Orioles @ Royals
July 7, 1978

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Top 9	R	H	E
Orioles	1	4	1
Royals	3	10	1

Top 9	R	H	E
Orioles	1	4	1
Royals	3	10	1

Lee May Season Stats

	Game	Season
Average	.000	.255
OBP	.000	.298
At Bats	3	306
Hits	0	78
• Singles	0	50
• Doubles	0	12
• Triples	0	1
• Home Runs	0	15
Walks	0	18
RBI’s	0	47

Paul Splittorff Season Stats

Wins	Losses	Saves
9	7	0

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Royals Stadium - July 7, 1978

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Out

Paul Splittorff

Darrell Porter

John Wathan

Frank White

George Brett

Freddie Patek

Joe Zdeb

Amos Otis

Clint Hurdle

Lee May

Final Stats

	Runs	Hits	Errors	LOB
Baltimore Orioles	1	4	1	4
Kansas City Royals	3	10	1	10
Winning Pitcher	Paul Splittorff
Losing Pitcher	Scott McGregor
Save	(none)
Game Winning RBI	Amos Otis
Attendance	23,314
Time of Game	2 hours 8 minutes

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Count: - , 2 Outs

Count: - , 0 Outs

End of Game

May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:

Top 9 Murray strikes out.

Top 9 Singleton hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 Brett hits a fly ball into right field. Singleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 8 White takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 8 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 8 Hurdle hits a fly ball into left field. Mora settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 8 Dauer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 8 Belanger hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Belanger fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.

Bottom 7 Porter takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 7 There goes McRae. The throw from Dempsey and he is safe. McRae steals second.

Bottom 7 Otis hits a fly ball into right field. Singleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 7 McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 7 Dempsey hits a fly ball into left field. Zdeb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 DeCinces hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 7 Mora hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 7 May hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Zdeb hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields it and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 6 Brett hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Bottom 6 White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Dauer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 6 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 6 Murray hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Singleton hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 6 Dauer hits a ball on the ground and there's an error on the play. Lopez moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice.

Top 6 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it and throws to second for the out.

Top 6 Belanger hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 5 Hurdle hits a fly ball into left field. Mora settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 5 Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields it and throws to home to get McRae. Otis moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.

Bottom 5 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Murray scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Porter for the out.

Bottom 5 There goes Otis. The throw from Dempsey and he is safe. Otis steals second.

Bottom 5 Joe Kerrigan now pitching. Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brett scores. Zdeb scores. McRae moves to third.

Bottom 5 McRae takes first base on ball four. White scores. Brett moves to third. Zdeb moves to second.

Bottom 5 Zdeb takes first base on ball four. White moves to third. Brett moves to second.

Bottom 5 Brett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. White moves to second.

Bottom 5 White takes first base on ball four.

Top 5 Dempsey hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 DeCinces hits a fly ball into left field. Zdeb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 5 Mora hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Lopez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Hurdle takes first base on ball four.

Bottom 4 Wathan hits a fly ball into left field. Mora settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 4 Porter hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Singleton. Porter reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 4 Otis strikes out.

Top 4 May hits a popup, foul, towards first. Wathan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Murray hits a fly ball into left field. Zdeb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 4 Singleton hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 3 McRae hits a fly ball towards cemter. Lopez catches it and throws to home to double up White.

Bottom 3 Zdeb hits a fly ball into right field. Singleton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. White moves to third.

Bottom 3 Brett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. White moves to second.

Bottom 3 White bunts towards the mound. McGregor fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.

Top 3 Dauer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Porter settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

Top 3 Lopez hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.

Top 3 Belanger hits a fly ball into left field. Zdeb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. DeCinces tags and scores.

Top 3 Dempsey hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. DeCinces moves to third.

Top 3 DeCinces hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Hurdle. DeCinces reaches second base with a double.

Bottom 2 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dauer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.

Bottom 2 Hurdle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Bottom 2 Wathan hits a fly ball into left field. Mora settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 2 Wathan hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Dempsey settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Dempsey.

Bottom 2 Porter strikes out.

Top 2 Mora hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 2 May hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.

Top 2 Murray hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 Otis hits a fly ball into left field. Mora settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Bottom 1 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. DeCinces fields it and throws to second for the out.

Bottom 1 Zdeb hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. There goes Brett trying to get to second. Lopez throws the ball in to Dauer who tags Brett for the out.

Bottom 1 Brett hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.

Top 1 Singleton hits a fly ball into right field. Hurdle settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

Top 1 Dauer hits a popup for a double play.

Top 1 Lopez takes first base on ball four.

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