George Brett beat out an infield hit and scored from first on a double by John Mayberry in the ninth inning to give the Royals an 8-7 victory and a sweep of the three-game series with the Twins. Brett, who had three hits in the game, drove in a run with a single in the first and also stole home. The Twins, after trailing by as much as five runs, caught up with the Royals and tied the score at 7-7 in the ninth when Rod Carew singled for his second RBI of the game and Larry Hisle hit his second sacrifice fly. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 8, Minnesota Twins 7
Game Played on Sunday, June      19, 1977 (Day game) at Royals Stadium
Twins        0  0  0    0  1  0    4  0  2  -   7  9  2
Royals       2  1  0    0  1  2    1  0  1  -   8 15  0


Twins                AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Bostock cf            4   2   3   1     1   0   .347      Poquette rf           5   1   1   1     0   2   .323
Ford rf               3   0   0   1     1   1   .222      McRae lf              4   1   2   0     1   0   .278
  Adams ph,rf         1   1   1   0     0   0   .333        Zdeb lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .340
Carew 1b              4   0   2   2     1   0   .380      Brett 3b              5   2   3   1     0   0   .284
Hisle lf              2   0   1   2     1   0   .298      Mayberry 1b           4   1   2   2     0   1   .219
Kusick dh             3   0   0   0     0   2   .278      LaCock dh             4   1   2   0     0   0   .352
  Chiles ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Porter c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .272
  Norwood ph,dh       1   0   0   0     0   0   .086        Cowens ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .310
Borgmann c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .243        Nelson pr           0   0   0   0     0   0   .219
  Wynegar c           3   0   0   0     0   0   .254        Martinez c          0   0   0   0     0   0   .227
Randall 2b            3   1   1   0     0   0   .212      Otis cf               3   1   2   0     1   1   .254
  Wilfong ph,2b       1   0   0   0     0   0   .278      Patek ss              3   1   1   0     0   1   .264
Smalley ss            3   1   0   0     1   1   .211      White 2b              3   0   1   1     1   0   .227
Terrell 3b            2   2   1   1     1   0   .243      Hassler p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Cubbage ph,3b       1   0   0   0     0   1   .282        Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Goltz p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Burgmeier p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gura p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  T. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  D. Johnson p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   7   9   7     6   5             Totals               35   8  15   6     3   5

Time of Game: 3:05   Attendance: 36,912
Left on Base: Twins 7, Royals 8
DP: Twins 1, Royals 0
Errors: Smalley, Goltz
Doubles: LaCock (9), Poquette (13), Mayberry (8)
Stolen Bases: Hisle (12), Terrell (6), Brett (6), LaCock (1), Patek (19)
Caught Stealing: Ford (4), White (2), Brett (6)
Sacrifice Hits: Patek (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Hisle 2 (4), Mayberry (2)
GIDP: Brett (4)


Twins                  IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Goltz                   6     9   6   6   2   5   0  28   4.09
Burgmeier               0.2   3   1   1   0   0   0   4   3.26
T. Johnson              0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   1.68
D. Johnson L(1-1)       1     2   1   1   0   0   0   5   4.29
Totals                  8    15   8   8   3   5   0  40

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hassler                 6.1   5   3   3   3   3   0  26   3.93
Mingori                 0     1   2   2   3   0   0   4   2.63
Littell                 2.1   3   2   2   0   2   0  10   3.16
Gura W(4-3)             0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.26
Totals                  9     9   7   7   6   5   0  41

Wild Pitches: Goltz (3), T. Johnson 2 (6), Hassler (5), Littell (1)
Balks: Goltz (1)

Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Marty Springstead


TWINS 1ST: Bostock lined to left; Ford struck out; Carew singled
to left; Hassler threw a wild pitch [Carew to second]; Hisle
walked; Kusick was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Twins 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Poquette struck out but advanced to first on a wild
pitch; McRae singled to right [Poquette to second]; Brett
singled to left [Poquette scored, McRae to third, Brett to
second (on throw)]; Mayberry popped to third; LaCock reached on
a fielder's choice [McRae out at home (first to catcher), Brett
to third]; Brett stole home and LaCock stole second; Porter
grounded out (third to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0,
Royals 2.

