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Athletics
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
July 9, 1977
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the Oakland Athletics, played on July 9, 1977 at Royals Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | July 9, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Oakland Athletics
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| Home Team |
Kansas City Royals
|
| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | July 9, 1977 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Sat |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Oakland Athletics |
| Home Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Rick Langford |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Jim Colborn |
| Ballpark | Royals Stadium |
| City | Kansas City |
| State | MO |
| Attendance | 35,175 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 39 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Nestor Chylak 1B: Steve Palermo 2B: Joe Brinkman 3B: Rich Garcia |
Oakland Athletics Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Rodney Scott | Second Baseman |
| Manny Sanguillen | Catcher |
| Mitchell Page | Left Fielder |
| Wayne Gross | Third Baseman |
| Earl Williams | First Baseman |
| Willie Crawford | Right Fielder |
| Rich McKinney | DH |
| Tony Armas | Center Fielder |
| Rob Picciolo | Shortstop |
| Bobby Winkles | Manager |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Tom Poquette | Left Fielder |
| Hal McRae | DH |
| George Brett | Third Baseman |
| John Mayberry | First Baseman |
| Al Cowens | Right Fielder |
| Darrell Porter | Catcher |
| Amos Otis | Center Fielder |
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Frank White | Second Baseman |
| Whitey Herzog | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Athletics
@ Royals
Royals Stadium
July 9, 1977
Top 1
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Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Colborn
Scott hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanguillen vs. Colborn
Sanguillen 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 -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Colborn
Page strikes out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Langford
Poquette hits a fly ball into left field. Page settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Langford
McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Langford
Brett hits a popup, foul, towards first. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Colborn
Gross hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Otis. Gross reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Colborn
Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Crawford vs. Colborn
Crawford hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
McKinney vs. Colborn
McKinney strikes out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Langford
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards first. Williams scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Mayberry for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Langford
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Langford
Porter is called out on strikes. View Play
Top 3
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Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Armas vs. Colborn
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Colborn
Picciolo hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Colborn
Scott hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Scott for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Langford
Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Langford
Patek hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Langford
White hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Patek moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Poquette vs. Langford
Poquette strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
McRae vs. Langford
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanguillen vs. Colborn
Sanguillen hits a line drive into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Colborn
Page 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 -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gross vs. Colborn
Gross takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Colborn
Williams is hit by the pitch. Gross moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Crawford vs. Colborn
Crawford takes first base on ball four. Gross moves to third. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 0 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
McKinney vs. Colborn
McKinney hits a line drive into right field. Cowens picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cowens. Gross scores. Williams scores. Crawford goes all the way around to score. McKinney moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Armas vs. Colborn
Armas hits a popup, foul, towards first. Mayberry settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Athletics, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Langford
Brett hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Page who is chasing the ball. Brett reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Mayberry vs. Langford
Mayberry hits a fly ball into right field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Brett tags and scores. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Langford
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Langford
Porter hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Armas. Porter reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Otis vs. Langford
Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Colborn
Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Colborn
Scott hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Sanguillen vs. Colborn
There goes Scott. The throw from Porter and he is out, Patek applying the tag. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanguillen vs. Colborn
Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Langford
Patek hits a popup, foul, towards the right side of the infield. Scott settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Langford
White hits a line drive into right field. Crawford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Langford
Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Langford fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Colborn
Page hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Colborn
Gross hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Williams vs. Colborn
Williams hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Page moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 3 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Crawford vs. Colborn
Crawford hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Page scores. Williams moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McKinney vs. Pattin
Marty Pattin now pitching.
McKinney takes first base on ball four. Williams moves to third. Crawford moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Armas vs. Pattin
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards second. White scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play. View Play
Bottom 6
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Athletics, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Langford
McRae hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Langford
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards first. Williams scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brett for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Langford
Mayberry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cowens vs. Langford
There's a wild pitch. Mayberry moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Cowens vs. Langford
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 7
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Athletics, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Pattin
Picciolo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Pattin fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Scott vs. Pattin
Scott strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Sanguillen vs. Pattin
Sanguillen hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Athletics, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Porter vs. Langford
Porter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Otis vs. Langford
Otis hits a popup towards first. Williams settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Langford
Patek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
White vs. Langford
White strikes out. View Play
Top 8
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Athletics, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Page vs. Gura
Larry Gura now pitching.
