The largest crowd of the season in Kansas City, 40,247, saw the Royals defeat the White Sox, 3-2, on a run-scoring single by pinch-hitter John Wathan in the ninth inning to complete a sweep of the three-game series. After Oscar Gamble homered for the White Sox in the ninth to tie the score, Al Cowens led off the Royals' half with a double for only the fifth hit off Ken Kravec.

Lerrin LaGrow relieved and passed John Mayberry before turning the mound over to Randy Wiles after the Royals announced Joe Lahoud as the pinch-hitter for Joe Zdeb. The Royals then switched to Wathan, who ruined Wiles' major league debut with his single. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 3, Chicago White Sox 2
Game Played on Sunday, August    7, 1977 (Day game) at Royals Stadium
White Sox    0  0  0    0  0  1    0  0  1  -   2  6  0
Royals       0  0  0    1  0  0    1  0  1  -   3  6  0


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   0   1   0     0   1   .309
Orta 2b               4   0   1   1     0   0   .288      McRae dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .287
Zisk rf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .306      Otis cf               3   1   0   0     1   2   .262
Gamble dh             2   1   1   1     2   0   .268      Cowens rf             3   2   2   0     0   0   .309
L. Johnson 1b         4   0   1   0     0   0   .299      Mayberry 1b           3   0   1   1     1   1   .247
Lemon cf              4   0   0   0     0   1   .279      Zdeb lf               3   0   1   1     0   0   .312
Brohamer 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .257        Lahoud ph           0   0   0   0     0   0   .333
Essian c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .277        Wathan ph           1   0   1   1     0   0   .281
Nordbrook ss          3   0   0   0     0   0   .250      Martinez c            3   0   0   0     0   0   .222
Kravec p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Patek ss              3   0   0   0     0   0   .268
  LaGrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Heise 2b              2   0   0   0     1   0   .282
  Wiles p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Pattin p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   2   6   2     2   1             Totals               29   3   6   3     3   4

Time of Game: 2:18   Attendance: 40,247
Left on Base: White Sox 5, Royals 5
DP: White Sox 0, Royals 1
Doubles: Orta (20), Cowens 2 (24)
Triples: Brett (9)
Home Runs: Gamble (20)
Caught Stealing: Brett (9)
Sacrifice Hits: Cowens (1)
GIDP: L. Johnson (7)


White Sox              IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Kravec L(7-3)           8     5   3   3   2   4   0  30   4.15
LaGrow                  0.1   0   0   0   1   0   0   2   2.23
Wiles                   0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Totals                  8.1   6   3   3   3   4   0  33

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Pattin W(4-2)           9     6   2   2   2   1   1  34   3.89
Totals                  9     6   2   2   2   1   1  34

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


WHITE SOX 1ST: Garr flied out to left; Orta grounded out (second
to first); Zisk singled to center; Gamble walked [Zisk to
second]; L. Johnson forced Gamble (third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Brett tripled to right; McRae popped to second; Otis
struck out; Cowens grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Lemon struck out; Brohamer flied out to left;
Essian flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry struck out; Zdeb flied out to right;
Martinez grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Nordbrook flied out to right; Garr grounded out
(second to first); Orta grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek popped to shortstop; Heise grounded out
(shortstop to first); Brett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Royals 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: Zisk singled to center; Gamble lined to right; L.
Johnson grounded into a double play (third to second to first)
[Zisk out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals
0.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae flied out to right; Otis flied out to center;
Cowens doubled; Mayberry singled to right [Cowens scored]; Zdeb
flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Lemon grounded out (third to first); Brohamer
grounded out (third to first); Essian flied out to center; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Martinez grounded out (third to first); Patek lined
to center; Heise lined to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
White Sox 0, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: Nordbrook grounded out (third to first); Garr
singled to right; Orta doubled to right [Garr scored]; Zisk
flied out to right; Gamble walked; L. Johnson singled to center
[Orta to third, Gamble to second]; Lemon flied out to left; 1 R,
3 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Brett flied out to center; McRae lined to shortstop;
Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Brohamer grounded out (second to first); Essian
flied out to right; Nordbrook flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 1.

ROYALS 7TH: Cowens doubled to left; Mayberry grounded out (first
to pitcher) [Cowens to third]; Zdeb singled to left [Cowens
scored]; Martinez grounded out (third to first) [Zdeb to
second]; Patek flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  White
Sox 1, Royals 2.

WHITE SOX 8TH: Garr flied out to left; Orta grounded out (second
to first); Zisk grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 2.

ROYALS 8TH: Heise walked; Brett forced Heise (pitcher to
shortstop); Brett was picked off and caught stealing second
(pitcher to first to shortstop); McRae grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 1, Royals 2.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Gamble homered; L. Johnson popped to shortstop;
Lemon flied out to left; Brohamer popped to shortstop; 1 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals 2.

ROYALS 9TH: Otis walked; LAGROW REPLACED KRAVEC (PITCHING);
Cowens out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Otis to
second]; Mayberry was walked intentionally; LAHOUD BATTED FOR
ZDEB; WILES REPLACED LAGROW (PITCHING); WATHAN BATTED FOR
LAHOUD; Wathan singled to left [Otis scored, Mayberry to
second]; Debut game for Randy Wiles; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  White Sox 2, Royals 3.