| George Brett, Amos Otis and John Mayberry belted homers to power the Royals to a 9-3 victory over the Red Sox. Brett hit his homer in the first inning and added two later RBIs with a double and sacrifice fly. Otis, who had only two hits in 42 previous times at bat, broke out of his slump with a three-run smash in the sixth. Mayberry hit for the circuit in the seventh. [The Sporting News] |
Kansas City Royals 9, Boston Red Sox 3
Game Played on Friday, August 19, 1977 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Red Sox 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 - 3 9 2 Royals 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 x - 9 11 1 Red Sox AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Burleson ss 5 0 0 0 0 0 .296 Poquette lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .284 Lynn cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 .251 McRae dh 5 2 2 0 0 0 .287 Rice dh 4 1 1 0 0 1 .324 Brett 3b 3 2 2 3 1 0 .306 Yastrzemski lf 2 1 2 0 2 0 .301 Cowens rf 3 2 0 0 0 0 .297 Fisk c 3 0 1 1 1 1 .305 Mayberry 1b 4 1 2 2 0 1 .241 Scott 1b 4 0 1 1 0 1 .269 Porter c 4 0 1 0 0 2 .276 Hobson 3b 4 0 2 1 0 0 .274 Otis cf 3 1 1 3 1 2 .247 Carbo rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .289 Patek ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .269 Doyle 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 White 2b 3 1 1 0 1 1 .251 Paxton p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Colborn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Willoughby p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Lee p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 35 3 9 3 3 4 Totals 33 9 11 8 3 7 Time of Game: 2:40 Attendance: 36,725 Left on Base: Red Sox 8, Royals 6 DP: Red Sox 1, Royals 2 Errors: Burleson, Hobson, Otis Doubles: Lynn (23), Poquette (18), Patek (17), McRae (37), Brett (23) Triples: Hobson (4) Home Runs: Brett (15), Otis (14), Mayberry (19) Stolen Bases: Yastrzemski (7) Sacrifice Hits: Poquette (3) Sacrifice Flies: Brett (2) GIDP: Burleson (12) Hit by Pitch: Cowens (6,by Willoughby) Red Sox IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Paxton L(6-3) 5.2 7 5 2 1 6 2 25 4.29 Willoughby 1 2 3 3 0 1 0 6 4.22 Lee 1.1 2 1 1 2 0 1 8 5.91 Totals 8 11 9 6 3 7 3 39 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Colborn W(13-12) 9 9 3 3 3 4 0 38 3.71 Totals 9 9 3 3 3 4 0 38 Hit by Pitch: Willoughby (1) Umpires: HP - Bill Haller, 1B - Mike Reilly, 2B - Bill Kunkel, 3B - Ron Luciano RED SOX 1ST: Burleson lined to second; Lynn doubled to left; Rice struck out; Yastrzemski walked; Fisk walked [Lynn to third, Yastrzemski to second]; Scott singled to left [Lynn scored, Yastrzemski to third, Fisk to second]; Hobson lined to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Poquette grounded out (pitcher to first); McRae flied out to right; Brett homered; Cowens grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 1. RED SOX 2ND: Carbo lined to center; Doyle grounded out (pitcher to first); Burleson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 1. ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry singled to center; Porter flied out to left; Otis struck out; Patek flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 1. RED SOX 3RD: Lynn struck out; Rice popped to second in foul territory; Yastrzemski walked; Fisk forced Yastrzemski (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 1. ROYALS 3RD: White grounded out (third to first); Poquette doubled to left; McRae lined into a double play (center to third) [Poquette out at third]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 1. RED SOX 4TH: Scott grounded out (third to first); Hobson tripled to left; Carbo lined into a double play (left to catcher) [Hobson out at home]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 1. ROYALS 4TH: Brett walked; Cowens popped to catcher in foul territory; Mayberry was called out on strikes; Porter struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 1. RED SOX 5TH: Doyle grounded out (second to first); Burleson lined to left; Lynn flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 1. ROYALS 5TH: Otis struck out; Patek doubled to right; White struck out; Poquette flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 1. RED SOX 6TH: Rice grounded out (shortstop to first); Yastrzemski singled to right; Yastrzemski stole second; Fisk was called out on strikes; Scott grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 1. ROYALS 6TH: McRae doubled to center; Brett doubled to left [McRae scored]; Cowens reached on an error by Burleson [Brett to third]; Mayberry popped to third in foul territory; Porter struck out; Otis homered (unearned) [Brett scored (unearned), Cowens scored (unearned)]; WILLOUGHBY REPLACED PAXTON (PITCHING); Patek struck out; 4 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 5. RED SOX 7TH: Hobson reached on an error by Otis [Hobson to second]; Carbo grounded out (second to first) [Hobson to third]; Doyle lined to second; Burleson popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 5. ROYALS 7TH: White singled to left; Poquette out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [White to second]; McRae singled to third [White scored (error by Hobson) (no RBI), McRae to third]; Brett hit a sacrifice fly to left [McRae scored]; Cowens was hit by a pitch; LEE REPLACED WILLOUGHBY (PITCHING); Mayberry homered [Cowens scored]; Porter singled to right; Otis walked [Porter to second]; Patek flied out to right; 4 R, 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 1, Royals 9. RED SOX 8TH: Lynn grounded out (second to first); Rice singled to center; Yastrzemski singled to right [Rice to third]; Fisk singled to left [Rice scored, Yastrzemski to second]; Scott struck out; Hobson singled to center [Yastrzemski scored, Fisk to third]; Carbo grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Red Sox 3, Royals 9. ROYALS 8TH: White walked; Poquette popped to catcher; McRae flied out to center; Brett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Red Sox 3, Royals 9. RED SOX 9TH: Doyle singled to right; Burleson grounded into a double play (pitcher to shortstop to first) [Doyle out at second]; Lynn flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Red Sox 3, Royals 9.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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