Climaxing the Royals' sweep of a twi-night doubleheader, Paul Splittorff pitched 7 2/3 innings of no-hit ball before yielding a lone single in a 3-0 victory over the Brewers. Pinch-hitter Charlie Moore spoiled Splittorff's bid for a no-hitter. Hal McRae hit a pair of run-scoring doubles and Al Cowens added an RBI single to lift the Royals to a 3-1 victory in the first game behind the four-hit hurling of Andy Hassler and Doug Bird. Hassler was removed with the bases loaded and none out in the eighth inning. Bird retired Don Money on a grounder as the Brewers' run scored and then induced Sal Bando to hit into a double play to end the threat.

In the second game, the Royals scored on singles by Frank White, Joe Zdeb and McRae in the third and wrapped up Splittorff's victory with two runs in the fourth on a single by Amos Otis, triple by John Wathan and sacrifice fly by John Mayberry. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 3, Milwaukee Brewers 1 (Game 1)
Game Played on Friday, September 2, 1977 (Day game) at Royals Stadium
Brewers      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  1  0  -   1  4  0
Royals       0  0  1    0  1  0    0  1  x  -   3  9  2


Brewers              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wohlford lf           4   1   1   0     0   0   .256      Poquette rf           1   0   1   0     0   0   .286
Yount ss              3   0   1   0     1   0   .304        Otis pr,cf          3   1   1   0     0   2   .252
Cooper 1b             3   0   0   0     1   1   .292      McRae dh              3   1   2   2     1   0   .286
Money 3b              4   0   0   1     0   1   .285      Brett 3b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .312
Bando dh              3   0   0   0     1   1   .253      Cowens cf,rf          4   0   2   1     0   0   .300
Wynn rf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .189      Lahoud lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .278
Brye cf               3   0   1   0     0   0   .246        Zdeb pr,lf          0   0   0   0     0   0   .303
  Joshua ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .262      Mayberry 1b           3   0   0   0     1   0   .231
Moore c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .251      Porter c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .266
  Kirkpatrick ph      1   0   0   0     0   0   .221      Patek ss              3   1   1   0     0   1   .264
Sakata 2b             1   0   0   0     2   0   .172      White 2b              2   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Haas p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Hassler p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McClure p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Bird p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Castro p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               30   1   4   1     5   4             Totals               30   3   9   3     2   3

Time of Game: 2:34
Left on Base: Brewers 7, Royals 6
DP: Brewers 2, Royals 2
Errors: Brett 2
Doubles: McRae 2 (44), Patek (22)
Triples: Cowens (10)
Caught Stealing: Sakata (3)
Sacrifice Hits: White (9)
GIDP: Moore (12), Bando (9), Brett (9), Mayberry (10)


Brewers                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Haas L(9-10)            7.1   6   3   3   2   3   0  29   4.23
McClure                 0     1   0   0   0   0   0   1   2.48
Castro                  0.2   2   0   0   0   0   0   3   4.52
Totals                  8     9   3   3   2   3   0  33

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Hassler W(8-5)          7     4   1   1   5   3   0  30   4.16
Bird SV(10)             2     0   0   0   0   1   0   5   4.31
Totals                  9     4   1   1   5   4   0  35

Passed Balls: Porter (7)

Umpires: HP - Don Denkinger, 1B - Larry McCoy, 2B - Dale Ford, 3B - Durwood Merrill


BREWERS 1ST: Wohlford lined to left; Yount walked; Cooper forced
Yount (shortstop to second); Money popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Poquette singled to right; OTIS RAN FOR POQUETTE;
McRae lined to left; Tom Poquette sprained left ankle;
Brett grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Otis out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

BREWERS 2ND: OTIS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING CF); COWENS CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Bando walked; Wynn singled to left
[Bando to second]; Brye forced Bando (pitcher to third) [Wynn to
second]; Moore flied out to right [Wynn to third]; Sakata walked
[Brye to second]; Wohlford forced Sakata (shortstop to second);
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Cowens tripled to right; Lahoud flied out to center;
Mayberry walked; Porter popped to shortstop; Patek struck out; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

BREWERS 3RD: Yount grounded out (second to first); Cooper
grounded out (second to first); Money grounded out (shortstop to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: White lined to left; Otis singled to left; McRae
doubled to left [Otis scored]; Brett flied out to center [McRae
to third]; Cowens flied out to left; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Brewers 0, Royals 1.

BREWERS 4TH: Bando struck out; Wynn grounded out (third to
first); Brye reached on an error by Brett; Moore flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: Lahoud popped to shortstop; Mayberry flied out to
left; Porter popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 1.

BREWERS 5TH: Sakata walked; Sakata was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); Wohlford lined to center; Yount reached on
an error by Brett; Porter allowed a passed ball [Yount to
second]; Cooper struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek doubled to left; White out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to first) [Patek to third]; Otis was called out on
strikes; McRae doubled to left [Patek scored]; Brett flied out
to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 2.

BREWERS 6TH: Money was called out on strikes; Bando grounded out
(shortstop to first); Wynn grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 6TH: Cowens popped to second; Lahoud grounded out (first
to pitcher); Mayberry popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Royals 2.

BREWERS 7TH: Brye singled to right; Moore grounded into a double
play (shortstop to second to first) [Brye out at second]; Sakata
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Brewers 0,
Royals 2.

ROYALS 7TH: Porter lined to right; Patek lined to third; White
popped to first in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Brewers 0, Royals 2.

BREWERS 8TH: Wohlford singled to left; Yount singled to right
[Wohlford to second]; Cooper walked [Wohlford to third, Yount to
second]; BIRD REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING); Money forced Cooper
(shortstop to second) [Wohlford scored, Yount to third]; Bando
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Money out at second]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals
2.

ROYALS 8TH: Otis struck out; McRae walked; MCCLURE REPLACED HAAS
(PITCHING); Brett singled to right [McRae to third]; CASTRO
REPLACED MCCLURE (PITCHING); Cowens singled to center [McRae
scored, Brett to second]; Lahoud singled to center [Brett to
third, Cowens to second]; ZDEB RAN FOR LAHOUD; Mayberry grounded
into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Zdeb out at
second]; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 3.

BREWERS 9TH: ZDEB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Wynn flied out to
center; JOSHUA BATTED FOR BRYE; Joshua struck out; KIRKPATRICK
BATTED FOR MOORE; Kirkpatrick flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Brewers 1, Royals 3.