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. Kansas City Royals 3, Milwaukee Brewers 1 (Game 1)Game Played on Friday, September 2, 1977 (Day game) at Royals StadiumBrewers 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. |
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