Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
September 28, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 28, 1977 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Oakland Athletics defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Kansas City Royals 5, Oakland Athletics 6

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Zdeb rf,lf 5 1 3 0
McRae lf 2 1 1 0
  Wilson cf 3 0 0 0
Brett dh 5 1 2 1
Cowens cf,rf 3 0 0 1
  Hurdle rf 2 1 1 0
Wathan 1b 4 1 2 1
  Mayberry 1b 0 0 0 0
Rojas 3b 5 0 1 1
Porter c 4 0 2 1
Patek ss 4 0 1 0
White 2b 4 0 0 0
Littell p 0 0 0 0
  Lance p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 13 5
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Scott 2b,ss 3 2 1 0
Picciolo ss 4 1 2 0
  Gross ph 0 0 0 0
  Lintz pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Page lf 4 1 0 0
Jorgensen 1b 4 0 2 2
  Murray pr 0 1 0 0
Tyrone rf 4 0 0 0
Sanguillen dh 4 0 3 2
  Alexander pr,dh 0 0 0 0
  Tabb ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Perez 3b 5 1 1 1
Armas cf 4 0 1 1
Newman c 4 0 0 0
Blue p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 10 6
Kansas City 400 000 010 05131
Oakland 100 000 130 16100
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Littell   7.2 8 5 5 2 9
  Lance  L (0-1) 2.0 2 1 1 2 0
Totals
9.2
10
6
6
4
9
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Blue   9.0 12 5 5 0 4
  Lacey  W (6-8) 1.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
10.0
13
5
5
1
5

  E–Zdeb (3).  2B–Kansas City Wathan (5,off Blue); Rojas (8,off Lacey), Oakland Jorgensen (4,off Littell); Armas (8,off Littell).  SH–Tyrone (5,off Lance).  SF–Jorgensen (4,off Littell).  SB–Scott 3 (32,2nd base off Littell/Porter 2,2nd base off Lance/Porter); Alexander (26,2nd base off Lance/Porter).  WP–Littell (6).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:24.  A–3,056.
Baseball Almanac Box Score


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