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. Kansas City Royals 3, Chicago White Sox 2Game Played on Sunday, August 7, 1977 (Day game) at Royals StadiumWhite 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. |
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