1978 World Series - Game 6 Oct 17, 1978 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1978 Los Angeles 4-2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 0 1978 Kansas City 2-4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 Los Angeles AB R H BI W K Avg Kansas City AB R H BI W K Avg Lopes 2B 5 1 2 2 0 0 .214 Brett,G 3B 4 0 0 0 0 1 .174 Russell,B SS 5 1 2 0 0 0 .320 McRae DH 4 0 2 0 0 0 .227 Smith,R RF 4 0 1 0 1 1 .286 Otis CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .304 Garvey 1B 5 0 1 0 0 1 .364 Cowens RF 3 0 1 0 0 1 .214 Cey 3B 3 0 0 0 2 0 .095 Wathan 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 .444 Baker,D LF 3 1 1 1 1 0 .217 Porter,D C 3 1 1 1 0 0 .238 Lacy DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 .125 White,F 2B 3 0 0 1 0 0 .190 North CF 3 1 1 0 1 0 .273 Patek SS 3 0 0 0 0 1 .188 Ferguson, J C 3 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Wilson,W LF 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Monday 0 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Braun PH-LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mota PH 0 0 0 1 1 0 .000 31 2 6 2 0 3 .212 Yeager C 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 35 4 9 4 6 2 .232 Los Angeles IP H R ER W K Ct S B ERA BF John W(1-0) 5.2 6 2 2 0 2 76 50 26 3.38 23 Welch S(1) 3.1 0 0 0 0 1 42 31 11 1.42 10 9.0 6 2 2 0 3 118 81 37 2.21 33 Kansas City IP H R ER W K Ct S B ERA BF Gura L(1-1) 7.0 5 3 3 4 2 100 57 43 2.40 30 Pattin 0.2 3 1 1 1 0 23 19 4 15.43 5 Mingori 1.1 1 0 0 1 0 24 16 8 0.00 6 9.0 9 4 4 6 2 147 92 55 4.33 41 LAD: Mota hit for Monday in the 8th Yeager moved to C in the 8th KC: Braun hit for Wilson,W in the 8th Braun moved to LF in the 9th 2B-Garvey(2) North(2) 3B-Porter,D(1) HR-Lopes(1) CS-Otis HBP-Cowens(KC) by Welch(LAD) WP-John LOB-Los Angeles 10 Kansas City 3 DP-Los Angeles 1 Kansas City 1 GWRBI-Baker,D Game MVP:Bob Welch Kauffman Stadium, Time 2:57, 70ø, 10mph Left to Right Oct 17, 1978 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1978 Los Angeles 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 0 1978 Kansas City 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 1978 Los Angeles Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 Ab5 1 Lopes 2B 1>F9 HR G43 S F9 2 Russell,B SS S S G13 G53,12 9>G3u 3 Smith,R RF W,12 F8 5>K F7 S 4 Garvey 1B G64/fo,23,B1 Fd8 K23 8>D P3 5 Cey 3B W,12 3>W L1 Fd8/85 L8 6 Baker,D LF W,3H,23,12 F7 6>F8 S 7 Lacy DH P5 P3 Fd8 S,13 8 North CF 2>D G43 G43 W,12 9 Ferguson, J C G53 Fd9 7>F9 Monday Mota PH W,3H,23,12 Yeager C 1978 Kansas City Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Brett,G 3B 1>K 3>G13 6>G31 G43 2 McRae DH S G63 S G43 3 Otis CF WP,12 Fs8 S G46/fo,B1 9>F7 4 Cowens RF K CS2(24) 4>G13 S,13 HBP 5 Wathan 1B 2>S G53 G53 G543/dp 6 Porter,D C T,1H F9 7>F8 7 White,F 2B G43,3H 5>G63 Fd8 8 Patek SS G63 G53 K 9 Wilson,W LF G63 B34 Braun PH-LF 8>G43 Los Angeles IN OUT John AB1-1 AB3-4 Welch AB3-5 End Kansas City IN OUT Gura AB1-1 AB4-3 Pattin AB4-4 AB4-8 Mingori AB4-9 End Oct 17, 1978 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1978 Los Angeles 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 0 1978 Kansas City 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 Inn Out B-S On LAD-KC Result 1-Los Angeles 1 0 0-1 - 0-0 Lopes flied to right center, 1 out 1 1 2-0 - 0-0 Russell lined a single to left center 1 1 3-0 1 0-0 Smith walked, Russell to 2nd 1 1 1-1 12 0-0 Garvey grounded to short, forcing Smith at second, Russell to 3rd, 2 out 1 2 3-1 13 0-0 Cey walked, Garvey to 2nd 1 2 3-0 123 0-0 Baker walked, Russell scored, Garvey to 3rd, Cey to 2nd, LAD 1 KC 0 1 2 0-2 123 1-0 Lacy popped to third, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-Kansas City 1 0 1-2 - 1-0 Brett struck out, 1 out 1 1 2-0 - 1-0 McRae grounded a single between first and second 1 1 2-0 1 1-0 Wild pitch, McRae to 2nd 1 1 3-0 2 1-0 Otis flied to shallow left center, 2 out 1 2 2-2 2 1-0 Cowens struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Los Angeles 2 0 3-1 - 1-0 North doubled to