New York Yankees 6, Kansas City Royals 4
League Championship Series Game 4 Played on Saturday, October   8, 1977 (Day game) at Royals Stadium
Yankees      1  2  1    1  0  0    0  0  1  -   6 13  0
Royals       0  0  2    2  0  0    0  0  0  -   4  8  2


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Rivers cf             5   2   4   1     0   0   .389      Poquette lf           3   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Nettles 3b            5   0   2   1     0   0   .188        Zdeb ph,lf          2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Munson c              4   1   1   2     0   0   .313      McRae dh              3   1   2   0     1   0   .357
Jackson rf            3   0   0   0     1   1   .071      Brett 3b              4   0   2   1     0   0   .294
  Blair rf            1   0   1   0     0   0  1.000      Cowens rf             3   0   0   0     1   0   .200
Piniella lf           5   0   2   1     0   0   .313      Mayberry 1b           2   0   0   0     0   2   .167
Johnson dh            4   0   1   0     0   0   .385        Wathan 1b           2   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  White pr,dh         0   0   0   0     0   0   .400      Porter c              4   0   0   0     0   0   .364
Chambliss 1b          4   0   0   0     0   1   .077      Otis cf               3   1   0   0     1   1   .077
Randolph 2b           4   2   1   0     0   0   .267      Patek ss              4   2   3   1     0   0   .538
Dent ss               3   1   1   1     0   0   .182      White 2b              3   0   1   2     0   1   .286
Figueroa p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Gura p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Tidrow p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Lyle 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               38   6  13   6     1   2             Totals               33   4   8   4     3   4

Time of Game: 3:08   Attendance: 41,135
Left on Base: Yankees 8, Royals 6
DP: Yankees 1, Royals 1
Errors: Mayberry, Patek
Doubles: Rivers (2), Dent (1), Munson (1), Piniella (2), Patek (3), White (1)
Triples: Patek (1), Brett (1)
Sacrifice Hits: Dent (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Munson (1), White (1)
GIDP: Cowens (1)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Figueroa                3.1   5   4   4   2   3   0  17  10.80 
Tidrow                  0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   3.86
Lyle W(1-0)             5.1   2   0   0   0   1   0  17   1.13
Totals                  9     8   4   4   3   4   0  37

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gura L(0-1)             2     6   4   4   1   2   0  13  18.00
Pattin                  6     6   2   1   0   0   0  24   1.50
Mingori                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.00
Bird                    0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   3   0.00
Totals                  9    13   6   5   1   2   0  41

Wild Pitches: Mingori (1)

Umpires: HP - Marty Springstead, 1B - Nick Bremigan, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Jerry Neudecker, LF - Russ Goetz, RF - Jim McKean


YANKEES 1ST: Rivers doubled to right; Nettles singled to
shortstop [Rivers to third]; Munson forced Nettles (third to
second) [Rivers scored]; Jackson struck out; Piniella grounded
out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Poquette popped to shortstop; McRae singled to left;
Brett grounded out (third to first) [McRae to third]; Cowens
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1,
Royals 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Johnson grounded out (third to first); Chambliss
was called out on strikes; Randolph singled to left; Dent
doubled to left [Randolph scored]; Rivers singled to center
[Dent scored]; Nettles grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 3 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry struck out; Porter grounded out (second to
first); Otis struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 3,
Royals 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Munson doubled to left; Jackson walked; PATTIN
REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Piniella singled to right [Munson
scored, Jackson to third]; Johnson popped to second; Chambliss
lined into a double play (pitcher to third) [Jackson out at
third]; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Patek tripled to right; White hit a sacrifice fly to
right [Patek scored]; Poquette grounded out (shortstop to
first); McRae singled to center; Brett tripled to right [McRae
scored]; Cowens walked; Mayberry struck out; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Yankees 4, Royals 2.

YANKEES 4TH: Randolph reached on an error by Patek; Dent out on
a sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [Randolph to second];
Mayberry dropped a foul fly hit by Rivers for an error; Rivers
grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles singled to right
[Randolph scored (unearned)]; Munson forced Nettles (third to
second); 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 2 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Royals 2.

ROYALS 4TH: Porter flied out to center; Otis walked; Patek
doubled to left [Otis scored]; TIDROW REPLACED FIGUEROA
(PITCHING); White doubled to right [Patek scored]; Poquette
grounded out (shortstop to first); McRae walked; LYLE REPLACED
TIDROW (PITCHING); Brett lined to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 5, Royals 4.

YANKEES 5TH: WATHAN REPLACED MAYBERRY (PLAYING 1B); Jackson
grounded out (second to first); Piniella doubled to right;
Johnson flied out to right [Piniella to third]; Chambliss
grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
Yankees 5, Royals 4.

ROYALS 5TH: Cowens popped to second; Wathan lined to center;
Porter lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Royals
4.

YANKEES 6TH: Randolph lined to center; Dent popped to catcher in
foul territory; Rivers singled to right; Nettles flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Royals 4.

ROYALS 6TH: Otis lined to center; Patek singled to center; White
flied out to center; ZDEB BATTED FOR POQUETTE; Zdeb flied out to
right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Royals 4.

YANKEES 7TH: ZDEB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); Munson grounded
out (shortstop to first); Jackson grounded out (second to
first); Piniella flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 5, Royals 4.

ROYALS 7TH: BLAIR REPLACED JACKSON (PLAYING RF); McRae lined to
left; Brett singled to second; Cowens grounded into a double
play (third to second to first) [Brett out at second]; 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5, Royals 4.

YANKEES 8TH: Johnson singled to second; WHITE RAN FOR JOHNSON;
Chambliss grounded out (second to first) [White to second];
Randolph popped to second; Dent flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 5, Royals 4.

ROYALS 8TH: WHITE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); Wathan grounded
out (shortstop to first); Porter popped to first; Otis grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 5,
Royals 4.

YANKEES 9TH: Rivers singled to center; MINGORI REPLACED PATTIN
(PITCHING); Mingori threw a wild pitch [Rivers to second];
Nettles flied out to right [Rivers to third]; BIRD REPLACED
MINGORI (PITCHING); Munson hit a sacrifice fly to center [Rivers
scored]; Blair singled to center; Piniella popped to first in
foul territory; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 6, Royals 4.

ROYALS 9TH: Patek flied out to right; White struck out; Zdeb
flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 6, Royals 4.