Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals
July 13, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 13, 1977 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Detroit Tigers 4, Kansas City Royals 6

Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 5 0 1 1
Fuentes 2b 3 1 1 0
Staub dh 3 1 1 0
Kemp lf 4 0 3 3
Thompson 1b 5 0 0 0
Stanley rf 4 0 0 0
Wockenfuss c 2 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 4 1 2 0
Veryzer ss 3 0 0 0
  Oglivie ph 1 1 1 0
Arroyo p 0 0 0 0
  Hiller p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 4 9 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Brett 3b 5 0 2 0
McRae lf 5 0 1 0
  Zdeb lf 0 0 0 0
LaCock 1b 2 0 0 0
Cowens rf 3 2 1 1
Mayberry dh 4 1 2 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 1
Porter c 4 2 1 0
Patek ss 3 1 1 1
White 2b 4 0 4 2
Hassler p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 6 13 5
Detroit 002 100 001492
Kansas City 010 004 01x6133
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Arroyo  L (5-8) 5.1 7 4 4 1 1
  Hiller   2.2 6 2 1 2 1
Totals
8.0
13
6
5
3
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Hassler   5.0 6 3 3 5 3
  Bird  W (5-1) 1.2 2 0 0 0 1
  Mingori   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Littell  SV (12) 2.0 1 1 0 1 3
Totals
9.0
9
4
3
6
7

  E–Stanley (3), Rodriguez (3), Brett (10), Patek 2 (20).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Detroit Rodriguez (2,off Hassler); Kemp (20,off Hassler), Kansas City Porter (15,off Hiller); Brett (16,off Hiller).  HR–Kansas City Cowens (14,2nd inning off Arroyo 0 on, 0 out).  SF–Kemp (4,off Littell).  SH–Patek (7,off Hiller).  CS–LeFlore (12,3rd base by Hassler/Porter).  U-HP–Larry Barnett, 1B–Jim Evans, 2B–(none), 3B–Vic Voltaggio.  T–2:28.  A–19,418.
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