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Friday August 19, 1977
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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.



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