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 2
Game Played on Sunday, May       8, 1977 (Day game) at Arlington Stadium
Royals       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.