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.

Hal McRae hit a homer and two doubles in the Royals' attack. McRae doubled to drive in one of the Royals' four runs in the first inning. McRae and Amos Otis hit back-to-back homers in the second and McRae rapped his league-leading 54th double to account for the Royals' final marker in the sixth. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 8, California Angels 5
Game Played on Friday, September 30, 1977 (Night game) at Royals Stadium
Angels       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.