Page takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Gross vs. Gura
There goes Page. The throw from Porter and he is safe. Page steals second. View Play -
Athletics, 4 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Gross vs. Gura
Gross hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. Gross reaches second base with a double. Page scores. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Williams vs. Littell
Mark Littell now pitching.
Williams strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Crawford vs. Littell
Crawford is walked intentionally. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
McKinney vs. Littell
Matt Alexander pinch runs for Willie Crawford.
McKinney hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to second for the out. Gross moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 5 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Armas vs. Littell
There's a wild pitch. Gross scores. McKinney moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Armas vs. Littell
Armas hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Athletics, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Langford
Matt Alexander now playing right field. Larry Murray now playing left field.
Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards first. Williams scoops it up and throws to first, with Langford covering, for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Langford
McRae hits a fly ball into center field. Armas settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Langford
Brett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Mayberry vs. Langford
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards short. Picciolo scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Athletics, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Picciolo vs. Mingori
Steve Mingori now pitching.
Picciolo hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Scott vs. Mingori
Scott hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Picciolo moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Sanguillen vs. Mingori
Sanguillen bunts towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sanguillen for the out. Picciolo moves to third. Scott moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Murray vs. Mingori
Murray hits a ball on the ground towards unknown player. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Score that a fielder's choice. View Play -
Athletics, 6 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Gross vs. Mingori
Gross hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Gross for the out. Picciolo scores. Scott moves to third. Murray moves to second. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Royals, 1
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -23
Williams vs. Mingori
Williams hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 9
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Athletics, 7 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Langford
Cowens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Royals, 1
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Porter vs. Langford
Porter strikes out. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Otis vs. Langford
Otis hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Cowens moves to third. View Play -
Athletics, 7 - Royals, 1
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
Patek vs. Langford
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards third. Gross fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 7/9/1977 -- Oakland at Kansas City (D)
Oakland AB R H RBI Kansas City AB R H RBI
Scott R, 2b 5 0 2 0 Poquette T, lf 4 0 0 0
Sanguillen M, c 4 0 0 0 McRae H, dh 4 0 0 0
Page M, lf 3 2 1 0 Brett G, 3b 4 1 2 0
Murray L, lf 1 0 0 0 Mayberry J, 1b 2 0 0 1
Gross W, 3b 4 2 2 2 Cowens A, rf 4 0 1 0
Williams E, 1b 4 1 1 0 Porter D, c 4 0 1 0
Crawford W, rf 2 1 1 1 Otis A, cf 4 0 1 0
Alexander M, pr-rf 0 0 0 0 Patek F, ss 4 0 2 0
McKinney R, dh 3 0 1 2 White F, 2b 3 0 1 0
Armas T, cf 4 0 0 0
Picciolo R, ss 4 1 1 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
34 7 9 5 33 1 8 1
Oakland 000 301 021 -- 7
Kansas City 000 100 000 -- 1
Oakland IP H R ER BB SO
Langford R (W) 9.0 8 1 1 1 4
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Colborn J (L) 5.1 6 4 3 2 2
Pattin M 1.2 0 0 0 1 1
Gura L* 0.0 1 2 2 1 0
Littell M 1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Mingori S 1.0 2 1 1 0 0
* Pitched to 2 batters in 8th
E -- Cowens A
DP -- Oakland 1, Kansas City 1
LOB -- Oakland 7, Kansas City 7
2B -- Gross W 2, Porter D
3B -- Brett G
SB -- Page M
CS -- Scott R
SH -- Sanguillen M
SF -- Mayberry J
HBP -- by Colborn J (Williams E)
WP -- Langford R, Littell M
T -- 2:39
A -- 35175
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