Kansas City Royals vs Oakland Athletics
June 26, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 26, 1977 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 9, Oakland Athletics 3

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Poquette rf 2 0 0 0
  Zdeb ph,rf,lf 1 1 0 1
McRae lf 5 1 2 2
  Otis cf 0 0 0 0
Brett 3b 5 1 1 0
Mayberry 1b 5 0 1 0
Cowens cf,rf 5 1 1 2
Porter c 4 2 2 1
LaCock dh 5 1 3 1
Patek ss 4 1 1 0
White 2b 4 1 2 1
Pattin p 0 0 0 0
  Gura p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 9 13 8
Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Crawford rf 4 0 2 0
Perez 2b 4 0 1 1
Page lf 3 1 0 0
  Scott ss 1 0 0 0
Tabb 1b 3 0 0 0
Sanguillen dh 4 0 0 0
Gross 3b 4 0 1 0
Armas cf 4 1 2 0
Newman c 2 0 0 0
  Williams ph,c 2 1 2 0
Picciolo ss 2 0 0 0
  Jorgensen ph,lf 2 0 0 1
Langford p 0 0 0 0
  Torrealba p 0 0 0 0
  Coleman p 0 0 0 0
  Giusti p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 3 8 2
Kansas City 000 060 0039131
Oakland 100 000 200382
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Pattin  W (1-2) 6.0 6 3 3 2 6
  Gura  SV (6) 3.0 2 0 0 1 2
Totals
9.0
8
3
3
3
8
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Langford  L (5-6) 4.0 6 4 4 1 3
  Torrealba   0.1 1 2 0 1 0
  Coleman   4.1 6 3 3 2 3
  Giusti   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
9
7
4
6

  E–Brett (7), Gross (14), Armas (4).  2B–Oakland E Williams (9,off Pattin).  SH–Perez (4,off Pattin).  SB–Cowens (7,2nd base off Coleman/Newman); Patek (24,2nd base off Coleman/Newman); Brett (8,2nd base off Coleman/E Williams); Porter (1,2nd base off Coleman/E Williams); Page (15,2nd base off Pattin/Porter).  WP–Pattin 2 (3), Coleman (2).  U-HP–Jim McKean, 1B–Dale Ford, 2B–Bill Deegan, 3B–Bill Kunkel.  T–2:45.  A–9,404.
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