2
  Pryor pr,3b 0 1 0 0
Proly p 0 0 0 0
  Willoughby p 0 0 0 0
  LaGrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 9 11 9
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Braun lf 3 0 1 1
McRae dh 4 0 0 0
Brett 3b,ss 4 1 1 0
Porter c 3 0 0 1
LaCock 1b 4 1 1 0
Otis cf 4 0 0 0
Cowens rf,3b 4 1 1 0
Patek ss 2 0 0 0
  Hurdle ph,rf 1 0 1 0
White 2b 2 0 1 0
  Poquette ph 0 0 0 1
  Terrell pr,2b 1 0 0 0
Gale p 0 0 0 0
  McGilberry p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Foucault p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 6 3
Chicago 100 200 2049111
Kansas City 000 100 200362
  Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB SO
Proly  W (5-2) 6.1 3 1 0 0 4
  Willoughby   0.1 2 2 2 2 0
  LaGrow  SV (14) 2.1 1 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
6
3
2
4
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gale  L (13-7) 6.0 6 5 4 2 3
  McGilberry   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Mingori   2.1 4 4 4 1 2
  Foucault   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
11
9
8
3
5

  E–Colbern (7), Patek (27), Gale (4).  DP–Chicago 1, Kansas City 1.  PB–Porter (7).  2B–Chicago Colbern (5,off Gale); Kessinger (18,off Gale), Kansas City Hurdle (23,off LaGrow).  3B–Chicago Lemon (4,off Gale).  SH–Bell (1,off McGilberry).  IBB–Kessinger (1,by Mingori).  SB–Brett (17,2nd base off Proly/Colbern).  IBB–Mingori (3,Kessinger).  U-HP–Larry McCoy, 1B–Steve Palermo, 2B–(none), 3B–Don Denkinger.  T–2:45.  A–19,343.
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