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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 4Game Played on Saturday, July 23, 1977 (Day game) at Tiger StadiumRoyals 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. |
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