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Indians 4 @ Royals 5
Royals Stadium
July 27, 1977

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Cleveland Indians, played on July 27, 1977 at Royals Stadium. The home team Royals beat the visiting Indians with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateJuly 27, 1977 
Visiting Team
Cleveland Indians
R: 4 H: 13 E: 1 LOB: 8
Runs: 4
Hits: 13
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 8
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 5 H: 12 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 5
Hits: 12
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Winning PitcherDoug Bird  
Losing PitcherRick Waits  
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Game Winning RBIGeorge Brett 

Game Info

DateJuly 27, 1977 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamCleveland Indians 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherAl Fitzmorris  
Home Starting PitcherDennis Leonard  
BallparkRoyals Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance23,818 
Time of Game3 hours 28 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jim McKean
1B: Bill Kunkel
2B: Bill Deegan
3B: Dale Ford

Cleveland Indians Lineup 

Name  Position 
Duane Kuiper  Second Baseman 
Buddy Bell  Third Baseman 
Larvell Blanks  Shortstop 
Andre Thornton  First Baseman 
Rico Carty  DH 
John Lowenstein  Right Fielder 
Bruce Bochte  Left Fielder 
Jim Norris  Center Fielder 
Ray Fosse  Catcher 
Jeff Torborg  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
George Brett  Third Baseman 
Hal McRae  Left Fielder 
Pete LaCock  DH 
Al Cowens  Right Fielder 
John Mayberry  First Baseman 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Darrell Porter  Catcher 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
Frank White  Second Baseman 
Whitey Herzog  Manager 

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Indians 4 @ Royals 5
Royals Stadium
July 27, 1977

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 7/27/1977 -- Cleveland at Kansas City (N)

  Cleveland          AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Kuiper D, 2b          4  0  1  1   Brett G, 3b           5  0  1  1   
Bell B, 3b            5  0  1  0   McRae H, lf           4  0  1  0   
Blanks L, ss          5  0  2  1   Mingori S, p-p        0  0  0  0   
Thornton A, 1b        5  0  2  0   Martinez B, ph        1  0  0  0   
Carty R, dh           4  0  0  0   Bird D, p             0  0  0  0   
Lowenstein J, rf      2  0  0  0   LaCock P, dh          3  0  0  0   
Dade P, ph-rf         2  0  0  0   Rojas C, ph-2b        1  0  0  0   
Bochte B, lf          5  1  2  0   Cowens A, rf          5  1  2  0   
Norris J, cf          5  2  3  0   Mayberry J, 1b        5  1  2  0   
Fosse R, c            5  1  2  1   Otis A, cf            5  1  1  1   
Kendall F, c          0  0  0  0   Porter D, c           2  1  1  1   
                                   Wathan J, ph-c        2  0  0  0   
                                   Patek F, ss           1  0  0  0   
                                   Lahoud J, ph          1  0  0  0   
                                   Heise B, ss           2  1  2  1   
                                   White F, 2b           2  0  1  1   
                                   Poquette T, ph        0  0  0  0   
                                   Zdeb J, ph-lf         2  0  1  0   
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     42  4 13  3                        41  5 12  5

Cleveland        010 020 001 00 --  4
Kansas City      020 000 002 01 --  5
  0 outs when winning run was scored.

  Cleveland            IP  H  R ER BB SO
Fitzmorris A          7.0  5  2  2  3  0
Hood D*               1.0  2  2  2  0  1
Kern J                1.0  1  0  0  1  1
Waits R (L)           1.0  4  1  1  1  0

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Leonard D+            7.0  9  3  2  2  4
Mingori S             2.0  2  1  1  0  0
Bird D (W)            2.0  2  0  0  0  2
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th
  + Pitched to 2 batters in 8th

E -- Porter D, Hood D
DP -- Kansas City 2
LOB -- Cleveland 8, Kansas City 11
2B -- Bochte B, Porter D, Thornton A 2
3B -- Norris J, Otis A
SB -- Cowens A, Norris J
CS -- McRae H, Otis A, Fosse R
SF -- Kuiper D
WP -- Leonard D 2
T -- 3:28
A -- 23818

    

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