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Athletics
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
July 10, 1977
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Oakland Athletics, played on July 10, 1977 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 10, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 10, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Doc Medich |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Paul Splittorff |
| Ballpark | Royals Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 21,677 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 29 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Steve Palermo 1B: Joe Brinkman 2B: Rich Garcia 3B: Nestor Chylak |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rodney Scott | Shortstop |
| Marty Perez | Second Baseman |
| Manny Sanguillen | Right Fielder |
| Wayne Gross | Third Baseman |
| Rich McKinney | First Baseman |
| Tim Hosley | DH |
| Tony Armas | Center Fielder |
| Jim Tyrone | Left Fielder |
| Jeff Newman | Catcher |
| Bobby Winkles | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Brett | Third Baseman |
| Hal McRae | Left Fielder |
| Al Cowens | Right Fielder |
| John Mayberry | First Baseman |
| Pete LaCock | DH |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| Darrell Porter | Catcher |
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Herzog | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
July 10, 1977
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Splittorff
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek misplays the ball. That's an error on Patek. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Splittorff
Perez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Scott moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sanguillen vs. Splittorff
Sanguillen bunts towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sanguillen for the out. Scott moves to third. Perez moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Gross vs. Splittorff
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first, with Splittorff covering, for the out. Scott scores. That run is unearned. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McKinney vs. Splittorff
McKinney 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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Athletics, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Medich
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Medich
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Medich
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Medich fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hosley vs. Splittorff
Hosley hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Splittorff
Armas hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyrone vs. Splittorff
Tyrone hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Newman vs. Splittorff
Newman hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Medich
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. McKinney scoops it up and throws to first, with Medich covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaCock vs. Medich
LaCock hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Medich
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Splittorff
Scott hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Otis, who is chasing the ball. Scott reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Athletics, 1 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Perez vs. Splittorff
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on Brett. Scott scores. That run is unearned. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanguillen vs. Splittorff
Sanguillen hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Splittorff
Gross hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McKinney vs. Splittorff
McKinney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Medich
Porter hits a fly ball into right field. Sanguillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Medich
Patek hits a line drive into right field. Sanguillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Medich
White hits a popup, foul, towards first. McKinney settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hosley vs. Splittorff
Hosley hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Splittorff
Armas hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyrone vs. Splittorff
Tyrone hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Porter settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Medich
Brett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Medich
McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Brett moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cowens vs. Medich
Cowens hits a fly ball into right field. Sanguillen settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brett tags and scores. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Medich
Mayberry hits a fly ball into left field. Tyrone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
LaCock vs. Medich
Newman fires to first and picks off McRae. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Splittorff
Newman hits a line drive into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Splittorff
Scott takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 2 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Perez vs. Splittorff
Perez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McRae. Perez reaches second base with a double. Scott goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Sanguillen vs. Splittorff
Sanguillen hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gross vs. Splittorff
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Splittorff covering, for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaCock vs. Medich
LaCock hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Medich
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Medich
Porter takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Medich
Patek hits a fly ball into left field. Tyrone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McKinney vs. Splittorff
McKinney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hosley vs. Splittorff
Hosley hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Splittorff
Armas strikes out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Medich
White strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Medich
Brett hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Medich
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Perez scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyrone vs. Splittorff
Tyrone hits a line drive into left field. McRae picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on McRae. Tyrone moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Newman vs. Splittorff
Newman bunts towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. Tyrone moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Scott vs. Splittorff
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Perez vs. Bird
Doug Bird now pitching.
Perez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Medich
Cowens hits a fly ball into left field. Tyrone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Medich
Mayberry hits a line drive into left field. Tyrone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaCock vs. Medich
LaCock hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Giusti
Dave Giusti now pitching.
Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanguillen vs. Bird
Sanguillen hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Bird
Gross takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McKinney vs. Bird
McKinney hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Crawford vs. Bird
Willie Crawford pinch hits for Tim Hosley.
Crawford hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Giusti
Larry Murray now playing right field.
Porter hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Giusti
Patek hits a fly ball into left field. Tyrone settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Giusti
Tom Poquette pinch hits for Frank White.
Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Scott scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Bird
Bob Heise now playing second base.
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Tyrone vs. Bird
Tyrone hits a line drive towards third. Brett reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Newman vs. Bird
Newman hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Bird
Scott hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Giusti
Brett takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Giusti
McRae hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Tyrone. McRae reaches second base with a double. Brett goes all the way around to score. McRae moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cowens vs. Giusti
Cowens takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Mayberry vs. Lacey
Bob Lacey now pitching.
Mayberry strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Wathan vs. Lacey
John Wathan pinch hits for Pete LaCock.
Wathan hits a fly ball into right field. Murray settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McRae tags and scores. Cowens tags and moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Otis vs. Lacey
Otis is walked intentionally. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rojas vs. Lacey
Cookie Rojas pinch hits for Darrell Porter.
Rojas hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cowens scores. Otis moves to second. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/10/1977 -- Oakland at Kansas City (D)
Oakland AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Scott R, ss 4 3 1 0 Brett G, 3b 3 2 1 0
Perez M, 2b 4 0 2 1 McRae H, lf 4 1 2 1
Sanguillen M, rf 3 0 1 0 Cowens A, rf 2 1 0 1
Murray L, rf 0 0 0 0 Mayberry J, 1b 4 0 0 0
Gross W, 3b 3 0 0 1 LaCock P, dh 3 1 2 1
McKinney R, 1b 4 0 0 0 Wathan J, ph 0 0 0 1
Hosley T, dh 3 0 0 0 Otis A, cf 3 0 0 0
Crawford W, ph 1 0 0 0 Porter D, c 2 0 0 0
Armas T, cf 4 0 0 0 Rojas C, ph 1 0 1 1
Tyrone J, lf 4 0 2 0 Patek F, ss 3 0 0 0
Newman J, c 3 1 1 1 White F, 2b 2 0 0 0
Poquette T, ph 1 0 0 0
Heise B, 2b 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 4 7 3 28 5 6 5
Oakland 101 010 001 -- 4
Kansas City 000 100 103 -- 5
2 outs when winning run was scored.
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Medich D 6.2 4 2 2 1 1
Giusti D (L)* 1.1 1 3 3 2 0
Lacey B 0.2 1 0 0 1 1
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff P 6.2 6 3 1 1 1
Bird D (W) 2.1 1 1 1 1 0
* Pitched to 3 batters in 9th
E -- Patek F, Brett G, McRae H
DP -- Oakland 1
LOB -- Oakland 6, Kansas City 3
2B -- Perez M, McRae H
3B -- Scott R
HR -- LaCock P, Newman J
SH -- Sanguillen M, Newman J
SF -- Cowens A, Wathan J
T -- 2:29
A -- 21677
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