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Two homers by Willie Horton, each with a man on base, powered the Rangers to a 5-2 victory over the Royals. Bert Blyleven, with help from Darold Knowles in the ninth inning, continued his mastery of the Royals, beating the Kaycee crew for the sixth straight time since September, 1975. [The Sporting News] Texas Rangers 5, Kansas City Royals 2Game Played on Sunday, May 8, 1977 (Day game) at Arlington StadiumRoyals 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 2 6 2 Rangers 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 x - 5 11 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Nelson 2b 4 0 2 0 0 0 .400 Washington lf 5 0 3 0 0 0 .386 Poquette lf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .328 Campaneris ss 3 1 0 0 1 0 .284 McRae dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .330 Hargrove 1b 4 2 2 0 0 0 .375 Brett pr,dh 0 0 0 0 0 0 .327 Horton dh 5 2 3 4 0 2 .302 Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .217 Henderson rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .266 Porter c 3 1 0 0 0 1 .306 Harrah 3b 3 0 2 1 1 0 .338 Otis ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .248 Wills 2b 2 0 0 0 2 1 .263 Cowens cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .302 Sundberg c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .188 LaCock rf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .182 Beniquez cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .200 Rojas 3b 3 0 1 2 0 0 .286 Blyleven p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Patek ss 3 0 0 0 0 0 .290 Knowles p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pattin 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 30 2 6 2 2 5 Totals 33 5 11 5 5 4 Time of Game: 2:42 Attendance: 15,581 Left on Base: Royals 3, Rangers 12 DP: Royals 1, Rangers 3 Errors: Nelson, Patek, Hargrove Doubles: Nelson (1), LaCock (2), Washington (5), Harrah 2 (6) Home Runs: Horton 2 (5) Caught Stealing: Nelson (1) Sacrifice Hits: Campaneris (1), Henderson (1) GIDP: LaCock (4), Otis (2), Washington (2) Hit by Pitch: Hargrove (2,by Pattin) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Pattin L(0-1) 4.2 6 3 3 3 3 1 25 4.30 Bird 2.1 2 0 0 2 1 0 11 3.63 Mingori 1 3 2 2 0 0 1 5 6.08 Totals 8 11 5 5 5 4 2 41 Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blyleven W(4-2) 8.1 6 2 1 2 5 0 31 1.45 Knowles SV(1) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Totals 9 6 2 1 2 5 0 32 Hit by Pitch: Pattin (1) Wild Pitches: Blyleven (3) Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Durwood Merrill ROYALS 1ST: Nelson doubled to left; Poquette struck out; McRae grounded out (shortstop to first) [Nelson to third]; Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 0. RANGERS 1ST: Washington doubled to right; Campaneris out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Washington to third]; Hargrove reached on a fielder's choice [Washington out at home (second to catcher)]; Horton homered [Hargrove scored]; Henderson singled to right; Harrah doubled to left [Henderson to third]; Wills struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Rangers 2. ROYALS 2ND: Porter reached on an error by Hargrove; Cowens struck out; LaCock doubled to left [Porter to third]; Rojas singled to left [Porter scored (unearned), LaCock scored]; Patek flied into a double play (left to shortstop to first) [Rojas out at first]; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 2. RANGERS 2ND: Sundberg walked; Beniquez forced Sundberg (third to second); Washington grounded into a double play (second to first) [Beniquez out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 2. ROYALS 3RD: Nelson grounded out (third to first); Poquette grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 2. RANGERS 3RD: On a bunt Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first); Hargrove was hit by a pitch; Horton struck out; Henderson reached on an error by Patek [Hargrove to third]; Harrah forced Henderson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 2. ROYALS 4TH: Mayberry grounded out (third to first); Porter struck out; Cowens flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 2. RANGERS 4TH: Wills reached on an error by Nelson; Sundberg flied out to center; Beniquez flied out to center; Washington flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 2. ROYALS 5TH: LaCock grounded out (shortstop to first); Rojas popped to second; Patek grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 2. RANGERS 5TH: Campaneris walked; Hargrove singled to center [Campaneris to second]; Horton struck out; Henderson flied out to right [Campaneris to third]; Harrah doubled to left [Campaneris scored, Hargrove to third]; Wills was walked intentionally; BIRD REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Sundberg flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 3. ROYALS 6TH: Nelson flied out to right; Poquette singled to center; McRae flied out to right; Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 3. RANGERS 6TH: Beniquez flied out to right; Washington singled to right; Campaneris flied out to left; Hargrove flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 3. ROYALS 7TH: Porter grounded out (first unassisted); Cowens walked; LaCock grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Cowens out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 3. RANGERS 7TH: Horton singled to center; Henderson out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Horton to second]; Harrah was walked intentionally; Wills walked [Horton to third, Harrah to second]; Sundberg struck out; Beniquez popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 3. ROYALS 8TH: Rojas flied out to center; Patek popped to first in foul territory; Nelson singled to center; Nelson was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 3. RANGERS 8TH: MINGORI REPLACED BIRD (PITCHING); Washington singled to right; Washington was picked off first (pitcher to first); Campaneris flied out to left; Hargrove singled to pitcher; Horton homered [Hargrove scored]; Henderson grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 5. ROYALS 9TH: Poquette grounded out (second to first); McRae singled to center; BRETT RAN FOR MCRAE; Blyleven threw a wild pitch [Brett to third]; Mayberry walked; KNOWLES REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); OTIS BATTED FOR PORTER; Otis grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Mayberry out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Rangers 5. |
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