Kansas City Royals vs Detroit Tigers
July 23, 1977 Box Score

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

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Kansas City Royals 4, Detroit Tigers 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Brett 3b 4 1 3 1
McRae lf 4 1 1 0
LaCock dh 4 0 1 1
Cowens rf 4 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 3 1 1 0
Otis cf 4 1 1 2
Porter c 4 0 0 0
Patek ss 3 0 2 0
  Lahoud ph 1 0 0 0
White 2b 3 0 0 0
  Poquette ph 1 0 0 0
Colborn p 0 0 0 0
  Gura p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 9 4
Detroit Tigers ab   r   h rbi
LeFlore cf 4 1 2 0
Fuentes 2b 4 0 1 1
Staub dh 3 1 0 0
Kemp lf 3 1 1 0
Thompson 1b 4 1 3 3
Oglivie rf 4 0 0 0
May c 3 0 2 1
Mankowski 3b 2 0 0 0
  Rodriguez ph,3b 2 0 0 0
Veryzer ss 4 1 1 0
Rozema p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 5
Kansas City 100 003 000490
Detroit 100 020 20x5102
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Colborn   4.1 4 3 3 4 0
  Gura  L (5-5) 3.2 6 2 2 1 2
Totals
8.0
10
5
5
5
2
  Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB SO
Rozema  W (9-4) 9.0 9 4 4 1 5
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
1
5

  E–Fuentes (19), Rozema (2).  DP–Detroit 1.  2B–Kansas City McRae (31,off Rozema), Detroit LeFlore (9,off Gura); Thompson (14,off Gura).  HR–Kansas City Brett (5,1st inning off Rozema 0 on, 0 out); Otis (10,6th inning off Rozema 1 on, 2 out).  SF–May (4,off Gura).  CS–White (3,2nd base by Rozema/May).  BK–Gura (1).  U-HP–George Maloney, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Greg Kosc, 3B–Russ Goetz.  T–2:21.  A–30,156.
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