Jason Thompson drove in three runs and scored the game-winner on Milt May's sacrifice fly to help the Tigers snap the Royals' eight-game winning streak with a 5-4 triumph. The Royals led, 4-3, in the seventh but Steve Kemp singled and Thompson doubled to drive him in. Thompson moved to third on an infield out and scored on May's fly. Dave Rozema became first the A. L. rookie to win nine games this season. [The Sporting News]



Detroit Tigers 5, Kansas City Royals 4
Game Played on Saturday, July      23, 1977 (Day game) at Tiger Stadium
Royals       1  0  0    0  0  3    0  0  0  -   4  9  0
Tigers       1  0  0    0  2  0    2  0  x  -   5 10  2


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Tigers               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Brett 3b              4   1   3   1     0   0   .287      LeFlore cf            4   1   2   0     1   0   .291
McRae lf              4   1   1   0     0   0   .290      Fuentes 2b            4   0   1   1     1   0   .294
LaCock dh             4   0   1   1     0   0   .375      Staub dh              3   1   0   0     2   0   .246
Cowens rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .311      Kemp lf               3   1   1   0     1   1   .267
Mayberry 1b           3   1   1   0     1   0   .240      Thompson 1b           4   1   3   3     0   0   .281
Otis cf               4   1   1   2     0   0   .256      Oglivie rf            4   0   0   0     0   0   .241
Porter c              4   0   0   0     0   2   .280      May c                 3   0   2   1     0   0   .262
Patek ss              3   0   2   0     0   1   .263      Mankowski 3b          2   0   0   0     0   0   .278
  Lahoud ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .000        Rodriguez ph,3b     2   0   0   0     0   0   .208
White 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .246      Veryzer ss            4   1   1   0     0   1   .195
  Poquette ph         1   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Rozema p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Colborn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gura p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4   9   4     1   5             Totals               33   5  10   5     5   2

Time of Game: 2:21   Attendance: 30,156
Left on Base: Royals 5, Tigers 10
DP: Royals 0, Tigers 1
Errors: Fuentes, Rozema
Doubles: McRae (31), LeFlore (9), Thompson (14)
Home Runs: Brett (5), Otis (10)
Caught Stealing: White (3)
Sacrifice Flies: May (4)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Colborn                 4.1   4   3   3   4   0   0  21   3.48
Gura L(5-5)             3.2   6   2   2   1   2   0  18   3.54
Totals                  8    10   5   5   5   2   0  39

Tigers                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Rozema W(9-4)           9     9   4   4   1   5   2  36   2.64
Totals                  9     9   4   4   1   5   2  36

Balks: Gura (1)

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


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

TIGERS 1ST: LeFlore grounded out (third to first); Fuentes
grounded out (second to first); Staub walked; Kemp walked [Staub
to second]; Thompson singled to right [Staub scored, Kemp to
second]; Oglivie popped to first in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry popped to third; Otis grounded out
(shortstop to first); Porter was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 2ND: May singled to left; Mankowski popped to second;
Veryzer grounded out (pitcher to first) [May to second]; LeFlore
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
1, Tigers 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek singled to left; White forced Patek (second to
shortstop); White was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); Brett singled to center; McRae flied out to center;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 3RD: Fuentes flied out to center; Staub grounded out
(shortstop to first); Kemp popped to third in foul territory; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 1.

ROYALS 4TH: LaCock popped to shortstop; Cowens grounded out
(shortstop to first); Mayberry walked; Otis flied out to center;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 4TH: Thompson flied out to left; Oglivie grounded out
(first unassisted); May flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Porter reached on an error by Fuentes; On a bunt
Patek struck out; White grounded out (shortstop to first)
[Porter to second]; Brett grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R,
0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Tigers 1.

TIGERS 5TH: Mankowski grounded out (first to pitcher); Veryzer
singled to center; LeFlore walked [Veryzer to second]; Fuentes
singled to right [Veryzer scored, LeFlore to third]; Staub
walked [Fuentes to second]; GURA REPLACED COLBORN (PITCHING);
Kemp was called out on strikes; Thompson singled to left
[LeFlore scored, Fuentes to third, Staub to second]; Oglivie
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 1,
Tigers 3.

ROYALS 6TH: McRae doubled to left; LaCock singled to center
[McRae scored]; Cowens lined to right; Mayberry forced LaCock
(second to shortstop); Otis homered [Mayberry scored]; Porter
grounded out (shortstop to first); 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 6TH: May singled to right; RODRIGUEZ BATTED FOR
MANKOWSKI; Rodriguez forced May (catcher to shortstop); Veryzer
struck out; LeFlore doubled to right [Rodriguez to third];
Fuentes walked; Staub popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R,
2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 3.

ROYALS 7TH: RODRIGUEZ STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Patek singled
to left; Patek was picked off first but was safe on an error by
Rozema [Patek to second]; On a bunt White struck out; Brett
singled to right [Patek to third]; McRae popped to shortstop;
LaCock lined to right; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 3.

TIGERS 7TH: Kemp singled; Thompson doubled to left [Kemp
scored]; Oglivie grounded out (first unassisted) [Thompson to
third]; May hit a sacrifice fly to right [Thompson scored];
Rodriguez lined to shortstop; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4,
Tigers 5.

ROYALS 8TH: Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry
singled to center; Otis lined into a double play (right to
first) [Mayberry out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4,
Tigers 5.

TIGERS 8TH: Veryzer lined to left; LeFlore singled to right;
Gura balked [LeFlore to second]; Fuentes flied out to left;
Staub popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 5.

ROYALS 9TH: Porter struck out; LAHOUD BATTED FOR PATEK; Lahoud
struck out; POQUETTE BATTED FOR WHITE; Poquette popped to first
in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Tigers 5.