The Royals gained their 101st victory of the season, beating the Angels, 8-5, and set the record for most games won by an expansion club. The previous high was 100 victories by the 1969 Mets. Kansas City Royals 8, California Angels 5Game Played on Friday, September 30, 1977 (Night game) at Royals StadiumAngels 2 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 - 5 14 3 Royals 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 x - 8 14 0 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bonds dh 4 1 0 0 1 2 .264 Zdeb lf 4 2 3 0 0 0 .295 Remy 2b 5 2 3 2 0 0 .254 McRae dh 5 2 3 3 0 0 .298 Guerrero ss 4 0 1 2 0 0 .284 Otis cf 5 2 2 2 0 0 .253 Baylor rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .251 Cowens rf 2 2 2 0 1 0 .312 Bosley lf 1 0 1 0 0 0 .304 Hurdle rf 1 0 0 0 0 1 .292 Jackson 1b 5 0 2 0 0 1 .242 Wathan c 4 0 1 1 0 0 .328 Chalk 3b 3 1 2 0 2 0 .278 Rojas 3b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .252 Flores lf,rf 4 1 0 0 1 1 .281 Mayberry 1b 2 0 0 1 1 0 .230 Landreaux cf 5 0 2 0 0 0 .250 Patek ss 4 0 1 1 0 0 .264 Etchebarren c 2 0 1 0 1 0 .254 White 2b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .246 Solaita ph 1 0 1 1 0 0 .244 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hampton c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .275 Throop p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Brett p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 5 14 5 5 4 Totals 34 8 14 8 3 1 Time of Game: 2:40 Attendance: 33,289 Left on Base: Angels 12, Royals 7 DP: Angels 1, Royals 1 Errors: Baylor, Chalk, Landreaux Doubles: Baylor (27), Jackson (15), McRae 2 (54) Triples: Remy 2 (10), Cowens (14) Home Runs: McRae (21), Otis (17) Stolen Bases: Patek (53), Wathan (2) Caught Stealing: Rojas (3), Zdeb (5) Sacrifice Hits: Zdeb (3) Sacrifice Flies: Guerrero (2), Mayberry (7) GIDP: Flores (12), Mayberry (13) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Brett L(13-14) 2 7 6 6 2 0 2 14 4.53 Miller 6 7 2 2 1 1 0 25 3.53 Totals 8 14 8 8 3 1 2 39 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff 3.2 7 3 3 3 2 0 20 3.69 Throop 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3.38 Pattin W(10-3) 5 7 2 2 2 2 0 23 3.58 Totals 9 14 5 5 5 4 0 44 Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Jerry Neudecker, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Ted Hendry ANGELS 1ST: Bonds walked; Remy tripled to center [Bonds scored]; Guerrero hit a sacrifice fly to right [Remy scored]; Baylor doubled to right; Jackson struck out; Chalk singled to second [Baylor out at third (second to third)]; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Zdeb singled to left; McRae doubled to right [Zdeb scored, McRae to third (error by Baylor)]; Otis singled to right [McRae scored]; Cowens singled to left [Otis to second]; Wathan flied out to right; Rojas walked [Otis to third, Cowens to second]; Mayberry hit a sacrifice fly to right [Otis scored, Cowens to third]; Patek singled to center [Cowens scored, Rojas to third]; Rojas was picked off and caught stealing home (pitcher to first to third to catcher); 4 R, 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 4. ANGELS 2ND: Flores grounded out (first unassisted); Landreaux singled to left; Etchebarren singled to right [Landreaux to second]; Bonds was called out on strikes; Remy grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 4. ROYALS 2ND: White grounded out (pitcher to first); Zdeb flied out to right; McRae homered; Otis homered; Cowens walked; Wathan lined to pitcher; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 6. ANGELS 3RD: Guerrero flied out to center; Baylor flied out to center; Jackson doubled to center; Chalk popped to second; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 6. ROYALS 3RD: MILLER REPLACED BRETT (PITCHING); Rojas singled to second; Mayberry forced Rojas (first to shortstop); Patek forced Mayberry (second to shortstop); Patek stole second; White grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 6. ANGELS 4TH: Flores walked; Landreaux grounded out (third to first) [Flores to second]; Etchebarren walked; Bonds popped to catcher in foul territory; Remy singled to right [Flores scored, Etchebarren to second]; THROOP REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Guerrero forced Remy (shortstop to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 3, Royals 6. ROYALS 4TH: Zdeb singled to second; Zdeb was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Royals 6. ANGELS 5TH: PATTIN REPLACED THROOP (PITCHING); Baylor grounded out (third to first); Jackson singled to left; Chalk singled to center [Jackson to third]; Flores was called out on strikes; Landreaux grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 3, Royals 6. ROYALS 5TH: Cowens tripled to center; Wathan reached on an error by Chalk [Cowens scored]; Rojas flied out to right; Mayberry grounded into a double play (first to shortstop to first) [Wathan out at second]; 1 R, 1 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Royals 7. ANGELS 6TH: HURDLE REPLACED COWENS (PLAYING RF); Etchebarren grounded out (shortstop to first); Bonds struck out; Remy tripled to right; Guerrero singled to center [Remy scored]; Baylor popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 4, Royals 7. ROYALS 6TH: BOSLEY REPLACED BAYLOR (PLAYING LF); FLORES CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Patek popped to first in foul territory; White lined to center; Zdeb singled to center [Zdeb to second (error by Landreaux)]; McRae doubled to right [Zdeb scored]; Otis grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Angels 4, Royals 8. ANGELS 7TH: Jackson flied out to center; Chalk walked; Flores popped to second; Landreaux singled to center [Chalk to second]; SOLAITA BATTED FOR ETCHEBARREN; Solaita singled to center [Chalk scored, Landreaux to third]; Bonds flied out to right; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 5, Royals 8. ROYALS 7TH: HAMPTON REPLACED SOLAITA (PLAYING C ); Hurdle struck out; Wathan singled to third; Rojas lined to left; Wathan stole second; Mayberry walked; Patek flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 5, Royals 8. ANGELS 8TH: Remy flied out to left; Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); Bosley singled to left; Jackson popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 5, Royals 8. ROYALS 8TH: White singled to left; Zdeb out on a sacrifice bunt (first to second) [White to second]; McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis lined to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 5, Royals 8. ANGELS 9TH: Chalk walked; Flores grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first) [Chalk out at second]; Landreaux flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 5, Royals 8. |
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