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Royals
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
July 31, 1977
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Kansas City Royals, played on July 31, 1977 at Comiskey Park.
Game Summary
| Date | July 31, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
Chicago White Sox
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 31, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sun |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | Chicago White Sox |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Dennis Leonard |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Chris Knapp |
| Ballpark | Comiskey Park |
| City | Chicago |
| State | IL |
| Attendance | 50,412 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 45 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Art Frantz 1B: Al Clark 2B: Ted Hendry 3B: Jerry Neudecker |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| George Brett | Third Baseman |
| Hal McRae | DH |
| Joe Lahoud | Left Fielder |
| Al Cowens | Right Fielder |
| John Mayberry | First Baseman |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| John Wathan | Catcher |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Bob Heise | Shortstop |
| Whitey Herzog | Manager |
Chicago White Sox Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Ralph Garr | Left Fielder |
| Jorge Orta | Second Baseman |
| Richie Zisk | Right Fielder |
| Oscar Gamble | DH |
| Jim Spencer | First Baseman |
| Chet Lemon | Center Fielder |
| Jack Brohamer | Third Baseman |
| Brian Downing | Catcher |
| Tim Nordbrook | Shortstop |
| Bob Lemon | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ White Sox
Comiskey Park
July 31, 1977
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Knapp
Brett hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Downing settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Knapp
McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lahoud vs. Knapp
Lahoud hits a popup towards first. Spencer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Leonard
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards short. Heise scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Leonard
Orta hits a fly ball into left field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zisk vs. Leonard
Zisk is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Knapp
Cowens hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Knapp
Mayberry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Knapp
Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Wathan vs. Knapp
Wathan hits a line drive towards short. Nordbrook reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gamble vs. Leonard
Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops it up and throws to first, with Leonard covering, for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Leonard
Spencer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Lemon vs. Leonard
Lemon strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brohamer vs. Leonard
Brohamer hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Wathan settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Knapp
White hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brohamer juggles the ball. That's an error on Brohamer. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Heise vs. Knapp
There goes White. The throw from Downing and he is safe. White steals second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Heise vs. Knapp
Heise strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Brett vs. Knapp
Brett hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Knapp
McRae hits a line drive into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lahoud vs. Knapp
Lahoud strikes out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Downing vs. Leonard
Downing hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nordbrook vs. Leonard
Nordbrook is called out on strikes. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Leonard
Garr hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Orta vs. Leonard
Orta hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Orta for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Knapp
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Nordbrook misplays the ball. That's an error on Nordbrook. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Knapp
There goes Cowens. The throw from Downing and he is safe. Cowens steals second. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Mayberry vs. Knapp
Mayberry hits a popup towards third. Brohamer settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Otis vs. Knapp
Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Wathan vs. Knapp
Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Nordbrook scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Zisk vs. Leonard
Zisk hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gamble vs. Leonard
Gamble hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Leonard
Spencer hits a popup towards short. Heise settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Knapp
White hits a line drive into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heise vs. Knapp
Heise hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brett vs. Knapp
Brett hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Garr. Brett reaches second base with a double. Heise moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 2 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
McRae vs. Knapp
McRae hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk. McRae reaches second base with a double. Heise scores. Brett scores. View Play -
Royals, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lahoud vs. Knapp
Lahoud hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cowens vs. Knapp
Cowens hits a popup towards short. Nordbrook settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Leonard
Lemon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Brohamer vs. Leonard
Brohamer hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Downing vs. Leonard
Downing hits a line drive towards short. Heise reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nordbrook vs. Leonard
Nordbrook strikes out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Knapp
Mayberry strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Knapp
Otis strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. Knapp
Wathan hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Garr who is chasing the ball. Wathan reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Royals, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
White vs. Knapp
White hits a popup towards short. Nordbrook settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Garr vs. Leonard
Garr hits a line drive towards short. Heise reaches out and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Orta vs. Leonard
Orta hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Zisk vs. Leonard
Zisk strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - White Sox, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gamble vs. Leonard
Gamble hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 4 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Leonard
Spencer hits a ball on the ground towards short. Heise scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 4 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Heise vs. Knapp
Heise hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Orta settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Knapp
Brett hits a line drive into center field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 4 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Knapp
McRae hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lahoud vs. Knapp
Lahoud takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cowens vs. Knapp
Cowens hits a fly ball into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Leonard
Lemon hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brohamer vs. Leonard
Brohamer hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brohamer for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Downing vs. Leonard
Downing hits a fly ball into left field. Lahoud settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Knapp
Mayberry hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Downing settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Knapp
Otis hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wathan vs. Knapp
Wathan hits a fly ball into right field. Zisk settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Knapp
White hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Downing settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 6 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stillman vs. Leonard
Royle Stillman pinch hits for Tim Nordbrook.
