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A six-run outburst in the fifth inning of the second game clinched a 9-3 victory for the Royals after the Athletics had won the first game of a doubleheader, 7-3. Jeff Newman collected four hits in four trips in the opener and drove in three runs to help the A's snap their four-game losing streak. Amos Otis also had four hits in four at-bats for the Royals. Oakland Athletics 7, Kansas City Royals 3 (Game 1)Game Played on Sunday, June 26, 1977 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County ColiseumRoyals 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 - 3 15 2
A's 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 2 x - 7 9 0
Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Nelson 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .222 North cf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .246
Rojas 2b 2 0 1 0 0 0 .291 Alexander rf 2 0 1 0 0 0 .333
Brett 3b 4 0 2 0 1 0 .299 Perez 2b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .259
McRae dh 5 1 3 2 0 1 .289 Gross 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .261
Cowens rf 5 0 1 0 0 2 .309 E. Williams 1b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .233
Wathan 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .361 Scott pr 0 1 0 0 0 0 .288
Otis cf 4 1 4 0 0 0 .250 Tabb 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .182
Zdeb lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .328 Sanguillen dh 4 0 1 0 0 0 .268
Patek ss 4 0 2 1 0 1 .274 Page pr,dh 0 1 0 0 0 0 .284
Martinez c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .229 Jorgensen lf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .240
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Armas rf,cf 1 1 0 1 2 0 .238
Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Newman c 4 1 4 3 0 0 .279
Picciolo ss 3 1 0 1 0 1 .186
Blue p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Lacey p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Giusti p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 39 3 15 3 1 4 Totals 29 7 9 6 5 4
Time of Game: 2:31
Left on Base: Royals 10, A's 7
DP: Royals 1, A's 1
Errors: Nelson, Wathan
Doubles: McRae (21), Otis (10), Wathan (1), Newman 2 (4)
Home Runs: McRae (8)
Stolen Bases: Otis (10)
Caught Stealing: Patek (5), Rojas (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Picciolo (8), North (5), Perez (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Armas (1)
GIDP: Zdeb (3), E. Williams (14)
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Splittorff L(6-5) 7 7 7 6 5 3 0 33 4.43
Bird 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 6.35
Totals 8 9 7 6 5 4 0 38
A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Blue W(5-9) 7.1 13 2 2 0 3 1 33 3.84
Lacey 1.1 2 1 1 1 0 0 6 2.03
Giusti SV(5) 0.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1.98
Totals 9 15 3 3 1 4 1 40
Wild Pitches: Splittorff (2)
Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Jim McKean, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Bill Deegan
ROYALS 1ST: Nelson flied out to right; Brett popped to third;
McRae doubled to right; Cowens grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 1ST: North grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez
lined to left; Gross popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Athletics 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Wathan grounded out (first unassisted); Otis singled
to right; Otis stole second; Zdeb grounded out (second to first)
[Otis to third]; Patek singled to left [Otis scored]; Patek was
caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 0.
ATHLETICS 2ND: E. Williams singled to right; Sanguillen popped
to shortstop; Jorgensen walked [E. Williams to second]; Armas
walked [E. Williams to third, Jorgensen to second]; Newman
singled to center [E. Williams scored, Jorgensen scored, Armas
to third, Newman to second (on throw to home)]; Picciolo
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Armas scored, Newman to
third]; North grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 3.
ROYALS 3RD: Martinez grounded out (shortstop to first); Nelson
grounded out (second to first); Brett singled to left; McRae
struck out; Royals Coach Chuck Hiller ejected by HP umpire
Bill Kunkel; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 3.
ATHLETICS 3RD: Perez struck out; Gross reached on an error by
Wathan; E. Williams grounded into a double play (second to
shortstop to first) [Gross out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Athletics 3.
ROYALS 4TH: Cowens struck out; Wathan flied out to right; Otis
doubled to left; Zdeb grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 3.
ATHLETICS 4TH: Sanguillen flied out to center; Jorgensen struck
out; Armas grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Athletics 3.
ROYALS 5TH: Patek singled to left; Martinez flied out to right;
Nelson forced Patek (shortstop to second); Brett singled [Nelson
to third]; McRae flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 1, Athletics 3.
ATHLETICS 5TH: Newman doubled to left; Picciolo reached on an
error by Nelson (assist by Splittorff) on a sacrifice bunt
[Newman scored (no RBI)]; ROJAS REPLACED NELSON (PLAYING 2B);
North out on a sacrifice bunt (catcher to second) [Picciolo to
second]; Splittorff threw a wild pitch [Picciolo to third];
Perez out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Picciolo
scored (unearned)]; Gross walked; E. Williams forced Gross
(shortstop to second); 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1,
Athletics 5.
ROYALS 6TH: Cowens singled to left; Wathan popped to first; Otis
singled to left [Cowens to second]; Zdeb grounded out (second to
first) [Cowens to third, Otis to second]; Patek struck out; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 5.
ATHLETICS 6TH: Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first);
Jorgensen grounded out (second to first); Armas walked; Newman
doubled to left [Armas out at home (left to shortstop to
catcher)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Athletics 5.
ROYALS 7TH: ALEXANDER REPLACED NORTH (PLAYING RF); ARMAS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); Martinez flied out to right; Rojas
singled to center; Rojas was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Brett flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Athletics 5.
ATHLETICS 7TH: Picciolo grounded out (shortstop to first);
Alexander flied out to center; Perez singled to left; Gross was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1,
Athletics 5.
ROYALS 8TH: McRae homered; Cowens popped to second; Wathan
doubled to left; Otis singled to left [Wathan to third]; LACEY
REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Zdeb grounded into a double play
(shortstop to second to first) [Otis out at second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0
E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 5.
ATHLETICS 8TH: E. Williams walked; SCOTT RAN FOR E. WILLIAMS;
Sanguillen singled to left [Scott to second]; Jorgensen singled
to left [Scott to third, Sanguillen to second]; PAGE RAN FOR
SANGUILLEN; BIRD REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Armas hit a
sacrifice fly to center [Scott scored, Page to third]; Newman
singled to center [Page scored, Jorgensen to second]; Picciolo
struck out; Alexander singled to right [Jorgensen to third,
Newman to second]; Perez grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 4
H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 2, Athletics 7.
ROYALS 9TH: PAGE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); TABB REPLACED
SCOTT (PLAYING 1B); Patek flied out to center; Martinez singled
to left; Rojas flied out to center; Brett walked [Martinez to
second]; McRae singled to right [Martinez scored, Brett to
third]; GIUSTI REPLACED LACEY (PITCHING); Cowens struck out; 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Athletics 7.
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