Reggie Cleveland, given the starting assignment when ailing Luis Tiant was a late scratch, allowed five singles over the first 8 2/3 innings while pitching the Red Sox to a 2-1 triumph over the Royals. The Red Sox scored the winning run in the eighth when Carl Yastrzemski reached first on Bob Heise's error, advanced on Carlton Fisk's sacrifice and scored on a single by Dwight Evans. George Scott hit his 29th homer in the fourth as the Red Sox posted their 15th victory in 16 games. [The Sporting News]



Boston Red Sox 2, Kansas City Royals 1
Game Played on Monday, August    15, 1977 (Night game) at Fenway Park
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  1  -   1  5  2
Red Sox      0  0  0    1  0  0    0  1  x  -   2  8  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Red Sox              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Poquette lf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .279      Burleson ss           3   0   1   0     1   0   .298
McRae dh              4   0   1   0     0   1   .287      Lynn cf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Otis cf               2   0   0   0     2   0   .249      Rice dh               4   0   2   0     0   2   .322
Cowens rf             3   0   0   1     1   1   .300      Yastrzemski lf        2   1   1   0     2   0   .304
Mayberry 1b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .241      Fisk c                3   0   0   0     0   0   .308
  Zdeb pr             0   0   0   0     0   0   .307      Scott 1b              2   1   1   1     2   0   .265
  Heise ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .262      Hobson 3b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .268
  Brett ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .303      Evans rf              4   0   1   1     0   1   .294
Rojas 3b              3   0   0   0     0   0   .259        Miller pr,rf        0   0   0   0     0   0   .268
Porter c              2   0   0   0     0   2   .283      Doyle 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .246
  Wathan c            1   0   0   0     0   0   .267      Cleveland p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Patek ss              2   0   0   0     0   0   .274        Campbell p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  LaCock 1b           1   0   0   0     0   0   .311
White 2b              2   0   1   0     0   1   .248
  Lahoud ph           1   1   1   0     0   0   .250
Colborn p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               29   1   5   1     3   5             Totals               30   2   8   2     5   3

Time of Game: 2:45   Attendance: 33,424
Left on Base: Royals 4, Red Sox 10
DP: Royals 1, Red Sox 2
Errors: Heise, Colborn
Doubles: Rice (20)
Home Runs: Scott (29)
Caught Stealing: Otis (5)
Sacrifice Hits: Fisk (2)
GIDP: Poquette (4), Rojas (4), Hobson (11)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Colborn L(12-12)        7.2   8   2   1   5   3   1  35   3.75
Mingori                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.02
Totals                  8     8   2   1   5   3   1  36

Red Sox                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Cleveland W(8-6)        8.2   5   1   1   1   5   0  29   4.14
Campbell SV(20)         0.1   0   0   0   2   0   0   3   2.98
Totals                  9     5   1   1   3   5   0  32

Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Dave Phillips, 3B - Larry McCoy


ROYALS 1ST: Poquette singled to left; McRae struck out; Otis
grounded out (pitcher to first) [Poquette to second]; Cowens
flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 1ST: Burleson lined to second; Lynn popped to third in
foul territory; Rice struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
0, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry grounded out (second to first); Rojas
grounded out (shortstop to first); Porter struck out; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 2ND: Yastrzemski walked; Fisk popped to first in foul
territory; Scott forced Yastrzemski (center to shortstop);
Hobson singled to right [Scott to third]; Evans struck out; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek flied out to left; White singled to center;
Poquette grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to
first) [White out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0,
Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 3RD: Doyle grounded out (shortstop to first); Burleson
singled to right; Lynn flied out to left; Rice doubled to right
[Burleson to third]; Yastrzemski walked; Fisk lined to
shortstop; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae popped to shortstop; Otis walked; Otis was
caught stealing second (catcher to second); Cowens struck out; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 0.

RED SOX 4TH: Scott homered; Hobson grounded out (shortstop to
first); Evans grounded out (shortstop to first); Doyle popped to
third; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Mayberry flied out to center; Rojas flied out to
right; Porter was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 5TH: Burleson walked; Lynn flied out to left; Rice was
called out on strikes; Yastrzemski singled to left [Burleson to
third]; Fisk forced Yastrzemski (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); White was
called out on strikes; Poquette grounded out (first unassisted);
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 6TH: Scott walked; Hobson grounded into a double play
(third to second to first) [Scott out at second]; Evans popped
to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 1.

ROYALS 7TH: McRae flied out to right; Otis lined to center;
Cowens flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Red
Sox 1.

RED SOX 7TH: WATHAN REPLACED PORTER (PLAYING C ); Doyle singled
to left; Burleson forced Doyle (shortstop to second); Burleson
was picked off first but was safe on an error by Colborn
[Burleson to second]; Lynn flied out to center; Rice singled to
left [Burleson out at home (left to catcher)]; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 1.

ROYALS 8TH: Mayberry singled to right; ZDEB RAN FOR MAYBERRY;
Rojas grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Zdeb out at second]; Wathan popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 1.

RED SOX 8TH: HEISE REPLACED ZDEB (PLAYING SS); LACOCK REPLACED
PATEK (PLAYING 1B); Yastrzemski reached on an error by Heise;
Fisk out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Yastrzemski to
second]; Scott was walked intentionally; Hobson flied out to
left; Evans singled to center [Yastrzemski scored (unearned),
Scott to third]; MINGORI REPLACED COLBORN (PITCHING); MILLER RAN
FOR EVANS; Doyle flied out to center; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 0, Red Sox 2.

ROYALS 9TH: MILLER STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); LaCock popped to
shortstop; LAHOUD BATTED FOR WHITE; Lahoud singled to right;
Poquette flied out to right; McRae singled to left [Lahoud to
second]; CAMPBELL REPLACED CLEVELAND (PITCHING); Otis walked
[Lahoud to third, McRae to second]; Cowens walked [Lahoud
scored, McRae to third, Otis to second]; BRETT BATTED FOR HEISE;
Brett grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Royals 1, Red Sox 2.