Andy Hassler and Doug Bird combined on a five-hitter and pitched the Royals to a 5-0 victory over the Orioles. Hassler was hit on the left leg by a line drive in the first inning and finally turned the mound over to Bird in the seventh after yielding only two hits.

The Royals, who won for the 11th time in their last 12 games, tagged Ross Grimsley for two runs in the fourth on a pass to Amos Otis and homer by John Wathan. A walk to Frank White, a sacrifice and single by George Brett added a tally in the fifth before the Royals wound up their scoring with a single by Otis, double by Wathan and single by Fred Patek in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 5, Baltimore Orioles 0
Game Played on Sunday, August    28, 1977 (Day game) at Memorial Stadium
Royals       0  0  0    2  1  2    0  0  0  -   5 10  0
Orioles      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  5  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Orioles              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Zdeb lf               4   0   2   0     0   0   .303      Bumbry cf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .290
McRae dh              4   0   0   0     0   0   .288      Dauer 2b              3   0   1   0     1   0   .234
Brett 3b              4   0   2   1     0   1   .309      Singleton rf          3   0   1   0     1   0   .330
Cowens rf             4   0   0   0     0   0   .300        Rudolph c           0   0   0   0     0   0   .250
Otis cf               2   2   1   0     2   0   .256      L. May dh             3   0   0   0     1   2   .253
Mayberry 1b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .234      Mora lf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .257
Wathan c              4   2   2   2     0   1   .303      Murray 1b             4   0   0   0     0   0   .263
Patek ss              4   0   2   2     0   0   .263      DeCinces 3b           4   0   1   0     0   0   .259
White 2b              3   1   0   0     1   2   .239      Garcia ss             2   0   0   0     0   0   .210
Hassler p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Muser ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .248
  Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Belanger ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .189
                                                          Skaggs c              2   0   1   0     0   0   .286
                                                            Kelly ph,rf         1   0   0   0     0   1   .257
                                                          Grimsley p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            McGregor p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5  10   5     3   4             Totals               31   0   5   0     3   4

Time of Game: 2:19   Attendance: 15,764
Left on Base: Royals 5, Orioles 7
DP: Royals 1, Orioles 2
Doubles: Brett (26), Wathan (3), Patek (19), Dauer (10)
Home Runs: Wathan (2)
Stolen Bases: Patek (41)
Caught Stealing: Patek (7)
Sacrifice Hits: Zdeb (2)
GIDP: McRae (10), Mayberry (9), Muser (4)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hassler W(7-5)          6     2   0   0   3   3   0  23   4.33
Bird SV(8)              3     3   0   0   0   1   0  11   4.36
Totals                  9     5   0   0   3   4   0  34

Orioles                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Grimsley L(12-7)        5.1   7   5   5   2   1   1  25   3.63
McGregor                3.2   3   0   0   1   3   0  12   4.55
Totals                  9    10   5   5   3   4   1  37

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Ken Kaiser


ROYALS 1ST: Zdeb grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae
grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett doubled to center;
Cowens grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 1ST: Bumbry grounded out (second to first); Dauer
grounded out (pitcher to first); Singleton walked; L. May walked
[Singleton to second]; Mora struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Otis popped to first; Mayberry singled to right;
Wathan struck out; Patek flied out to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 2ND: Murray flied out to right; DeCinces grounded out
(third to first); Garcia grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 3RD: White grounded out (third to first); Zdeb singled to
center; McRae forced Zdeb (second to shortstop); Brett grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 3RD: Skaggs flied out to center; Bumbry grounded out
(second to first); Dauer flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Cowens flied out to left; Otis walked; Mayberry
flied out to center; Wathan homered [Otis scored]; Patek flied
out to center; 2 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 4TH: Singleton singled to center; L. May struck out;
Mora grounded out (third to first) [Singleton to second]; Murray
lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 5TH: White walked; Zdeb out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher
to first) [White to second]; McRae lined to first; Brett singled
to center [White scored]; Cowens grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 5TH: On a bunt DeCinces made an out to pitcher; Garcia
flied out to right; Skaggs singled to left; Bumbry forced Skaggs
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Orioles
0.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis singled to center; Mayberry flied out to
center; Wathan doubled to left [Otis to third]; MCGREGOR
REPLACED GRIMSLEY (PITCHING); Patek singled to left [Otis
scored, Wathan scored, Patek to second (on throw to home)];
Patek was caught stealing third (catcher to third); White was
called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Orioles
0.

ORIOLES 6TH: Dauer walked; Singleton forced Dauer (second to
shortstop); L. May struck out; Mora forced Singleton (third to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Zdeb singled to center; McRae grounded into a double
play (second to shortstop to first) [Zdeb out at second]; Brett
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 7TH: BIRD REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING); Murray lined to
first; DeCinces singled to left; MUSER BATTED FOR GARCIA; Muser
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[DeCinces out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5,
Orioles 0.

ROYALS 8TH: BELANGER REPLACED MUSER (PLAYING SS); Cowens flied
out to right; Otis walked; Mayberry grounded into a double play
(pitcher to shortstop to first) [Otis out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 5, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 8TH: KELLY BATTED FOR SKAGGS; Kelly was called out on
strikes; Bumbry flied out to left; Dauer doubled to left;
Singleton grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Royals 5, Orioles 0.

ROYALS 9TH: KELLY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); RUDOLPH REPLACED
SINGLETON (PLAYING C ); Wathan popped to shortstop; Patek
doubled to center; Patek stole third; White struck out; Zdeb
popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Orioles 0.

ORIOLES 9TH: L. May popped to first; Mora singled to left;
Murray flied out to center; DeCinces grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 5, Orioles 0.