Texas Rangers vs Kansas City Royals
May 14, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 14, 1977 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Texas Rangers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Texas Rangers 0, Kansas City Royals 6

Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Washington lf 4 0 0 0
Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 3 0 0 0
Horton dh 3 0 0 0
Grieve rf 3 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 2 0 0 0
Wills 2b 3 0 0 0
Sundberg c 1 0 0 0
  Fahey ph 1 0 0 0
Beniquez cf 2 0 0 0
  May ph 1 0 0 0
Boggs p 0 0 0 0
  Marshall p 0 0 0 0
Totals 26 0 0 0
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Nelson dh 4 1 0 0
Poquette rf 4 1 2 1
McRae lf 2 0 1 1
  Zdeb pr,lf 0 0 0 0
Cowens cf 4 0 2 0
LaCock 1b 4 1 2 0
Porter c 4 1 2 1
Rojas 3b 4 1 1 0
Patek ss 4 1 2 2
White 2b 3 0 0 1
Colborn p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 12 6
Texas 000 000 000000
Kansas City 002 002 02x6120
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Boggs  L (0-3) 5.1 9 4 4 2 3
  Marshall   2.2 3 2 2 1 0
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
3
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Colborn  W (5-3) 9.0 0 0 0 1 6
Totals
9.0
0
0
0
1
6

  E–None.  DP–Texas 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–Kansas City LaCock 2 (5,off Boggs 2); Rojas (5,off Boggs); Porter (7,off Marshall).  3B–Kansas City Poquette (2,off Boggs); Porter (2,off Boggs); Patek (3,off Marshall).  HBP–Harrah (1,by Colborn).  SH–White (3,off Marshall).  SB–Harrah (3,2nd base off Colborn/Porter); Rojas (1,2nd base off Marshall/Sundberg).  CS–Patek (2,2nd base by Marshall/Sundberg).  HBP–Colborn (6,Harrah).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–2:10.  A–29,978.
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