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Royals
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
September 10, 1977
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Minnesota Twins and the Kansas City Royals, played on September 10, 1977 at Metropolitan Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | September 10, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Minnesota Twins
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | September 10, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Minnesota Twins |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Paul Splittorff |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dave Goltz |
| Ballpark | Metropolitan Stadium |
| City | Bloomington |
| State | MN |
| Attendance | 23,601 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 34 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Al Clark 1B: Nick Bremigan 2B: Ted Hendry 3B: Jerry Neudecker |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Brett | Third Baseman |
| Hal McRae | DH |
| Joe Lahoud | Left Fielder |
| Al Cowens | Right Fielder |
| John Mayberry | First Baseman |
| Darrell Porter | Catcher |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Herzog | Manager |
Minnesota Twins Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bob Randall | Second Baseman |
| Rod Carew | First Baseman |
| Dan Ford | Right Fielder |
| Craig Kusick | DH |
| Butch Wynegar | Catcher |
| Roy Smalley | Shortstop |
| Willie Norwood | Center Fielder |
| Bob Gorinski | Left Fielder |
| Jerry Terrell | Third Baseman |
| Gene Mauch | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Twins
Metropolitan Stadium
September 10, 1977
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Goltz
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Goltz
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lahoud vs. Goltz
Lahoud hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Randall settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randall vs. Splittorff
Randall hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Splittorff
Carew bunts towards third. Brett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ford vs. Splittorff
Ford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Carew moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Kusick vs. Splittorff
Kusick strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wynegar vs. Splittorff
Wynegar hits a fly ball into left field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Goltz
Cowens takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Goltz
There goes Cowens. The throw from Wynegar and he is safe. Cowens steals second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mayberry vs. Goltz
Mayberry hits a fly ball into center field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Porter vs. Goltz
Porter hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Cowens scores. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Goltz
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Splittorff
Smalley hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Smalley reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Norwood vs. Splittorff
Norwood hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gorinski vs. Splittorff
Gorinski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Terrell vs. Splittorff
Terrell hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Randall vs. Splittorff
Randall hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lahoud. Randall reaches second base with a double. Smalley scores. There goes Gorinski trying to get to home. Lahoud throws the ball in to Patek who relays the ball to Porter, who tags Gorinski, who came all the way from first, for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Goltz
Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Ford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Goltz
White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Goltz
Brett hits a line drive into right field. Ford picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Ford. White goes all the way around to score. Brett moves to third. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McRae vs. Goltz
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Terrell fields it and throws to first for the out. Brett scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lahoud vs. Goltz
Lahoud strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Splittorff
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Splittorff
Ford hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kusick vs. Splittorff
Kusick hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Goltz
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Cowens for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Goltz
Mayberry is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Goltz
Porter takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Goltz
Otis strikes out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynegar vs. Splittorff
Wynegar hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Splittorff
Smalley hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Lahoud. Smalley reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Norwood vs. Splittorff
Norwood hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gorinski vs. Splittorff
Gorinski hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Goltz
Patek takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Goltz
White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Patek moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brett vs. Goltz
Brett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Patek scores. White moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McRae vs. Goltz
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Goltz fields it and throws to second for the out. White scores. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lahoud vs. Goltz
Lahoud hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terrell vs. Splittorff
Terrell hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randall vs. Splittorff
Randall strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Splittorff
Carew hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Ford vs. Splittorff
There goes Carew. The throw from Porter and he is safe. Carew steals second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Ford vs. Splittorff
Ford strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Goltz
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Smalley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Goltz
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Carew scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mayberry for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Goltz
Porter hits a fly ball into center field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kusick vs. Splittorff
Joe Zdeb now playing left field.
Kusick hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wynegar vs. Splittorff
Wynegar hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Splittorff
Smalley hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Norwood vs. Splittorff
Norwood hits a fly ball into left field. Zdeb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Goltz
Otis is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Goltz
Patek hits a ball on the ground into left center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Goltz
White hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Goltz fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Goltz
Brett hits a line drive into center field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gorinski vs. Splittorff
Gorinski hits a popup towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Terrell vs. Splittorff
Terrell hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randall vs. Splittorff
Randall is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Goltz
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Terrell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zdeb vs. Goltz
Zdeb hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Goltz
Cowens takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Goltz
Mayberry hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cowens moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Porter vs. Shellenback
Jim Shellenback now pitching.
Porter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cowens scores. Mayberry moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Otis vs. Shellenback
Otis takes first base on ball four. Porter moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Patek vs. Shellenback
Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mayberry scores. Porter scores. Otis moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 8 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
White vs. Johnson
Dave Johnson now pitching.
White hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Otis scores. Patek moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brett vs. Johnson
Brett hits a fly ball into left field. Gorinski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 9 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carew vs. Splittorff
Carew hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ford vs. Splittorff
Ford hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Kusick vs. Splittorff
Kusick hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Kusick reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wynegar vs. Splittorff
Wynegar hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 9 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Johnson
McRae hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zdeb vs. Johnson
Zdeb hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randall fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cowens vs. Johnson
Cowens hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Zdeb moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 9 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Mayberry vs. Holly
Jeff Holly now pitching.
Mayberry hits a line drive into right field. Ford picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Ford. Zdeb scores. Cowens moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 10 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Porter vs. Holly
Porter hits a fly ball into center field. Norwood settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 10 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Otis vs. Holly
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Randall fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 10 - Twins, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Smalley vs. Splittorff
Smalley strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 10 - Twins, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Norwood vs. Splittorff
Norwood hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 10 - Twins, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gorinski vs. Splittorff
Gorinski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 9/10/1977 -- Kansas City at Minnesota (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Minnesota AB R H RBI
Brett G, 3b 5 1 2 1 Randall B, 2b 4 0 1 1
McRae H, dh 5 0 1 2 Carew R, 1b 4 0 2 0
Lahoud J, lf 3 0 0 0 Ford D, rf 4 0 1 0
Zdeb J, lf 2 1 0 0 Kusick C, dh 4 0 1 0
Cowens A, rf 3 2 1 0 Wynegar B, c 4 0 0 0
Mayberry J, 1b 5 1 2 1 Smalley R, ss 4 1 3 0
Porter D, c 4 1 2 2 Norwood W, cf 4 0 0 0
Otis A, cf 4 1 0 0 Gorinski B, lf 3 0 0 0
Patek F, ss 3 1 2 2 Terrell J, 3b 3 0 0 0
White F, 2b 4 2 3 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 10 13 9 34 1 8 1
Kansas City 012 020 041 -- 10
Minnesota 010 000 000 -- 1
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff P (W) 9.0 8 1 1 1 5
Minnesota IP H R ER BB SO
Goltz D (L) 7.2 7 7 5 4 4
Shellenback J* 0.0 2 2 2 1 0
Johnson D 0.2 3 1 1 0 0
Holly J 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
* Pitched to 3 batters in 8th
E -- Ford D 2
DP -- Minnesota 2
LOB -- Kansas City 6, Minnesota 7
2B -- Smalley R 2, Randall B, Kusick C
SB -- Cowens A, Carew R
T -- 2:34
A -- 23601
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