|
Al Cowens and Darrell Porter knocked in four runs apiece to help the Royals cut California's lead in the West to two games with a 16-4 hammering of the Angels. The Royals blew the game open with four runs in the fifth inning, three in the sixth and five more in the seventh. Highlighting the outbursts were a two-run homer by Pete LaCock in the fifth, two-run tripie by Cowens in the sixth and three-run homer by Porter in the seventh. Kansas City Royals 16, California Angels 4Game Played on Monday, September 17, 1979 (Night game) at Royals StadiumAngels 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 - 4 8 2 Royals 0 1 2 0 4 3 5 1 x - 16 18 0 Angels AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Carew 1b 4 1 2 0 1 1 .321 Wilson lf 6 2 2 0 0 0 .314 Lansford 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .296 McRae dh 4 4 3 1 1 0 .284 Ford rf 4 0 1 2 0 1 .292 Otis cf 5 2 2 1 0 2 .296 Harlow rf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .211 Brett 3b 4 1 2 2 0 0 .329 Baylor lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 .302 Porter c 4 3 2 4 1 0 .288 Aikens dh 3 1 1 2 1 0 .278 Wathan c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .205 Downing c 3 0 0 0 1 0 .327 Cowens rf 4 0 2 4 0 0 .302 Donohue c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .238 LaCock 1b 5 3 3 2 0 0 .285 Grich 2b 4 0 2 0 0 1 .296 White 2b 4 0 1 0 1 0 .250 Thon 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .346 Washington ss 3 1 1 2 0 0 .249 R. Miller cf 3 0 0 0 1 3 .284 Leonard p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Anderson ss 4 1 1 0 0 0 .251 Rodriguez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Knapp p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Clear p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Barlow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Schuler p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 34 4 8 4 4 6 Totals 39 16 18 16 3 2 Time of Game: 3:11 Attendance: 38,327 Left on Base: Angels 8, Royals 6 DP: Angels 0, Royals 0 Errors: Carew, R. Miller Doubles: Anderson (12), Baylor (33), White (25) Triples: Brett (20), Cowens (7) Home Runs: Aikens (21), LaCock (3), Porter (20) Stolen Bases: Lansford (19), White (21), McRae (5) Sacrifice Flies: Washington 2 (5), Cowens (7), Brett (4) Hit by Pitch: Lansford (3,by Leonard) Angels IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Knapp L(3-5) 4.1 8 6 4 1 1 0 23 6.07 Clear 1.2 4 4 2 2 1 1 11 3.44 Barlow 0.1 4 4 4 0 0 0 5 5.19 Schuler 1.2 2 2 2 0 0 1 7 10.80 Totals 8 18 16 12 3 2 2 46 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Leonard W(13-10) 7.1 8 4 4 3 6 1 33 4.24 Rodriguez 1.2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 4.84 Totals 9 8 4 4 4 6 1 39 Hit by Pitch: Leonard (2) Wild Pitches: Clear (9), Schuler (1) Umpires: HP - Jim Evans, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Don Denkinger, 3B - Nick Bremigan ANGELS 1ST: Carew singled to center; Lansford forced Carew (second to shortstop); Lansford stole second; Ford struck out; Baylor popped to catcher in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: Wilson popped to shortstop; McRae walked; Otis struck out; Brett singled to right [McRae to second]; Porter grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 0. ANGELS 2ND: Aikens grounded out (third to first); Downing popped to shortstop; Grich struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Cowens grounded out (pitcher to first); LaCock singled to center; White doubled to right [LaCock to third]; Washington hit a sacrifice fly to center [LaCock scored]; Wilson lined to center; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 1. ANGELS 3RD: R. Miller was called out on strikes; Anderson popped to first; Carew struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 1. ROYALS 3RD: McRae reached on an error by R. Miller; Otis popped to first in foul territory; Brett tripled to right [McRae scored (unearned)]; Porter grounded out (first unassisted); Cowens singled to right [Brett scored (unearned)]; LaCock grounded out (second to first); 2 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 3. ANGELS 4TH: Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first); Ford flied out to left; Baylor popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 3. ROYALS 4TH: White grounded out (third to first); Washington flied out to right; Wilson lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 3. ANGELS 5TH: Aikens grounded out (second to first); Downing grounded out (third to first); Grich singled to center; R. Miller struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 3. ROYALS 5TH: McRae singled to left; Otis singled to left [McRae to second]; Brett lined to first; Porter singled to right [McRae scored, Otis to third]; CLEAR REPLACED KNAPP (PITCHING); Cowens hit a sacrifice fly to right [Otis scored]; LaCock homered [Porter scored]; White walked; White stole second; Washington flied out to center; 4 R, 4 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Angels 0, Royals 7. ANGELS 6TH: Anderson doubled to left; Carew walked; Lansford was hit by a pitch [Anderson to third, Carew to second]; Ford singled to center [Anderson scored, Carew scored, Lansford to third, Ford out at second (center to third to second)]; Baylor popped to second in foul territory; Aikens walked; Downing lined to center; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 7. ROYALS 6TH: Wilson singled to center; McRae singled to right [Wilson to third]; Otis was called out on strikes; Brett hit a sacrifice fly to center [Wilson scored]; McRae stole second; Porter walked; Clear threw a wild pitch [McRae to third, Porter to second]; Carew dropped a foul fly hit by Cowens for an error; Cowens tripled to center [McRae scored (unearned), Porter scored (unearned)]; LaCock flied out to left; 3 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 10. ANGELS 7TH: Grich singled to right; R. Miller was called out on strikes; Anderson forced Grich (third to second); Carew singled to right [Anderson to second]; Lansford flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 10. ROYALS 7TH: BARLOW REPLACED CLEAR (PITCHING); White grounded out (first unassisted); Washington singled to pitcher; Wilson singled to center [Washington to third]; McRae singled to right [Washington scored, Wilson to third]; Otis singled to center [Wilson scored, McRae to second]; SCHULER REPLACED BARLOW (PITCHING); Brett flied out to left; Debut game for Dave Schuler; Porter homered [McRae scored, Otis scored]; Cowens grounded out (shortstop to first); 5 R, 5 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 2, Royals 15. ANGELS 8TH: WATHAN REPLACED PORTER (PLAYING C ); Ford grounded out (shortstop to first); Baylor doubled to right; Aikens homered [Baylor scored]; Downing walked; RODRIGUEZ REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Grich flied out to left; R. Miller walked [Downing to second]; Anderson flied out to left; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Angels 4, Royals 15. ROYALS 8TH: HARLOW REPLACED FORD (PLAYING RF); DONOHUE REPLACED DOWNING (PLAYING C ); THON REPLACED GRICH (PLAYING 2B); LaCock singled to left; Schuler threw a wild pitch [LaCock to second]; White grounded out (shortstop to first) [LaCock to third]; Washington lined out on a sacrifice fly to right [LaCock scored]; Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 4, Royals 16. ANGELS 9TH: Carew grounded out (second to first); Lansford grounded out (shortstop to first); Harlow flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Angels 4, Royals 16. |
The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org".