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Stealing home for the first time in his major league career, Fred Patek scored the Royals' winning run in a 2-1 victory over the Twins. In the second inning, John Wathan and Patek singled and Frank White walked to load the bases. The Twins missed an attempted forceout at second on a grounder by Joe Zdeb as Wathan scored. With an 0-2 count on George Brett, Patek dashed home and beat the hurried delivery from Bill Butler, who was the loser in his first major league appearance since 1975. [The Sporting News] Kansas City Royals 2, Minnesota Twins 1Game Played on Saturday, June 18, 1977 (Night game) at Royals StadiumTwins 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 1 5 0 Royals 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 x - 2 4 0 Twins AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Randall 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .208 Zdeb lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 .340 Carew 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .378 Brett 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .277 Hisle lf 3 0 0 1 1 1 .296 McRae dh 3 0 0 0 1 1 .275 Ford rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Cowens rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .307 Bostock ph,cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .339 Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .214 Kusick dh 3 0 1 0 0 1 .286 Otis cf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .247 Norwood cf,rf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .088 Wathan c 3 1 1 0 0 0 .355 Chiles ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .270 Patek ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .263 Wilfong pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .281 White 2b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .225 Smalley ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .214 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Terrell 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .238 Littell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Adams ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .323 Borgmann c 3 1 2 0 0 0 .250 Cubbage ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .284 Butler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 T. Johnson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 1 5 1 3 4 Totals 28 2 4 1 4 4 Time of Game: 2:14 Attendance: 35,515 Left on Base: Twins 8, Royals 7 DP: Twins 0, Royals 0 Doubles: Chiles (5) Stolen Bases: Hisle (11), Patek (18), Zdeb (2) Caught Stealing: Zdeb (2) Hit by Pitch: Kusick (2,by Splittorff), Mayberry (4,by Butler) Twins IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Butler L(0-1) 6 3 2 2 3 0 0 25 3.00 T. Johnson 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 8 1.69 Totals 8 4 2 2 4 4 0 33 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff W(6-4) 7 4 1 1 3 3 0 29 4.24 Littell SV(7) 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 7 2.90 Totals 9 5 1 1 3 4 0 36 Hit by Pitch: Butler (1), Splittorff (1) Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - Jim Evans, 3B - Vic Voltaggio TWINS 1ST: Randall grounded out (second to first); Carew grounded out (shortstop to first); Hisle walked; Hisle stole second; Ford struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Zdeb singled; Zdeb was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Brett flied out to center; McRae walked; Cowens popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0. TWINS 2ND: Kusick was called out on strikes; Norwood grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley walked; Terrell flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry flied out to center; Otis flied out to right; Wathan singled to left; Patek singled to left [Wathan to second]; White walked [Wathan to third, Patek to second]; Zdeb reached on a fielder's choice [Wathan scored, Patek to third, White to second]; Patek stole home; Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 2. TWINS 3RD: Borgmann singled to left; Randall flied out to left; Carew walked [Borgmann to second]; Hisle flied out to right; Ford forced Carew (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 3RD: McRae grounded out (third to first); Cowens popped to second; Mayberry was hit by a pitch; Otis walked [Mayberry to second]; Wathan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 2. TWINS 4TH: Kusick singled to left; Norwood flied out to right; Smalley flied out to right; Terrell grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 2. ROYALS 4TH: Patek grounded out (third to first); White popped to second; Zdeb popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 0, Royals 2. TWINS 5TH: Borgmann singled to left; Randall singled to left [Borgmann to second]; Carew forced Randall (second to shortstop) [Borgmann to third]; Hisle forced Carew (shortstop to second) [Borgmann scored]; Ford forced Hisle (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. ROYALS 5TH: Brett popped to third in foul territory; McRae flied out to center; Cowens flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. TWINS 6TH: Kusick was hit by a pitch; Norwood flied out to left; Smalley struck out; Terrell flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry flied out to right; Otis grounded out (third to first); Wathan popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. TWINS 7TH: Borgmann flied out to center; Randall flied out to left; Carew lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. ROYALS 7TH: T. JOHNSON REPLACED BUTLER (PITCHING); Patek flied out to left; White struck out; Zdeb singled to center; Zdeb stole second; Brett was walked intentionally; McRae struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. TWINS 8TH: LITTELL REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Hisle struck out; BOSTOCK BATTED FOR FORD; Bostock grounded out (second to first); Kusick grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. ROYALS 8TH: BOSTOCK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); NORWOOD CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Cowens struck out; Mayberry struck out; Otis grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. TWINS 9TH: CHILES BATTED FOR NORWOOD; Chiles doubled to center; WILFONG RAN FOR CHILES; Smalley reached on a fielder's choice [Wilfong out at third (shortstop to third)]; ADAMS BATTED FOR TERRELL; Adams forced Smalley (first to shortstop); CUBBAGE BATTED FOR BORGMANN; Cubbage grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Twins 1, Royals 2. |
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