TWINS 2ND: Borgmann flied out to center; Randall grounded out
(third to first); Smalley flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 2ND: WYNEGAR REPLACED BORGMANN (PLAYING C ); Otis singled
to left; Patek out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Otis to
second]; White singled to center [Otis scored]; White was picked
off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop);
Poquette was called out on strikes; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins
0, Royals 3.

TWINS 3RD: Terrell flied out to right; Bostock singled to
center; Ford lined to left; Carew grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 3.

ROYALS 3RD: McRae reached on an error by Smalley [McRae to
second]; Brett flied out to right [McRae to third]; Mayberry
struck out; LaCock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 3.

TWINS 4TH: Hisle singled to center; Hisle stole second; Kusick
struck out; Wynegar grounded out (third to first); Randall flied
out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 3.

ROYALS 4TH: Porter grounded out (first unassisted); Otis singled
to center; Patek struck out; White forced Otis (third to
second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 0, Royals 3.

TWINS 5TH: Smalley popped to second; Terrell walked; Terrell
stole second; Bostock singled to right [Terrell scored]; Ford
forced Bostock (shortstop unassisted); Ford was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); 1 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Poquette flied out to left; McRae walked; Brett
singled to right [McRae to third]; Mayberry hit a sacrifice fly
to center [McRae scored]; Brett was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 4.

TWINS 6TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Hisle popped to
shortstop; Kusick grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 4.

ROYALS 6TH: LaCock doubled to right; LaCock was picked off
second but was safe on an error by Goltz [LaCock to third];
Goltz balked [LaCock scored]; Porter grounded out (pitcher to
first); Otis struck out; Patek singled to right; Patek stole
second; White walked; Poquette doubled to center [Patek scored,
White out at home (center to shortstop to catcher)]; 2 R, 3 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Twins 1, Royals 6.

TWINS 7TH: Wynegar grounded out (third to first); Randall
singled; Smalley walked [Randall to second]; MINGORI REPLACED
HASSLER (PITCHING); Terrell singled [Randall scored, Smalley to
second]; Bostock walked [Smalley to third, Terrell to second];
Ford walked [Smalley scored, Terrell to third, Bostock to
second]; Carew walked [Terrell scored, Bostock to third, Ford to
second]; LITTELL REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Hisle hit a
sacrifice fly to left [Bostock scored]; CHILES BATTED FOR
KUSICK; Chiles popped to second; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Twins 5,
Royals 6.

ROYALS 7TH: CHILES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); BURGMEIER
REPLACED GOLTZ (PITCHING); McRae singled to left; Brett grounded
into a double play (shortstop to first) [McRae out at second];
Mayberry singled to right; LaCock singled to left [Mayberry to
second]; T. JOHNSON REPLACED BURGMEIER (PITCHING); COWENS BATTED
FOR PORTER; T. Johnson threw a wild pitch [Mayberry to third];
T. Johnson threw a wild pitch [LaCock to second]; Cowens singled
to left [Mayberry scored, LaCock to third]; NELSON RAN FOR
COWENS; Otis walked [Nelson to second]; Patek forced Otis
(shortstop to second); 1 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 7.

TWINS 8TH: MARTINEZ REPLACED NELSON (PLAYING C ); Wynegar flied
out to right; WILFONG BATTED FOR RANDALL; Wilfong grounded out
(second to first); Smalley was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 7.

ROYALS 8TH: WILFONG STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); D. JOHNSON
REPLACED T. JOHNSON (PITCHING); White popped to second; Poquette
flied to left in foul territory; McRae lined to shortstop; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Twins 5, Royals 7.

TWINS 9TH: ZDEB REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING LF); CUBBAGE BATTED FOR
TERRELL; Cubbage struck out; Bostock singled to left; ADAMS
BATTED FOR FORD; Adams singled to left [Bostock to second];
Littell threw a wild pitch [Bostock to third, Adams to second];
Carew singled to right [Bostock scored, Adams to third]; Hisle
hit a sacrifice fly to center [Adams scored]; GURA REPLACED
LITTELL (PITCHING); NORWOOD BATTED FOR CHILES; Norwood flied out
to right; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, Royals 7.

ROYALS 9TH: NORWOOD STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); ADAMS STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING RF); CUBBAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Brett
singled to right; Mayberry doubled to right [Brett scored]; 1 R,
2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Twins 7, Royals 8.