left center 2 0 3-2 2 1-0 Ferguson grounded to third, 1 out 2 1 1-1 2 1-0 Lopes hit a two run homer to left center, 393 feet, LAD 3 KC 0 2 1 1-2 - 3-0 Russell singled to right center 2 1 1-1 1 3-0 Smith flied to right center, 2 out 2 2 1-0 1 3-0 Garvey flied to deep center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Kansas City 2 0 1-2 - 3-0 Wathan grounded a single between first and second 2 0 1-2 1 3-0 Porter lined a triple to left center, Wathan scored, LAD 3 KC 1 2 0 1-2 3 3-1 White grounded to second, Porter scored, 1 out, LAD 3 KC 2 2 1 1-2 - 3-2 Patek grounded to short, 2 out 2 2 1-0 - 3-2 Wilson grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Los Angeles 3 0 3-0 - 3-2 Cey walked 3 0 1-1 1 3-2 Baker flied to left, 1 out 3 1 0-1 1 3-2 Lacy popped to first, 2 out 3 2 1-2 1 3-2 North grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Kansas City 3 0 1-2 - 3-2 Brett grounded to the pitcher, 1 out 3 1 3-1 - 3-2 McRae grounded to short, 2 out 3 2 2-1 - 3-2 Otis singled between first and second 3 2 0-0 1 3-2 Otis caught stealing 2nd, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Los Angeles 4 0 1-0 - 3-2 Ferguson flied to deep right, 1 out 4 1 2-2 - 3-2 Lopes grounded to second, 2 out 4 2 0-1 - 3-2 Russell grounded to the pitcher, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Kansas City 4 0 0-0 - 3-2 Cowens grounded to the pitcher, 1 out 4 1 3-2 - 3-2 Wathan grounded to third, 2 out 4 2 1-0 - 3-2 Porter flied to right, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Los Angeles 5 0 1-2 - 3-2 Smith struck out, 1 out 5 1 2-2 - 3-2 Garvey struck out, out at 1st, 2 out 5 2 1-0 - 3-2 Cey lined to the pitcher, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Kansas City 5 0 0-0 - 3-2 White grounded to short, 1 out 5 1 1-2 - 3-2 Patek grounded to third, 2 out 5 2 0-0 - 3-2 Wilson bunted to the catcher, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Los Angeles 6 0 0-1 - 3-2 Baker flied to right center, 1 out 6 1 1-0 - 3-2 Lacy flied to deep center, 2 out 6 2 0-2 - 3-2 North grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Kansas City 6 0 0-1 - 3-2 Brett grounded to first, 1 out 6 1 0-0 - 3-2 McRae grounded a single between first and second 6 1 1-1 1 3-2 Otis grounded to second, forcing McRae at second, 2 out 6 2 1-2 1 3-2 Cowens grounded a single between first and second, Otis to 3rd 6 2 3-2 13 3-2 Wathan grounded to third, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Los Angeles 7 0 1-2 - 3-2 Ferguson flied down the right field line, 1 out 7 1 3-0 - 3-2 Lopes singled on the infield 7 1 1-0 1 3-2 Russell grounded to third, Lopes to 2nd, 2 out 7 2 0-0 2 3-2 Smith flied to left, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Kansas City 7 0 0-2 - 3-2 Porter flied to center, 1 out 7 1 0-1 - 3-2 White flied to deep right center, 2 out 7 2 1-2 - 3-2 Patek struck out, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Los Angeles >Pattin pitching 8 0 0-2 - 3-2 Garvey doubled off the wall in left center 8 0 0-2 2 3-2 Cey flied to deep center, Garvey out at 3rd, 2 out 8 2 1-2 - 3-2 Baker singled to right center 8 2 2-1 1 3-2 Lacy grounded a single between third and short, Baker to 3rd 8 2 0-2 13 3-2 North walked, Lacy to 2nd >Mingori pitching 8 2 3-2 123 3-2 Mota walked, Baker scored, Lacy to 3rd, North to 2nd, LAD 4 KC 2 8 2 0-2 123 4-2 Lopes flied to right, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Kansas City >Yeager playing C 8 0 0-2 - 4-2 Braun grounded to second, 1 out 8 1 2-1 - 4-2 Brett grounded to second, 2 out 8 2 0-2 - 4-2 McRae grounded to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-Los Angeles >Braun playing LF 9 0 1-1 - 4-2 Russell grounded to first, 1 out 9 1 0-1 - 4-2 Smith grounded a single between third and short 9 1 2-1 1 4-2 Garvey popped to first, 2 out 9 2 1-1 1 4-2 Cey lined to center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-Kansas City 9 0 1-1 - 4-2 Otis flied to left center, 1 out 9 1 1-1 - 4-2 Cowens hit by pitch 9 1 2-2 1 4-2 Wathan grounded to third, second to first double play