Joe Lahoud's first hit as a Royal, an 11th-inning pinch-single, scored Tom Poquette from third, boosting Kansas City to a 5-4 win over the Indians. Poquette was aboard with a two-out triple. Lahoud swung for Frank White after Fred Patek was given an intentional pass. Kansas City Royals 5, Cleveland Indians 4Game Played on Wednesday, July 27, 1977 (Night game) at Royals StadiumIndians 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 4 13 1 Royals 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 5 12 1 Indians AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Kuiper 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .271 Brett 3b 5 0 1 1 1 0 .293 Bell 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 .286 McRae lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .285 Blanks ss 5 0 2 1 0 1 .265 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Thornton 1b 5 0 2 0 0 2 .242 Martinez ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Carty dh 4 0 0 0 1 1 .264 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lowenstein rf 2 0 0 0 1 0 .259 LaCock dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .366 Dade ph,rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .314 Rojas ph,dh,2b 1 0 0 0 1 1 .262 Bochte lf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .282 Cowens rf 5 1 2 0 0 0 .311 Norris cf 5 2 3 0 0 0 .272 Mayberry 1b 5 1 2 0 0 0 .242 Fosse c 5 1 2 1 0 2 .284 Otis cf 5 1 1 1 0 0 .256 Kendall c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .270 Porter c 2 1 1 1 1 0 .282 Fitzmorris p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wathan ph,c 2 0 0 0 0 0 .298 Hood p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Patek ss 1 0 0 0 1 0 .260 Kern p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lahoud ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Waits p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Heise ss 2 1 2 1 0 0 .261 White 2b 2 0 1 1 0 0 .247 Poquette ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .288 Zdeb ph,lf 2 0 1 0 1 0 .319 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 42 4 13 3 2 6 Totals 41 5 12 5 5 2 Time of Game: 3:28 Attendance: 23,818 Left on Base: Indians 8, Royals 11 DP: Indians 0, Royals 2 Errors: Hood, Porter Doubles: Bochte (12), Thornton 2 (6), Porter (17) Triples: Norris (5), Otis (6) Stolen Bases: Norris (19), Cowens (11) Caught Stealing: Fosse (5), McRae (9), Otis (4) Sacrifice Flies: Kuiper (2) GIDP: Bochte (7), Carty (8) Indians IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Fitzmorris 7 5 2 2 3 0 0 27 5.94 Hood 1 2 2 2 0 1 0 6 3.48 Kern 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 5 3.00 Waits L(5-3) 1 4 1 1 1 0 0 8 5.01 Totals 10 12 5 5 5 2 0 46 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard 7 9 3 2 2 4 0 32 3.31 Mingori 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 6 2.89 Bird W(7-1) 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 5.09 Totals 11 13 4 3 2 6 0 45 Wild Pitches: Leonard 2 (7) Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Bill Kunkel, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Dale Ford INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper singled to left; Bell grounded out (second to first) [Kuiper to second]; Blanks struck out; Thornton flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae grounded out (second to first); LaCock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 0, Royals 0. INDIANS 2ND: Carty struck out; Lowenstein popped to third; Bochte doubled to right; Leonard threw a wild pitch [Bochte to third]; Bochte was picked off third but was safe on an error by Porter [Bochte scored (unearned)]; Norris grounded out (third to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Cowens singled to center; Mayberry flied out to center; Otis flied out to right; Cowens stole second; Porter doubled to right [Cowens scored]; Patek walked; White singled to center [Porter scored, Patek to second]; Brett flied out to center; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 2. INDIANS 3RD: Fosse grounded out (third to first); Kuiper flied out to left; Bell lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 2. ROYALS 3RD: McRae popped to third in foul territory; LaCock grounded out (second to first); Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 2. INDIANS 4TH: Blanks grounded out (third to first); Thornton doubled to left; Carty grounded out (shortstop to first); Lowenstein walked; Bochte grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 2. ROYALS 4TH: Mayberry lined to shortstop; Otis grounded out (third to first); Porter grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 1, Royals 2. INDIANS 5TH: Norris singled to left; Fosse singled to left [Norris to third]; Kuiper hit a sacrifice fly to right [Norris scored]; Bell singled to left [Fosse to second]; Blanks singled [Fosse scored, Bell to third]; Thornton struck out; Carty grounded out (first to pitcher); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 2. ROYALS 5TH: Patek grounded out (third to first); White grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 2. INDIANS 6TH: Lowenstein grounded out (second to first); Bochte flied out to left; Norris singled to center; Norris stole second; Fosse struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 2. ROYALS 6TH: McRae singled to left; McRae was caught stealing second (catcher to second); LaCock grounded out (first unassisted); Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 2. INDIANS 7TH: Kuiper grounded out (first unassisted); Bell flied out to right; Blanks grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 2. ROYALS 7TH: Mayberry singled to right; Otis forced Mayberry (shortstop to second); Otis was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Porter walked; LAHOUD BATTED FOR PATEK; Lahoud flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 2. INDIANS 8TH: HEISE REPLACED LAHOUD (PLAYING SS); Thornton doubled to left; Leonard threw a wild pitch [Thornton to third]; Carty walked; MINGORI REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); DADE BATTED FOR LOWENSTEIN; Dade flied out to left; Bochte grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Carty out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 2. ROYALS 8TH: DADE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); POQUETTE BATTED FOR WHITE; HOOD REPLACED FITZMORRIS (PITCHING); ZDEB BATTED FOR POQUETTE; Zdeb walked (walk was charged to Fitzmorris); Brett reached on a fielder's choice [Zdeb to second (error by Hood)]; McRae forced Brett (second to shortstop) [Zdeb to third]; ROJAS BATTED FOR LACOCK; Rojas struck out; Cowens forced McRae (third to second); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Indians 3, Royals 2. INDIANS 9TH: MINGORI REPLACED MCRAE (PITCHING); ROJAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); ZDEB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Norris tripled; Fosse singled to left [Norris scored]; Fosse was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop to first); Kuiper popped to shortstop; Bell grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Royals 2. ROYALS 9TH: Mayberry singled to left; Otis tripled to right [Mayberry scored]; KERN REPLACED HOOD (PITCHING); WATHAN BATTED FOR PORTER; Wathan grounded out (first unassisted); Heise singled to center [Otis scored]; Zdeb flied out to right; Brett walked [Heise to second]; MARTINEZ BATTED FOR MINGORI; Martinez struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 4, Royals 4. INDIANS 10TH: BIRD REPLACED MARTINEZ (PITCHING); WATHAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Blanks singled to left; Thornton struck out; Carty grounded into a double play (shortstop to first) [Blanks out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Indians 4, Royals 4. ROYALS 10TH: WAITS REPLACED KERN (PITCHING); Rojas walked; Cowens singled to left [Rojas to second]; Mayberry flied out to center; Otis forced Cowens (third to second) [Rojas to third]; Wathan flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 4, Royals 4. INDIANS 11TH: Dade popped to first in foul territory; Bochte singled to left; Norris lined to left; Fosse was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Indians 4, Royals 4. ROYALS 11TH: KENDALL REPLACED FOSSE (PLAYING C ); Heise singled to left; Ray Fosse ejected by HP umpire Jim McKean; Zdeb singled to center [Heise to second]; Brett singled to right [Heise scored, Zdeb to second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Indians 4, Royals 5. |
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