Kansas City Royals 8, Chicago White Sox 4 (Game 2)
Game Played on Sunday, July 31, 1977 (Day game) at Comiskey Park I
Royals 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 2 - 8 10 1 White Sox 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 - 4 5 2 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG White Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Brett 3b 5 3 3 2 0 0 .300 Garr lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .305 McRae dh 5 2 3 4 0 0 .295 Orta 2b 4 1 1 0 0 1 .292 Lahoud lf 4 0 1 1 1 1 .300 Zisk rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .302 Patek pr,ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 .262 Gamble dh 4 1 1 2 0 0 .254 Cowens rf 5 0 0 0 0 0 .309 Spencer 1b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .260 Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .234 Lemon cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .282 Otis cf 4 1 1 1 0 1 .258 Brohamer 3b 3 1 0 0 1 0 .271 Wathan c 4 0 1 0 0 0 .294 Downing c 4 1 1 2 0 0 .298 White 2b 4 1 0 0 0 0 .242 Nordbrook ss 2 0 0 0 0 2 .250 Heise ss 3 1 1 0 0 1 .269 Stillman ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .209 LaCock ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .347 Bannister ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .304 Zdeb lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .309 Knapp p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Kucek p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 8 10 8 2 4 Totals 33 4 5 4 3 6 Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 50,412 Left on Base: Royals 5, White Sox 5 DP: Royals 0, White Sox 1 Errors: Heise, Brohamer, Nordbrook Doubles: Brett 2 (21), McRae (33) Triples: Wathan (1) Home Runs: Brett (9), McRae (13), Otis (12), Gamble (19), Downing (3) Stolen Bases: White (14), Cowens (13) GIDP: Cowens (10) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard W(10-9) 9 5 4 4 3 6 2 36 3.34 Totals 9 5 4 4 3 6 2 36 White Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Knapp L(9-5) 8.1 9 8 7 2 4 3 38 4.56 Kucek 0.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 4.20 Totals 9 10 8 7 2 4 3 40 Umpires: HP - Art Frantz, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Jerry Neudecker ROYALS 1ST: Brett popped to catcher in foul territory; McRae flied out to right; Lahoud popped to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr grounded out (shortstop to first); Orta flied out to left; Zisk was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. ROYALS 2ND: Cowens flied out to right; Mayberry walked; Otis flied out to center; Wathan lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 2ND: Gamble grounded out (first to pitcher); Spencer walked; Lemon struck out; Brohamer popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, White Sox 0. ROYALS 3RD: White reached on an error by Brohamer; White stole second; Heise struck out; Brett homered [White scored (unearned)]; McRae lined to right; Lahoud struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 3RD: Downing grounded out (third to first); Nordbrook was called out on strikes; Garr singled to right; Orta grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 0. ROYALS 4TH: Cowens reached on an error by Nordbrook; Cowens stole second; Mayberry popped to third; Otis flied out to center; Wathan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 4TH: Zisk flied out to center; Gamble flied out to center; Spencer popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 2, White Sox 0. ROYALS 5TH: White lined to left; Heise singled to left; Brett doubled to left [Heise to third]; McRae doubled to right [Heise scored, Brett scored]; Lahoud flied out to right; Cowens popped to shortstop; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 5TH: Lemon singled to left; Brohamer flied out to center; Downing lined to shortstop; Nordbrook struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 0. ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry struck out; Otis struck out; Wathan tripled to left; White popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 0. WHITE SOX 6TH: Garr lined to shortstop; Orta singled to left; Zisk struck out; Gamble homered [Orta scored]; Spencer grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, White Sox 2. ROYALS 7TH: Heise popped to second; Brett lined to center; McRae homered; Lahoud walked; Cowens flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 5, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 7TH: Lemon flied out to center; Brohamer grounded out (first unassisted); Downing flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 5, White Sox 2. ROYALS 8TH: Mayberry popped to catcher in foul territory; Otis homered; Wathan flied out to right; White popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 8TH: STILLMAN BATTED FOR NORDBROOK; Stillman walked; Garr grounded out (pitcher to first) [Stillman to second]; Orta struck out; Zisk reached on an error by Heise [Stillman to third]; Gamble grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 6, White Sox 2. ROYALS 9TH: BANNISTER REPLACED STILLMAN (PLAYING SS); LACOCK BATTED FOR HEISE; LaCock lined to left; Brett doubled to right; McRae singled to right [Brett scored, McRae to second (on throw to home)]; KUCEK REPLACED KNAPP (PITCHING); Lahoud singled [McRae scored]; PATEK RAN FOR LAHOUD; Cowens grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first) [Patek out at second]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 2. WHITE SOX 9TH: PATEK STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); ZDEB REPLACED LACOCK (PLAYING LF); Spencer popped to shortstop; Lemon flied out to center; Brohamer walked; Downing homered [Brohamer scored]; Bannister flied out to right; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 8, White Sox 4.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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