White Sox @ Royals
August 28, 1978

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Bottom 9 R H E
White Sox 2 5 3
Royals 2 10 2
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White Sox 2 5 3
Royals 3 10 2

Willie Wilson Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .223
OBP .000 .294
At Bats 3 175
Hits 0 39
• Singles 0 29
• Doubles 0 8
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 0
Walks 0 16
RBI’s 0 10

Ken Kravec Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
10 11 0
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Royals Stadium - August 28, 1978
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Out
Ken Kravec
Mike Colbern
Mike Squires
Jorge Orta
Kevin Bell
Don Kessinger
Claudell Washington
Thad Bosley
Chet Lemon
Willie Wilson
Frank White
John Wathan

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Chicago White Sox 2 5 3 6
Kansas City Royals 3 10 2 8
Winning Pitcher Al Hrabosky
Losing Pitcher Ken Kravec
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Willie Wilson
Attendance 27,562
Time of Game 2 hours 32 minutes
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Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

End of Game

Wilson hits a fly ball into center field. Bosley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wathan tags and scores.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Wathan moves to third.
Bottom 9 Kevin Bell now playing third base. Wathan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Washington. Wathan reaches second base with a double.
Top 9 Colbern hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Porter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Al Hrabosky now pitching. Squires hits a line drive into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Orta moves to third.
Top 9 Doug Bird now pitching. Soderholm bunts towards the mound. Bird fields it and throws to first for the out. Orta moves to second.
Top 9 Orta takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Porter hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Colbern settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cowens moves to third.
Bottom 8 Otis hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Cowens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 8 Brett hits a fly ball into left field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Lemon hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Patek hits a fly ball into left field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Soderholm fields it and throws to first for the out. Wathan moves to second.
Bottom 7 White strikes out.
Bottom 7 Claudell Washington now playing left field. Wathan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Bosley hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wathan scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Bosley for the out.
Top 7 Colbern hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Porter strikes out.
Bottom 6 There goes McRae. The throw from Colbern and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Bottom 6 McRae hits a fly ball towards left. Garr settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Garr. Cowens scores. That run is unearned.
Bottom 6 There goes Cowens. The throw from Colbern and he is safe. Cowens steals second.
Bottom 6 Otis hits a line drive into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brett tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Cowens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Brett moves to third.
Bottom 6 Brett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Bosley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Squires hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Soderholm hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 6 Orta takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 5 Wilson hits a line drive into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 White hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Wathan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Garr. Wathan reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Porter hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Johnson hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Lemon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Colbern scores. Garr scores. Two runs are unearned.
Top 5 Kessinger hits a line drive into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff juggles the ball. That's an error on Splittorff. Colbern moves to third. Garr moves to second.
Top 5 Bosley bunts towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to first for the out. Colbern moves to second.
Top 5 Colbern hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 McRae strikes out.
Bottom 4 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kravec fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Squires hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Soderholm hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Orta hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Johnson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Brett hits a fly ball into center field. Bosley settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 There goes Patek. The throw from Colbern and he is out, Kessinger applying the tag.
Bottom 3 Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Wilson strikes out.
Top 3 Lemon hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Kessinger takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Bosley moves to third.
Top 3 Bosley is thrown out by unknown player in unknown way. Bosley moves to second.
Top 3 Bosley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Colbern is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 White hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Wathan is hit by the pitch.
Bottom 2 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Orta scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Kessinger scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Squires hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Soderholm hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Orta hits a line drive into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Johnson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kravec fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Cowens hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Orta settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Brett bunts towards first. Squires scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brett for the out. Patek moves to third.
Bottom 1 Kravec fires over to first and throws the ball away. That's an error on Kravec. Patek moves to second.
Bottom 1 Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Kessinger hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Garr hits a ball on the ground towards first. Wathan scoops it up and throws to first, with Splittorff covering, for the out.