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Rangers
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
April 27, 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 April 27, 1977 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | April 27, 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 | April 27, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | N |
| Visiting Team | Texas Rangers |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Bert Blyleven |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Dennis Leonard |
| Ballpark | Royals Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 16,822 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 41 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Ron Luciano 1B: Ken Kaiser 2B: Bill Haller 3B: Bill Kunkel |
Texas Rangers Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Bump Wills | Second Baseman |
| Bert Campaneris | Shortstop |
| Claudell Washington | Left Fielder |
| Willie Horton | DH |
| Mike Hargrove | First Baseman |
| Toby Harrah | Third Baseman |
| Ken Henderson | Right Fielder |
| Jim Sundberg | Catcher |
| Juan Beniquez | Center Fielder |
| Frank Lucchesi | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Brett | Third Baseman |
| Hal McRae | DH |
| Tom Poquette | Left Fielder |
| John Mayberry | First Baseman |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| Darrell Porter | Catcher |
| Al Cowens | Right Fielder |
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Herzog | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Rangers
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
April 27, 1977
Top 1
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Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Leonard
Wills hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Leonard
Campaneris hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Washington vs. Leonard
Leonard fires to first and picks off Campaneris. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Leonard
Washington 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, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Blyleven
Brett strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Blyleven
McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Poquette vs. Blyleven
Poquette hits a popup towards short. Campaneris settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Blyleven
Mayberry strikes out. View Play
Top 2
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Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Leonard
Horton hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Leonard
Hargrove hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Leonard
Harrah takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Leonard
There goes Harrah. The throw from Porter and he is out, Patek applying the tag. View Play
Bottom 2
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Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Blyleven
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Blyleven
Porter takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cowens vs. Blyleven
Cowens hits a line drive towards short. Campaneris reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Blyleven
Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Henderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Henderson vs. Leonard
Henderson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sundberg vs. Leonard
Sundberg is hit by the pitch. Henderson moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Beniquez vs. Leonard
Porter fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Porter. Henderson moves to third. Sundberg moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Beniquez vs. Leonard
Beniquez hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Leonard
Wills hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. Wills reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Campaneris vs. Leonard
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, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Washington vs. Leonard
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Horton vs. Leonard
Horton hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Blyleven
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Blyleven
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hargrove scoops it up and throws to first, with Blyleven covering, for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Blyleven
McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Poquette vs. Blyleven
Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Campaneris fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Leonard
Hargrove 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, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Leonard
Harrah hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Leonard
Henderson hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sundberg vs. Leonard
Sundberg is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 4
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Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Blyleven
Mayberry strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Blyleven
Otis hits a line drive towards short. Campaneris reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Blyleven
Porter hits a fly ball into left field. Washington settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Beniquez vs. Leonard
Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wills vs. Leonard
Wills strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Campaneris vs. Leonard
Campaneris hits a line drive towards short. Patek reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Blyleven
Cowens hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Blyleven
Patek hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Blyleven
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Blyleven
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. White moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McRae vs. Blyleven
There's a wild pitch. White moves to third. Brett moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
McRae vs. Blyleven
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Campaneris scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Leonard
Washington strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Leonard
Horton hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Leonard
Hargrove hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Leonard covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Blyleven
Poquette hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Blyleven
Mayberry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Poquette moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Otis vs. Blyleven
There's a wild pitch. Poquette moves to third. Mayberry moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Otis vs. Blyleven
Otis strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Porter vs. Blyleven
Porter strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Cowens vs. Blyleven
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Blyleven fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Leonard
Harrah hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Leonard
Henderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Harrah moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Sundberg vs. Leonard
Sundberg hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Harrah scores. Henderson moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Beniquez vs. Littell
Mark Littell now pitching.
Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to home to get Henderson. Sundberg moves to second. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Wills vs. Littell
Wills strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Campaneris vs. Littell
Campaneris strikes out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Blyleven
Patek hits a popup towards first. Hargrove settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Blyleven
White 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: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Blyleven
Brett hits a fly ball into center field. Beniquez settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Washington vs. Gura
Larry Gura now pitching.
Washington hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Horton vs. Gura
Horton strikes out. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hargrove vs. Gura
Hargrove hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Blyleven
McRae 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: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Blyleven
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, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Blyleven
Mayberry hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Blyleven
Otis is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 9
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Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Harrah vs. Pattin
Marty Pattin now pitching.
Harrah takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Henderson vs. Pattin
Henderson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Harrah moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 4 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Sundberg vs. Pattin
Sundberg hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Harrah tags and scores. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Beniquez vs. Pattin
There's a wild pitch. Henderson moves to second. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Beniquez vs. Pattin
Beniquez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Henderson moves to third. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Wills vs. Pattin
Wills 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 9
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Rangers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Blyleven
Porter is hit by the pitch. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cowens vs. Blyleven
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Harrah fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Blyleven
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Wills fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
LaCock vs. Blyleven
Pete LaCock pinch hits for Frank White.
There goes Patek. The throw from Sundberg and he is safe. Patek steals second. View Play -
Rangers, 5 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
LaCock vs. Blyleven
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
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Box Score
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Game of 4/27/1977 -- Texas at Kansas City (N)
Texas AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Wills B, 2b 5 0 1 0 Brett G, 3b 4 0 1 0
Campaneris B, ss 4 0 1 0 McRae H, dh 4 0 2 0
Washington C, lf 4 0 0 0 Poquette T, lf 4 0 1 0
Horton W, dh 4 0 0 0 Mayberry J, 1b 4 0 2 0
Hargrove M, 1b 4 0 0 0 Otis A, cf 4 0 0 0
Harrah T, 3b 2 2 2 0 Porter D, c 2 0 0 0
Henderson K, rf 3 1 2 0 Cowens A, rf 4 0 0 0
Sundberg J, c 2 1 1 2 Patek F, ss 4 0 1 0
Beniquez J, cf 4 1 1 3 White F, 2b 3 0 0 0
LaCock P, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
32 5 8 5 34 0 7 0
Texas 003 000 101 -- 5
Kansas City 000 000 000 -- 0
Texas IP H R ER BB SO
Blyleven B (W) 9.0 7 0 0 1 6
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard D (L)* 6.0 7 4 4 2 3
Littell M 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Gura L 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Pattin M 1.0 1 1 1 1 0
* Pitched to 3 batters in 7th
E -- Porter D
LOB -- Texas 5, Kansas City 9
2B -- Wills B
HR -- Beniquez J
SB -- Patek F
CS -- Harrah T
SF -- Sundberg J
HBP -- by Leonard D (Sundberg J), by Blyleven B (Porter D)
WP -- Blyleven B 2, Pattin M
T -- 2:41
A -- 16822
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