Roy White drew a bases-loaded walk in the eighth inning to force in the tie-breaking run and Lou Piniella followed with a single for an insurance marker as the Yankees defeated the Royals, 4-2. Don Gullett, who held the Royals to four hits, gained his sixth straight victory after dropping his first two decisions. New York Yankees 4, Kansas City Royals 2Game Played on Tuesday, June 14, 1977 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium IRoyals 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 - 2 4 1 Yankees 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 x - 4 8 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Patek ss 4 0 2 0 0 1 .263 Randolph 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .290 Brett 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .287 Rivers cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .318 McRae dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .278 Munson c 2 0 0 0 2 1 .315 Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .221 Chambliss 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .296 Cowens rf 3 1 1 0 0 1 .313 White lf 3 0 0 1 1 1 .282 Otis cf 2 0 0 1 0 0 .255 Piniella dh 3 1 2 1 1 0 .302 Zdeb lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .317 Blair rf 4 1 3 0 0 0 .318 Porter c 2 1 1 1 1 0 .275 Zeber 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .294 Heise 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .071 Nettles 3b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .216 Hassler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Dent ss 2 0 0 1 0 0 .261 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gullett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 29 2 4 2 1 6 Totals 29 4 8 3 5 5 Time of Game: 2:19 Attendance: 19,559 Left on Base: Royals 2, Yankees 7 DP: Royals 1, Yankees 1 Errors: Patek Doubles: Patek (11) Triples: Cowens (7) Home Runs: Porter (5) Caught Stealing: Randolph (6), Rivers (8) Sacrifice Flies: Otis (5), Dent (5) GIDP: Brett (3), Chambliss (9) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hassler L(3-2) 7.1 7 4 3 5 5 0 32 3.88 Gura 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.30 Totals 8 8 4 3 5 5 0 35 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gullett W(6-2) 9 4 2 2 1 6 1 31 4.28 Totals 9 4 2 2 1 6 1 31 Wild Pitches: Hassler (4) Umpires: HP - Ron Luciano, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Bill Haller ROYALS 1ST: Patek struck out; Brett grounded out (second to first); McRae flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Randolph grounded out (second to first); Rivers struck out; Munson walked; Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry struck out; Cowens struck out; Otis grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Piniella grounded out (third to first); Blair singled to third; Zeber flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. ROYALS 3RD: Zdeb grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter walked; Heise flied out to left; Patek flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Dent popped to second; Randolph flied out to center; Rivers grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. ROYALS 4TH: Brett flied out to center; McRae grounded out (pitcher to first); Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. YANKEES 4TH: Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); Chambliss struck out; White grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Yankees 0. ROYALS 5TH: Cowens tripled to center; Otis hit a sacrifice fly to left [Cowens scored]; Zdeb grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter homered; Heise flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 0. YANKEES 5TH: Piniella singled to left; Blair singled to left [Piniella to second]; Zeber flied out to left [Piniella to third, Blair to second]; Dent hit a sacrifice fly to center [Piniella scored, Blair to third]; Randolph reached on an error by Patek [Blair scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Randolph was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 2. ROYALS 6TH: Patek singled to left; Brett grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Patek out at second]; McRae grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 2. YANKEES 6TH: Rivers singled to left; Rivers was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Munson walked; Chambliss grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Munson out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 2. ROYALS 7TH: Mayberry struck out; Cowens popped to second; Otis grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 2. YANKEES 7TH: White struck out; Piniella walked; Blair singled to left [Piniella to third]; Zeber struck out; Dent flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 2. ROYALS 8TH: NETTLES REPLACED ZEBER (PLAYING 3B); Zdeb flied out to left; Porter grounded out (second to first); Heise grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 2. YANKEES 8TH: Randolph singled to left; On a bunt Rivers singled to pitcher [Randolph to second]; Hassler threw a wild pitch [Randolph to third, Rivers to second]; Munson struck out; Chambliss was walked intentionally; GURA REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING); White walked (walk was charged to Hassler) [Randolph scored, Rivers to third, Chambliss to second]; Piniella singled to third [Rivers scored, Chambliss to third, White to second]; Blair popped to third; Nettles forced Piniella (shortstop unassisted); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 4. ROYALS 9TH: Patek doubled to left; Brett flied out to left [Patek to third]; McRae struck out; Mayberry flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Yankees 4. |
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