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Mariners
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
September 17, 1977
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Seattle Mariners, played on September 17, 1977 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
Date | September 17, 1977 |
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Visiting Team |
Seattle Mariners
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Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
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Winning Pitcher | — |
Losing Pitcher | — |
Save | — |
Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
Date | September 17, 1977 |
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Day of Week | Sat |
Day / Night | N |
Visiting Team | Seattle Mariners |
Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
Visiting Starting Pitcher | Paul Mitchell |
Home Starting Pitcher | Mark Littell |
Ballpark | Royals Stadium |
City | Kansas City |
State | MO |
Attendance | 27,067 |
Time of Game | 2 hours 40 minutes |
Umpires | HP: Rich Garcia 1B: Nestor Chylak 2B: Steve Palermo 3B: Joe Brinkman |
Seattle Mariners Lineup
Name | Position |
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Steve Braun | Left Fielder |
Julio Cruz | Second Baseman |
Ruppert Jones | Center Fielder |
Leroy Stanton | Right Fielder |
Dan Meyer | First Baseman |
Bill Stein | DH |
Juan Bernhardt | Third Baseman |
Jimmy Sexton | Shortstop |
Skip Jutze | Catcher |
Darrell Johnson | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
Name | Position |
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Tom Poquette | Left Fielder |
Hal McRae | DH |
George Brett | Third Baseman |
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 |
All Plays in Game (back to top)
Mariners
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
September 17, 1977
Top 1
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Mariners, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Littell
Braun takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cruz vs. Littell
Cruz hits a popup towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Littell
Jones strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Mariners, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Mitchell
Poquette hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jones who is chasing the ball. Poquette reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
McRae vs. Mitchell
McRae hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Jones. McRae reaches second base with a double. Poquette scores. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brett vs. Mitchell
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Meyer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brett for the out. McRae moves to third. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cowens vs. Mitchell
Cowens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. McRae scores. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Mitchell
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards shortstop. Sexton fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Porter vs. Mitchell
Porter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Mayberry moves to second. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Otis vs. Mitchell
Otis is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Mariners, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanton vs. Littell
Stanton hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyer vs. Littell
Meyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stein vs. Littell
Stein hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Stein for the out. Meyer moves to second. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bernhardt vs. Littell
Bernhardt hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Porter settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Mariners, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Mitchell
Patek strikes out. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Mitchell
White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Poquette vs. Mitchell
Poquette hits a fly ball into right field. Stanton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. White moves to second. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McRae vs. Mitchell
McRae takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brett vs. Mitchell
Brett hits a line drive into left field. Braun settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Mariners, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sexton vs. Littell
Sexton hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Littell fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jutze vs. Littell
Jutze hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Littell
Braun 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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Mariners, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Mitchell
Cowens hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. House
Tom House now pitching.
Mayberry hits a popup towards third. Bernhardt settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Porter vs. House
Porter strikes out. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Royals, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. House
Otis hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Stanton who is chasing the ball. Otis reaches third base with a triple. Cowens goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Patek vs. House
Patek hits a fly ball into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Mariners, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Littell
Cruz is called out on strikes. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jones vs. Littell
Jones strikes out. View Play -
Mariners, 0 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanton vs. Littell
Stanton hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Meyer vs. Littell
Meyer hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Mariners, 1 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stein vs. Littell
Stein hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Poquette. Stein reaches second base with a double. Meyer goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Mariners, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Bernhardt vs. Littell
Bernhardt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Mariners, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. House
White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mariners, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zdeb vs. House
Joe Zdeb pinch hits for Tom Poquette.
Zdeb hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. White moves to third. View Play -
Mariners, 2 - Royals, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McRae vs. House
McRae hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Braun. McRae reaches second base with a double. White scores. Zdeb moves to third. View Play -
Mariners, 2 - Royals, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Brett vs. House
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Sexton misplays the ball. That's an error on Sexton. Zdeb scores. McRae moves to third. View Play -
Mariners, 2 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Cowens vs. Segui
Craig Reynolds now playing shortstop. Diego Segui now pitching.
Cowens hits a ball on the ground for a double play. Brett moves to second. View Play -
Mariners, 2 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mayberry vs. Segui
Mayberry strikes out. View Play
Top 5
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Mariners, 2 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reynolds vs. Littell
Joe Zdeb now playing left field.
Reynolds takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mariners, 2 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jutze vs. Littell
Jutze hits a fly ball into left field. Zdeb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 2 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Braun vs. Littell
Braun hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Reynolds moves to second. View Play -
Mariners, 2 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cruz vs. Littell
Cruz hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Reynolds moves to third. Braun moves to second. View Play -
Mariners, 2 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Jones vs. Littell
Jones takes first base on ball four. Reynolds scores. Braun moves to third. Cruz moves to second. View Play -
Mariners, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Stanton vs. Throop
George Throop now pitching.
