1978 World Series - Game 4 Oct 14, 1978 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1978 Kansas City 2-2 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 11 2 1978 Los Angeles 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 0 Kansas City AB R H BI W K Avg Los Angeles AB R H BI W K Avg Brett,G 3B 4 1 1 1 1 0 .267 Lopes 2B 5 0 1 0 0 0 .167 McRae LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .143 Russell,B SS 4 0 2 0 0 0 .267 Wilson,W LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Smith,R RF-CF 4 1 0 0 0 1 .267 Otis CF 4 0 3 0 0 0 .313 Garvey 1B 3 0 1 1 1 0 .462 Cowens RF 4 1 2 0 0 1 .182 Monday CF 3 0 0 0 0 2 .167 Porter,D C 4 1 1 1 0 0 .200 Lacy PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 LaCock 1B 3 0 1 1 0 0 .300 Cey 3B 4 0 0 0 0 2 .071 Wathan PR-1B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .600 Baker,D LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 White,F 2B 3 0 2 0 1 0 .286 Yeager C 1 0 0 0 1 0 .200 Washington,U SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Davalillo PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Zdeb PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Ferguson, J C 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Hrabosky P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rau P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gale P 3 0 0 0 0 3 .000 Rhoden P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pattin P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Oates PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Mingori P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Rautzhan P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Patek PH-SS 1 0 0 0 0 0 .111 Mota PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 35 3 11 3 2 4 .217 35 1 7 1 2 6 .218 Kansas City IP H R ER W K Ct S B ERA BF Gale W(1-0) 6.1 5 1 0 1 6 111 66 45 0.00 27 Pattin H(1) 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 11 8 3 0.00 3 Mingori H(1) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 13 7 6 0.00 4 Hrabosky S(2) 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 14 9 5 0.00 3 9.0 7 1 0 2 6 149 90 59 3.34 37 Los Angeles IP H R ER W K Ct S B ERA BF Rau L(0-1) 6.2 9 3 3 0 4 124 89 35 4.05 28 Rhoden 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0.00 1 Rautzhan 2.0 2 0 0 2 0 32 18 14 0.00 10 9.0 11 3 3 2 4 157 108 49 2.06 39 KC: Wathan ran for LaCock in the 6th Wilson,W moved to LF in the 7th Zdeb hit for Washington,U in the 9th Patek hit for Mingori in the 9th Patek moved to SS in the 9th LAD: Davalillo hit for Yeager in the 7th Oates hit for Rhoden in the 7th Ferguson, J moved to C in the 8th Lacy hit for Monday in the 8th Smith,R moved to CF in the 9th Lacy moved to RF in the 9th Mota hit for Rautzhan in the 9th E-Washington,U(1) White,F(2) 2B-LaCock(2) 3B-Baker,D(1) HR-Brett,G(1) Porter,D(1) CS-Otis 2 SH-Zdeb PB-Ferguson, J LOB-Kansas City 8 Los Angeles 9 DP-Kansas City 1 GWRBI-Porter,D Game MVP:Rich Gale Dodger Stadium, Time 3:25, 79ø, 5mph Out to CF Oct 14, 1978 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1978 Kansas City 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 11 2 1978 Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 0 1978 Kansas City Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Brett,G 3B 1>G43 G53 G63 HR IBB 2 McRae LF G53 S G43 G63 Wilson,W LF G43 3 Otis CF G53 S,13 6>S 8>S 4 Cowens RF 2>G63 K CS2(24)S Po1 S 5 Porter,D C HR 4>G43 Fs9 P3 6 LaCock 1B F8 G53 D,1H Wathan PR-1B PB,12 G13 7 White,F 2B S S Fs8 9>W 8 Washington,U SS G53 G53 7>G63 Zdeb PH B14,12 Hrabosky P 9 Gale P 3>K 5>K K Pattin P Mingori P Patek PH-SS G63 1978 Los Angeles Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Lopes 2B 1>G43 3>P5 L4 S,12 F9 2 Russell,B SS S S G43 G43,23,12 3 Smith,R RF-CF K G16/fo,B1 6>E6,B2 L3 4 Garvey 1B L6 L8 S,2H 8>W 5 Monday CF 2>P3 4>K K Lacy PH-RF L6 6 Cey 3B K23 K Fs7 F8 7 Baker,D LF E4,B1 T G63 L7 8 Yeager C W,12 P6 Davalillo PH 7>K Ferguson, J C 9>S 9 Rau P G54/fo 5>G13 Rhoden P Oates PH S Rautzhan P Mota PH G643/dp Kansas City IN OUT Gale AB1-1 AB3-9 Pattin AB4-3 Mingori AB4-7 Hrabosky End Los Angeles IN OUT Rau AB1-1 AB4-1 Rhoden AB4-2 AB4-2 Rautzhan AB4-3 End Oct 14, 1978 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1978 Kansas City 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 11 2 1978 Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 7 0 Inn Out B-S On KC -LAD Result 1-Kansas City 1 0 2-0 - 0-0 Brett grounded to second, 1 out 1 1 0-1 - 0-0 McRae grounded to third, 2 out 1 2 2-2 - 0-0 Otis grounded to third, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-Los Angeles 1 0 1-1 - 0-0 Lopes grounded to second, 1 out 1 1 1-1 - 0-0 