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Royals
@ Rangers
Arlington Stadium
July 5, 1977
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Kansas City Royals, played on July 5, 1977 at Arlington Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 5, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Texas Rangers
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 5, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Tue |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Texas Rangers |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Doug Bird |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bert Blyleven |
| Ballpark | Arlington Stadium |
| City | Arlington |
| State | TX |
| Attendance | 11,036 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 30 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: George Maloney 1B: Terry Cooney 2B: Greg Kosc 3B: Russ Goetz |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tom Poquette | Right Fielder |
| Hal McRae | Left Fielder |
| Pete LaCock | First Baseman |
| John Mayberry | DH |
| Al Cowens | Center Fielder |
| John Wathan | Catcher |
| Cookie Rojas | Third Baseman |
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Herzog | Manager |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bert Campaneris | Shortstop |
| Claudell Washington | Left Fielder |
| Mike Hargrove | First Baseman |
| Willie Horton | DH |
| Dave May | Right Fielder |
| Juan Beniquez | Center Fielder |
| Toby Harrah | Third Baseman |
| Bump Wills | Second Baseman |
| Jim Sundberg | Catcher |
| Billy Hunter | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Rangers
Arlington Stadium
July 5, 1977
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Blyleven
Poquette hits a fly ball into left field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Blyleven
McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
LaCock vs. Blyleven
Blyleven fires to first and picks off McRae. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaCock vs. Blyleven
LaCock hits a fly ball into left field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Bird
Campaneris takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Washington vs. Bird
There goes Campaneris. The throw from Wathan and he is safe. Campaneris steals second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Washington vs. Bird
Washington hits a popup, foul, towards first. LaCock settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hargrove vs. Bird
Hargrove hits a fly ball into center field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Horton vs. Bird
Horton strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Blyleven
Mayberry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cowens vs. Blyleven
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris misplays the ball. That's an error on Campaneris. Mayberry moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wathan vs. Blyleven
Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Rojas vs. Blyleven
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Bird
May hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Beniquez vs. Bird
There goes May. The throw from Wathan and he is out, White applying the tag. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. Bird
Beniquez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harrah vs. Bird
Harrah hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wills vs. Bird
There goes Beniquez. The throw from Wathan and he is out, Patek applying the tag. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Blyleven
Patek strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Blyleven
White hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Blyleven
Poquette hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Blyleven
McRae strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Bird
Wills hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Cowens, who is chasing the ball. Wills reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Sundberg vs. Bird
Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bird fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Campaneris vs. Bird
Campaneris hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Poquette who is chasing the ball. Campaneris reaches third base with a triple. Wills scores. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Washington vs. Bird
Washington hits a popup into right field for a base hit. Campaneris scores. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hargrove vs. Bird
Hargrove hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Horton vs. Bird
Horton hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 1 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaCock vs. Blyleven
LaCock hits a popup towards short. Campaneris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Blyleven
Mayberry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 1 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cowens vs. Blyleven
Cowens hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. Blyleven
Wathan hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Wills reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Blyleven
Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 3 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Bird
May 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 -
Royals, 3 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. Bird
Beniquez hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Bird
Harrah hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 3 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Blyleven
Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Blyleven
White bunts towards first. Hargrove scoops it up and throws to first, with Wills covering, for the out. Patek moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Poquette vs. Blyleven
Poquette hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Patek scores. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Blyleven
McRae hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaCock vs. Blyleven
LaCock strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Blyleven
Mayberry hits a popup towards short. Campaneris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 6 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Bird
Wills strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, 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 -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Campaneris vs. Bird
Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rojas fields the ball and throws to get the runner, and throws the ball away. LaCock picks up the ball and throws it to Rojas who tags the runner out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Washington vs. Bird
Washington hits a line drive into left field. That will be extra bases. McRae fumbles the ball. That's a double and an error on McRae. Campaneris goes all the way around to score. That run is unearned. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Hargrove vs. Gura
Larry Gura now pitching.
