Kansas City Royals vs Texas Rangers
July 4, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 4, 1977 at Arlington 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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Kansas City Royals 1, Texas Rangers 0

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Poquette lf 4 0 1 1
McRae dh 4 0 1 0
Cowens rf 4 0 1 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0
Porter c 3 0 2 0
Otis cf 4 0 0 0
Rojas 3b 3 0 1 0
  Heise pr,3b 0 0 0 0
Patek ss 3 0 0 0
White 2b 3 1 2 0
Colborn p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 8 1
Texas Rangers ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 3 0 0 0
  Kirkpatrick ph 1 0 0 0
  Alomar ss 0 0 0 0
  Fahey ph 1 0 0 0
Washington lf 4 0 0 0
Hargrove 1b 3 0 1 0
Horton dh 4 0 0 0
May rf 3 0 0 0
Harrah 3b 3 0 0 0
Beniquez cf 4 0 3 0
Wills 2b 4 0 1 0
Sundberg c 3 0 2 0
  Henderson ph 1 0 0 0
Perry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 0 7 0
Kansas City 000 010 000180
Texas 000 000 000070
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Colborn  W (10-8) 8.1 7 0 0 3 7
  Littell  SV (10) 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
7
0
0
3
7
  Texas Rangers IP H R ER BB SO
Perry  L (7-7) 9.0 8 1 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
8
1
1
1
4

  E–None.  DP–Texas 3.  2B–Kansas City White (11,off Perry), Texas Beniquez 2 (12,off Colborn 2); Hargrove (13,off Colborn).  CS–Heise (1,2nd base by Perry/Sundberg).  U-HP–Russ Goetz, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Terry Cooney, 3B–Greg Kosc.  T–2:47.  A–34,660.
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