Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
July 21, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 21, 1977 at Tiger Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Detroit Tigers and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Kansas City Royals 8, Detroit Tigers 1

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Brett 3b 5 2 2 0
McRae dh 4 2 1 1
Otis cf 3 0 1 0
Cowens rf 5 2 4 5
Mayberry 1b 5 1 1 2
Zdeb lf 4 0 1 0
Porter c 5 0 0 0
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
White 2b 4 1 1 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
Totals 39 8 11 8
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 0 0 0
Fuentes 2b 4 0 2 1
Staub dh 4 0 0 0
Kemp lf 3 0 0 0
  Oglivie pr 0 0 0 0
Thompson 1b 4 0 1 0
Stanley rf 4 0 0 0
Rodriguez 3b 3 0 0 0
May c 3 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 3 1 1 0
Roberts p 0 0 0 0
  Grilli p 0 0 0 0
  Wilcox p 0 0 0 0
  Foucault p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 1 4 1
Kansas City 023 012 0008111
Detroit 001 000 000142
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  W (8-5) 9.0 4 1 0 0 6
Totals
9.0
4
1
0
0
6
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Roberts  L (4-9) 2.2 5 5 5 0 0
  Grilli   3.0 6 3 1 2 2
  Wilcox   2.1 0 0 0 1 1
  Foucault   1.0 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
8
6
3
4

  E–Cowens (4), Thompson (8), Rodriguez (5).  2B–Kansas City McRae (29,off Roberts); Brett (17,off Grilli).  HR–Kansas City Mayberry (15,2nd inning off Roberts 1 on, 0 out); Cowens (15,3rd inning off Roberts 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–McRae (6,by Grilli); Kemp (4,by Splittorff).  WP–Splittorff (3), Grilli (2).  HBP–Splittorff (2,Kemp); Grilli (1,McRae).  U-HP–Greg Kosc, 1B–George Maloney, 2B–Russ Goetz, 3B–Ken Kaiser.  T–2:18.  A–15,262.
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