Cleveland Indians vs Kansas City Royals
July 28, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 28, 1977 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Cleveland Indians and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Cleveland Indians 4, Kansas City Royals 5

Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Kuiper 2b 5 1 3 0
Bell 3b 5 0 2 1
Blanks ss 4 0 0 0
  Fosse c 0 0 0 0
Thornton 1b 4 1 1 0
Carty dh 5 0 1 0
Bochte lf 4 1 0 0
Norris cf 3 0 0 0
  Spikes ph,rf 2 0 0 0
Pruitt rf,cf 5 1 4 2
Kendall c 4 0 2 1
  Duffy pr,ss 1 0 0 0
Eckersley p 0 0 0 0
Totals 42 4 13 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Brett 3b 4 1 2 3
McRae lf 4 1 1 1
  Otis cf 1 0 0 0
LaCock dh 4 0 1 0
Cowens cf,rf 5 0 1 0
Mayberry 1b 5 0 0 0
Porter c 5 0 0 0
Poquette rf,lf 5 2 2 0
Patek ss 4 1 2 0
White 2b 3 0 0 0
  Lahoud ph 1 0 1 1
Colborn p 0 0 0 0
  Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
Totals 41 5 10 5
Cleveland 000 100 120 004131
Kansas City 003 010 000 015100
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
Eckersley  L (9-8) 10.2 10 5 5 3 3
Totals
10.2
10
5
5
3
3
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Colborn   7.1 9 4 4 1 0
  Gura   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Bird  W (8-1) 2.2 2 0 0 0 5
Totals
11.0
13
4
4
1
5

  E–Eckersley (2).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Cleveland Pruitt (3,off Colborn); Kendall (8,off Colborn); Bell (16,off Colborn), Kansas City Patek (13,off Eckersley); Brett (18,off Eckersley).  3B–Cleveland Pruitt (1,off Gura), Kansas City Poquette (4,off Eckersley).  HR–Kansas City Brett (6,3rd inning off Eckersley 1 on, 2 out); McRae (12,3rd inning off Eckersley 0 on, 2 out).  SH–Kuiper (11,off Gura); White (7,off Eckersley).  HBP–Blanks (1,by Colborn); Thornton (4,by Colborn).  IBB–Brett (3,by Eckersley); Patek (1,by Eckersley).  SB–Patek 2 (32,2nd base off Eckersley/Kendall,3rd base off Eckersley/Kendall); Brett (10,2nd base off Eckersley/Kendall).  HBP–Colborn 2 (11,Blanks,Thornton).  IBB–Eckersley 2 (10,Brett,Patek).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Bill Deegan, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Jim McKean.  T–2:45.  A–25,211.
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