| Amos Otis homered with a man on base in the second inning and tripled with the bases loaded in the sixth to provide the Royals' principal power in an 8-3 victory over the White Sox. Otis scored after his triple on a sacrifice fly by Darrell Porter and also walked in the fourth, stole second and crossed the plate on a single by Porter. John Mayberry also had a homer for the Royals. [The Sporting News] |
Kansas City Royals 8, Chicago White Sox 3
Game Played on Tuesday, July 12, 1977 (Night game) at Comiskey Park I
Royals 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 - 8 9 2 White Sox 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 - 3 8 0 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brett 3b 5 0 0 0 0 0 .280 Garr lf 4 0 1 1 1 1 .302 Heise 3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .190 Bannister ss 5 0 2 0 0 1 .317 McRae lf 4 0 2 0 0 0 .293 Gamble rf 3 0 0 0 1 1 .251 Zdeb pr,lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .338 L. Johnson dh 4 0 1 0 0 2 .289 LaCock 1b 4 1 1 0 0 2 .381 Spencer 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .266 Cowens rf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .297 Lemon cf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .283 Mayberry dh 3 3 1 1 1 0 .230 Soderholm 3b 4 2 1 1 0 1 .288 Otis cf 3 3 2 5 1 1 .259 Brohamer 2b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .271 Porter c 3 0 1 2 0 0 .280 Essian c 4 0 0 0 0 0 .297 Patek ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .262 Stone p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .241 Kirkwood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 8 9 8 2 6 Totals 35 3 8 3 3 9 Time of Game: 2:21 Attendance: 32,514 Left on Base: Royals 2, White Sox 8 DP: Royals 2, White Sox 0 Errors: Heise 2 Doubles: McRae (27), Spencer (9) Triples: Otis (5) Home Runs: Otis (9), Mayberry (14), Soderholm (9) Stolen Bases: Otis (12) Sacrifice Flies: Porter (5) GIDP: L. Johnson (6), Bannister (7) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard W(8-9) 9 8 3 1 3 9 1 38 3.60 Totals 9 8 3 1 3 9 1 38 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Stone L(9-7) 5 7 7 7 2 3 2 23 4.05 Kirkwood 4 2 1 1 0 3 0 14 4.38 Totals 9 9 8 8 2 6 2 37 Wild Pitches: Kirkwood (3) Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Durwood Merrill, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry McCoy ROYALS 1ST: Brett lined to center; McRae popped to shortstop; LaCock was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr popped to third in foul territory; Bannister was called out on strikes; Gamble grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. ROYALS 2ND: Cowens singled to left; Mayberry forced Cowens (second to shortstop); Otis homered [Mayberry scored]; Porter flied out to left; Patek popped to first; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: L. Johnson struck out; Spencer doubled to right; Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); Soderholm struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 0. ROYALS 3RD: White struck out; Brett flied out to center; McRae flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Brohamer singled to right; Essian forced Brohamer (shortstop to second); Garr struck out; Bannister singled to center [Essian to third]; Gamble walked [Bannister to second]; L. Johnson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 0. ROYALS 4TH: LaCock struck out; Cowens lined to third; Mayberry homered; Otis walked; Otis stole second; Porter singled to right [Otis scored]; Patek popped to second; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Spencer grounded out (second to first); Lemon grounded out (third to first); Soderholm homered; Brohamer struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 1. ROYALS 5TH: White flied out to right; Brett lined to shortstop; McRae singled [McRae out at second (second to shortstop)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 5TH: Essian grounded out (shortstop to first); Garr walked; Bannister forced Garr (first to shortstop); Gamble flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 1. ROYALS 6TH: LaCock singled to right; Cowens singled [LaCock to third, Cowens to second (on throw to 3b)]; Mayberry was walked intentionally; KIRKWOOD REPLACED STONE (PITCHING); Otis tripled to center [LaCock scored, Cowens scored, Mayberry scored]; Porter hit a sacrifice fly to center [Otis scored]; Patek struck out; White grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 6TH: L. Johnson singled to left; Spencer struck out; Lemon struck out; Soderholm grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 1. ROYALS 7TH: Brett grounded out (first to pitcher); McRae doubled to left; ZDEB RAN FOR MCRAE; Kirkwood threw a wild pitch [Zdeb to third]; LaCock reached on a fielder's choice [Zdeb out at home (second to catcher to third)]; Cowens struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 7TH: ZDEB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Brohamer grounded out (second to first); Essian grounded out (third to first); Garr grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 1. ROYALS 8TH: Mayberry flied out to center; Otis struck out; Porter flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 8TH: Bannister singled to right; Gamble struck out; L. Johnson grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Bannister out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 1. ROYALS 9TH: Patek flied out to right; White grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 1. WHITE SOX 9TH: HEISE REPLACED BRETT (PLAYING 3B); Spencer flied out to center; Lemon walked; Soderholm reached on an error by Heise [Lemon to third]; Brohamer singled to right [Lemon scored (unearned), Soderholm to second]; Essian reached on an error by Heise [Soderholm to third, Brohamer to second]; Garr singled to right [Soderholm scored (unearned), Brohamer to third, Essian to second]; Bannister grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Garr out at second]; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 2 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 3.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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