Run-scoring singles by Hal McRae and Pete LaCock in the eighth inning provided the Royals with a 5-3 victory over the Indians. John Mayberry homered with two men on base in the first inning to account for the Royals' first three runs.

The Indians eventually tied the score when Andre Thornton hit for the circuit in the seventh. Two were out in the Royals' eighth when Tom Poquette beat out an infield hit. Amos Otis ran for Poquette, stole second and scored on McRae's single. McRae then stole second and crossed the plate when LaCock singled. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, Cleveland Indians 3
Game Played on Wednesday, August    17, 1977 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Royals       3  0  0    0  0  0    0  2  0  -   5  5  0
Indians      0  1  0    0  0  1    1  0  0  -   3 11  2


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Poquette cf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .278      Kuiper 2b             4   0   2   1     1   1   .281
  Otis pr,cf          0   1   0   0     0   0   .249      Bell 3b               4   0   0   0     1   1   .296
McRae lf              3   1   1   1     0   0   .285      Dade cf,rf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .303
  Zdeb lf             0   0   0   0     0   0   .307        Lowenstein ph       1   0   0   0     0   0   .252
LaCock dh             4   1   1   1     0   0   .309      Thornton 1b           5   1   3   1     0   0   .269
Lahoud rf             2   1   1   0     1   1   .261      Carty dh              5   0   1   0     0   0   .268
  Cowens ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .299      Bochte lf             4   1   1   0     0   0   .289
Mayberry 1b           4   1   1   3     0   2   .239      Pruitt rf             1   0   0   0     1   0   .292
Porter c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .279        Norris ph,cf        2   1   1   0     0   0   .283
Rojas 3b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .252      Fosse c               2   0   1   0     0   0   .266
Patek ss              3   0   0   0     0   2   .270      Duffy ss              1   0   1   0     1   0   .196
White 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .249        Blanks ph,ss        1   0   0   1     0   0   .264
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Bibby p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Hood p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   5   5   5     1   7             Totals               34   3  11   3     4   3

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance:  5,921
Left on Base: Royals 1, Indians 11
DP: Royals 1, Indians 0
Errors: Fosse, Duffy
Doubles: Norris (18)
Home Runs: Mayberry (18), Thornton (22)
Stolen Bases: Otis (16), McRae (12)
Caught Stealing: McRae (11)
Sacrifice Hits: Fosse 2 (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Blanks (4)
GIDP: Bochte (12)
Hit by Pitch: McRae (9,by Bibby)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff              3.2   7   1   1   2   2   0  19   4.20
Pattin W(6-2)           4.1   4   2   2   2   1   1  19   4.15
Bird SV(5)              1     0   0   0   0   0   0   3   5.01
Totals                  9    11   3   3   4   3   1  41

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Bibby L(9-10)           8     5   5   2   1   6   1  30   3.85
Hood                    1     0   0   0   0   1   0   3   3.24
Totals                  9     5   5   2   1   7   1  33

Hit by Pitch: Bibby (4)

Umpires: HP - Steve Palermo, 1B - Joe Brinkman, 2B - Rich Garcia, 3B - Nestor Chylak


ROYALS 1ST: Poquette grounded out (pitcher to first); McRae was
hit by a pitch; McRae was caught stealing second (catcher to
second); LaCock reached on an error by Duffy; Lahoud walked
[LaCock to second]; Mayberry homered (unearned) [LaCock scored
(unearned), Lahoud scored (unearned)]; Porter grounded out
(second to first); 3 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3,
Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper singled to left; Bell lined to left; Dade
flied out to right; Thornton singled to left [Kuiper to second];
Carty forced Kuiper (third unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 3, Indians 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Rojas struck out; Patek struck out; White struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Bochte singled to right; Pruitt walked [Bochte to
second]; Fosse out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Bochte to third, Pruitt to second]; Duffy walked; Kuiper
grounded out (first to pitcher) [Bochte scored, Pruitt to third,
Duffy to second]; Bell struck out; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals
3, Indians 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Poquette grounded out (second to first); McRae
grounded out (catcher to first); LaCock grounded out (catcher to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 1.

INDIANS 3RD: Dade singled to right; Thornton lined to third;
Carty singled to right [Dade to third]; Bochte grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Carty out at
second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Lahoud was called out on strikes; Mayberry was
called out on strikes; Porter popped to third in foul territory;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 1.

INDIANS 4TH: Pruitt lined to shortstop; Fosse singled to center;
Duffy singled to left [Fosse to second]; Kuiper struck out;
PATTIN REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Bell flied out to center;
0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Rojas grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek
grounded out (second to first); White grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 1.

INDIANS 5TH: Dade struck out; Thornton singled to right; Carty
popped to second; Bochte grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 1.

ROYALS 6TH: Poquette grounded out (first unassisted); McRae
grounded out (shortstop to first); LaCock grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 1.

INDIANS 6TH: NORRIS BATTED FOR PRUITT; Norris doubled to left;
Fosse out on a sacrifice bunt (first unassisted) [Norris to
third]; BLANKS BATTED FOR DUFFY; Blanks hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Norris scored]; Kuiper singled to left; Bell flied out
to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 2.

ROYALS 7TH: NORRIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); BLANKS STAYED IN
GAME (PLAYING SS); DADE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Lahoud
singled to center; Mayberry flied out to center; Porter grounded
out (second to first) [Lahoud to second]; Rojas flied out to
left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 2.

INDIANS 7TH: Dade grounded out (third to first); Thornton
homered; Carty grounded out (third to first); Bochte grounded
out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians
3.

ROYALS 8TH: Patek struck out; White grounded out (third to
first); Poquette singled to center; OTIS RAN FOR POQUETTE; Otis
stole second [Otis to third (error by Fosse)]; McRae singled to
center [Otis scored]; McRae stole second; LaCock singled to
center [McRae scored, LaCock out at second (center to first to
shortstop)]; 2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Indians 3.

INDIANS 8TH: OTIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); Norris grounded
out (shortstop to first); Fosse grounded out (shortstop to
first); Blanks flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 5, Indians 3.

ROYALS 9TH: HOOD REPLACED BIBBY (PITCHING); COWENS BATTED FOR
LAHOUD; Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); Mayberry
struck out; Porter flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 5, Indians 3.

INDIANS 9TH: COWENS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); ZDEB REPLACED
MCRAE (PLAYING LF); Kuiper walked; Bell walked [Kuiper to
second]; BIRD REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); LOWENSTEIN BATTED FOR
DADE; Lowenstein forced Bell (pitcher to shortstop) [Kuiper to
third]; Thornton popped to first in foul territory; Carty flied
out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 5, Indians 3.