Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
June 4, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 4, 1977 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Baltimore Orioles and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Baltimore Orioles 13, Kansas City Royals 14

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 6 2 3 1
Belanger ss 5 3 3 1
  Shopay ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Singleton rf 3 1 1 2
  Garcia ss 0 0 0 0
May L. 1b 5 1 3 5
Murray dh 6 0 2 0
Mora lf 4 0 0 0
  Kelly ph,lf,rf 2 0 1 0
Robinson 3b 5 1 0 0
Dauer 2b 3 1 1 0
  Smith ph,2b 2 1 1 2
Skaggs c 3 2 2 1
  Muser ph 1 0 0 0
  Dempsey c 0 1 0 0
May R. p 0 0 0 0
  Miller p 0 0 0 0
  Chevez p 0 0 0 0
  Flanagan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 46 13 17 12
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Nelson 2b 3 1 0 0
  Heise ss 1 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 2 3 2
Otis cf 6 2 2 1
Cowens rf 5 4 2 3
McRae dh 5 1 3 3
Wathan 1b 1 0 1 0
  Mayberry ph,1b 4 1 1 3
Zdeb lf 5 0 1 1
White ss,2b 4 2 1 0
Martinez c 3 1 1 1
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
  Gura p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 14 15 14
Baltimore 132 003 202 013171
Kansas City 370 010 110 114151
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
May   1.1 5 6 6 2 0
  Miller   0.0 2 3 3 1 0
  Chevez   4.2 3 3 3 4 5
  Flanagan  L (1-5) 3.1 5 2 1 2 1
Totals
9.1
15
14
13
9
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff   2.2 9 6 5 1 2
  Pattin   2.2 4 3 3 0 1
  Littell   3.2 4 4 3 3 3
  Gura  W (3-1) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
17
13
11
4
6

  E–Belanger (5), Splittorff (2).  PB–Martinez (1).  2B–Baltimore L May (6,off Splittorff); Bumbry (11,off Littell), Kansas City McRae 2 (17,off Flanagan 2).  3B–Baltimore Belanger (3,off Splittorff); Skaggs (1,off Splittorff).  HR–Baltimore L May (8,6th inning off Pattin 2 on, 1 out); Smith (2,7th inning off Littell 1 on, 0 out), Kansas City Cowens (9,1st inning off R May 2 on, 1 out); Mayberry (8,2nd inning off Chevez 2 on, 1 out); Martinez (1,5th inning off Chevez 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Singleton 2 (3,off Splittorff,off Littell); Zdeb (2,off Flanagan).  SH–Martinez (1,off Flanagan).  IBB–Cowens (1,by D Miller); Mayberry (4,by Flanagan).  SB–Kelly (8,2nd base off Littell/Martinez); Brett 2 (5,3rd base off R May/Skaggs,2nd base off Chevez/Skaggs); Wathan (1,2nd base off R May/Skaggs); Otis (7,2nd base off D Miller/Skaggs); Nelson (1,2nd base off Chevez/Skaggs).  CS–Brett (4,2nd base by Flanagan/Dempsey).  IBB–D Miller (1,Cowens); Flanagan (2,Mayberry).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Lou DiMuro.  T–3:36.  A–36,931.
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