Amos Otis and John Mayberry each homered with a man on base in the seventh inning to climax the Royals' scoring in a 7-0 victory over the Orioles. Paul Splittorff pitched the shutout, handing the Orioles their sixth straight loss. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 7, Baltimore Orioles 0
Game Played on Thursday, June      10, 1976 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1
Royals       2  1  0    0  0  0    4  0  x  -   7 11  1


Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Harper dh             4   0   1   0     0   1   .219      Poquette lf           4   2   2   0     0   0   .286
Belanger ss           4   0   0   0     0   0   .293        Wohlford ph,lf      0   0   0   0     1   0   .232
Grich 2b              3   0   0   0     1   0   .274      Otis cf               4   1   1   2     1   1   .292
L. May 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .232      Brett 3b              5   2   2   1     0   0   .347
Singleton rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .213      Mayberry 1b           5   1   2   2     0   1   .262
Mora lf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .250      McRae dh              4   0   1   1     0   0   .357
Blair cf              3   0   1   0     0   0   .191      Cowens rf             4   0   1   0     0   2   .244
DeCinces 3b           1   0   0   0     2   1   .240      Stinson c             3   0   0   0     1   0   .277
Duncan c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .234      Patek ss              3   1   1   0     1   1   .318
Palmer p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      White 2b              1   0   1   1     0   0   .237
  G. Jackson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        D. Nelson pr,2b     2   0   0   0     1   1   .190
                                                          Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   0   4   0     3   2             Totals               35   7  11   7     5   6

Time of Game: 2:28   Attendance: 12,210
Left on Base: Orioles 6, Royals 9
DP: Orioles 0, Royals 2
Errors: Belanger, Brett
Doubles: Mora (4), White (6)
Triples: Poquette (4)
Home Runs: Otis (11), Mayberry (6)
Stolen Bases: Brett (9), Patek 2 (30), Stinson (2)
Caught Stealing: Patek (6)
GIDP: Duncan (3), L. May (3)


Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Palmer L(6-7)           6     9   5   5   3   5   1  29   3.33
G. Jackson              2     2   2   2   2   1   1  11   4.60
Totals                  8    11   7   7   5   6   2  40

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(5-6)       9     4   0   0   3   2   0  33   4.15
Totals                  9     4   0   0   3   2   0  33

Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - George Maloney


ORIOLES 1ST: Harper was called out on strikes; Belanger flied
out to right; Grich reached on an error by Brett; L. May
grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles
0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Poquette tripled to right; Otis popped to shortstop;
Brett singled [Poquette scored]; Brett stole second; Mayberry
struck out; McRae singled to center [Brett scored]; Cowens
struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 2.

ORIOLES 2ND: Singleton singled to right; Mora forced Singleton
(shortstop to second); Blair singled to left [Mora to second];
DeCinces walked [Mora to third, Blair to second]; Duncan
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[DeCinces out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Royals 2.

ROYALS 2ND: Stinson popped to second; Patek walked; Patek stole
second; White doubled to left [Patek scored]; D. NELSON RAN FOR
WHITE; Poquette flied out to left; Otis was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 3.

ORIOLES 3RD: D. NELSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Harper
singled to left; Belanger flied out to right; Grich flied out to
right; L. May grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 3.

ROYALS 3RD: Brett flied out to left; Mayberry singled to right;
McRae flied out to center; Cowens singled to center [Mayberry to
second]; Stinson flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 0, Royals 3.

ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton grounded out (pitcher to first); Mora
grounded out (third to first); Blair flied out to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 3.

ROYALS 4TH: Patek singled to right; Patek stole second; D.
Nelson walked; Patek was caught stealing third (pitcher to
second to third); Poquette flied to left in foul territory; Otis
forced D. Nelson (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Orioles 0, Royals 3.

ORIOLES 5TH: DeCinces was called out on strikes; Duncan flied
out to right; Harper flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, Royals 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Brett flied out to right; Mayberry flied out to
left; McRae flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0,
Royals 3.

ORIOLES 6TH: Belanger popped to shortstop; Grich walked; L. May
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Grich out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals
3.

ROYALS 6TH: Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); Stinson
walked; Stinson stole second; Patek was called out on strikes;
D. Nelson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 3.

ORIOLES 7TH: Singleton flied out to right; Mora doubled; Blair
grounded out (second to first) [Mora to third]; DeCinces walked;
Duncan forced DeCinces (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 0, Royals 3.

ROYALS 7TH: Poquette singled to right; Otis homered [Poquette
scored]; G. JACKSON REPLACED PALMER (PITCHING); Brett singled;
Mayberry homered [Brett scored]; McRae reached on an error by
Belanger; Cowens struck out; Stinson forced McRae (shortstop to
second); Patek popped to first in foul territory; 4 R, 4 H, 1 E,
1 LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 7.

ORIOLES 8TH: Harper grounded out (third to first); Belanger
popped to first; Grich flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Orioles 0, Royals 7.

ROYALS 8TH: D. Nelson made an out to first; WOHLFORD BATTED FOR
POQUETTE; Wohlford walked; Otis walked [Wohlford to second];
Brett forced Otis (shortstop to second) [Wohlford to third];
Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Orioles 0, Royals 7.

ORIOLES 9TH: WOHLFORD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); L. May
grounded out (third to first); Singleton grounded out (third to
first); Mora grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Orioles 0, Royals 7.