George Brett ripped into reliever Dave Hamilton's first pitch for a three-run homer in the seventh inning to lift the Royals to a 6-3 victory over the White Sox. The second largest regular-season crowd in Royals' history, 40,099, saw their favorites come from behind after the White Sox scored all their runs in the first inning.

In the home half, Brett tripled and scored on one of Tim Nordbrook's three errors in the game. Fred Patek singled in the seventh and, after being picked off first, reached second by knocking the ball out of Nordbrook's glove. Bob Heise walked, resulting in the exit of Wilbur Wood. Hamilton took over and delivered only one pitch that Brett hit for a homer. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 6, Chicago White Sox 3
Game Played on Saturday, August    6, 1977 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
White Sox    3  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  4
Royals       1  0  0    0  0  0    3  2  x  -   6  9  1


White Sox            AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Garr lf               4   1   1   0     0   0   .306      Brett 3b              4   2   2   3     1   0   .309
Orta 2b               3   1   1   0     1   0   .289      McRae dh              5   0   0   0     0   0   .290
Zisk rf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .304      Otis cf               4   0   0   0     0   2   .265
Gamble dh             4   1   2   2     0   0   .267      Cowens rf             3   0   0   0     0   1   .307
Spencer 1b            4   0   1   1     0   0   .251      Mayberry 1b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .246
Lemon cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .282        Wathan pr           0   1   0   0     0   0   .268
Brohamer 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .267        LaCock 1b           0   0   0   0     0   0   .329
Essian c              2   0   0   0     1   0   .280      Zdeb lf               4   1   3   0     0   0   .311
Nordbrook ss          3   0   2   0     0   0   .294      Porter c              3   0   1   1     1   0   .274
Wood p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Patek ss              3   1   1   0     0   0   .271
  Hamilton p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Heise 2b              2   1   1   1     1   0   .297
  Kucek p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Colborn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   3   8   3     2   0             Totals               31   6   9   5     3   3

Time of Game: 2:23   Attendance: 40,099
Left on Base: White Sox 4, Royals 8
DP: White Sox 2, Royals 3
Errors: Spencer, Nordbrook 3, Cowens
Doubles: Gamble (12), Zdeb (5)
Triples: Brett (8), Zdeb (1)
Home Runs: Brett (12)
Stolen Bases: Patek (35)
Caught Stealing: Cowens (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Patek (9), Heise (1)
GIDP: Orta (8), Spencer (8), Lemon (3), Mayberry (7)
Hit by Pitch: Mayberry (7,by Wood), Cowens (5,by Kucek)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Wood                    6     6   3   1   2   2   0  27   4.16
Hamilton L(2-4)         0     1   1   1   0   0   1   1   4.75
Kucek                   2     2   2   0   1   1   0  10   3.22
Totals                  8     9   6   2   3   3   1  38

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Colborn W(12-10)        8     8   3   2   2   0   0  32   3.71
Bird SV(2)              1     0   0   0   0   0   0   2   5.25
Totals                  9     8   3   2   2   0   0  34

Hit by Pitch: Wood (6), Kucek (2)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Durwood Merrill, 3B - Dave Phillips


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr singled to center; Orta walked [Garr to
second]; Zisk popped to first in foul territory; Gamble doubled
[Garr scored, Orta scored, Gamble to third (error by Cowens)];
Spencer grounded out (shortstop to first) [Gamble scored
(unearned)]; Lemon flied out to center; 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Brett tripled; McRae reached on an error by
Nordbrook [Brett scored (unearned) (no RBI)]; Otis lined into a
double play (third to first) [McRae out at first]; Cowens
grounded out (second to first); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 3, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Brohamer grounded out (pitcher to first); Essian
flied out to right; Nordbrook singled to center; Garr grounded
out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3,
Royals 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry popped to second; Zdeb tripled to right;
Porter popped to second; Patek grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Orta singled to center; Zisk flied out to right;
Gamble forced Orta (first to shortstop); Spencer grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Heise grounded out (third to first); Brett grounded
out (shortstop to first); McRae flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Lemon grounded out (third to first); Brohamer
grounded out (second to first); Essian flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis was called out on strikes; Cowens reached on an
error by Nordbrook; Mayberry grounded into a double play (first
to shortstop to first) [Cowens out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Nordbrook singled to left; Garr forced Nordbrook
(second to shortstop); Orta grounded into a double play (second
to shortstop to first) [Garr out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Zdeb doubled to left; Porter walked; Patek popped to
third; Heise singled to left [Zdeb to third, Porter to second];
Brett popped to second; McRae grounded out (third to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Zisk singled to center; Gamble popped to
shortstop; Spencer grounded into a double play (third to
shortstop to first) [Zisk out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis grounded out (third to first); Cowens struck
out; Mayberry was hit by a pitch; Zdeb singled to right
[Mayberry to second]; Porter flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
2 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Lemon grounded out (shortstop to first); Brohamer
grounded out (catcher to first); Essian walked; Nordbrook lined
to pitcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Patek singled to shortstop [Patek to second (error
by Nordbrook)]; Patek stole third; Heise walked; HAMILTON
REPLACED WOOD (PITCHING); Brett homered [Patek scored
(unearned), Heise scored]; KUCEK REPLACED HAMILTON (PITCHING);
McRae popped to first; Otis was called out on strikes; Cowens
was hit by a pitch; Cowens was caught stealing second (catcher
to shortstop); 3 R (2 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals
4.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Garr grounded out (second to first); Orta popped
to second; Zisk grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 4.

ROYALS 8TH: Mayberry singled to center; WATHAN RAN FOR MAYBERRY;
Zdeb reached on a fielder's choice [Wathan to second (error by
Spencer)]; Porter singled to center [Wathan scored (unearned),
Zdeb to second]; Patek out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second)
[Zdeb to third, Porter to second]; Heise out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher unassisted) [Zdeb scored (unearned), Porter to third];
Brett walked; McRae lined to second; 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 3, Royals 6.

WHITE SOX 9TH: LACOCK REPLACED WATHAN (PLAYING 1B); Gamble
singled to right; Spencer singled to right [Gamble to second];
BIRD REPLACED COLBORN (PITCHING); Lemon grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Gamble to third, Spencer out at
second]; Brohamer lined to center; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 3, Royals 6.