Kansas City Royals 6, Chicago White Sox 5

Game Played on Thursday, May 5, 1977 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

White Sox    1  0  0    2  1  0    1  0  0  -   5 10  1
Royals       1  0  1    1  1  2    0  0  x  -   6 11  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bannister ss          5   1   3   1     0   1   .326      Brett 3b              5   1   2   1     0   1   .330
Orta 2b               4   0   0   0     1   0   .282      McRae dh              5   1   2   1     0   1   .343
Zisk rf               5   1   1   0     0   0   .313      Otis cf               3   1   2   2     1   0   .264
Soderholm dh          4   1   3   1     0   0   .346      Mayberry 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .232
Spencer 1b            4   0   0   1     0   2   .250      Cowens rf             4   1   1   1     0   1   .289
Lemon cf              3   0   1   1     0   0   .293      Zdeb lf               1   1   1   0     2   0   .273
Downing lf            2   0   0   0     1   0   .294        Poquette ph,lf      1   0   0   0     0   0   .388
  Gamble ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Patek ss              4   1   1   0     0   0   .301
  L. Johnson ph       1   0   0   0     0   1   .136      Martinez c            4   0   1   1     0   0   .238
  Nordhagen lf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      White 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .205
Essian c              3   1   1   0     1   0   .304      Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Brohamer 3b           2   1   1   0     1   1   .214        Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hairston ph         0   0   0   0     1   0   .250        Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Nordbrook 3b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .375        Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Brett p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Dal Canton p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5  10   4     5   5             Totals               35   6  11   6     3   4

Time of Game: 2:38   Attendance: 10,888
Left on Base: White Sox 9, Royals 8
DP: White Sox 0, Royals 0
Errors: Brohamer, Splittorff
Doubles: Soderholm 2 (4), Brohamer (2), Zisk (5), Brett 2 (9)
Triples: McRae (3)
Home Runs: Otis (4), Cowens (3)
Stolen Bases: Brett (3), Otis (3), White (4)
Caught Stealing: Lemon (2), Otis (2), Zdeb (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Soderholm (2), Lemon (3), Spencer (1)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Brett L(3-2)            5.2  10   6   5   2   1   2  28   5.73
Dal Canton              2.1   1   0   0   1   3   0  10   2.35
Totals                  8    11   6   5   3   4   2  38

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff              3.2   5   3   2   4   2   0  20   4.08
Bird W(2-0)             3     5   2   2   0   0   0  13   4.20
Hall                    0.2   0   0   0   1   1   0   3   0.00
Littell SV(4)           1.2   0   0   0   0   2   0   5   2.30
Totals                  9    10   5   4   5   5   0  41

Passed Balls: Essian (2)

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Don Denkinger


WHITE SOX 1ST: Bannister singled to left; Orta walked [Bannister
to second]; Zisk flied out to center [Bannister to third, Orta
to second]; Soderholm hit a sacrifice fly to center [Bannister
scored]; Spencer popped to third; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Brett grounded out (second to first); McRae flied
out to left; Otis hit an inside the park homer to right;
Mayberry popped to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox
1, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Lemon grounded out (pitcher to first); Downing
walked; Essian walked [Downing to second]; Brohamer struck out;
Bannister grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Cowens grounded out (first unassisted); Zdeb walked;
Patek singled to right [Zdeb to second]; Martinez flied out to
left; White flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox
1, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Orta popped to shortstop; Zisk grounded out
(third to first); Soderholm singled to right; Spencer struck
out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Brett grounded out (second to first); McRae tripled
to center; Otis singled to left [McRae scored]; Otis was picked
off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop);
Mayberry struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals
2.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Lemon singled to center; Lemon was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to second to first);
Downing popped to first in foul territory; Essian singled;
Brohamer walked [Essian to second]; Bannister singled to left
[Essian scored, Brohamer to second]; Orta reached on an error by
Splittorff [Brohamer scored (unearned) (no RBI), Bannister to
second]; BIRD REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Zisk forced Orta
(shortstop to second); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox
3, Royals 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Cowens homered; Zdeb walked; Zdeb was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Patek
popped to second; Martinez flied out to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 3.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Soderholm doubled to left; Spencer flied out to
center [Soderholm to third]; Lemon hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Soderholm scored]; Downing grounded out (third to first); 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 4, Royals 3.

ROYALS 5TH: White flied out to right; Brett doubled to right;
Brett stole third; McRae singled to center [Brett scored]; Otis
flied out to right; Mayberry flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Royals 4.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Essian popped to second; Brohamer doubled to
right; Bannister singled to left [Brohamer out at home (left to
catcher), Bannister to second (on throw to home)]; Orta flied
out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 4, Royals 4.

ROYALS 6TH: Cowens lined to center; Zdeb singled to center;
Patek reached on an error by Brohamer [Zdeb to second]; Martinez
singled to left [Zdeb scored, Patek to second]; White flied out
to center [Patek to third]; Brett doubled to right [Patek scored
(unearned), Martinez to third]; DAL CANTON REPLACED BRETT
(PITCHING); McRae struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
White Sox 4, Royals 6.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Zisk doubled to center; Soderholm doubled to left
[Zisk to third]; Spencer lined out on a sacrifice fly to right
[Zisk scored, Soderholm to third]; Lemon grounded out (third to
first); GAMBLE BATTED FOR DOWNING; HALL REPLACED BIRD
(PITCHING); L. JOHNSON BATTED FOR GAMBLE; L. Johnson struck out;
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Royals 6.

ROYALS 7TH: NORDHAGEN REPLACED L. JOHNSON (PLAYING LF); Otis
walked; Otis stole second; Mayberry grounded out (second to
first) [Otis to third]; Cowens struck out; POQUETTE BATTED FOR
ZDEB; Poquette grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 5, Royals 6.

WHITE SOX 8TH: POQUETTE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Essian
flied out to left; HAIRSTON BATTED FOR BROHAMER; Hairston
walked; LITTELL REPLACED HALL (PITCHING); Bannister struck out;
Orta grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
White Sox 5, Royals 6.

ROYALS 8TH: NORDBROOK REPLACED HAIRSTON (PLAYING 3B); Patek
flied out to center; Martinez grounded out (shortstop to first);
White singled to center; White stole second; Brett struck out
but White advanced to third and Brett advanced to first on a
passed ball; McRae forced Brett (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 5, Royals 6.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Zisk popped to catcher in foul territory;
Soderholm grounded out (second to first); Spencer struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 5, Royals 6.