1978 World Series - Game 3 Oct 13, 1978 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1978 Kansas City 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1978 Los Angeles 2-1 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 - 6 10 1 Kansas City AB R H BI W K Avg Los Angeles AB R H BI W K Avg Brett,G 3B 4 0 0 0 0 0 .273 Lopes 2B 4 1 2 1 0 0 .154 McRae LF 4 0 1 0 0 1 .100 North CF 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 LaCock 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .286 Smith,R RF 3 2 2 3 1 0 .364 Porter,D C 4 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Garvey 1B 4 1 2 0 0 0 .500 Otis CF 4 0 0 0 0 2 .167 Cey 3B 2 1 0 0 2 0 .100 Hurdle RF 3 0 1 0 1 2 .200 Baker,D LF 4 0 1 1 0 0 .250 White,F 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .182 Russell,B SS 3 0 1 1 1 0 .182 Patek SS 3 0 1 0 0 2 .125 Ferguson, J C 4 1 1 0 0 0 .143 Splittorff P 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Sutton P 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Poquette PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hough P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bird,D P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 30 6 10 6 4 1 .224 33 0 5 0 1 7 .181 Kansas City IP H R ER W K Ct S B ERA BF Splittorff L(0-1) 6.0 10 6 6 4 1 106 65 41 9.00 29 Bird,D 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 22 14 8 0.00 6 8.0 10 6 6 4 1 128 79 49 4.50 35 Los Angeles IP H R ER W K Ct S B ERA BF Sutton W(1-0) 8.0 5 0 0 1 5 120 80 40 0.00 31 Hough 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 14 9 5 0.00 3 9.0 5 0 0 1 7 134 89 45 1.73 34 KC: Poquette hit for Splittorff in the 7th E-Cey(1) 2B-LaCock(1) HR-Smith,R 2(3) SH-Sutton LOB-Kansas City 7 Los Angeles 6 DP-Kansas City 3 GWRBI-Lopes Game MVP:Don Sutton Dodger Stadium, Time 2:55, 80ø, 10mph Out to LCF Oct 13, 1978 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1978 Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1978 Los Angeles 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 - 6 10 1 1978 Kansas City Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Brett,G 3B 1>P3 3>L1 F9 8>G5/e5,B2 2 McRae LF K S 6>F8 F8 3 LaCock 1B D G43,12 F8 G43,23 4 Porter,D C L4 F8 F8 F7 5 Otis CF 2>K 4>G43 7>Fvd8 9>K 6 Hurdle RF S K W K 7 White,F 2B Fd7 G63 S,12 G43 8 Patek SS S,12 5>K K 9 Splittorff P P3 F9 Poquette PH F8 Bird,D P 1978 Los Angeles Ab1 Ab2 Ab3 Ab4 1 Lopes 2B 1>L8 S,2H,B2 S Fs7 2 North CF S G43,23 G4u3/dp G63 3 Smith,R RF W,12 HR 5>HR 7>P3 4 Garvey 1B G643/dp S S G53 5 Cey 3B 2>F8 W,12 W,12 F9 6 Baker,D LF G63 S,23,1H G363/dp,23 8>P6 7 Russell,B SS F7 S,23,1H,13,B2 W G31 8 Ferguson, J C 3>S F8 G54/fo Fs7 9 Sutton P B24,12 4>G53 6>K Hough P Kansas City IN OUT Splittorff AB1-1 AB4-2 Bird,D End Los Angeles IN OUT Sutton AB1-1 AB4-4 Hough AB4-5 End Oct 13, 1978 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E 1978 Kansas City 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 1978 Los Angeles 0 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 - 6 10 1 Inn Out B-S On KC -LAD Result 1-Kansas City 1 0 2-2 - 0-0 Brett popped to first, 1 out 1 1 1-2 - 0-0 McRae struck out, 2 out 1 2 0-1 - 0-0 LaCock doubled to left center 1 2 1-1 2 0-0 Porter lined to second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-Los Angeles 1 0 2-1 - 0-0 Lopes lined to center, 1 out 1 1 3-2 - 0-0 North grounded a single between third and short 1 1 3-0 1 0-0 Smith walked, North to 2nd 1 1 0-1 12 0-0 Garvey grounded to short, second to first double play, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Kansas City 2 0 3-2 - 0-0 Otis struck out, 1 out 2 1 2-1 - 0-0 Hurdle grounded a single between first and second 2 1 1-1 1 0-0 White flied to deep left center, 2 out 2 2 0-2 1 0-0 Patek grounded a single between first and second, Hurdle to 2nd 2 2 2-2 12 0-0 Splittorff popped to first, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-Los Angeles 2 0 0-1 - 0-0 Cey flied to left center, 1 out 2 1 1-2 - 0-0 Baker grounded to short, 2 out 2 2 0-0 - 0-0 Russell flied to left, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Kansas City 3 0 1-2 - 0-0 Brett lined to the pitcher, 1 out 3 1 1-1 - 0-0 McRae grounded a single up the middle 3 1 0-1 1 0-0 LaCock grounded to second, McRae to 2nd, 2 out 3 2 1-1 2 0-0 Porter flied to left center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-Los Angeles 3 0 0-0 - 0-0 Ferguson lined a single to right 3 0 0-0 1 0-0 Sutton bunted out to the pitcher, Ferguson to 2nd, sacrifice, 1 out 3 1 1-1 2 0-0 Lopes grounded a single between third and short, Ferguson scored, Lopes to 2nd, KC 0 LAD 1 3 1 1-0 2 0-1 North grounded to second, Lopes to 3rd, 2 out 3 2 0-2 3 0-1 Smith hit a two run homer down the left field line, 339 feet, KC 0 LAD 3 3 2 3-1 - 0-3 Garvey grounded a single between third and short 3 2 3-2 1 0-3 Cey walked, Garvey to 2nd 3 2 2-0 12 0-3 Baker lined a single to left center, Garvey scored, Cey to 2nd, KC 0 LAD 4 3 2 0-1 12 0-4 Russell lined a single to right, Cey scored, Baker to 3rd, Russell to 2nd, KC 0 LAD 5 3 2 0-1 23 0-5 Ferguson flied to right center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Kansas City 4 0 1-2 - 0-5 Otis grounded to second, 1 out 4 1 3-2 - 0-5 Hurdle struck out, 2 out 4 2 1-2 - 0-5 White grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-Los Angeles 4 0 1-2 - 0-5 Sutton grounded to third, 1 out 4 1 2-1 - 0-5 Lopes grounded a single between third and short 4 1 3-1 1 0-5 North grounded to second, second to first double play, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Kansas City 5 0 1-2 - 0-5 Patek struck out, 1 out 5 1 1-2 - 0-5 Splittorff flied to right, 2 out 5 2 0-1 - 0-5 Brett flied to right, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-Los Angeles 5 0 0-0 - 0-5 Smith hit a solo homer down the left field line, 374 feet, KC 0 LAD 6 5 0 2-2 - 0-6 Garvey grounded a single between first and second 5 0 3-1 1 0-6 Cey walked, Garvey to 2nd 5 0 2-0 12 0-6 Baker grounded to first, second to first double play, Garvey to 3rd, 2 out 5 2 2-2 3 0-6 Russell walked 5 2 0-2 13 0-6 Ferguson grounded to third, forcing Russell at second, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Kansas City 6 0 1-1 - 0-6 McRae flied to center, 1 out 6 1 2-1 - 0-6 LaCock flied to left center, 2 out 6 2 0-2 - 0-6 Porter flied to center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6-Los Angeles 6 0 1-2 - 0-6 Sutton struck out, 1 out 6 1 2-1 - 0-6 Lopes flied shallow down left field line, 2 out 6 2 0-0 - 0-6 North grounded to short, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Kansas City 7 0 2-1 - 0-6 Otis flied to very deep center, 1 out 7 1 3-1 - 0-6 Hurdle walked 7 1 0-1 1 0-6 White grounded a single up the middle, Hurdle to 2nd 7 1 2-2 12 0-6 Patek struck out, 2 out 7 2 0-2 12 0-6 Poquette flied to left center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7-Los Angeles 7 0 2-0 - 0-6 Smith popped to first, 1 out 7 1 1-1 - 0-6 Garvey grounded to third, 2 out 7 2 3-2 - 0-6 Cey flied to right center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Kansas City 8 0 2-0 - 0-6 Brett grounded to third, safe on throwing error, Brett to 2nd 8 0 2-1 2 0-6 McRae flied to right center, 1 out 8 1 2-0 2 0-6 LaCock grounded to second, Brett to 3rd, 2 out 8 2 1-0 3 0-6 Porter flied to left, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8-Los Angeles 8 0 2-1 - 0-6 Baker popped to short, 1 out 8 1 0-0 - 0-6 Russell grounded to first, 2 out 8 2 0-2 - 0-6 Ferguson flied to shallow left center, 3 out ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9-Kansas City >Hough pitching 9 0 2-2 - 0-6 Otis struck out, 1 out 9 1 3-2 - 0-6 Hurdle struck out, 2 out 9 2 0-1 - 0-6 White grounded to second