A two-out double by Bucky Dent in the eighth inning scored Willie Randolph from first base and broke a 3-3 tie as the Yankees defeated the previously unbeaten Royals, 5-3. The RBI was the second of the game for Dent, who previously singled to plate Randolph in the fourth. Randolph and Mickey Rivers each collected three hits.

The Yankees picked up an insurance run in the ninth when Thurman Munson crossed the plate on a wild pitch. Ron Guidry, in relief of Ed Figueroa, received credit for his first major league victory. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 5, Kansas City Royals 3
Game Played on Wednesday, April     13, 1977 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Yankees      1  0  0    1  0  1    0  1  1  -   5 12  0
Royals       0  0  1    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   3 10  3


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   1   3   1     0   0   .348      Brett 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .300
Munson c              5   1   1   0     0   2   .316      McRae dh              3   1   2   0     1   0   .545
Jackson rf            5   0   0   0     0   2   .250      Mayberry 1b           4   1   2   1     0   2   .292
  Blair rf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Otis cf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .300
Wynn dh               3   0   1   0     2   0   .467      Porter c              3   0   1   1     0   0   .538
Chambliss 1b          5   0   1   1     0   1   .091      Cowens rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .261
White lf              4   0   0   0     1   1   .182      LaCock lf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Nettles 3b            4   1   1   0     0   2   .100        Rojas ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Randolph 2b           4   2   3   0     0   0   .278      Patek ss              3   1   2   0     1   0   .263
Dent ss               3   0   2   2     1   0   .188      White 2b              4   0   1   1     0   1   .200
Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hassler p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Guidry p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               38   5  12   4     4   8             Totals               33   3  10   3     2   4

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance: 20,089
Left on Base: Yankees 11, Royals 6
DP: Yankees 1, Royals 0
Errors: Otis, Porter 2
Doubles: Dent (2), McRae (2), Mayberry 2 (3), Patek (2), White (1)
Stolen Bases: Rivers (2), Randolph (2), Nettles (1), Patek (2)
Caught Stealing: Nettles (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Porter (1)
GIDP: LaCock (2)
Hit by Pitch: Nettles (1,by Hassler)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa                6.1   9   3   3   1   1   0  27   1.76
Guidry W(1-0)           2.2   1   0   0   1   3   0   9   0.00
Totals                  9    10   3   3   2   4   0  36

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hassler L(1-1)          7.2   9   4   3   3   7   0  35   1.98
Bird                    0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Mingori                 1.1   2   1   1   1   1   0   7   6.75
Totals                  9    12   5   4   4   8   0  43

Hit by Pitch: Hassler (1)
Wild Pitches: Mingori (1)

Umpires: HP - Jerry Neudecker, 1B - Art Frantz, 2B - Nick Bremigan, 3B - Al Clark


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers singled to center; Rivers stole second
[Rivers to third (error by Porter)]; Munson struck out; Jackson
struck out; Wynn walked; Chambliss singled to center [Rivers
scored, Wynn to second]; White struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
 Yankees 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Brett flied out to right; McRae singled to center;
Mayberry struck out; Otis forced McRae (second unassisted); 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Royals 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles was hit by a pitch; Randolph singled to
left [Nettles to second]; Nettles was caught stealing third
(catcher to third) [Randolph to second]; Dent grounded out
(first unassisted); Rivers grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Porter singled to center; Cowens grounded out
(second to first) [Porter to second]; LaCock flied out to center
[Porter to third]; Patek walked; Patek stole second; White
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees
1, Royals 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Munson struck out; Jackson struck out; Wynn walked;
Chambliss flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Brett popped to second; McRae doubled to right;
Mayberry doubled to right [McRae scored]; Otis grounded out
(third to first); Porter flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Yankees 1, Royals 1.

YANKEES 4TH: White grounded out (second to first); Nettles flied
out to right; Randolph singled to pitcher; Randolph stole
second; Dent singled to center [Randolph scored]; Rivers singled
to center [Dent to third (error by Otis), Rivers to second];
Munson grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Cowens singled to right; LaCock grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Cowens out at
second]; Patek singled to center; Patek was picked off first
(pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 2, Royals 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Jackson popped to second; Wynn grounded out (third
to first); Chambliss struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
2, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: White flied out to left; Brett flied out to right;
McRae grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Royals 1.

YANKEES 6TH: White grounded out (third to first); Nettles
singled to right; Nettles stole second [Nettles to third (error
by Porter)]; Randolph flied out to right; Dent walked; Rivers
singled to pitcher [Nettles scored (unearned), Dent to second];
Munson popped to first; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3,
Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry doubled to right; Otis flied out to right
[Mayberry to third]; Porter hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Mayberry scored]; Cowens popped to third; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Yankees 3, Royals 2.

YANKEES 7TH: Jackson popped to shortstop; Wynn popped to first;
Chambliss flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3,
Royals 2.

ROYALS 7TH: LaCock popped to third; Patek doubled to left; White
doubled to left [Patek scored]; GUIDRY REPLACED FIGUEROA
(PITCHING); Brett singled to center [White out at home (center
to catcher)]; McRae walked [Brett to second]; Mayberry struck
out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 3, Royals 3.

YANKEES 8TH: White grounded out (second to first); Nettles
struck out; Randolph singled to center; BIRD REPLACED HASSLER
(PITCHING); Dent doubled to left [Randolph scored]; MINGORI
REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); Rivers grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Royals 3.

ROYALS 8TH: Otis struck out; Porter grounded out (second to
first); Cowens flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees
4, Royals 3.

YANKEES 9TH: Munson singled to center; Jackson popped to
shortstop; Wynn singled to center [Munson to third]; Chambliss
flied out to left [Wynn to second]; White was walked
intentionally; Mingori threw a wild pitch [Munson scored, Wynn
to third, White to second]; Nettles struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 5, Royals 3.

ROYALS 9TH: BLAIR REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); ROJAS BATTED
FOR LACOCK; Rojas flied out to left; Patek popped to shortstop;
White struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Royals 3.