Stanton hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 3 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Meyer vs. Gura
Larry Gura now pitching.
Meyer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Braun scores. Cruz scores. Jones moves to third. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Stein vs. Gura
Stein is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 5
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Mariners, 5 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Segui
Porter hits a line drive into center field. Jones settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Segui
Otis hits a fly ball into right field. Stanton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Segui
Patek hits a fly ball into right field. Stanton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Mariners, 5 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bernhardt vs. Gura
Bernhardt hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Gura, and towards White, who fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Reynolds vs. Gura
Reynolds hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Gura covering, for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Jutze vs. Gura
Jutze hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Mariners, 5 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Segui
White strikes out. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zdeb vs. Segui
Zdeb hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Segui
There goes Zdeb. The throw from Jutze and he is safe. Zdeb steals second. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McRae vs. Segui
McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Stanton settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brett vs. Segui
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Segui fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Mariners, 5 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Braun vs. Gura
Braun hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Gura
Cruz takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Jones vs. Gura
There goes Cruz. The throw from Porter and he is safe. Cruz steals second. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Jones vs. Gura
Jones is called out on strikes. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Stanton vs. Gura
Stanton is walked intentionally. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Meyer vs. Gura
Meyer hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Mariners, 5 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Segui
Cowens hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Segui
There goes Cowens. The throw from Jutze and he is safe. Cowens steals second. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 5
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mayberry vs. Segui
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Cowens moves to third. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 5
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Porter vs. Segui
Porter is called out on strikes. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 5
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Otis vs. Segui
Otis hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Segui
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards short. Reynolds scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Mariners, 5 - Royals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stein vs. Gura
Stein hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Bernhardt vs. Gura
Bernhardt hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Baez vs. Gura
Jose Baez pinch hits for Craig Reynolds.
Baez hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Mariners, 5 - Royals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Segui
Tom McMillan now playing shortstop.
White hits a popup towards short. McMillan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 7
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zdeb vs. Segui
Zdeb hits a popup, foul, towards first. Meyer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Segui
McRae hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Honeycutt
Rick Honeycutt now pitching.
There's a wild pitch. McRae moves to second. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brett vs. Honeycutt
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Honeycutt fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Mariners, 5 - Royals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Collins vs. Gura
Dave Collins pinch hits for Skip Jutze.
Collins hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 7
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fosse vs. Gura
Ray Fosse pinch hits for Steve Braun.
Fosse hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play -
Mariners, 5 - Royals, 7
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cruz vs. Gura
Cruz is called out on strikes. View Play
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Box Score (back to top)
Game of 9/17/1977 -- Seattle at Kansas City (N) Seattle AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI Braun S, lf 3 1 1 0 Poquette T, lf 2 1 1 0 Fosse R, ph 1 0 0 0 Zdeb J, ph-lf 3 1 2 0 Cruz J, 2b 4 1 1 0 McRae H, dh 4 1 3 2 Jones R, cf 3 0 0 1 Brett G, 3b 5 0 0 1 Stanton L, rf 3 1 1 1 Cowens A, rf 4 2 3 1 Meyer D, 1b 4 1 3 2 Mayberry J, 1b 4 0 0 0 Stein B, dh 4 0 2 1 Porter D, c 4 0 1 0 Bernhardt J, 3b 4 0 0 0 Otis A, cf 4 1 2 3 Sexton J, ss 1 0 0 0 Patek F, ss 4 0 0 0 Reynolds C, ss 1 1 0 0 White F, 2b 4 1 2 0 Baez J, ph 1 0 0 0 McMillan T, ss 0 0 0 0 Jutze S, c 3 0 0 0 Collins D, ph 1 0 1 0 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 33 5 9 5 38 7 14 7 Seattle 000 230 000 -- 5 Kansas City 201 200 20x -- 7 Seattle IP H R ER BB SO Mitchell P* 2.0 6 3 3 1 2 House T+ 1.0 4 2 2 0 1 Segui D (L) 4.2 4 2 2 0 3 Honeycutt R 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO Littell M 4.1 6 5 5 3 3 Throop G 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 Gura L (W) 4.1 3 0 0 2 3 * Pitched to 1 batter in 3rd + Pitched to 4 batters in 4th E -- Sexton J DP -- Seattle 1, Kansas City 2 LOB -- Seattle 6, Kansas City 8 2B -- McRae H 2, Stein B 3B -- Poquette T, Otis A HR -- Stanton L, Otis A SB -- Zdeb J, Cruz J, Cowens A WP -- Honeycutt R T -- 2:40 A -- 27067
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