Athletics @ Royals
June 24, 1978

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Jim Essian Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .245
OBP .667 .344
At Bats 2 192
Hits 1 47
• Singles 1 36
• Doubles 0 9
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 1 30
RBI’s 1 20

Doug Bird Season Stats

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3 3 1
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Royals Stadium - June 24, 1978
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Out
Doug Bird
Darrell Porter
Pete LaCock
Frank White
George Brett
Freddie Patek
Steve Braun
Al Cowens
Clint Hurdle
Jim Essian
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Essian hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.

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Bottom 7 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Duncan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Hurdle is called out on strikes.
Bottom 7 Dell Alston now playing first base. Porter hits a fly ball into left field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Burke hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Dave Revering pinch hits for Jeff Newman. Revering hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Page hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Guerrero moves to second.
Top 7 Duncan hits a line drive towards short. Patek reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Guerrero hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Fuentes scores. That run is unearned.
Top 7 Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaCock juggles the ball. That's an error on LaCock. Fuentes moves to second.
Bottom 6 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brett for the out.
Bottom 6 There goes McRae. The throw from Essian and he is safe. McRae steals second.
Bottom 6 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero misplays the ball. That's an error on Guerrero.
Bottom 6 Braun hits a fly ball into left field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 White strikes out.
Top 6 Dilone hits a line drive towards cemter. Cowens catches it and throws to home to double up Burke.
Top 6 Doug Bird now pitching. Armas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out. Newman scores. Burke moves to third. That run is unearned.
Top 6 Essian takes first base on ball four. Newman moves to third. Burke moves to second.
Top 6 Burke hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hassler juggles the ball. That's an error on Hassler. Newman moves to second.
Top 6 Newman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 LaCock is walked intentionally.
Bottom 5 There goes Cowens. The throw from Essian and he is safe. Cowens steals second.
Bottom 5 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 Hurdle hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Armas. Hurdle reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 Porter hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Page strikes out.
Top 5 Duncan hits a fly ball into center field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Guerrero hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 5 Fuentes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Brett hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fuentes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Braun hits a fly ball into center field. Burke settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dilone hits a line drive into center field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Armas hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Essian moves to second.
Top 4 Essian hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Newman scores. That run is unearned.
Top 4 Burke strikes out.
Top 4 There's a wild pitch. Newman moves to second.
Top 4 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek misplays the ball. That's an error on Patek.
Bottom 3 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Duncan fields it and throws to first for the out. LaCock moves to third.
Bottom 3 LaCock hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dilone. LaCock reaches second base with a double. Cowens goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 3 Cowens takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Hurdle hits a popup towards first. Newman settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Page 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 3 Duncan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Guerrero moves to third.
Top 3 Guerrero hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 3 Fuentes hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Armas scores.
Top 3 Dilone hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Armas moves to third.
Top 3 Armas hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hurdle. Armas reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 2 Porter strikes out.
Bottom 2 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Newman scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brett for the out. White scores. Braun moves to third.
Bottom 2 Steve McCatty now pitching. McRae hits a fly ball into left field. Dilone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. White moves to third. Braun moves to second.
Bottom 2 Braun hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. White moves to second.
Bottom 2 White takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 Essian hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Burke hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hurdle. Burke reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Newman hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaCock scoops it up and throws to first, with Hassler covering, for the out.
Top 2 Page hits a fly ball into left field. Braun settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Patek strikes out.
Bottom 1 LaCock hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Bottom 1 Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Guerrero fields it and throws to home to get Brett. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 1 Hurdle strikes out.
Bottom 1 There's a wild pitch. Brett moves to third. Porter moves to second.
Bottom 1 Porter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McRae scores. Brett moves to second.
Bottom 1 Brett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Braun scores. McRae moves to third.
Bottom 1 McRae hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Braun moves to third.
Bottom 1 Braun takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Duncan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Guerrero hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 1 Fuentes hits a line drive into center field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Dilone hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hassler fields it and throws to first for the out.