Royals @ Indians
August 17, 1977

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Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 5 5 0
Indians 3 11 2
Bottom 9 R H E
Royals 5 5 0
Indians 3 11 2

Rico Carty Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .250 .268
OBP .250 .351
At Bats 4 313
Hits 1 84
• Singles 1 59
• Doubles 0 16
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 9
Walks 0 40
RBI’s 0 47

Doug Bird Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
8 4 4
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Cleveland Municipal Stadium - August 17, 1977
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Out
Doug Bird
Darrell Porter
John Mayberry
Frank White
Cookie Rojas
Freddie Patek
Joe Zdeb
Amos Otis
Al Cowens
Rico Carty
John Lowenstein
Duane Kuiper

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 5 5 0 1
Cleveland Indians 3 11 2 11
Winning Pitcher Marty Pattin
Losing Pitcher Jim Bibby
Save Doug Bird
Game Winning RBI Hal McRae
Attendance 5,921
Time of Game 2 hours 30 minutes
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Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

End of Game

Carty hits a fly ball into left field. Zdeb settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Thornton hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Doug Bird now pitching. John Lowenstein pinch hits for Paul Dade. Lowenstein hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bird fields it and throws to second for the out. Kuiper moves to third.
Bottom 9 Bell takes first base on ball four. Kuiper moves to second.
Bottom 9 Al Cowens now playing right field. Joe Zdeb now playing left field. Kuiper takes first base on ball four.
Top 9 Porter hits a fly ball into right field. Dade settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Mayberry strikes out.
Top 9 Don Hood now pitching. Al Cowens pinch hits for Joe Lahoud. Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Blanks scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Blanks hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Fosse hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Amos Otis now playing center field. Norris hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 LaCock hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Norris throws the ball in to Blanks who tags LaCock trying to catch an extra base, for the out. McRae scores.
Top 8 There goes McRae. The throw from Fosse and he is safe. McRae steals second.
Top 8 McRae hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Otis scores.
Top 8 Amos Otis pinch runs for Tom Poquette. There goes Otis. The throw from Fosse and he throws it away. That's a stolen base and an error.
Top 8 Poquette hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Patek strikes out.
Bottom 7 Bochte hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Carty hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rojas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Thornton hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 7 Dade hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rojas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. Bochte settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Lahoud moves to second.
Top 7 Mayberry hits a fly ball into center field. Norris settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Jim Norris now playing center field. Larvell Blanks now playing shortstop. Paul Dade now playing right field. Lahoud hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kuiper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Larvell Blanks pinch hits for Frank Duffy. Blanks hits a fly ball into center field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Norris tags and scores.
Bottom 6 Fosse bunts towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Fosse for the out. Norris moves to third.
Bottom 6 Jim Norris pinch hits for Ron Pruitt. Norris hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of McRae. Norris reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards third. Bell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards first. Thornton scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Poquette for the out.
Bottom 5 Bochte hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Carty hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Thornton hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Dade strikes out.
Top 5 White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rojas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Marty Pattin now pitching. Bell hits a fly ball into center field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kuiper strikes out.
Bottom 4 Duffy hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fosse moves to second.
Bottom 4 Fosse hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Pruitt hits a line drive towards short. Patek reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Porter hits a popup, foul, towards third. Bell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Mayberry is called out on strikes.
Top 4 Lahoud is called out on strikes.
Bottom 3 Bochte 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.
Bottom 3 Carty hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Dade moves to third.
Bottom 3 Thornton hits a line drive towards third. Rojas reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Dade hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 3 LaCock hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Fosse fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 McRae hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Fosse fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Bell strikes out.
Bottom 2 Kuiper hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Splittorff covering, for the out. Bochte scores. Pruitt moves to third. Duffy moves to second.
Bottom 2 Duffy takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Fosse bunts towards the mound. Splittorff fields it and throws to first for the out. Bochte moves to third. Pruitt moves to second.
Bottom 2 Pruitt takes first base on ball four. Bochte moves to second.
Bottom 2 Bochte hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 White strikes out.
Top 2 Patek strikes out.
Top 2 Rojas strikes out.
Bottom 1 Carty hits a ball on the ground towards third. Rojas fields it and races to the third base bag for the out.
Bottom 1 Thornton hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kuiper moves to second.
Bottom 1 Dade hits a fly ball into right field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Bell hits a line drive into left field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Kuiper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Kuiper scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Mayberry hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run. Three runs are unearned.
Top 1 Lahoud takes first base on ball four. LaCock moves to second.
Top 1 LaCock hits a ball on the ground towards short. Duffy misplays the ball. That's an error on Duffy.
Top 1 There goes McRae. The throw from Fosse and he is out, Kuiper applying the tag.
Top 1 McRae is hit by the pitch.
Top 1 Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bibby fields it and throws to first for the out.