Russell grounded a single between third and short 1 1 2-2 1 0-0 Smith struck out, 2 out 1 2 2-2 1 0-0 Garvey lined to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Kansas City 2 0 3-2 - 0-0 Cowens grounded to short, 1 out 2 1 1-2 - 0-0 Porter hit a solo homer to right, 344 feet, KC 1 LAD 0 2 1 0-1 - 1-0 LaCock flied to center, 2 out 2 2 0-1 - 1-0 White singled to right center 2 2 2-2 1 1-0 Washington grounded to third, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Los Angeles 2 0 1-0 - 1-0 Monday popped to first, 1 out 2 1 2-2 - 1-0 Cey struck out, out at 1st, 2 out 2 2 2-1 - 1-0 Baker grounded to second, safe on an error 2 2 3-1 1 1-0 Yeager walked, Baker to 2nd 2 2 2-0 12 1-0 Rau grounded to third, forcing Yeager at second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Kansas City 3 0 0-2 - 1-0 Gale struck out, 1 out 3 1 0-0 - 1-0 Brett grounded to third, 2 out 3 2 3-2 - 1-0 McRae lined a single to left center 3 2 3-1 1 1-0 Otis singled to center, McRae to 3rd 3 2 2-2 13 1-0 Cowens struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Los Angeles 3 0 1-1 - 1-0 Lopes popped to third, 1 out 3 1 1-2 - 1-0 Russell grounded a single between first and second 3 1 2-0 1 1-0 Smith grounded to the pitcher, forcing Russell at second, 2 out 3 2 1-1 1 1-0 Garvey lined to center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Kansas City 4 0 1-2 - 1-0 Porter grounded to second, 1 out 4 1 1-2 - 1-0 LaCock grounded to third, 2 out 4 2 0-1 - 1-0 White grounded a single between third and short 4 2 2-1 1 1-0 Washington grounded to third, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Los Angeles 4 0 3-2 - 1-0 Monday struck out, 1 out 4 1 3-2 - 1-0 Cey struck out, 2 out 4 2 2-0 - 1-0 Baker tripled , Baker to 3rd 4 2 3-2 3 1-0 Yeager popped to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Kansas City 5 0 0-2 - 1-0 Gale struck out, 1 out 5 1 2-2 - 1-0 Brett grounded to short, 2 out 5 2 1-0 - 1-0 McRae grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Los Angeles 5 0 1-2 - 1-0 Rau grounded to the pitcher, 1 out 5 1 0-1 - 1-0 Lopes lined to second, 2 out 5 2 2-1 - 1-0 Russell grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Kansas City 6 0 0-2 - 1-0 Otis grounded a single between first and second 6 0 2-1 1 1-0 Otis caught stealing 2nd, 1 out 6 1 2-2 - 1-0 Cowens grounded a single between third and short 6 1 0-2 1 1-0 Porter flied to shallow right, 2 out 6 2 3-2 1 1-0 LaCock doubled off the wall down the left field line, Cowens scored, KC 2 LAD 0 6 2 1-1 2 2-0 White flied to shallow left center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Los Angeles 6 0 2-0 - 2-0 Smith popped to short, safe at 2nd on an error, Smith to 2nd 6 0 1-2 2 2-0 Garvey singled to left, Smith scored, KC 2 LAD 1 6 0 0-2 1 2-1 Monday struck out, 1 out 6 1 2-1 1 2-1 Cey flied to shallow left, 2 out 6 2 1-0 1 2-1 Baker grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Kansas City 7 0 1-2 - 2-1 Washington grounded to short, 1 out 7 1 0-2 - 2-1 Gale struck out, 2 out 7 2 2-1 - 2-1 Brett hit a solo homer to right center, 396 feet, KC 3 LAD 1 >Rhoden pitching 7 2 0-0 - 3-1 McRae grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Los Angeles >Wilson,W playing LF 7 0 3-2 - 3-1 Davalillo struck out, 1 out 7 1 0-1 - 3-1 Oates grounded a single between first and second 7 1 0-2 1 3-1 Lopes lined a single between third and short, Oates to 2nd 7 1 2-1 12 3-1 Russell grounded to second, Oates to 3rd, Lopes to 2nd, 2 out 7 2 1-2 23 3-1 Smith lined to first, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Kansas City >Rautzhan pitching >Ferguson, J playing C 8 0 0-1 - 3-1 Otis grounded a single between first and second 8 1 0-0 1 3-1 Otis picked off 1st, 1 out 8 1 2-0 - 3-1 Cowens lined a single up the middle 8 1 1-2 1 3-1 Porter popped to first, 2 out 8 2 1-2 1 3-1 ------S----- 8 2 2-2 1 3-1 Passed ball, Cowens to 2nd 8 2 3-2 2 3-1 Wathan grounded to the pitcher, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Los Angeles 8 0 3-1 - 3-1 Garvey walked 8 0 1-2 1 3-1 Lacy lined to short, 1 out 8 1 1-0 1 3-1 Cey flied to center, 2 out 8 2 0-0 1 3-1 Baker lined to left, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-Kansas City >Smith,R playing CF >Lacy playing RF 9 0 3-2 - 3-1 White walked 9 0 0-1 1 3-1 Zdeb bunted out to the pitcher, White to 2nd, sacrifice, 1 out 9 1 0-1 2 3-1 Patek grounded to short, 2 out 9 2 0-0 2 3-1 Brett intentionally walked 9 2 1-1 12 3-1 Wilson grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-Los Angeles >Patek playing SS 9 0 2-2 - 3-1 Ferguson grounded a single between third and short 9 0 1-0 1 3-1 Mota grounded to short, second to first double play, 2 out 9 2 2-2 - 3-1 Lopes flied to right center, 3 out