Paul Splittorff, who had lost four times since winning on opening day, pitched the Royals to a 4-0 victory over the Indians. The Royals opened the scoring in the fourth inning with a triple by Al Cowens and infield out by Darrell Porter. Fred Patek batted in two runs with a bases-loaded single in the sixth. Cookie Rojas, who had four hits, tripled and crossed the plate on a single by Joe Zdeb in the eighth. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 4, Cleveland Indians 0
Game Played on Friday, May       20, 1977 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  8  0
Royals       0  0  0    1  0  2    0  1  x  -   4 12  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Manning cf            4   0   1   0     0   0   .231      Poquette rf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .295
Kuiper 2b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .277        Zdeb ph,rf          1   0   1   1     0   0   .385
Norris rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .305      McRae lf              4   0   1   0     0   0   .303
Dade dh               4   0   3   0     0   0   .321      Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .211
Grubb lf              4   0   1   0     0   1   .352      Cowens cf             4   1   2   0     0   0   .287
Bell 3b               3   0   0   0     1   0   .267      Porter c              4   1   1   1     0   1   .283
Kendall c             4   0   1   0     0   0   .274      LaCock dh             3   1   1   0     1   0   .283
Bochte 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .293      Rojas 3b              4   0   4   0     0   0   .291
Duffy ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .169        Heise pr,3b         0   1   0   0     0   0   .200
  Blanks ph,ss        1   0   0   0     0   0   .247      Patek ss              4   0   1   2     0   0   .282
Eckersley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      White 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .181
  Monge p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               34   0   8   0     1   1             Totals               35   4  12   4     2   1

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 17,532
Left on Base: Indians 8, Royals 10
DP: Indians 0, Royals 1
Doubles: Kuiper (2), Grubb (3), McRae (11)
Triples: Cowens (3), Rojas (1)
Stolen Bases: Dade (1), Zdeb (1)
Sacrifice Hits: McRae (1)
GIDP: Kendall (3)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Eckersley L(3-3)        6.1  10   3   3   2   0   0  31   3.86
Monge                   1.1   1   1   1   0   1   0   5   5.40
Kern                    0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.37
Totals                  8    12   4   4   2   1   0  38

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(2-4)       9     8   0   0   1   1   0  35   4.06
Totals                  9     8   0   0   1   1   0  35

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


INDIANS 1ST: Manning singled to left; Kuiper forced Manning
(pitcher to shortstop); Norris forced Kuiper (shortstop to
second); Dade singled to left [Norris to second]; Grubb lined to
right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Poquette flied out to left; McRae popped to third in
foul territory; Mayberry popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Bell flied out to center; Kendall flied out to
center; Bochte grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Cowens popped to catcher in foul territory; Porter
flied out to left; LaCock singled to left; Rojas singled to left
[LaCock to second]; Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Duffy grounded out (third to first); Manning
grounded out (second to first); Kuiper doubled to left; Norris
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: White flied out to center; Poquette popped to third
in foul territory; McRae doubled to left; Mayberry flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

INDIANS 4TH: Dade singled to right; Grubb struck out; Dade stole
second; Bell walked; Kendall grounded into a double play (third
to second to first) [Bell out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Cowens tripled to left; Porter grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Cowens scored]; LaCock grounded out
(shortstop to first); Rojas singled to left; Patek popped to
third in foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0,
Royals 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Bochte flied out to left; Duffy grounded out (third
to first); Manning popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: White flied out to left; Poquette grounded out
(first unassisted); McRae flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 1.

INDIANS 6TH: Kuiper grounded out (pitcher to first); Norris
grounded out (shortstop to first); Dade singled to left; Grubb
grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians
0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry flied out to right; Cowens flied out to
center; Porter singled to right; LaCock walked [Porter to
second]; Rojas singled to left [Porter to third, LaCock to
second]; Patek singled to left [Porter scored, LaCock scored,
Rojas to third, Patek to second (on throw to home)]; White flied
out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 3.

INDIANS 7TH: Bell grounded out (shortstop to first); Kendall
singled to left; Bochte flied out to center; BLANKS BATTED FOR
DUFFY; Blanks flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Indians 0, Royals 3.

ROYALS 7TH: BLANKS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Poquette singled
to left; McRae out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second)
[Poquette to second]; Mayberry was walked intentionally; Cowens
singled to left [Poquette to third, Mayberry to second]; MONGE
REPLACED ECKERSLEY (PITCHING); Porter struck out; LaCock forced
Cowens (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Indians 0,
Royals 3.

INDIANS 8TH: Manning grounded out (second to first); Kuiper
flied out to left; Norris singled to left; Dade popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 3.

ROYALS 8TH: Rojas tripled to left; HEISE RAN FOR ROJAS; Patek
flied out to center; White grounded out (shortstop to first);
KERN REPLACED MONGE (PITCHING); ZDEB BATTED FOR POQUETTE; Zdeb
singled to right [Heise scored]; Zdeb stole second; McRae flied
out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 4.

INDIANS 9TH: ZDEB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HEISE STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING 3B); Grubb doubled to center; Bell grounded out
(third to first); Kendall lined to shortstop; Bochte grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals
4.