Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
September 12, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 12, 1978 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 1, Kansas City Royals 8

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Edwards 2b 4 0 0 0
Burke cf 4 1 1 0
Carty dh 4 0 0 0
Page lf 4 0 2 1
Newman 1b 4 0 0 0
Duncan 3b 4 0 0 0
Guerrero ss 3 0 2 0
Hosley c 3 0 0 0
Wallis rf 2 0 0 0
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Heaverlo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 5 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Braun lf 3 2 2 0
  Wilson lf 1 0 0 0
Brett 3b 5 3 3 0
Otis cf 5 0 3 2
Porter c 3 1 0 0
LaCock 1b 4 1 3 3
Cowens rf 3 0 1 1
McRae dh 4 1 3 0
Patek ss 4 0 1 2
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Gura p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 8 16 8
Oakland 100 000 000150
Kansas City 200 111 21x8160
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  L (7-11) 5.0 10 5 5 2 2
  Heaverlo   3.0 6 3 3 1 3
Totals
8.0
16
8
8
3
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura  W (14-4) 9.0 5 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
5
1
1
1
4

  E–None.  DP–Oakland 1.  2B–Oakland Burke (6,off Gura); Guerrero (18,off Gura); Page (23,off Gura), Kansas City McRae (35,off Langford); Braun (12,off Langford); Brett (39,off Heaverlo).  3B–Kansas City Otis (6,off Heaverlo).  SF–Cowens (10,off Heaverlo).  IBB–Porter 2 (12,by Langford,by Heaverlo).  SB–Otis (28,2nd base off Langford/Hosley); Brett (18,2nd base off Heaverlo/Hosley).  CS–Braun (2,2nd base by Langford/Hosley); Patek (9,2nd base by Langford/Hosley).  IBB–Langford (8,Porter); Heaverlo (9,Porter).  U-HP–Marty Springstead, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Jim Evans, 3B–Durwood Merrill.  T–2:17.  A–21,379.
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