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Doubles by Fred Patek and Frank White on consecutive pitches in the sixth inning produced three runs and carried the Royals to a 5-4 victory over the Rangers. With the score tied, 2-2, the Royals opened the sixth with a double by Joe Lahoud and single by Darrell Porter, Lahoud stopping at third. Kansas City Royals 5, Texas Rangers 4Game Played on Wednesday, August 31, 1977 (Night game) at Royals StadiumRangers 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 4 6 0
Royals 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 x - 5 9 1
Rangers AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG
Hargrove 1b 3 1 2 0 1 0 .308 Brett 3b 3 1 1 0 1 0 .313
Wills 2b 2 0 1 1 1 1 .283 McRae dh 3 0 0 0 1 0 .284
Washington lf 3 0 1 1 0 1 .298 LaCock 1b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .295
Horton dh 4 0 0 0 0 0 .289 Cowens rf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .298
Sundberg c 3 1 1 0 1 0 .299 Lahoud lf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .281
Harrah 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .271 Zdeb lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .303
Beniquez cf 2 0 0 0 1 1 .275 Porter c 4 1 2 1 0 0 .269
May rf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .238 Otis cf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .251
Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0 1 1 .255 Patek ss 3 1 1 2 0 0 .264
Alexander p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .240
Barker p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Colborn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 27 4 6 3 6 5 Totals 31 5 9 5 3 2
Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 25,223
Left on Base: Rangers 5, Royals 6
DP: Rangers 0, Royals 1
Errors: Lahoud
Doubles: Lahoud 2 (4), Patek (21), White (16)
Home Runs: Harrah (22)
Caught Stealing: Beniquez (15), Patek (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Wills (4)
Sacrifice Flies: Washington (4)
Hit by Pitch: Beniquez (1,by Bird), Patek (4,by Barker)
Rangers IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Alexander L(13-9) 5.1 7 4 4 2 0 0 24 4.10
Barker 2.2 2 1 1 1 2 0 11 3.96
Totals 8 9 5 5 3 2 0 35
Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA
Colborn W(15-13) 6 5 3 2 4 3 1 24 3.60
Bird SV(9) 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 12 4.40
Totals 9 6 4 3 6 5 1 36
Hit by Pitch: Barker (1), Bird (2)
Wild Pitches: Colborn 2 (7)
Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Don Denkinger, 2B - Larry McCoy, 3B - Dale Ford
RANGERS 1ST: Hargrove singled to right; Wills struck out;
Washington forced Hargrove (shortstop unassisted); Horton flied
out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0.
ROYALS 1ST: Brett grounded out (first to pitcher); McRae
grounded out (shortstop to first); LaCock grounded out (first
unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 0, Royals 0.
RANGERS 2ND: Sundberg singled to right; Harrah grounded out
(third to first) [Sundberg to second]; Beniquez walked; Colborn
threw a wild pitch [Sundberg to third, Beniquez to second]; May
struck out; Colborn threw a wild pitch [Sundberg scored,
Beniquez to third]; Campaneris walked; Campaneris was picked off
first (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 1,
Royals 0.
ROYALS 2ND: Cowens singled to left; Lahoud walked [Cowens to
second]; Porter singled to center [Cowens scored, Lahoud to
second]; Otis flied out to center [Lahoud to third]; Patek lined
to right; White grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
2 LOB. Rangers 1, Royals 1.
RANGERS 3RD: Hargrove singled to left [Hargrove to second (error
by Lahoud)]; Wills out on a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first)
[Hargrove to third]; Washington hit a sacrifice fly to center
[Hargrove scored (unearned)]; Horton lined to shortstop; 1 R (0
ER), 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 1.
ROYALS 3RD: Brett grounded out (second to first); McRae flied
out to right; LaCock grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 1.
RANGERS 4TH: Sundberg walked; Harrah lined into a double play
(first unassisted) [Sundberg out at first]; Beniquez struck out;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 1.
ROYALS 4TH: Cowens grounded out (third to first); Lahoud doubled
to right; Porter flied out to right; Otis flied out to right; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 1.
RANGERS 5TH: May grounded out (pitcher to first); Campaneris
flied out to center; Hargrove flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 1.
ROYALS 5TH: Patek grounded out (third to first); White flied out
to right; Brett singled to right; McRae walked [Brett to
second]; LaCock singled to right [Brett scored, McRae to third,
LaCock out at second (right to catcher to first to shortstop)];
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 2.
RANGERS 6TH: Wills walked; Washington singled to center [Wills
to third, Washington out at second (center to second)]; Horton
grounded out (pitcher to first); Sundberg flied out to left; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 2.
ROYALS 6TH: Cowens flied out to center; Lahoud doubled to right;
Porter singled to center [Lahoud to third]; BARKER REPLACED
ALEXANDER (PITCHING); Otis struck out; Patek doubled to right
[Lahoud scored, Porter scored]; White doubled to right [Patek
scored]; Brett walked; McRae grounded out (second to first); 3
R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 2, Royals 5.
RANGERS 7TH: Harrah homered; BIRD REPLACED COLBORN (PITCHING);
Beniquez grounded out (third to first); May walked; Campaneris
flied out to left; Hargrove walked [May to second]; Wills
singled to right [May scored, Hargrove to third]; Washington
struck out; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Rangers 4, Royals 5.
ROYALS 7TH: LaCock flied out to left; Cowens grounded out (third
to first); Lahoud popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Royals 5.
RANGERS 8TH: ZDEB REPLACED LAHOUD (PLAYING LF); Horton grounded
out (second to first); Sundberg grounded out (third to first);
Harrah flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4,
Royals 5.
ROYALS 8TH: Porter grounded out (pitcher to first); Otis struck
out; Patek was hit by a pitch; Patek was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers 4, Royals
5.
RANGERS 9TH: Beniquez was hit by a pitch; Beniquez was caught
stealing second (catcher to second); May popped to third in foul
territory; Campaneris struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Rangers
4, Royals 5.
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