Making his first major league start, Mike Barlow allowed only two hits in seven innings and Dave LaRoche yielded one more in the final two frames as the Angels defeated the Royals, 4-1. Rusty Torres and Ike Hampton hit homers to pace the Angels' scoring. [The Sporting News]

California Angels 4, Kansas City Royals 1

Game Played on Saturday, October 1, 1977 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Angels 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 - 4 9 0 Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 - 1 3 2 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Bonds dh 5 1 1 0 0 0 .264 Poquette rf,lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .295 Remy 2b 4 0 0 1 0 0 .252 Zdeb ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .299 Guerrero ss 4 0 2 0 0 0 .288 McRae lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .297 Jackson 1b 4 0 1 0 0 0 .242 Hurdle ph,rf 2 1 1 0 0 1 .308 Briggs 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .162 Brett 3b 2 0 1 0 1 1 .313 Chalk 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .278 Heise pr,3b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .258 Flores rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .280 Rojas ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Bosley lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .298 Mayberry 1b 2 0 0 0 1 0 .230 Torres cf 3 1 1 1 1 0 .156 Porter dh 2 0 0 0 0 1 .275 Hampton c 4 1 2 1 0 1 .295 Cowens ph,dh 1 0 0 1 0 0 .312 Barlow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Otis cf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .252 LaRoche p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wilson cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .324 Martinez c 3 0 0 0 0 1 .225 Patek ss 2 0 0 0 0 0 .263 Washington ss 1 0 0 0 0 1 .200 White 2b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .244 Hassler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Colborn p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Mingori p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Bird p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 36 4 9 3 1 1 Totals 28 1 3 1 2 7 Time of Game: 2:05 Attendance: 23,497 Left on Base: Angels 6, Royals 2 DP: Angels 2, Royals 1 Errors: Brett, Washington Doubles: Chalk (27) Triples: Bonds (9) Home Runs: Torres (3), Hampton (3) Caught Stealing: Bonds (18) GIDP: Bosley (4) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Barlow W(4-2) 7 2 1 1 2 5 0 24 4.58 LaRoche SV(17) 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 6 3.51 Totals 9 3 1 1 2 7 0 30 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hassler L(9-6) 5 8 4 4 0 1 2 22 4.20 Colborn 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 3.62 Mingori 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3.09 Bird 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 3.88 Totals 9 9 4 4 1 1 2 37 Wild Pitches: Hassler (8) Umpires: HP - Nick Bremigan, 1B - Al Clark, 2B - Ted Hendry, 3B - Jerry Neudecker ANGELS 1ST: Bonds tripled to left; Remy grounded out (shortstop to first) [Bonds scored]; Guerrero singled to right; Jackson singled to center [Guerrero to third]; Hassler threw a wild pitch [Jackson to second]; Chalk reached on a fielder's choice [Guerrero out at home (pitcher to catcher), Jackson to third]; Flores flied out to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 1, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Poquette grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae grounded out (second to first); Brett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 1, Royals 0. ANGELS 2ND: Bosley grounded out (shortstop to first); Torres homered; Hampton struck out; Bonds flied out to left; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry walked; Porter flied out to center; Otis struck out; Martinez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 0. ANGELS 3RD: Remy flied out to left; Guerrero grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); White grounded out (shortstop to first); Poquette grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 0. ANGELS 4TH: Chalk doubled to left; On a bunt Flores singled to pitcher [Chalk to third]; Bosley grounded into a double play (second to first) [Chalk scored, Flores out at second]; Torres grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: McRae struck out; Brett singled to right; Mayberry lined into a double play (right to first) [Brett out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 3, Royals 0. ANGELS 5TH: Hampton homered; Bonds reached on an error by Brett; Bonds was picked off and caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Remy flied out to right; Guerrero singled to left; Jackson popped to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Angels 4, Royals 0. ROYALS 5TH: Porter struck out; Otis grounded out (third to first); Martinez flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 4, Royals 0. ANGELS 6TH: COLBORN REPLACED HASSLER (PITCHING); WILSON REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING CF); Chalk grounded out (third to first); Flores lined to center; Bosley flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 4, Royals 0. ROYALS 6TH: Patek grounded out (shortstop to first); White grounded out (shortstop to first); Poquette lined to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 4, Royals 0. ANGELS 7TH: WASHINGTON REPLACED PATEK (PLAYING SS); Torres popped to second; Hampton singled to center; Bonds popped to second; Remy flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 4, Royals 0. ROYALS 7TH: HURDLE BATTED FOR MCRAE; Hurdle singled to right; Brett walked [Hurdle to second]; HEISE RAN FOR BRETT; Mayberry grounded out (first to pitcher) [Hurdle to third, Heise to second]; COWENS BATTED FOR PORTER; Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first) [Hurdle scored]; Wilson lined to center; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 4, Royals 1. ANGELS 8TH: COWENS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); POQUETTE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); HURDLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); HEISE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); MINGORI REPLACED COLBORN (PITCHING); Guerrero flied out to center; Jackson flied out to left; Chalk lined to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 4, Royals 1. ROYALS 8TH: LAROCHE REPLACED BARLOW (PITCHING); BRIGGS REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING 1B); Martinez flied out to left; Washington was called out on strikes; White grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 4, Royals 1. ANGELS 9TH: BIRD REPLACED MINGORI (PITCHING); Flores grounded out (third to first); Bosley grounded out (shortstop to first); Torres walked; Hampton reached on an error by Washington [Torres to second]; Bonds flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Angels 4, Royals 1. ROYALS 9TH: ZDEB BATTED FOR POQUETTE; Zdeb singled to second; Hurdle struck out; ROJAS BATTED FOR HEISE; Rojas flied into a double play (shortstop to pitcher) [Zdeb out at first]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 4, Royals 1.

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