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August 28, 1978

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White Sox 2 5 3
Royals 2 8 2
Bottom 9 R H E
White Sox 2 5 3
Royals 2 9 2

John Wathan Season Stats

  Game Season
Average 1.000 .301
OBP 1.000 .325
At Bats 2 143
Hits 2 43
• Singles 1 33
• Doubles 1 8
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 0 21

Ken Kravec Season Stats

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

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.

PRIOR PLAYS:
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.