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Al Cowens reached a personal high for RBIs with 63 by driving in five runs as the Royals defeated the Tigers, 8-1, for their seventh straight victory. In 1976, his best previous season, Cowens had 59 RBIs. The Royals' outfielder, who collected four hits, started his big night with a single in the second inning and scored on a homer by John Mayberry. Cowens then hit for the circuit with a man on base in the third, drove in a run with a single in the fifth and capped his performance with a two-run single in the sixth. [The Sporting News] Kansas City Royals 8, Detroit Tigers 1Game Played on Thursday, July 21, 1977 (Night game) at Tiger StadiumRoyals 0 2 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 - 8 11 1
Tigers 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 4 2
Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Tigers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Brett 3b 5 2 2 0 0 0 .283 LeFlore cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .294
McRae dh 4 2 1 1 0 0 .288 Fuentes 2b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .296
Otis cf 3 0 1 0 2 0 .261 Staub dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .240
Cowens rf 5 2 4 5 0 0 .311 Kemp lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .270
Mayberry 1b 5 1 1 2 0 1 .233 Oglivie pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 .244
Zdeb lf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .333 Thompson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .275
Porter c 5 0 0 0 0 1 .287 Stanley rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250
Patek ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .263 Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .212
White 2b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .254 May c 3 0 0 0 0 0 .254
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Veryzer ss 3 1 1 0 0 0 .195
Roberts p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Grilli p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Wilcox p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Foucault p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 39 8 11 8 3 4 Totals 32 1 4 1 0 6
Time of Game: 2:18 Attendance: 15,262
Left on Base: Royals 8, Tigers 5
DP: Royals 0, Tigers 0
Errors: Cowens, Thompson, Rodriguez
Doubles: McRae (29), Brett (17)
Home Runs: Mayberry (15), Cowens (15)
Hit by Pitch: McRae (6,by Grilli), Kemp (4,by Splittorff)
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Splittorff W(8-5) 9 4 1 0 0 6 0 33 4.12
Totals 9 4 1 0 0 6 0 33
Tigers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Roberts L(4-9) 2.2 5 5 5 0 0 2 13 4.84
Grilli 3 6 3 1 2 2 0 18 3.86
Wilcox 2.1 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 3.41
Foucault 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3.63
Totals 9 11 8 6 3 4 2 43
Hit by Pitch: Splittorff (2), Grilli (1)
Wild Pitches: Splittorff (3), Grilli (2)
Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Russ Goetz, 3B - Ken Kaiser
ROYALS 1ST: Brett grounded out (second to first); McRae grounded
out (first unassisted); Otis grounded out (shortstop to first);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore flied out to right; Fuentes grounded out
(shortstop to first); Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Tigers 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Cowens singled to left; Mayberry homered [Cowens
scored]; Zdeb grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter flied
out to right; Patek flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 2ND: Kemp struck out (catcher to first); Thompson
grounded out (second to first); Stanley lined to center; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, Tigers 0.
ROYALS 3RD: White singled to left; Brett grounded out (third to
first) [White to second]; McRae doubled [White scored]; Otis
flied out to center; Cowens homered [McRae scored]; GRILLI
REPLACED ROBERTS (PITCHING); Mayberry flied out to center; 3 R,
3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 0.
TIGERS 3RD: Rodriguez flied out to center; May grounded out
(second to first); Veryzer singled to center; LeFlore reached on
an error by Cowens [Veryzer to third]; Fuentes singled to center
[Veryzer scored (unearned), LeFlore to second]; Staub flied out
to right; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 1.
ROYALS 4TH: Zdeb singled to left; Grilli threw a wild pitch
[Zdeb to second]; Porter lined to right; Patek struck out; White
flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 1.
TIGERS 4TH: Kemp grounded out (pitcher to first); Thompson
grounded out (second to first); Stanley grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, Tigers 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Brett doubled to left; McRae grounded out (shortstop
to first); Otis singled to left [Brett to third]; Cowens singled
[Brett scored, Otis to second]; Mayberry struck out; Zdeb walked
[Otis to third, Cowens to second]; Porter grounded out (first
unassisted); 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Royals 6, Tigers 1.
TIGERS 5TH: Rodriguez was called out on strikes; May grounded
out (shortstop to first); Veryzer popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Tigers 1.
ROYALS 6TH: Patek grounded out (second to first); White popped
to shortstop; Brett singled to right; McRae was hit by a pitch
[Brett to second]; Otis walked [Brett to third, McRae to
second]; Thompson dropped a foul fly hit by Cowens for an error;
Cowens singled to center [Brett scored (unearned), McRae scored
(unearned), Otis to third]; WILCOX REPLACED GRILLI (PITCHING);
Mayberry forced Cowens (second to shortstop); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1
E, 2 LOB. Royals 8, Tigers 1.
TIGERS 6TH: LeFlore struck out; Fuentes was called out on
strikes; Staub grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB. Royals 8, Tigers 1.
ROYALS 7TH: Zdeb grounded out (pitcher to first); Porter lined
to center; Patek struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8,
Tigers 1.
TIGERS 7TH: Kemp flied out to center; Thompson singled to left;
Stanley was called out on strikes; Rodriguez popped to second in
foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 8, Tigers 1.
ROYALS 8TH: White reached on an error by Rodriguez [White to
second]; Brett popped to second; McRae grounded out (third to
first); Otis walked; Cowens popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2
LOB. Royals 8, Tigers 1.
TIGERS 8TH: May lined to left; Veryzer flied out to center;
LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 8, Tigers 1.
ROYALS 9TH: FOUCAULT REPLACED WILCOX (PITCHING); Mayberry flied
out to center; Zdeb flied out to left; Porter was called out on
strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, Tigers 1.
TIGERS 9TH: Fuentes singled to left; Staub grounded out (first
unassisted) [Fuentes to second]; Splittorff threw a wild pitch
[Fuentes to third]; Kemp was hit by a pitch; OGLIVIE RAN FOR
KEMP; Thompson struck out; Stanley flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 8, Tigers 1.
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