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Royals
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
May 29, 1977
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Boston Red Sox and the Kansas City Royals, played on May 29, 1977 at Fenway Park.
Game Summary
| Date | May 29, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Boston Red Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | May 29, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Boston Red Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Jim Colborn |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Bob Stanley |
| Ballpark | Fenway Park |
| City | Boston |
| State | MA |
| Attendance | 26,920 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 40 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: George Maloney 1B: Terry Cooney 2B: Greg Kosc 3B: Russ Goetz |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Brett | Third Baseman |
| Hal McRae | DH |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| John Mayberry | First Baseman |
| Al Cowens | Right Fielder |
| Tom Poquette | Left Fielder |
| Darrell Porter | Catcher |
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Herzog | Manager |
Boston Red Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rick Burleson | Shortstop |
| Bernie Carbo | Right Fielder |
| Jim Rice | DH |
| Carl Yastrzemski | Left Fielder |
| Carlton Fisk | Catcher |
| George Scott | First Baseman |
| Dwight Evans | Center Fielder |
| Butch Hobson | Third Baseman |
| Denny Doyle | Second Baseman |
| Don Zimmer | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Red Sox
Fenway Park
May 29, 1977
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Stanley
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Stanley
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Stanley
Otis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Stanley
Mayberry takes first base on ball four. Otis moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Cowens vs. Stanley
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Colborn
Burleson takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carbo vs. Colborn
Carbo strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rice vs. Colborn
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Stanley
Poquette hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Porter vs. Stanley
Porter hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Stanley
Patek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Stanley
Stanley fires to first and picks off Patek. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Stanley
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Stanley
Brett hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Stanley
McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Colborn
Yastrzemski hits a popup towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Colborn
Fisk hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Poquette. Fisk reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Scott vs. Colborn
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to third for the out. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Colborn
Evans hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Scott moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Hobson vs. Colborn
Hobson hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Stanley
Otis hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Doyle settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Stanley
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Scott scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mayberry for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Stanley
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hobson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Colborn
Doyle strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Colborn
Burleson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Carbo vs. Colborn
Carbo strikes out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Stanley
Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Stanley
Porter takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Stanley
Patek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Porter moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
White vs. Stanley
There goes Patek. The throw from Fisk and he is safe. Patek steals second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
White vs. Stanley
White hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle fields it and throws to home to get Porter. Patek moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Brett vs. Stanley
There goes White. The throw from Fisk and he is safe. White steals second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Brett vs. Stanley
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Colborn
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Colborn
Yastrzemski hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Colborn
Fisk takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. Colborn
Scott hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Fisk moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Evans vs. Colborn
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Stanley
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Stanley
Otis hits a fly ball towards right. Carbo settles under the ball, and drops it. That's an error on Carbo. Otis moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mayberry vs. Stanley
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Otis moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Cowens vs. Stanley
Cowens hits a popup towards first. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hobson vs. Colborn
Hobson strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Colborn
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Colborn
Burleson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carbo vs. Colborn
Carbo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Burleson moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rice vs. Colborn
Rice takes first base on ball four. Burleson moves to third. Carbo moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Yastrzemski vs. Colborn
Yastrzemski hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Stanley
Poquette hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Evans. Poquette reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Porter vs. Stanley
Porter takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Patek vs. Stanley
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stanley fields it and throws to third for the out. Porter moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
White vs. Stanley
White hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Porter scores. Patek moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brett vs. Stanley
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Stanley fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Fisk vs. Colborn
Fisk takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. Colborn
Scott hits a line drive into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Evans vs. Colborn
Evans hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Stanley
McRae hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Stanley
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Doyle scoops it up and throws to first for the out. McRae moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mayberry vs. Stanley
Mayberry hits a fly ball into center field. Evans settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cowens vs. Stanley
Cowens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. There goes McRae trying to get to home. Yastrzemski throws the ball in to Fisk who tags McRae, who's trying to score from second, for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hobson vs. Colborn
Hobson hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Doyle vs. Colborn
Doyle hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. White scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Burleson vs. Colborn
Burleson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Carbo vs. Colborn
Carbo hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Stanley
Poquette hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Porter vs. Stanley
Porter hits a line drive into right field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Stanley
Patek is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Stanley
White hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rice vs. Colborn
Rice hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Yastrzemski vs. Colborn
Yastrzemski takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Fisk vs. Littell
Mark Littell now pitching.
Fisk hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. White settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. Littell
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Stanley
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards short. Burleson scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Stanley
McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Carbo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Stanley
Otis takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Stanley
Mayberry hits a line drive towards first. Scott reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Evans vs. Littell
Evans strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hobson vs. Littell
Hobson strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Red Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lynn vs. Littell
Fred Lynn pinch hits for Denny Doyle.
Lynn hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 5/29/1977 -- Kansas City at Boston (D)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Boston AB R H RBI
Brett G, 3b 5 0 1 0 Burleson R, ss 3 0 2 0
McRae H, dh 5 0 1 0 Carbo B, rf 4 0 1 0
Otis A, cf 3 0 0 0 Rice J, dh 3 0 0 0
Mayberry J, 1b 4 0 0 0 Yastrzemski C, lf 3 0 0 0
Cowens A, rf 4 0 1 0 Fisk C, c 2 0 1 0
Poquette T, lf 4 1 3 0 Scott G, 1b 4 0 1 0
Porter D, c 2 2 1 2 Evans D, cf 4 0 1 0
Patek F, ss 4 0 2 0 Hobson B, 3b 4 0 0 0
White F, 2b 4 0 1 1 Doyle D, 2b 3 0 0 0
Lynn F, ph 1 0 0 0
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35 3 10 3 31 0 6 0
Kansas City 020 001 000 -- 3
Boston 000 000 000 -- 0
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Colborn J (W) 7.1 6 0 0 5 4
Littell M (S) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2
Boston IP H R ER BB SO
Stanley B (L) 9.0 10 3 3 5 1
E -- Carbo B
DP -- Kansas City 2, Boston 1
LOB -- Kansas City 10, Boston 9
2B -- Fisk C, Poquette T
HR -- Porter D
SB -- Patek F, White F
T -- 2:40
A -- 26920
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