Amos Otis broke a 5-5 tie with a two-run homer in the seventh inning to lift the Royals to a 7-5 victory over the Mariners. Al Cowens opened the frame with a single, but the next two batters went out before Otis' blast. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 7, Seattle Mariners 5
Game Played on Saturday, September 17, 1977 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Mariners     0  0  0    2  3  0    0  0  0  -   5  9  1
Royals       2  0  1    2  0  0    2  0  x  -   7 14  0


Mariners             AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Braun lf              3   1   1   0     1   0   .220      Poquette lf           2   1   1   0     0   0   .297
  Fosse ph            1   0   0   0     0   0   .265        Zdeb ph,lf          3   1   2   0     0   0   .284
Cruz 2b               4   1   1   0     1   2   .246      McRae dh              4   1   3   2     1   0   .293
Ruppert Jones cf      3   0   0   1     1   3   .264      Brett 3b              5   0   0   1     0   0   .311
Stanton rf            3   1   1   1     1   0   .276      Cowens rf             4   2   3   1     0   0   .306
Meyer 1b              4   1   3   2     0   0   .271      Mayberry 1b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .231
Stein dh              4   0   2   1     0   1   .259      Porter c              4   0   1   0     0   2   .275
Bernhardt 3b          4   0   0   0     0   0   .246      Otis cf               4   1   2   3     0   1   .249
Sexton ss             1   0   0   0     0   0   .242      Patek ss              4   0   0   0     0   1   .260
  Reynolds ss         1   1   0   0     1   0   .242      White 2b              4   1   2   0     0   1   .248
  Baez ph             1   0   0   0     0   0   .264      Littell p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  McMillan ss         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Throop p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Jutze c               3   0   0   0     0   0   .219        Gura p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Collins ph          1   0   1   0     0   0   .227
Mitchell p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  House p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Segui p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Honeycutt p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   5   9   5     5   6             Totals               38   7  14   7     1   6

Time of Game: 2:40   Attendance: 27,067
Left on Base: Mariners 6, Royals 8
DP: Mariners 1, Royals 2
Errors: Sexton
Doubles: Stein (24), McRae 2 (51)
Triples: Poquette (6), Otis (8)
Home Runs: Stanton (25), Otis (16)
Stolen Bases: Cruz (13), Zdeb (6), Cowens (15)
GIDP: Bernhardt (9), Fosse (6)


Mariners               IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Mitchell                2     6   3   3   1   2   0  13   7.34
House                   1     4   2   2   0   1   0   8   4.80
Segui L(0-6)            4.2   4   2   2   0   3   1  17   5.47
Honeycutt               0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   5.40
Totals                  8    14   7   7   1   6   1  39

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Littell                 4.1   6   5   5   3   3   1  21   3.60
Throop                  0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Gura W(7-5)             4.1   3   0   0   2   3   0  16   3.40
Totals                  9     9   5   5   5   6   1  38

Wild Pitches: Honeycutt (2)

Umpires: HP - Rich Garcia, 1B - Nestor Chylak, 2B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Joe Brinkman


MARINERS 1ST: Braun walked; Cruz hit into a double play to third
[Braun out at second (first unassisted)]; Ruppert Jones struck
out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Poquette tripled; McRae doubled [Poquette scored];
Brett grounded out (first unassisted) [McRae to third]; Cowens
singled to left [McRae scored]; Mayberry forced Cowens
(shortstop unassisted); Porter singled to left [Mayberry to
second]; Otis was called out on strikes; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mariners 0, Royals 2.

MARINERS 2ND: Stanton popped to first in foul territory; Meyer
singled to left; Stein grounded out (first unassisted) [Meyer to
second]; Bernhardt popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 2ND: Patek struck out; White singled to center; Poquette
flied out to right [White to second]; McRae walked; Brett lined
to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 0, Royals 2.

MARINERS 3RD: Sexton grounded out (pitcher to first); Jutze
flied out to right; Braun flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Mariners 0, Royals 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Cowens singled; HOUSE REPLACED MITCHELL (PITCHING);
Mayberry popped to third; Porter struck out; Otis tripled to
right [Cowens scored]; Patek flied out to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Mariners 0, Royals 3.

MARINERS 4TH: Cruz was called out on strikes; Ruppert Jones
struck out; Stanton homered; Meyer singled to right; Stein
doubled to left [Meyer scored]; Bernhardt grounded out
(shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 2, Royals
3.

ROYALS 4TH: White singled to left; ZDEB BATTED FOR POQUETTE;
Zdeb singled to center [White to third]; McRae doubled to left
[White scored, Zdeb to third]; Brett reached on an error by
Sexton [Zdeb scored, McRae to third]; REYNOLDS REPLACED SEXTON
(PLAYING SS); SEGUI REPLACED HOUSE (PITCHING); Cowens reached on
a fielder's choice that turned into a double play [McRae out at
home (pitcher to catcher), Brett to second, Cowens out at first
(catcher to shortstop to second to first)]; Mayberry struck out;
2 R, 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 2, Royals 5.

MARINERS 5TH: ZDEB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Reynolds walked;
Jutze flied out to left; Braun singled to right [Reynolds to
second]; Cruz singled to right [Reynolds to third, Braun to
second]; Ruppert Jones walked [Reynolds scored, Braun to third,
Cruz to second]; THROOP REPLACED LITTELL (PITCHING); Stanton
flied out to right; GURA REPLACED THROOP (PITCHING); Meyer
singled to left [Braun scored, Cruz scored, Ruppert Jones to
third]; Stein was called out on strikes; 3 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Mariners 5, Royals 5.

ROYALS 5TH: Porter lined to center; Otis flied out to right;
Patek flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 5,
Royals 5.

MARINERS 6TH: Bernhardt grounded out (pitcher to second to
first); Reynolds grounded out (first to pitcher); Jutze flied
out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 5, Royals 5.

ROYALS 6TH: White struck out; Zdeb singled to center; Zdeb stole
second; McRae flied out to right; Brett grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 5, Royals 5.

MARINERS 7TH: Braun grounded out (shortstop to first); Cruz
walked; Cruz stole second; Ruppert Jones was called out on
strikes; Stanton was walked intentionally; Meyer flied out to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Mariners 5, Royals 5.

ROYALS 7TH: Cowens singled to center; Cowens stole second;
Mayberry grounded out (second to first) [Cowens to third];
Porter was called out on strikes; Otis homered [Cowens scored];
Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Mariners 5, Royals 7.

MARINERS 8TH: Stein singled to left; Bernhardt grounded into a
double play (shortstop to second to first) [Stein out at
second]; BAEZ BATTED FOR REYNOLDS; Baez flied out to center; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 5, Royals 7.

ROYALS 8TH: MCMILLAN REPLACED BAEZ (PLAYING SS); White popped to
shortstop; Debut game for Tom McMillan; Zdeb popped to
first in foul territory; McRae singled to left; HONEYCUTT
REPLACED SEGUI (PITCHING); Honeycutt threw a wild pitch [McRae
to second]; Brett grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Mariners 5, Royals 7.

MARINERS 9TH: COLLINS BATTED FOR JUTZE; Collins singled to
center; FOSSE BATTED FOR BRAUN; Fosse grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Collins out at second]; Cruz
was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Mariners 5,
Royals 7.