Hargrove takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Horton vs. Gura
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rojas fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 6 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Briles
Nelson Briles now pitching.
Cowens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wathan vs. Briles
Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Briles fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Briles
Rojas is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Briles
Patek hits a fly ball into right field. May settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 6 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
May vs. Gura
May hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gura fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. Gura
Beniquez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harrah vs. Gura
Harrah hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Beniquez moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wills vs. Gura
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it and throws to second for the out. Beniquez moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Sundberg vs. Gura
Sundberg hits a ball on the ground towards second base. White fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 6 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Briles
White strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Briles
Poquette hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Wills settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Briles
McRae takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
LaCock vs. Briles
Joe Zdeb pinch runs for Hal McRae.
There goes Zdeb. The throw from Sundberg and he is out, Wills applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 6 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Gura
Joe Zdeb now playing left field.
Campaneris hits a line drive into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Gura
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Hargrove vs. Gura
Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaCock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Hargrove for the out. Washington moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Horton vs. Gura
Horton hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Washington scores. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
May vs. Gura
May hits a popup in front of the plate. Wathan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 6 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaCock vs. Lindblad
Paul Lindblad now pitching.
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 -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Lindblad
Mayberry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cowens vs. Lindblad
Dave Nelson pinch runs for John Mayberry.
Cowens hits a line drive towards third. Harrah catches it and throws to first to double up Nelson. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 6 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. Littell
Mark Littell now pitching.
Beniquez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Harrah vs. Littell
There goes Beniquez. The throw from Wathan and he is safe. Beniquez steals second. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Harrah vs. Littell
Harrah hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wills vs. Littell
Wills strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sundberg vs. Littell
Sundberg 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, 6 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. Lindblad
Wathan strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
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 -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Lindblad
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
Bottom 9
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Royals, 6 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Littell
Darrell Porter now catching. Bob Heise now playing third base.
Campaneris hits a line drive into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Littell
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaCock scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Washington for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Rangers, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Ellis vs. Littell
John Ellis pinch hits for Mike Hargrove.
Ellis hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/5/1977 -- Kansas City at Texas (N)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Texas AB R H RBI
Poquette T, rf 4 1 1 1 Campaneris B, ss 4 2 1 1
McRae H, lf 3 1 2 2 Washington C, lf 5 1 3 1
Zdeb J, pr-lf 0 0 0 0 Hargrove M, 1b 3 0 0 0
LaCock P, 1b 4 0 0 0 Ellis J, ph 1 0 0 0
Mayberry J, dh 2 1 1 0 Horton W, dh 4 0 1 1
Nelson D, pr 0 0 0 0 May D, rf 4 0 1 0
Cowens A, cf 4 1 2 2 Beniquez J, cf 3 0 2 0
Wathan J, c 4 0 0 0 Harrah T, 3b 4 0 1 0
Porter D, c 0 0 0 0 Wills B, 2b 4 1 1 0
Rojas C, 3b 4 0 0 0 Sundberg J, c 4 0 1 0
Heise B, 3b 0 0 0 0
Patek F, ss 4 1 1 0
White F, 2b 2 1 1 1
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
31 6 8 6 36 4 11 3
Kansas City 001 230 000 -- 6
Texas 002 010 100 -- 4
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Bird D 4.2 7 3 2 1 2
Gura L (W) 2.1 3 1 1 2 0
Littell M (S) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven B (L) 5.0 6 6 6 2 3
Briles N 2.0 1 0 0 1 2
Lindblad P 2.0 1 0 0 0 1
E -- Campaneris B, Rojas C, McRae H
DP -- Texas 2
LOB -- Kansas City 2, Texas 8
2B -- Sundberg J, Washington C
3B -- Wills B, Campaneris B
HR -- White F, Cowens A, McRae H
SB -- Campaneris B, Beniquez J
CS -- Beniquez J, Zdeb J
SH -- White F
T -- 2:30
A -- 11036
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