Baltimore Orioles vs Kansas City Royals
June 5, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 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 3, Kansas City Royals 4

Baltimore Orioles ab   r   h rbi
Bumbry cf 5 0 1 1
Belanger ss 4 0 0 0
Singleton rf 2 1 1 0
May 1b 4 0 1 1
Murray dh 4 0 1 0
Mora lf 3 1 1 0
  Shopay ph,lf 1 0 0 0
Dempsey c 4 0 0 0
Robinson 3b 2 0 0 0
  Muser ph 1 0 0 0
  DeCinces 3b 0 0 0 0
Dauer 2b 3 1 2 1
  Smith ph 1 0 0 0
Palmer p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 7 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Poquette rf,lf 2 1 0 0
McRae lf 3 1 0 0
  Otis cf 0 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 0 2 1
Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0
Cowens cf,rf 3 1 0 1
LaCock dh 3 1 2 2
Porter c 4 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 1 0
Heise ss 3 0 0 0
Hassler p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
  Gura p 0 0 0 0
Totals 28 4 5 4
Baltimore 110 000 100371
Kansas City 200 200 00x450
  Baltimore Orioles IP H R ER BB SO
Palmer  L (7-5) 8.0 5 4 3 4 4
Totals
8.0
5
4
3
4
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hassler  W (2-1) 6.1 7 3 3 4 4
  Littell   1.2 0 0 0 0 1
  Gura  SV (5) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
3
3
4
5

  E–Dauer (1).  2B–Baltimore L May (7,off Hassler); Murray (9,off Hassler); Dauer (2,off Hassler), Kansas City Brett (13,off Palmer); White (7,off Palmer).  3B–Baltimore Mora (1,off Hassler), Kansas City Brett (2,off Palmer).  HR–Kansas City LaCock (1,4th inning off Palmer 1 on, 0 out).  SF–Cowens (2,off Palmer).  HBP–LaCock (1,by Palmer).  CS–Poquette (4,2nd base by Palmer/Dempsey).  WP–Hassler (2).  HBP–Palmer (1,LaCock).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Lou DiMuro, 3B–Bill Deegan.  T–2:32.  A–16,559.
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