The Royals came from behind in the ninth with two runs to tie the score on a bunt single by John Mayberry, triple by Amos Otis and suicide squeeze by Bob Heise, then pushed across the deciding tally with nobody out in the 11th to edge the Indians, 5-4. Heise, Joe Zdeb and George Brett stroked consecutive singles to account for the winning run. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, Cleveland Indians 4
Game Played on Thursday, July      28, 1977 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Indians      0  0  0    1  0  0    1  2  0    0  0  -   4 13  1
Royals       0  0  3    0  1  0    0  0  0    0  1  -   5 10  0


Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Kuiper 2b             5   1   3   0     0   1   .275      Brett 3b              4   1   2   3     1   0   .296
Bell 3b               5   0   2   1     0   0   .287      McRae lf              4   1   1   1     0   0   .285
Blanks ss             4   0   0   0     0   1   .259        Otis cf             1   0   0   0     0   0   .255
  Fosse c             0   0   0   0     0   0   .284      LaCock dh             4   0   1   0     1   0   .363
Thornton 1b           4   1   1   0     0   1   .242      Cowens cf,rf          5   0   1   0     0   0   .310
Carty dh              5   0   1   0     0   0   .263      Mayberry 1b           5   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Bochte lf             4   1   0   0     1   0   .278      Porter c              5   0   0   0     0   2   .276
Norris cf             3   0   0   0     0   0   .270      Poquette rf,lf        5   2   2   0     0   0   .291
  Spikes ph,rf        2   0   0   0     0   1   .246      Patek ss              4   1   2   0     1   0   .263
Pruitt rf,cf          5   1   4   2     0   0   .318      White 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .245
Kendall c             4   0   2   1     0   0   .276        Lahoud ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .200
  Duffy pr,ss         1   0   0   0     0   1   .190      Colborn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Eckersley p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gura p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               42   4  13   4     1   5             Totals               41   5  10   5     3   3

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 25,211
Left on Base: Indians 9, Royals 8
DP: Indians 0, Royals 2
Errors: Eckersley
Doubles: Pruitt (3), Kendall (8), Bell (16), Patek (13), Brett (18)
Triples: Pruitt (1), Poquette (4)
Home Runs: Brett (6), McRae (12)
Stolen Bases: Patek 2 (32), Brett (10)
Sacrifice Hits: Kuiper (11), White (7)
GIDP: Carty (9), Bochte (8)
Hit by Pitch: Blanks (1,by Colborn), Thornton (4,by Colborn)


Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Eckersley L(9-8)       10.2  10   5   5   3   3   2  45   3.65
Totals                 10.2  10   5   5   3   3   2  45

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Colborn                 7.1   9   4   4   1   0   0  33   3.55
Gura                    1     2   0   0   0   0   0   4   3.49
Bird W(8-1)             2.2   2   0   0   0   5   0   9   4.88
Totals                 11    13   4   4   1   5   0  46

Hit by Pitch: Colborn 2 (11)

Umpires: HP - Bill Kunkel, 1B - Bill Deegan, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Jim McKean


INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper singled to right; Bell popped to first in
foul territory; Blanks was hit by a pitch [Kuiper to second];
Thornton popped to shortstop; Carty lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Brett flied out to left; McRae flied out to left;
LaCock grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Royals 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Bochte lined to center; Norris grounded out (first
unassisted); Pruitt singled to center; Kendall flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Cowens grounded out (first unassisted); Mayberry
flied out to center; Porter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 0, Royals 0.

INDIANS 3RD: Kuiper singled to center; Bell singled to left
[Kuiper to second]; Blanks flied out to right; Thornton was hit
by a pitch [Kuiper to third, Bell to second]; Carty grounded
into a double play (pitcher to catcher to first) [Kuiper out at
home]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Poquette singled to left; Poquette was picked off
first but was safe on an error by Eckersley [Poquette to third];
Patek popped to third; White struck out; Brett homered [Poquette
scored]; McRae homered; LaCock singled to right; Cowens flied
out to center; 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 0, Royals 3.

INDIANS 4TH: Bochte flied out to left; Norris grounded out
(second to first); Pruitt doubled to left; Kendall doubled to
right [Pruitt scored]; Kuiper grounded out (first to pitcher); 1
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 4TH: Mayberry popped to third; Porter popped to
shortstop; Poquette lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Royals 3.

INDIANS 5TH: Bell grounded out (third to first); Blanks grounded
out (pitcher to second to first); Thornton flied to right in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1, Royals 3.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek doubled to left; White out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Patek to third]; Brett doubled to right
[Patek scored]; McRae lined to center; LaCock grounded out
(pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 1, Royals 4.

INDIANS 6TH: Carty lined to right; Bochte grounded out (second
to first); Norris popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Indians 1, Royals 4.

ROYALS 6TH: Cowens flied out to center; Mayberry flied out to
left; Porter popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 1,
Royals 4.

INDIANS 7TH: Pruitt lined to left; Kendall grounded out (first
unassisted); Kuiper singled to left; Bell doubled to left
[Kuiper scored]; Blanks flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Indians 2, Royals 4.

ROYALS 7TH: Poquette lined to left; Patek singled to left; Patek
stole second; White popped to second; Brett was walked
intentionally; Patek stole third and Brett stole second; McRae
lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 2, Royals 4.

INDIANS 8TH: OTIS REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING CF); COWENS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); POQUETTE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
Thornton singled to left; Carty flied out to center; Bochte
walked [Thornton to second]; GURA REPLACED COLBORN (PITCHING);
SPIKES BATTED FOR NORRIS; Spikes flied out to left; Pruitt
tripled to left [Thornton scored, Bochte scored, Pruitt out at
home (shortstop to catcher)]; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4,
Royals 4.

ROYALS 8TH: SPIKES STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); PRUITT CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); LaCock walked; Cowens singled to right
[LaCock to second]; Mayberry flied out to center [LaCock to
third]; Porter reached on a fielder's choice [LaCock out at home
(shortstop to catcher), Cowens to second]; Poquette popped to
second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Indians 4, Royals 4.

INDIANS 9TH: Kendall singled to center; DUFFY RAN FOR KENDALL;
Kuiper out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Duffy to
second]; BIRD REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Bell popped to catcher
in foul territory; Blanks was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4, Royals 4.

ROYALS 9TH: DUFFY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); FOSSE REPLACED
BLANKS (PLAYING C ); Patek popped to second; White lined to
third; Brett popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Indians 4, Royals 4.

INDIANS 10TH: Thornton struck out; Carty singled to right;
Bochte grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [Carty out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4,
Royals 4.

ROYALS 10TH: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); LaCock
grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens popped to first; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Indians 4, Royals 4.

INDIANS 11TH: Spikes struck out; Pruitt singled to left; Duffy
struck out; Kuiper struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Indians 4,
Royals 4.

ROYALS 11TH: Mayberry grounded out (first unassisted); Porter
struck out; Poquette tripled; Patek was walked intentionally;
LAHOUD BATTED FOR WHITE; Patek advanced to second because of
defensive indifference [Patek to second]; Lahoud singled to
center [Poquette scored, Patek to third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Indians 4, Royals 5.