Oakland Athletics vs Kansas City Royals
September 14, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 14, 1977 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Oakland Athletics 0, Kansas City Royals 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Picciolo ss 4 0 0 0
Perez 2b 3 0 2 0
Page lf 4 0 3 0
Jorgensen 1b 3 0 0 0
Armas cf 2 0 0 0
  Murray cf 1 0 0 0
  Crawford ph 1 0 0 0
  Mallory cf 0 0 0 0
Sanguillen dh 3 0 1 0
  Hosley c 1 0 1 0
Gross 3b 4 0 0 0
Tyrone rf 4 0 1 0
Newman c,p 4 0 0 0
Keough p 0 0 0 0
  Lacey p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 0 8 0
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Poquette lf 3 1 1 2
  Zdeb lf 2 0 0 0
McRae dh 4 1 3 1
  Wilson pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Brett 3b 5 1 2 0
Cowens rf 3 0 1 0
Mayberry 1b 5 1 3 2
Porter c 5 0 1 0
Otis cf 4 0 1 1
Patek ss 2 1 0 0
White 2b 4 1 1 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 6 13 6
Oakland 000 000 000080
Kansas City 131 100 00x6130
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Keough  L (0-2) 3.2 10 6 6 2 0
  Lacey   3.1 2 0 0 2 2
  Newman   1.0 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
13
6
6
4
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  W (17-11) 9.0 8 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
8
0
0
2
3

  E–None.  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–Oakland Page (26,off Leonard), Kansas City McRae (48,off Keough); Otis (19,off Keough).  3B–Kansas City Poquette (5,off Keough); McRae (11,off Lacey).  HBP–McRae (12,by Newman).  SB–Patek (47,2nd base off Keough/Newman); Mayberry (1,2nd base off Keough/Newman).  HBP–Newman (1,McRae).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Jim McKean, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:31.  A–16,791.
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