Ninth-inning relief by Mark Littell saved a victory for Jim Colborn as the Royals defeated the Rangers, 1-0. The Royals' run off Gaylord Perry scored in the fifth with two out on a double by Frank White and single by Tom Poquette. Juan Beniquez and Bump Wills singled with one away in the Rangers' ninth, but Littell came in and retired Ken Henderson and Bill Fahey to earn his 10th save. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 1, Texas Rangers 0
Game Played on Monday, July      4, 1977 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    0  1  0    0  0  0  -   1  8  0
Rangers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  7  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Poquette lf           4   0   1   1     0   0   .300      Campaneris ss         3   0   0   0     0   0   .268
McRae dh              4   0   1   0     0   0   .289        Kirkpatrick ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .143
Cowens rf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .302        Alomar ss           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Mayberry 1b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .226        Fahey ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .171
Porter c              3   0   2   0     1   0   .285      Washington lf         4   0   0   0     0   1   .293
Otis cf               4   0   0   0     0   1   .253      Hargrove 1b           3   0   1   0     1   0   .295
Rojas 3b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .283      Horton dh             4   0   0   0     0   3   .287
  Heise pr,3b         0   0   0   0     0   0   .190      May rf                3   0   0   0     1   1   .261
Patek ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .260      Harrah 3b             3   0   0   0     1   0   .268
White 2b              3   1   2   0     0   0   .233      Beniquez cf           4   0   3   0     0   0   .282
Colborn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Wills 2b              4   0   1   0     0   2   .281
  Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Sundberg c            3   0   2   0     0   0   .230
                                                            Henderson ph        1   0   0   0     0   0   .257
                                                          Perry p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   1   8   1     1   4             Totals               34   0   7   0     3   7

Time of Game: 2:47   Attendance: 34,660
Left on Base: Royals 5, Rangers 10
DP: Royals 0, Rangers 3
Doubles: White (11), Beniquez 2 (12), Hargrove (13)
Caught Stealing: Heise (1)
GIDP: Otis (5)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Colborn W(10-8)         8.1   7   0   0   3   7   0  35   3.31
Littell SV(10)          0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.90
Totals                  9     7   0   0   3   7   0  37

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Perry L(7-7)            9     8   1   1   1   4   0  33   3.46
Totals                  9     8   1   1   1   4   0  33

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Terry Cooney, 3B - Greg Kosc


ROYALS 1ST: Poquette grounded out (second to first); McRae flied
out to right; Cowens singled to right; Mayberry grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Campaneris flied out to right; Washington flied out
to right; Hargrove walked; Horton popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Porter singled to right; Otis struck out; Rojas
flied out to right; Patek popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: May grounded out (second to pitcher); Harrah
walked; Beniquez doubled to left [Harrah to third]; Wills struck
out; Sundberg grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 3RD: White singled to third; Poquette lined into a double
play (second to first) [White out at first]; McRae singled to
right; Cowens grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Campaneris grounded out (pitcher to first);
Washington flied out to center; Hargrove doubled to right;
Horton struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Mayberry struck out; Porter walked; Otis grounded
into a double play (second to first) [Porter out at second]; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 4TH: May grounded out (second to first); Harrah flied
out to left; Beniquez doubled to left; Wills grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Rojas flied out to left; Patek flied out to center;
White doubled to center; Poquette singled to right [White
scored]; McRae forced Poquette (third to second); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 5TH: Sundberg singled to left; Campaneris flied out to
center; Washington struck out; Hargrove flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Cowens flied out to center; Mayberry struck out;
Porter singled to center; Otis popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 6TH: Horton struck out; May walked; Harrah flied out to
right; Beniquez grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Rojas singled to left; HEISE RAN FOR ROJAS; Patek
struck out while Heise was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); White grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 7TH: HEISE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Wills struck
out; Sundberg singled to center; KIRKPATRICK BATTED FOR
CAMPANERIS; Kirkpatrick grounded out (first unassisted)
[Sundberg to second]; Washington flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 8TH: ALOMAR REPLACED KIRKPATRICK (PLAYING SS); Poquette
flied out to right; McRae flied out to center; Cowens grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 8TH: Hargrove flied out to right; Horton was called out
on strikes; May struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Rangers 0.

ROYALS 9TH: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Porter
grounded out (second to first); Otis grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 9TH: Harrah grounded out (second to first); Beniquez
singled to shortstop; Wills singled to left [Beniquez to third];
LITTELL REPLACED COLBORN (PITCHING); HENDERSON BATTED FOR
SUNDBERG; Henderson flied out to left; FAHEY BATTED FOR ALOMAR;
Fahey forced Wills (second to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 1, Rangers 0.