Seattle Mariners vs Kansas City Royals
September 17, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on September 17, 1977 at Royals Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the Seattle Mariners and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Seattle Mariners 5, Kansas City Royals 7

Seattle Mariners ab   r   h rbi
Braun lf 3 1 1 0
  Fosse ph 1 0 0 0
Cruz 2b 4 1 1 0
Jones cf 3 0 0 1
Stanton rf 3 1 1 1
Meyer 1b 4 1 3 2
Stein dh 4 0 2 1
Bernhardt 3b 4 0 0 0
Sexton ss 1 0 0 0
  Reynolds ss 1 1 0 0
  Baez ph 1 0 0 0
  McMillan ss 0 0 0 0
Jutze c 3 0 0 0
  Collins ph 1 0 1 0
Mitchell p 0 0 0 0
  House p 0 0 0 0
  Segui p 0 0 0 0
  Honeycutt p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 9 5
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Poquette lf 2 1 1 0
  Zdeb ph,lf 3 1 2 0
McRae dh 4 1 3 2
Brett 3b 5 0 0 1
Cowens rf 4 2 3 1
Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0
Porter c 4 0 1 0
Otis cf 4 1 2 3
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
White 2b 4 1 2 0
Littell p 0 0 0 0
  Throop p 0 0 0 0
  Gura p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 7 14 7
Seattle 000 230 000591
Kansas City 201 200 20x7140
  Seattle Mariners IP H R ER BB SO
Mitchell   2.0 6 3 3 1 2
  House   1.0 4 2 2 0 1
  Segui  L (0-6) 4.2 4 2 2 0 3
  Honeycutt   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
8.0
14
7
7
1
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Littell   4.1 6 5 5 3 3
  Throop   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Gura  W (7-5) 4.1 3 0 0 2 3
Totals
9.0
9
5
5
5
6

  E–Sexton (3).  DP–Seattle 1, Kansas City 2.  2B–Seattle Stein (24,off Littell), Kansas City McRae 2 (51,off Mitchell,off House).  3B–Kansas City Poquette (6,off Mitchell); Otis (8,off House).  HR–Seattle Stanton (25,4th inning off Littell 0 on, 2 out), Kansas City Otis (16,7th inning off Segui 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Stanton (2,by Gura).  SB–Cruz (13,2nd base off Gura/Porter); Zdeb (6,2nd base off Segui/Jutze); Cowens (15,2nd base off Segui/Jutze).  WP–Honeycutt (2).  IBB–Gura (4,Stanton).  U-HP–Rich Garcia, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Steve Palermo, 3B–Joe Brinkman.  T–2:40.  A–27,067.
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