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The Royals ripped into Vida Blue for five consecutive hits in the fourth inning, including back-to-back doubles by Amos Otis and John Mayberry and consecutive triples by Fred Patek and Frank White, to defeat the Athletics, 6-2. After Otis and Mayberry hit their doubles for a run to break a 1-1 tie, Buck Martinez singled Mayberry to third. Kansas City Royals 6, Oakland Athletics 2Game Played on Friday, July 8, 1977 (Night game) at Royals StadiumA's 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 - 2 6 0 Royals 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 x - 6 12 0 A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Scott ss 4 1 2 0 0 0 .288 Zdeb lf 3 0 1 1 0 0 .338 Perez 2b 4 0 0 0 0 2 .262 Poquette lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300 Page lf 4 0 1 1 0 2 .288 Brett 3b 3 1 0 0 2 0 .286 Gross 3b 4 0 0 0 0 3 .240 McRae dh 5 0 2 1 0 2 .294 Sanguillen c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .273 Cowens rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .301 Crawford dh 3 0 1 1 0 0 .236 Otis cf 3 1 1 0 1 1 .256 McKinney 1b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .191 Mayberry 1b 3 1 1 1 1 1 .230 Murray rf 3 0 0 0 0 2 .158 Martinez c 4 1 2 0 0 1 .255 Armas cf 3 0 1 0 0 2 .243 Patek ss 4 1 2 2 0 0 .263 Blue p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White 2b 4 1 3 1 0 0 .249 Torrealba p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bair p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Coleman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 2 6 2 1 13 Totals 34 6 12 6 4 5 Time of Game: 2:50 Attendance: 27,647 Left on Base: A's 5, Royals 9 DP: A's 1, Royals 0 Doubles: Page (15), McRae (25), Otis (12), Mayberry (12) Triples: Sanguillen (3), Patek (4), White (3) Stolen Bases: Scott (10), Page (19), Otis (11) Sacrifice Flies: Crawford (1), Zdeb (3) GIDP: Zdeb (4) A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Blue L(6-11) 3 7 6 6 2 1 0 18 4.12 Torrealba 3.1 3 0 0 1 1 0 13 1.66 Bair 0.2 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 7.08 Coleman 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 5 2.61 Totals 8 12 6 6 4 5 0 39 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard W(7-9) 9 6 2 2 1 13 0 34 3.77 Totals 9 6 2 2 1 13 0 34 Wild Pitches: Coleman (3) Balks: Torrealba (1) Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Joe Brinkman ATHLETICS 1ST: Scott grounded out (second to first); Perez struck out; Page popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Zdeb grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett walked; McRae struck out; Cowens grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 2ND: Gross was called out on strikes; Sanguillen grounded out (third to first); Crawford singled to right; McKinney walked [Crawford to second]; Murray flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Otis walked; Otis stole second; Mayberry popped to second; Martinez flied out to left; Patek flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 0, Royals 0. ATHLETICS 3RD: Armas struck out; Scott singled; Scott stole second; Perez struck out; Page doubled to right [Scott scored]; Page stole third; Gross struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: White flied out to right; Zdeb singled to left; Brett forced Zdeb (second unassisted); McRae doubled to left [Brett scored]; Cowens flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first); Crawford grounded out (second to first); McKinney was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 1. ROYALS 4TH: Otis doubled to center; Athletics Manager Bobby Winkles ejected by 2B umpire Steve Palermo arguing that Amos Otis' fly was caught; Mayberry doubled to right [Otis scored]; Martinez singled to right [Mayberry to third]; Patek tripled to center [Mayberry scored, Martinez scored]; White tripled [Patek scored]; TORREALBA REPLACED BLUE (PITCHING); Zdeb hit a sacrifice fly to center [White scored]; Brett grounded out (second to first); McRae singled to left; Torrealba balked [McRae to second]; Cowens flied out to right; 5 R, 6 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 6. ATHLETICS 5TH: Murray struck out; Armas struck out; Scott singled to right; Perez popped to second in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 6. ROYALS 5TH: Otis flied out to right; Mayberry was called out on strikes; Martinez singled to center; Patek forced Martinez (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 6. ATHLETICS 6TH: Page struck out; Gross popped to second; Sanguillen grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 6. ROYALS 6TH: White singled to center; Zdeb grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [White out at second]; Brett walked; McRae popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 6. ATHLETICS 7TH: POQUETTE REPLACED ZDEB (PLAYING LF); Crawford grounded out (third to first); McKinney flied out to center; Murray struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 6. ROYALS 7TH: Cowens lined to left; BAIR REPLACED TORREALBA (PITCHING); Otis was called out on strikes; Mayberry walked; Martinez struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 6. ATHLETICS 8TH: Armas singled; Scott popped to first; Perez flied out to right; Page struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 6. ROYALS 8TH: COLEMAN REPLACED BAIR (PITCHING); Patek singled to left; Coleman threw a wild pitch [Patek to second]; White singled [Patek stayed at second]; Poquette popped to second; Brett forced White (second to shortstop) [Patek to third]; McRae struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Athletics 1, Royals 6. ATHLETICS 9TH: Gross struck out; Sanguillen tripled; Crawford hit a sacrifice fly to left [Sanguillen scored]; McKinney was called out on strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Athletics 2, Royals 6. |
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