Nolan Ryan opened May with a victory, but the rest of the month proved a complete washout for the speedballer, who suffered his fifth straight defeat when the Royals shut out the Angels, 3-0, behind the pitching of Doug Bird. Bob Stinson drove in two of the Royals' runs with a double and a pair of singles. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 3, California Angels 0
Game Played on Friday, May       28, 1976 (Night game) at Anaheim Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    1  0  0    0  2  0  -   3 10  0
Angels       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Angels               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Poquette lf           4   0   1   0     1   0   .364      Remy 2b               4   0   1   0     0   1   .277
Otis cf               5   0   0   0     0   2   .317      Lahoud lf             4   0   0   0     0   3   .205
Brett 3b              4   1   2   0     0   1   .348        Garrett c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .095
Mayberry 1b           3   0   1   1     0   0   .270      Bonds rf              4   0   2   0     0   1   .326
McRae dh              4   0   2   0     0   0   .308      Bochte 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .276
Cowens rf             1   2   0   0     3   0   .242      Melton dh             3   0   0   0     1   1   .203
Stinson c             4   0   3   2     0   0   .346      Stanton cf            3   0   0   0     0   0   .204
Patek ss              4   0   0   0     0   2   .336      Jackson 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .180
White 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .233      Etchebarren c         2   0   0   0     0   1   .215
Bird p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jones ph,lf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .083
                                                          Chalk ss              3   0   2   0     0   0   .243
                                                          Ryan p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   3  10   3     4   5             Totals               31   0   6   0     1   8

Time of Game: 2:07   Attendance: 15,777
Left on Base: Royals 8, Angels 5
DP: Royals 1, Angels 2
Errors: Bochte
Doubles: Stinson (3), Chalk (6)
Triples: Brett (4)
Stolen Bases: Bonds (13)
Caught Stealing: White (3), Bonds (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Mayberry (5)
GIDP: Patek (3), Bochte (4)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bird W(5-1)             9     6   0   0   1   8   0  32   3.46
Totals                  9     6   0   0   1   8   0  32

Angels                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Ryan L(3-6)             9    10   3   2   4   5   0  38   4.28
Totals                  9    10   3   2   4   5   0  38

Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Greg Kosc, 3B - Nestor Chylak


ROYALS 1ST: Poquette singled to shortstop; Otis flied to right
in foul territory; Brett singled to right [Poquette to second];
Mayberry flied out to left; McRae singled to second [Poquette to
third, Brett to second]; Cowens flied to right in foul
territory; 0 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 1ST: Remy struck out; Lahoud struck out; Bonds struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Stinson singled to center; Patek was called out on
strikes; White popped to second; Poquette flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 2ND: Bochte singled to right; Melton flied out to right;
Stanton grounded out (third to first) [Bochte to second];
Jackson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Angels 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Otis flied out to right; Brett flied out to right;
Mayberry singled to right; McRae flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Angels 0.

ANGELS 3RD: Etchebarren was called out on strikes; Chalk doubled
to left; Remy grounded out (first to pitcher) [Chalk to third];
Lahoud grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Angels 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Cowens walked; Cowens was picked off first but was
safe on an error by Bochte [Cowens to third]; Stinson singled to
left [Cowens scored (unearned)]; Patek grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Stinson out at second];
White flied out to right; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 4TH: Bonds singled to center; Bochte flied out to center;
Bonds stole second; Bonds was caught stealing third (catcher to
third); Melton walked; Stanton forced Melton (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Poquette flied out to right; Otis struck out; Brett
struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 5TH: Jackson grounded out (shortstop to first);
Etchebarren flied out to center; Chalk singled to right; Remy
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
1, Angels 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry flied out to center; McRae singled to
right; Cowens walked [McRae to second]; Stinson hit into a
double play to right [McRae out at third (right to shortstop)];
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 6TH: Lahoud struck out; Bonds grounded out (third to
first); Bochte flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Angels 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Patek was called out on strikes; White singled to
shortstop; White was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Poquette walked; Otis grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 0.

ANGELS 7TH: Melton grounded out (catcher to first); Stanton
grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Angels 0.

ROYALS 8TH: Brett tripled to right; Mayberry hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Brett scored]; McRae flied out to center; Cowens
walked; Stinson doubled to left [Cowens scored]; Patek grounded
out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Angels 0.

ANGELS 8TH: JONES BATTED FOR ETCHEBARREN; Jones struck out;
Chalk flied out to center; Remy singled to left; Lahoud was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Angels 0.

ROYALS 9TH: JONES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); GARRETT REPLACED
LAHOUD (PLAYING C ); White flied out to right; Poquette popped
to second; Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3,
Angels 0.

ANGELS 9TH: Bonds singled to left; Bochte grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Bonds out at second];
Melton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Angels 0.