The Royals rapped a triple and six doubles among their 10 hits in winning the first game of a twi-night doubleheader, 4-1, but the Orioles came back to gain a 7-2 victory in the second game. Hal McRae doubled, Amos Otis tripled and Al Cowens hit a sacrifice fly for two runs to start the Royals' scoring in the first inning of the lidlifter. Cowens drove in another run with an infield out in the sixth and picked up his third RBI in the eighth with a double following a two-bagger by McRae.

In the nightcap, the Orioles took a 2-1 lead in the sixth with a bases-loaded pass to Eddie Murray and sacrifice fly by Pat Kelly. A single by Billy Smith added a counter in the seventh before the Orioles put the game away with a four-run burst in the eighth, three scoring on a bases-loaded double by Rick Dempsey. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 4, Baltimore Orioles 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Wednesday, May       25, 1977 (Night game) at Memorial Stadium
Royals       2  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  0  -   4 10  0
Orioles      0  1  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   1  8  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brett 3b              5   1   2   0     0   0   .330      Bumbry cf,lf          5   0   2   0     0   1   .272
  Heise 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Belanger ss           4   0   1   0     0   1   .196
McRae dh              4   2   2   0     0   0   .312      Singleton rf          4   0   1   0     0   0   .327
Otis cf               2   1   1   1     1   0   .234      L. May 1b             4   0   0   0     0   2   .204
Cowens rf             2   0   1   3     1   0   .281      Murray lf             4   1   1   0     0   1   .241
Mayberry 1b           4   0   1   0     0   1   .207        Harlow cf           0   0   0   0     0   0   .217
Rojas 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .288      DeCinces dh           4   0   1   0     0   0   .242
  White 2b            1   0   0   0     0   0   .191      Robinson 3b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .188
Zdeb lf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .333        Shopay ph           0   0   0   0     1   0   .154
Patek ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .279      Dempsey c             3   0   1   1     0   0   .232
Martinez c            4   0   1   0     0   1   .222        Muser ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .229
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Dauer 2b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .026
  Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Kelly ph            0   0   0   0     1   0   .326
  Gura p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Grimsley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   4  10   4     2   4             Totals               35   1   8   1     2   5

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 11,388
Left on Base: Royals 6, Orioles 9
DP: Royals 0, Orioles 2
Doubles: McRae 2 (14), Brett (10), Martinez (2), Cowens (10), Zdeb (1), Robinson (2), Dempsey (2)
Triples: Otis (2)
Caught Stealing: Cowens (3)
Sacrifice Hits: Otis (2), Patek (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Cowens (1)
GIDP: Patek (3)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(3-4)       7.1   8   1   1   0   3   0  30   3.77
Littell                 1.1   0   0   0   2   2   0   6   3.20
Gura SV(4)              0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.45
Totals                  9     8   1   1   2   5   0  37

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Grimsley L(4-3)         9    10   4   4   2   4   0  37   3.09
Totals                  9    10   4   4   2   4   0  37

Umpires: HP - Nestor Chylak, 1B - Steve Palermo, 2B - Joe Brinkman, 3B - Rich Garcia


ROYALS 1ST: Brett grounded out (second to first); McRae doubled;
Otis tripled to right [McRae scored]; Cowens hit a sacrifice fly
to center [Otis scored]; Mayberry grounded out (first
unassisted); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry singled to shortstop; Belanger forced Bumbry
(shortstop to second); Singleton lined to right; L. May grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2,
Orioles 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Rojas singled to right; Zdeb forced Rojas (third to
second); Patek grounded into a double play (pitcher to second to
first) [Zdeb out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Murray singled to center; DeCinces made an out to
shortstop; Robinson doubled [Murray to third]; Dempsey grounded
out (second to first) [Murray scored, Robinson to third]; Dauer
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
2, Orioles 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Martinez flied out to right; Brett singled to
center; McRae flied out to right; Otis grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 3RD: Bumbry singled to center; On a bunt Belanger made
an out to catcher; Singleton popped to first; L. May was called
out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Cowens walked; Mayberry struck out while Cowens was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Rojas grounded
out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 4TH: Murray grounded out (pitcher to first); DeCinces
flied out to left; Robinson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Zdeb grounded out (second to first); Patek struck
out; Martinez popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2,
Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 5TH: Dempsey doubled to left; Dauer reached on a
fielder's choice [Dempsey out at third (shortstop to third to
second)]; Bumbry lined to left; Belanger struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Brett doubled to left; McRae grounded out (second to
first) [Brett to third]; Otis walked; Cowens forced Otis (third
to second) [Brett scored]; Mayberry singled to right [Cowens to
third]; Rojas forced Mayberry (shortstop to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 6TH: Singleton grounded out (third to first); L. May
lined to shortstop; Murray grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Orioles 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Zdeb struck out; Patek flied out to center; Martinez
doubled to left; Brett made an out to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 3, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 7TH: WHITE REPLACED ROJAS (PLAYING 2B); DeCinces singled
to third; Robinson flied out to center; Dempsey flied out to
right; Dauer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 3, Orioles 1.

ROYALS 8TH: McRae doubled to left; Otis out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [McRae to third]; Cowens doubled [McRae
scored]; Mayberry flied out to center; White grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 8TH: Bumbry struck out; Belanger singled to right;
Singleton singled to right [Belanger to second]; LITTELL
REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); L. May struck out; Murray struck
out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Orioles 1.

ROYALS 9TH: HARLOW REPLACED MURRAY (PLAYING CF); BUMBRY CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); Zdeb doubled to left; Patek out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to second) [Zdeb to third]; Martinez
struck out; Brett grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Orioles 1.

ORIOLES 9TH: HEISE REPLACED BRETT (PLAYING 3B); DeCinces flied
out to center; SHOPAY BATTED FOR ROBINSON; Shopay walked; MUSER
BATTED FOR DEMPSEY; Muser popped to first; KELLY BATTED FOR
DAUER; Kelly walked [Shopay to second]; GURA REPLACED LITTELL
(PITCHING); Bumbry flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 4, Orioles 1.