Stillman takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Garr vs. Leonard
Garr hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Leonard fields it and throws to first for the out. Stillman moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Orta vs. Leonard
Orta strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Zisk vs. Leonard
Zisk hits a ball on the ground towards short. Heise misplays the ball. That's an error on Heise. Stillman moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Gamble vs. Leonard
Gamble 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
Top 9
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Royals, 6 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
LaCock vs. Knapp
Alan Bannister now playing shortstop. Pete LaCock pinch hits for Bob Heise.
LaCock hits a line drive into left field. Garr settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Knapp
Brett hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Zisk. Brett reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 6 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McRae vs. Knapp
McRae hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brett scores. McRae moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 7 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Lahoud vs. Kucek
Jack Kucek now pitching.
Lahoud hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. McRae scores. View Play -
Royals, 8 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cowens vs. Kucek
Freddie Patek pinch runs for Joe Lahoud.
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bannister fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 8 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Spencer vs. Leonard
Freddie Patek now playing shortstop. Joe Zdeb now playing left field.
Spencer hits a popup towards short. Patek settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Lemon vs. Leonard
Lemon hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 8 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brohamer vs. Leonard
Brohamer takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 8 - White Sox, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Downing vs. Leonard
Downing hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 8 - White Sox, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Bannister vs. Leonard
Bannister 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 7/31/1977, game 2 -- Kansas City at Chicago (D)
Kansas City AB R H RBI Chicago AB R H RBI
Brett G, 3b 5 3 3 2 Garr R, lf 4 0 1 0
McRae H, dh 5 2 3 4 Orta J, 2b 4 1 1 0
Lahoud J, lf 4 0 1 1 Zisk R, rf 4 0 0 0
Patek F, pr-ss 0 0 0 0 Gamble O, dh 4 1 1 2
Cowens A, rf 5 0 0 0 Spencer J, 1b 3 0 0 0
Mayberry J, 1b 3 0 0 0 Lemon C, cf 4 0 1 0
Otis A, cf 4 1 1 1 Brohamer J, 3b 3 1 0 0
Wathan J, c 4 0 1 0 Downing B, c 4 1 1 2
White F, 2b 4 1 0 0 Nordbrook T, ss 2 0 0 0
Heise B, ss 3 1 1 0 Stillman R, ph 0 0 0 0
LaCock P, ph 1 0 0 0 Bannister A, ss 1 0 0 0
Zdeb J, lf 0 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
38 8 10 8 33 4 5 4
Kansas City 002 020 112 -- 8
Chicago 000 002 002 -- 4
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard D (W) 9.0 5 4 4 3 6
Chicago IP H R ER BB SO
Knapp C (L) 8.1 9 8 7 2 4
Kucek J 0.2 1 0 0 0 0
E -- Brohamer J, Nordbrook T, Heise B
DP -- Chicago 1
LOB -- Kansas City 5, Chicago 5
2B -- Brett G 2, McRae H
3B -- Wathan J
HR -- Brett G, Gamble O, McRae H, Otis A, Downing B
SB -- White F, Cowens A
T -- 2:45
A -- 50412
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