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Amos Otis drove in three runs and Darrell Porter and Fred Patek batted in two apiece as the Royals defeated the Yankees, 8-4, to sweep the three-game series. Porter accounted for his RBIs with a homer in the second inning. Otis delivered a sacrifice fly in the fourth. A double by Otis and single by Patek each produced two runs in the sixth. The Yankees had a homer by Reggie Jackson and two RBIs by Willie Randolph, who hit a double and single. [The Sporting News] Kansas City Royals 8, New York Yankees 4Game Played on Sunday, July 17, 1977 (Day game) at Royals StadiumYankees 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 - 4 4 0
Royals 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 0 x - 8 7 4
Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Randolph 2b 5 0 2 2 0 0 .307 Brett 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .281
Rivers cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .314 McRae dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .288
Johnson dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .291 LaCock 1b 2 2 0 0 2 0 .372
Chambliss 1b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .290 Cowens rf 4 1 2 1 0 1 .304
Piniella lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .327 Lahoud lf 2 1 0 0 1 0 .000
Jackson rf 3 1 1 1 1 1 .281 Zdeb lf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .338
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .222 Otis cf 2 2 2 3 1 0 .260
Healy c 4 1 1 0 0 0 .211 Porter c 2 2 1 2 2 0 .293
Dent ss 2 1 0 0 2 0 .260 Patek ss 4 0 1 2 0 2 .267
Clay p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White 2b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .254
Tidrow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hassler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Littell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 34 4 4 3 4 2 Totals 29 8 7 8 6 4
Time of Game: 2:51 Attendance: 38,699
Left on Base: Yankees 7, Royals 4
DP: Yankees 1, Royals 0
Errors: LaCock, Patek, Hassler 2
Doubles: Randolph (18), Cowens (21), Otis (14)
Home Runs: Jackson (16), Porter (9)
Stolen Bases: Otis (13), Patek (30)
Sacrifice Flies: Otis (6)
Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Clay L(0-3) 3 3 4 4 1 0 1 13 5.33
Tidrow 5 4 4 4 5 4 0 23 3.35
Totals 8 7 8 8 6 4 1 36
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Hassler W(6-2) 6.1 3 3 2 2 1 1 27 3.73
Littell 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 6 2.59
Mingori 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2.84
Totals 9 4 4 2 4 2 1 38
Passed Balls: Healy (1)
Umpires: HP - Larry Barnett, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Vic Voltaggio, 3B - Marty Springstead
YANKEES 1ST: Randolph grounded out (first unassisted); Rivers
reached on an error by Patek; Johnson forced Rivers (third to
second); Chambliss grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Brett flied out to left; McRae flied out to center;
LaCock grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Royals 0.
YANKEES 2ND: Piniella grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson
grounded out (first to pitcher); Nettles grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Cowens flied out to right; Lahoud grounded out
(second to first); Otis singled to center; Otis stole second;
Porter homered [Otis scored]; Patek popped to first; 2 R, 2 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 2.
YANKEES 3RD: Healy reached on an error by Hassler; Dent walked
[Healy to second]; Randolph grounded out (pitcher to first)
[Healy to third, Dent to second]; Rivers grounded out (pitcher
to first); Johnson grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E,
2 LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 2.
ROYALS 3RD: White grounded out (third to first); Brett flied out
to right; McRae grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Yankees 0, Royals 2.
YANKEES 4TH: Chambliss grounded out (first to pitcher); Piniella
grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson homered; Nettles
grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees
1, Royals 2.
ROYALS 4TH: LaCock walked; Cowens doubled to left [LaCock
scored]; TIDROW REPLACED CLAY (PITCHING); Lahoud grounded out
(second to first) [Cowens to third]; Otis hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Cowens scored]; Porter grounded out (pitcher to first); 2
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 1, Royals 4.
YANKEES 5TH: Healy grounded out (third to first); Dent walked;
Randolph doubled to left [Dent scored]; Rivers grounded out
(second to first) [Randolph to third]; Johnson grounded out
(first unassisted); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 4.
ROYALS 5TH: Patek struck out; White grounded out (third to
first); Brett flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Royals 4.
YANKEES 6TH: Chambliss grounded out (first to pitcher); Piniella
flied out to right; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 2, Royals 4.
ROYALS 6TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); LaCock
walked; Healy allowed a passed ball [LaCock to second]; Cowens
struck out; Lahoud walked; Otis doubled [LaCock scored, Lahoud
scored]; Porter was walked intentionally; Patek singled to right
[Otis scored, Porter scored]; Patek stole second; White struck
out; 4 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 8.
YANKEES 7TH: ZDEB REPLACED LAHOUD (PLAYING LF); Nettles grounded
out (first unassisted); Healy singled to left; Dent reached on a
fielder's choice [Healy to second (error by Hassler)]; LITTELL
REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING); Randolph singled to left [Healy
scored (unearned), Dent to second]; Rivers struck out; Johnson
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 3, Royals 8.
ROYALS 7TH: Brett singled to center; McRae lined into a double
play (pitcher to first) [Brett out at first]; LaCock flied out
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 3, Royals 8.
YANKEES 8TH: Chambliss walked; Piniella popped to pitcher;
Jackson walked [Chambliss to second]; MINGORI REPLACED LITTELL
(PITCHING); Nettles flied out to center [Chambliss scored (error
by LaCock) (unearned) (no RBI), Jackson to second]; Healy
grounded out (pitcher to shortstop to first); 1 R (0 ER), 0 H, 1
E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Royals 8.
ROYALS 8TH: Cowens singled to left; Zdeb popped to second; Otis
walked [Cowens to second]; Porter walked [Cowens to third, Otis
to second]; Patek struck out; White popped to first; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 3 LOB. Yankees 4, Royals 8.
YANKEES 9TH: Dent flied out to center; Randolph flied out to
center; Rivers grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Yankees 4, Royals 8.
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