Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
April 9, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 9, 1977 at Tiger Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 16, Detroit Tigers 2

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Brett 3b 4 1 1 3
  Rojas 3b 1 0 0 0
McRae dh 4 2 3 1
Mayberry 1b 6 0 0 0
Otis cf 2 4 1 1
  Zdeb cf 1 0 0 0
Porter c 4 3 2 1
  Wathan c 1 0 0 0
Cowens rf 6 2 3 4
LaCock lf 4 1 1 2
Patek ss 3 1 2 2
  Heise ss 1 0 1 0
White 2b 5 2 2 2
Hassler p 0 0 0 0
  Leonard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 16 16 16
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 1 1
Fuentes 2b 4 0 1 0
Kemp lf 5 0 1 0
Staub dh 3 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 1 0
Oglivie rf 4 0 1 0
May c 4 0 1 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 1 1 0
Veryzer ss 3 0 1 0
  Mankowski ph 1 0 0 0
Bare p 0 0 0 0
  Crawford p 0 0 0 0
  Grilli p 0 0 0 0
  Sykes p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 2 8 1
Kansas City 019 240 00016162
Detroit 000 000 200281
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hassler  W (1-0) 6.0 7 0 0 1 2
  Leonard  SV (1) 3.0 1 2 1 3 4
Totals
9.0
8
2
1
4
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Bare  L (0-1) 2.0 5 5 5 1 1
  Crawford   0.2 1 5 0 4 1
  Grilli   1.2 8 6 6 1 1
  Sykes   4.2 2 0 0 2 1
Totals
9.0
16
16
11
8
4

  E–Rojas (1), White (1), Fuentes (1).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Kansas City Porter (1,off Grilli); Cowens (2,off Grilli); Patek (1,off Sykes), Detroit LeFlore (1,off Leonard).  3B–Kansas City White (1,off Crawford).  HR–Kansas City Brett (1,3rd inning off Bare 2 on, 0 out); Otis (2,4th inning off Grilli 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Patek (1,off Crawford).  SB–Otis (1,2nd base off Bare/May).  WP–Hassler (1).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Terry Cooney, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–3:00.  A–9,240.
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