The Royals rapped Bert Blyleven for three homers and defeated the Rangers, 6-4, to end their road trip with nine victories in 12 games. Blyleven, who had been sidelined by a groin injury, made his first start since June 22. Frank White started the Royals' slugging with a solo shot in the third inning. Al Cowens clubbed a two-run homer in the fourth and Hal McRae hit a similar blow in the fifth. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 6, Texas Rangers 4
Game Played on Tuesday, July      5, 1977 (Night game) at Arlington Stadium
Royals       0  0  1    2  3  0    0  0  0  -   6  8  2
Rangers      0  0  2    0  1  0    1  0  0  -   4 11  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Rangers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Poquette rf           4   1   1   1     0   0   .300      Campaneris ss         4   2   1   1     1   0   .268
McRae lf              3   1   2   2     1   1   .292      Washington lf         5   1   3   1     0   0   .300
  Zdeb pr,lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .343      Hargrove 1b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .291
LaCock 1b             4   0   0   0     0   1   .370        J. Ellis ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .218
Mayberry dh           2   1   1   0     2   0   .228      Horton dh             4   0   1   1     0   1   .287
  Nelson pr,dh        0   0   0   0     0   0   .205      May rf                4   0   1   0     0   0   .261
Cowens cf             4   1   2   2     0   0   .305      Beniquez cf           3   0   2   0     1   0   .286
Wathan c              4   0   0   0     0   1   .310      Harrah 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .267
  Porter c            0   0   0   0     0   0   .285      Wills 2b              4   1   1   0     0   2   .280
Rojas 3b              4   0   0   0     0   1   .271      Sundberg c            4   0   1   0     0   0   .230
  Heise 3b            0   0   0   0     0   0   .190      Blyleven p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Patek ss              4   1   1   0     0   1   .260        Briles p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
White 2b              2   1   1   1     0   1   .235        Lindblad p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Bird p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gura p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   6   8   6     3   6             Totals               36   4  11   3     3   3

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 11,036
Left on Base: Royals 2, Rangers 8
DP: Royals 0, Rangers 2
Errors: McRae, Rojas, Campaneris
Doubles: Sundberg (7), Washington (13)
Triples: Wills (4), Campaneris (4)
Home Runs: White (2), Cowens (12), McRae (10)
Stolen Bases: Campaneris (11), Beniquez (14)
Caught Stealing: Zdeb (3), Beniquez (10)
Sacrifice Hits: White (5)
GIDP: Rojas (2)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bird                    4.2   7   3   2   1   2   0  20   5.98
Gura W(5-3)             2.1   3   1   1   2   0   0  12   3.13
Littell SV(11)          2     1   0   0   0   1   0   7   2.79
Totals                  9    11   4   3   3   3   0  39

Rangers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Blyleven L(6-9)         5     6   6   6   2   3   3  22   2.65
Briles                  2     1   0   0   1   2   0   7   4.28
Lindblad                2     1   0   0   0   1   0   6   3.86
Totals                  9     8   6   6   3   6   3  35

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


ROYALS 1ST: Poquette flied out to left; McRae singled to center;
McRae was picked off first (pitcher to first); LaCock flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 1ST: Campaneris walked; Campaneris stole second;
Washington popped to first in foul territory; Hargrove flied out
to center; Horton struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Rangers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry walked; Cowens reached on an error by
Campaneris [Mayberry to third]; Wathan forced Cowens (pitcher to
shortstop); Rojas grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Wathan out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Rangers 0.

RANGERS 2ND: May singled to right; May was out trying to advance
to second (catcher to second); Beniquez singled to left; Harrah
flied out to left; Beniquez was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Rangers 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek struck out; White homered; Poquette flied out
to center; McRae struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1,
Rangers 0.

RANGERS 3RD: Wills tripled; Sundberg grounded out (pitcher to
first); Campaneris tripled to right [Wills scored]; Washington
singled to right [Campaneris scored]; Hargrove flied out to
left; Horton popped to second in foul territory; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 1, Rangers 2.

ROYALS 4TH: LaCock popped to shortstop; Mayberry walked; Cowens
homered [Mayberry scored]; Wathan lined to second; Rojas
grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
3, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 4TH: May grounded out (second to first); Beniquez flied
out to right; Harrah flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 3, Rangers 2.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek singled to left; White out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [Patek to second]; Poquette singled to left
[Patek scored]; McRae homered [Poquette scored]; LaCock struck
out; Mayberry popped to shortstop; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
6, Rangers 2.

RANGERS 5TH: Wills struck out; Sundberg doubled to center;
Campaneris reached on an error by Rojas [Sundberg out at third
(first to third)]; Washington doubled to left [Campaneris scored
(error by McRae) (unearned) (no RBI)]; GURA REPLACED BIRD
(PITCHING); Hargrove walked; Horton grounded out (third to
first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 6, Rangers 3.

ROYALS 6TH: BRILES REPLACED BLYLEVEN (PITCHING); Cowens singled
to right; Wathan forced Cowens (pitcher to shortstop); Rojas was
called out on strikes; Patek flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 6, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 6TH: May grounded out (pitcher to first); Beniquez
walked; Harrah singled to left [Beniquez to second]; Wills
forced Harrah (second to shortstop) [Beniquez to third];
Sundberg forced Wills (second unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Royals 6, Rangers 3.

ROYALS 7TH: White struck out; Poquette popped to second; McRae
walked; ZDEB RAN FOR MCRAE; Zdeb was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Rangers 3.

RANGERS 7TH: ZDEB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Campaneris lined
to right; Washington singled to shortstop; Hargrove grounded out
(first unassisted) [Washington to second]; Horton singled to
center [Washington scored]; On a bunt May made an out to
catcher; Dave May called for interference for running into
his own batted ball; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 6,
Rangers 4.

ROYALS 8TH: LINDBLAD REPLACED BRILES (PITCHING); LaCock grounded
out (second to first); Mayberry singled to left; NELSON RAN FOR
MAYBERRY; Cowens lined into a double play (third to first)
[Nelson out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6, Rangers
4.

RANGERS 8TH: NELSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); LITTELL
REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Beniquez singled to left; Beniquez
stole second; Harrah popped to second; Wills struck out;
Sundberg grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 6, Rangers 4.

ROYALS 9TH: Wathan struck out; Rojas flied out to left; Patek
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6,
Rangers 4.

RANGERS 9TH: PORTER REPLACED WATHAN (PLAYING C ); HEISE REPLACED
ROJAS (PLAYING 3B); Campaneris lined to right; Washington
grounded out (first unassisted); J. ELLIS BATTED FOR HARGROVE;
J. Ellis flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 6,
Rangers 4.