Kansas City Royals vs Seattle Mariners
September 19, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 19, 1978 at Kingdome. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 9, Seattle Mariners 8

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Brett 3b 5 1 2 1
McRae dh 5 2 3 0
Otis cf 4 2 1 1
Cowens rf 4 0 2 1
Porter c 3 1 0 0
Wathan 1b 5 0 2 2
White 2b 4 1 2 1
Patek ss 5 1 2 3
Silverio lf 3 1 1 0
  Hurdle ph 1 0 0 0
  Wilson lf 1 0 0 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  McGilberry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 15 9
Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Cruz 2b 4 2 0 0
Reynolds ss 5 1 2 0
Paciorek lf 5 3 3 4
Roberts rf 5 1 2 1
  Milbourne pr 0 0 0 0
Robertson 1b 4 0 1 0
Stein dh 4 0 1 2
Jones R. cf 3 0 0 0
Bernhardt 3b 3 0 0 0
  Bochte ph 1 1 1 0
Stinson c 4 0 1 0
Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
  Parrott p 0 0 0 0
  Brown p 0 0 0 0
  Jones R. p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 8 11 7
Kansas City 400 300 2009153
Seattle 200 002 0138111
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (18-12) 7.1 8 5 3 2 3
  McGilberry   1.2 3 3 3 1 1
Totals
9.0
11
8
6
3
4
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Honeycutt  L (5-10) 3.0 6 5 4 3 1
  Parrott   1.0 3 2 2 1 0
  Brown   4.0 5 2 2 0 3
  Jones   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
15
9
8
4
4

  E–Brett (16), Porter (8), Patek (30), Bernhardt (5).  DP–Kansas City 2.  PB–Porter (9).  2B–Kansas City Wathan (10,off Honeycutt); Silverio (2,off Honeycutt); Otis (28,off Parrott); Patek (20,off Rick Jones), Seattle Stinson (13,off Splittorff); Paciorek (18,off Splittorff); Robertson (5,off Splittorff).  3B–Seattle Roberts (7,off Splittorff).  HR–Kansas City Patek (2,7th inning off Brown 1 on, 1 out), Seattle Paciorek (4,9th inning off McGilberry 2 on, 2 out).  SF–Cowens (11,off Honeycutt).  IBB–Porter (13,by Parrott).  SB–Brett (21,2nd base off Parrott/Stinson); Cruz (54,3rd base off Splittorff/Porter); Reynolds (9,2nd base off Splittorff/Porter).  IBB–Parrott (4,Porter).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Ted Hendry, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Jerry Neudecker.
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