Red Sox @ Royals
August 21, 1977

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Red Sox 4 10 1
Royals 6 11 1
Top 9 R H E
Red Sox 4 10 1
Royals 6 11 1

Jim Rice Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .324
OBP .500 .382
At Bats 4 484
Hits 2 157
• Singles 1 92
• Doubles 1 22
• Triples 0 13
• Home Runs 0 30
Walks 0 40
RBI’s 1 80

Doug Bird Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 4 6
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Royals Stadium - August 21, 1977
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Strikeout
Doug Bird
Darrell Porter
John Mayberry
Frank White
George Brett
Bob Heise
Tom Poquette
Amos Otis
Al Cowens
Jim Rice
Fred Lynn

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Boston Red Sox 4 10 1 8
Kansas City Royals 6 11 1 8
Winning Pitcher Doug Bird
Losing Pitcher Bill Campbell
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI Joe Lahoud
Attendance 31,199
Time of Game 2 hours 41 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Rice strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it and throws to second for the out. Doyle scores.
Top 9 Burleson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Doyle moves to third.
Top 9 Doyle hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Bob Heise now playing shortstop. Evans strikes out.
Bottom 8 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott fields the ball and throws to Campbell covering. Safe. Porter scores. Otis scores. Lahoud moves to second.
Bottom 8 White hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Joe Lahoud pinch hits for Freddie Patek. Lahoud takes first base on ball four. Cowens scores. Porter moves to third. Otis moves to second.
Bottom 8 Otis takes first base on ball four. Porter moves to second.
Bottom 8 Porter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cowens moves to third.
Bottom 8 Mayberry hits a line drive into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Denny Doyle now playing second base. Cowens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 8 Hobson strikes out.
Top 8 Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Doug Bird now pitching. Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Brett hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Bill Campbell now pitching. McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 7 Poquette takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 7 White hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Fisk fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Larry Gura now pitching. Yastrzemski hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Gura fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Marty Pattin now pitching. Rice hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Lynn hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Burleson moves to second.
Top 7 Burleson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 7 Dillard hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Patek hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Dillard settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Otis takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Porter hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Mayberry hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Evans hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Hobson hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Scott hits a line drive into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Cowens hits a popup towards first. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Brett hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans who is chasing the ball. Brett reaches third base with a triple. Poquette scores.
Bottom 5 McRae is called out on strikes.
Bottom 5 Poquette hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Poquette reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 5 White hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Rice hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Burleson scores.
Top 5 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Splittorff covering, for the out. Dillard scores. Burleson moves to third.
Top 5 Burleson hits a line drive into right field. Cowens picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cowens. Dillard moves to third. Burleson moves to second.
Top 5 Dillard hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Poquette. Dillard reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Evans hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 4 Patek hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 There goes Otis. The throw from Fisk and he is out, Dillard applying the tag.
Bottom 4 Otis hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Porter strikes out.
Top 4 Hobson hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Scott hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Fisk hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Mayberry hits a line drive into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Cowens hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. White tags and scores. Poquette tags and moves to third. Brett tags and moves to second.
Bottom 3 Brett is walked intentionally.
Bottom 3 McRae hits a popup, foul, towards first. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Poquette hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Poquette reaches second base with a double. White moves to third.
Bottom 3 White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Yastrzemski hits a popup towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Rice hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Poquette. Rice reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Lynn hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Burleson takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Patek hits a line drive towards short. Burleson catches it and throws to third to double up Porter.
Bottom 2 Otis hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Evans. Otis reaches second base with a double. Mayberry scores. Porter moves to third. That run is unearned.
Bottom 2 Porter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Mayberry moves to second.
Bottom 2 Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Dillard misplays the ball. That's an error on Dillard.
Bottom 2 Cowens hits a fly ball into center field. Lynn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Dillard hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Evans hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Hobson hits a popup, foul, towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fisk moves to second.
Top 2 Fisk takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes McRae. The throw from Fisk and he is out, Dillard applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Brett hits a fly ball into left field. Yastrzemski settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 McRae hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Poquette hits a fly ball into right field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Yastrzemski hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Rice strikes out.
Top 1 The ball gets by Porter for a passed ball. Lynn moves to second.
Top 1 Lynn takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Burleson for the out.