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Rangers
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
May 15, 1977
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Texas Rangers, played on May 15, 1977 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | May 15, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Texas Rangers
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 15, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Adrian Devine |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Paul Splittorff |
| Ballpark | Royals Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 19,983 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 27 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Jim McKean 1B: Dale Ford 2B: Lou DiMuro 3B: Bill Deegan |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bert Campaneris | Shortstop |
| Bump Wills | Second Baseman |
| Jim Fregosi | First Baseman |
| Willie Horton | Left Fielder |
| Tom Grieve | Right Fielder |
| Toby Harrah | Third Baseman |
| John Ellis | DH |
| Jim Sundberg | Catcher |
| Juan Beniquez | Center Fielder |
| Frank Lucchesi | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Dave Nelson | DH |
| Tom Poquette | Right Fielder |
| Hal McRae | Left Fielder |
| Al Cowens | Center Fielder |
| Pete LaCock | First Baseman |
| Darrell Porter | Catcher |
| Cookie Rojas | Third Baseman |
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Herzog | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rangers
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
May 15, 1977
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Splittorff
Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Splittorff
Wills hits a popup, foul, towards first. LaCock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fregosi vs. Splittorff
Fregosi hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Splittorff
Horton hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Splittorff
Grieve hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Rangers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nelson vs. Devine
Nelson is called out on strikes. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Devine
Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Devine
McRae strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Splittorff
Harrah hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Splittorff
Ellis hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Splittorff
Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Devine
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it, and throws to first. And he throws it away. That's an error on Harrah. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
LaCock vs. Devine
LaCock hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Porter vs. Devine
There goes Cowens. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Cowens steals second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Porter vs. Devine
Porter takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rojas vs. Devine
Rojas hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Cowens moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Patek vs. Devine
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. Splittorff
Beniquez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cowens. Beniquez reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Campaneris vs. Splittorff
Campaneris takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wills vs. Splittorff
Porter fires to second and picks off Beniquez for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wills vs. Splittorff
Wills hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Campaneris moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Fregosi vs. Splittorff
Fregosi hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Campaneris scores. Wills moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Horton vs. Bird
Doug Bird now pitching.
Horton hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Wills tags and scores. Fregosi tags and moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Grieve vs. Bird
Grieve hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Devine
White is called out on strikes. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nelson vs. Devine
Nelson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Devine
Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fregosi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Poquette for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Bird
Harrah hits a fly ball into center field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Bird
Ellis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Bird
Sundberg hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Cowens. Sundberg reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Beniquez vs. Bird
Beniquez is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Devine
McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Devine
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaCock vs. Devine
LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Bird
Campaneris hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Bird
Wills hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Poquette who is chasing the ball. Wills reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Fregosi vs. Bird
Fregosi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Horton vs. Bird
Horton hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Bird
Grieve hits a popup in front of the plate. Porter settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Devine
Porter hits a fly ball into left field. Horton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Devine
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Devine
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Bird
Harrah hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ellis vs. Bird
Ellis strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sundberg vs. Bird
Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rojas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Devine
White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nelson vs. Devine
Nelson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Poquette vs. Devine
Poquette hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Nelson moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McRae vs. Devine
McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Grieve settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Nelson tags and scores. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cowens vs. Devine
Cowens hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaCock vs. Lindblad
Paul Lindblad now pitching.
LaCock hits a line drive into center field. Beniquez picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Beniquez. LaCock moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Porter vs. Lindblad
Porter hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 6 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. Bird
Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rojas fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campaneris vs. Bird
Campaneris takes first base on ball four. Beniquez moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wills vs. Bird
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rojas fields it and throws to second for the out. Beniquez moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Fregosi vs. Bird
Fregosi strikes out. Porter throws to third, and they've got Beniquez trapped. The throw to Porter, and Beniquez is tagged out for the double play. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 6 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Lindblad
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Lindblad
Patek hits a popup towards first. Fregosi settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Lindblad
White hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Horton. White reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 6 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Nelson vs. Lindblad
Nelson strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 6 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Pattin
Marty Pattin now pitching.
Horton hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Grieve vs. Pattin
Grieve takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harrah vs. Pattin
Harrah hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rojas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Pattin
Ellis hits a fly ball into center field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zdeb vs. Lindblad
Claudell Washington now playing left field. Joe Zdeb pinch hits for Tom Poquette.
Zdeb hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Lindblad
McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cowens vs. Lindblad
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sundberg vs. Pattin
Joe Zdeb now playing right field.
Sundberg strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. Pattin
Beniquez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Campaneris vs. Pattin
There goes Beniquez. The throw from Porter and he is out, White applying the tag. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Pattin
Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wills vs. Pattin
Wills hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Campaneris moves to third. Wills moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Fregosi vs. Pattin
Fregosi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Rangers, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heise vs. Lindblad
Bob Heise pinch hits for Pete LaCock.
Heise hits a ball on the ground towards first. Fregosi scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Heise for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. Lindblad
John Wathan pinch hits for Darrell Porter.
Wathan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Lindblad
Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 7 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Lindblad
Patek strikes out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/15/1977 -- Texas at Kansas City (D)
Texas AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Campaneris B, ss 3 1 1 0 Nelson D, dh 4 1 1 0
Wills B, 2b 5 2 3 0 Poquette T, rf 3 1 1 0
Fregosi J, 1b 5 1 2 2 Zdeb J, ph-rf 1 0 1 0
Horton W, lf 3 3 3 5 McRae H, lf 3 0 0 1
Washington C, lf 0 0 0 0 Cowens A, cf 4 1 1 2
Grieve T, rf 3 0 0 0 LaCock P, 1b 3 0 1 0
Harrah T, 3b 4 0 1 0 Heise B, ph 1 0 0 0
Ellis J, dh 4 0 0 0 Porter D, c 2 0 0 0
Sundberg J, c 4 0 1 0 Wathan J, ph 1 0 1 0
Beniquez J, cf 4 0 3 0 Rojas C, 3b 4 0 0 0
Patek F, ss 4 0 0 0
White F, 2b 3 0 1 0
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35 7 14 7 33 3 7 3
Texas 202 020 010 -- 7
Kansas City 000 003 000 -- 3
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Devine A (W) 5.2 3 3 3 1 3
Lindblad P (S) 3.1 4 0 0 0 2
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff P (L) 2.1 5 4 4 1 0
Bird D 4.2 5 2 2 1 3
Pattin M 2.0 4 1 1 1 1
E -- Harrah T, Beniquez J
DP -- Texas 1, Kansas City 3
LOB -- Texas 5, Kansas City 5
2B -- Beniquez J, Sundberg J, White F
3B -- Wills B
HR -- Fregosi J, Horton W 3, Cowens A
SB -- Cowens A
CS -- Beniquez J 2
SF -- Horton W, McRae H
T -- 2:27
A -- 19983
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