Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees
October 6, 1978 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 6, 1978 at Yankee Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 5, New York Yankees 6

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Brett 3b 5 3 3 3
McRae dh 5 0 0 0
Otis cf 3 1 2 0
Porter c 4 1 2 1
LaCock 1b 3 0 2 0
Hurdle lf 4 0 1 0
  Wilson pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Cowens rf 4 0 0 1
Patek ss 3 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 0 0
  Braun ph 1 0 0 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
  Hrabosky p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 5 10 5
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 1 0 1 0
  Blair ph,cf 3 0 0 0
White lf 4 2 2 0
  Thomasson lf 0 0 0 0
Munson c 4 2 3 2
Jackson dh 3 2 2 3
Piniella rf 4 0 2 0
Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 3 0 0 0
Stanley 2b 3 0 0 0
Dent ss 3 0 0 0
Hunter p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 6 10 5
Kansas City 101 010 0205101
New York 010 201 02x6100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff   7.1 9 5 4 0 2
  Bird  L (0-1) 0.0 1 1 1 0 0
  Hrabosky   0.2 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
10
6
5
0
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter   6.0 7 3 3 3 5
  Gossage  W (1-0) 3.0 3 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
10
5
5
3
7

  E–Patek (2).  DP–Kansas City 2, New York 1.  PB–Munson (1).  2B–Kansas City LaCock (2,off Hunter); Porter (1,off Hunter); Otis (1,off Gossage), New York Munson (1,off Splittorff).  3B–Kansas City LaCock (1,off Hunter).  HR–Kansas City Brett 3 (3,1st inning off Hunter 0 on, 0 out,3rd inning off Hunter 0 on, 1 out,5th inning off Hunter 0 on, 0 out), New York Jackson (2,2nd inning off Splittorff 0 on, 0 out); Munson (1,8th inning off Bird 1 on, 1 out).  SF–Jackson (1,off Splittorff).  SB–Otis (4,2nd base off Hunter/Munson).  CS–Patek (1,2nd base by Hunter/Munson).  U–Ron Luciano, Bill Kunkel, Dave Phillips, Terry Cooney, Rich Garcia, Lou DiMuro.  T–2:13.  A–55,445.
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