Al Cowens hit a home run with two out in the 12th inning, enabling the Royals to equal their club record of eight consecutive victories with a 5-4 triumph over the Tigers. The blast was Cowens' 16th of the season, equalling his entire homer output for three previous major league campaigns.

The Tigers had rallied to tie the score with two runs in the bottom of the ninth and again with two runs in the bottom of the tenth, a sacrifice fly by Steve Kemp and single by Jason Thompson driving in runs in the first extra frame. [The Sporting News]
Kansas City Royals 5, Detroit Tigers 4

Game Played on Friday, July 22, 1977 (Night game) at Tiger Stadium

Royals       0  0  0    1  0  1    0  0  0    2  0  1  -   5 12  0
Tigers       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  2    2  0  0  -   4  9  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brett 3b              6   1   1   0     0   0   .281      LeFlore cf            6   0   0   0     0   2   .289
McRae lf              4   2   2   1     0   1   .290      Fuentes 2b            5   2   1   0     1   1   .295
  Zdeb lf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .329      Staub dh              5   0   4   1     0   0   .248
LaCock dh             3   1   2   2     2   0   .379        Stanley pr,dh       1   0   0   0     0   0   .248
  Wathan ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   1   .311      Kemp lf               5   1   0   1     0   0   .266
Cowens rf             6   1   3   1     0   0   .314      Thompson 1b           4   0   1   1     1   1   .275
Mayberry 1b           5   0   3   1     1   0   .239      Oglivie rf            3   0   1   0     1   0   .245
Otis cf               5   0   0   0     0   1   .256        Wockenfuss ph,rf    1   0   0   0     0   0   .283
Porter c              5   0   1   0     0   0   .285      May c                 5   0   2   1     0   0   .257
Patek ss              5   0   0   0     0   1   .259      Mankowski 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .281
White 2b              5   0   0   0     0   0   .249      Veryzer ss            1   0   0   0     0   0   .194
Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Corcoran ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .222
  Gura p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Scrivener ss        2   1   0   0     1   0   .122
  Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Arroyo p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hiller p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               46   5  12   5     3   4             Totals               43   4   9   4     4   4

Time of Game: 3:12   Attendance: 22,758
Left on Base: Royals 9, Tigers 9
DP: Royals 0, Tigers 1
Errors: Mankowski
Doubles: McRae (30), Staub (20)
Triples: Fuentes (5)
Home Runs: McRae (11), Cowens (16)
Sacrifice Hits: Zdeb (1), Mankowski (5)
Sacrifice Flies: Kemp (6)
GIDP: Otis (7)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard                 8     4   2   2   2   2   0  30   3.34
Gura                    1     2   0   0   0   1   0   5   3.46
Littell                 0.1   1   2   2   2   1   0   4   2.89
Mingori                 0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.82
Bird W(6-1)             2.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   8   5.25
Totals                 12     9   4   4   4   4   0  49

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Arroyo                 10    10   4   4   3   2   1  41   3.37
Hiller L(5-10)          2     2   1   1   0   2   1   9   3.98
Totals                 12    12   5   5   3   4   2  50

Umpires: HP - George Maloney, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - Greg Kosc


ROYALS 1ST: Brett flied out to left; McRae grounded out
(shortstop to first); LaCock walked; Cowens forced LaCock
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore struck out; Fuentes flied out to center;
Staub grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry singled to left; Otis grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Mayberry out at
second]; Porter grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 2ND: Kemp lined to third; Thompson grounded out (second
to first); Oglivie grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek lined to left; White grounded out (shortstop
to first); Brett flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 3RD: May grounded out (first to pitcher); Mankowski
grounded out (first to pitcher); Veryzer flied out to right; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae doubled to left; LaCock singled to center
[McRae scored]; Cowens singled [LaCock to second]; Mayberry
forced LaCock (pitcher to third) [Cowens to second]; Otis flied
out to center; Porter grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 4TH: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Fuentes
struck out; Staub doubled to left; Kemp flied out to left; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek grounded out (third to first); White grounded
out (shortstop to first); Brett flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 5TH: Thompson walked; Oglivie walked [Thompson to
second]; May popped to second; Mankowski flied out to center
[Thompson to third]; CORCORAN BATTED FOR VERYZER; Corcoran lined
to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 6TH: SCRIVENER REPLACED CORCORAN (PLAYING SS); McRae
homered; LaCock grounded out (second to first); Cowens grounded
out (shortstop to first); Mayberry singled to right; Otis flied
out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 6TH: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Fuentes
grounded out (first unassisted); Staub singled to right; Kemp
grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2,
Tigers 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Porter grounded out (first to pitcher); Patek
grounded out (shortstop to first); White grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 7TH: Thompson flied out to center; Oglivie lined to
second; May grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 8TH: Brett grounded out (second to first); McRae was
called out on strikes; LaCock walked; Cowens singled to right
[LaCock to third]; Mayberry walked [Cowens to second]; Otis
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 8TH: ZDEB REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING LF); Mankowski flied
out to center; Scrivener lined to left; LeFlore grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 0.

ROYALS 9TH: Porter lined to second; Patek popped to first in
foul territory; White grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 0.

TIGERS 9TH: Fuentes tripled to right; Staub singled to center
[Fuentes scored]; GURA REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Kemp forced
Staub (first to shortstop); Thompson struck out; Oglivie singled
to left [Kemp to third]; May singled [Kemp scored, Oglivie to
second]; Mankowski popped to catcher in foul territory; 2 R, 4
H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Tigers 2.

ROYALS 10TH: Brett singled to right; Zdeb out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first to second) [Brett to second]; LaCock
singled to left [Brett scored, LaCock to second (on throw to
home)]; Cowens flied out to right; Mayberry singled to center
[LaCock scored, Mayberry out at second (center to third)]; 2 R,
3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 2.

TIGERS 10TH: LITTELL REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Scrivener walked;
LeFlore was called out on strikes; Fuentes walked [Scrivener to
second]; Staub singled to right [Scrivener to third, Fuentes to
second]; MINGORI REPLACED LITTELL (PITCHING); STANLEY RAN FOR
STAUB; Kemp hit a sacrifice fly to center [Scrivener scored,
Fuentes to third]; Thompson singled to right [Fuentes scored,
Stanley to second]; BIRD REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); WOCKENFUSS
BATTED FOR OGLIVIE; Wockenfuss forced Thompson (shortstop to
second); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 4.

ROYALS 11TH: STANLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); HILLER
REPLACED ARROYO (PITCHING); WOCKENFUSS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING
RF); Otis reached on an error by Mankowski; Porter singled to
right [Otis to third]; Patek struck out; White popped to catcher
in foul territory; Brett flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 11TH: May singled to right; Mankowski out on a sacrifice
bunt (first to second) [May to second]; Scrivener flied out to
left; LeFlore grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 4.

ROYALS 12TH: Zdeb lined to third; WATHAN BATTED FOR LACOCK;
Wathan struck out; Cowens homered; Mayberry lined to third; 1 R,
1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Tigers 4.

TIGERS 12TH: WATHAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Fuentes
grounded out (pitcher to first); Stanley grounded out (second to
first); Kemp lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5,
Tigers 4.
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