Seattle Mariners vs Kansas City Royals
June 23, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 23, 1977 at Royals Stadium. The Seattle Mariners defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Mariners 8, Kansas City Royals 6

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Collins lf 4 0 0 0
  Braun lf 2 0 0 0
Baez 2b 5 0 0 0
Bernhardt dh 6 2 3 0
Stanton rf 5 0 1 0
  Lopez rf 0 0 0 0
Jones R. cf 5 0 3 1
Stein 3b 5 1 1 1
Meyer 1b 4 3 2 0
Jutze c 3 1 2 3
  Stinson ph,c 2 1 2 0
Reynolds ss 2 0 1 2
Jones R. p 0 0 0 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
  Kekich p 0 0 0 0
  Romo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 8 15 7
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Zdeb lf 1 1 1 0
  Poquette ph,lf 2 0 0 0
  Rojas ph,2b 1 0 1 1
Brett 3b 5 0 2 1
McRae dh 4 0 0 0
Cowens rf 5 1 2 0
Mayberry 1b 5 0 0 0
Otis cf 4 2 1 1
Porter c 5 1 2 2
Patek ss 5 1 2 1
White 2b 2 0 0 0
  Wathan ph 0 0 0 0
  LaCock lf 0 0 0 0
Hassler p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
  Gura p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 6 11 6
Seattle 011 003 100 28150
Kansas City 120 002 010 06112
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Jones   3.0 3 3 3 2 1
  Segui   2.2 4 2 2 1 2
  Kekich   2.2 4 1 1 1 0
  Romo  W (5-4) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
10.0
11
6
6
4
5
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hassler   5.1 7 4 4 1 1
  Mingori   1.0 2 2 1 0 1
  Littell  L (5-3) 3.0 6 2 1 0 3
  Gura   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
10.0
15
8
6
1
5

  E–Patek 2 (14).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Seattle Stanton (9,off Hassler); Jutze (2,off Mingori); Meyer (9,off Littell), Kansas City Porter (10,off Segui); Otis (9,off Segui).  3B–Kansas City Brett (4,off Rick Jones).  HR–Kansas City Porter (6,2nd inning off Rick Jones 1 on, 0 out).  SH–Reynolds 2 (9,off Hassler,off Mingori); McRae (2,off Kekich).  HBP–Reynolds (3,by Hassler); Meyer (1,by Hassler).  SB–Meyer (3,2nd base off Hassler/Porter); Otis (9,2nd base off Rick Jones/Jutze); Zdeb (3,2nd base off Rick Jones/Jutze); Patek 3 (23,2nd base off Segui/Jutze,3rd base off Segui/Jutze,2nd base off Kekich/Stinson).  HBP–Hassler 2 (3,Reynolds,Meyer).  U-HP–Durwood Merrill, 1B–Dave Phillips, 2B–Larry McCoy, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–3:49.  A–13,520.
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