Sunday June 26, 1977
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Kansas City Royals 9, Oakland Athletics 3 (Game 2)

Game Played on Sunday, June 26, 1977 (Day game) at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Royals 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 3 - 9 13 1 A's 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 - 3 8 2 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG A's AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Poquette rf 2 0 0 0 0 0 .321 Crawford rf 4 0 2 0 1 0 .246 Zdeb ph,rf,lf 1 1 0 1 2 0 .322 Perez 2b 4 0 1 1 0 0 .258 McRae lf 5 1 2 2 0 1 .291 Page lf 3 1 0 0 1 2 .280 Otis cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Scott ss 1 0 0 0 0 0 .286 Brett 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 .297 Tabb 1b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .143 Mayberry 1b 5 0 1 0 0 2 .216 Sanguillen dh 4 0 0 0 0 1 .264 Cowens cf,rf 5 1 1 2 0 0 .307 Gross 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .261 Porter c 4 2 2 1 1 1 .281 Armas cf 4 1 2 0 0 1 .244 LaCock dh 5 1 3 1 0 0 .370 Newman c 2 0 0 0 0 1 .267 Patek ss 4 1 1 0 1 2 .273 E. Williams ph,c 2 1 2 0 0 0 .240 White 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .227 Picciolo ss 2 0 0 0 0 1 .183 Pattin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Jorgensen ph,lf 2 0 0 1 0 0 .236 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Langford p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Torrealba p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Coleman p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Giusti p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 40 9 13 8 4 6 Totals 35 3 8 2 3 8 Time of Game: 2:45 Attendance: 9,404 Left on Base: Royals 8, A's 9 DP: Royals 0, A's 0 Errors: Brett, Gross, Armas Doubles: E. Williams (9) Stolen Bases: Cowens (7), Patek (24), Brett (8), Porter (1), Page (15) Sacrifice Hits: Perez (4) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Pattin W(1-2) 6 6 3 3 2 6 0 26 6.05 Gura SV(6) 3 2 0 0 1 2 0 13 3.00 Totals 9 8 3 3 3 8 0 39 A's IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Langford L(5-6) 4 6 4 4 1 3 0 18 3.18 Torrealba 0.1 1 2 0 1 0 0 4 2.05 Coleman 4.1 6 3 3 2 3 0 21 2.90 Giusti 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.96 Totals 9 13 9 7 4 6 0 44 Wild Pitches: Pattin 2 (3), Coleman (2) Umpires: HP - Jim McKean, 1B - Dale Ford, 2B - Bill Deegan, 3B - Bill Kunkel ROYALS 1ST: Poquette flied out to right; McRae grounded out (third to first); Brett grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 0. ATHLETICS 1ST: Crawford grounded out (shortstop to first); Perez flied out to right; Page walked; Page stole second; Pattin threw a wild pitch [Page to third]; Pattin threw a wild pitch [Page scored]; Tabb walked; Sanguillen popped to catcher in foul territory; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 1. ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry struck out; Cowens lined to shortstop; Porter walked; LaCock singled [Porter to second]; Patek struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 2ND: On a bunt Gross singled; Armas struck out; Newman struck out; Picciolo grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 1. ROYALS 3RD: White flied out to right; Poquette grounded out (second to first); McRae singled to left [McRae out at second (left to second)]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 3RD: Crawford singled to right; Perez out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Crawford to second]; Page struck out; Tabb was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 1. ROYALS 4TH: Brett grounded out (third to first); Mayberry struck out; Cowens lined to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 4TH: Sanguillen grounded out (second to first); Gross popped to shortstop; Armas singled to left; Newman lined to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 0, Athletics 1. ROYALS 5TH: Porter singled to right; LaCock singled to left [Porter to second]; Patek singled to shortstop [Porter to third, LaCock to second]; White singled to left [Porter scored, LaCock to third, Patek to second]; TORREALBA REPLACED LANGFORD (PITCHING); ZDEB BATTED FOR POQUETTE; Zdeb walked [LaCock scored, Patek to third, White to second]; McRae singled to left [Patek scored, White scored, Zdeb to second]; Brett flied out to center; Mayberry reached on a fielder's choice [Zdeb scored (unearned) (no RBI), McRae to third (error by Gross)]; COLEMAN REPLACED TORREALBA (PITCHING); Cowens forced Mayberry (shortstop to second) [McRae scored (unearned)]; Cowens stole second; Porter flied out to left; 6 R (4 ER), 5 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 5TH: ZDEB STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Picciolo struck out; Crawford singled to left; Perez forced Crawford (third to second); Page popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Athletics 1. ROYALS 6TH: LaCock grounded out (second to first); Patek walked; Patek stole second; White grounded out (pitcher to first) [Patek to third]; Zdeb walked; McRae was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 6, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 6TH: Tabb grounded out (first unassisted); Sanguillen was called out on strikes; Gross popped to second in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Athletics 1. ROYALS 7TH: Brett flied out to left; Mayberry singled to left; Cowens popped to second; Porter was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Athletics 1. ATHLETICS 7TH: Armas singled to center; E. WILLIAMS BATTED FOR NEWMAN; E. Williams doubled [Armas to third]; GURA REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); JORGENSEN BATTED FOR PICCIOLO; Jorgensen grounded out (second to first) [Armas scored, E. Williams to third]; Crawford grounded out (pitcher to first); Perez singled to left [E. Williams scored]; Page was called out on strikes; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Athletics 3. ROYALS 8TH: SCOTT REPLACED PAGE (PLAYING SS); E. WILLIAMS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); JORGENSEN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING LF); LaCock grounded out (second to first); Patek struck out; White singled to left; Zdeb grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 6, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 8TH: Tabb grounded out (first unassisted); Sanguillen flied out to left; Gross struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 6, Athletics 3. ROYALS 9TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Brett singled to center; Brett stole second; Mayberry grounded out (shortstop to first); Cowens singled to left [Brett scored, Cowens to second (on throw to home)]; Coleman threw a wild pitch [Cowens to third]; Porter singled to right [Cowens scored]; Porter stole second; LaCock singled [Porter scored, LaCock to second (error by Armas)]; GIUSTI REPLACED COLEMAN (PITCHING); Patek grounded out (pitcher to first); 3 R, 4 H, 1 E, 1 LOB. Royals 9, Athletics 3. ATHLETICS 9TH: ZDEB CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF); OTIS REPLACED MCRAE (PLAYING CF); COWENS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Armas reached on an error by Brett; E. Williams singled to left [Armas to second]; Jorgensen popped to third in foul territory; Crawford walked [Armas to third, E. Williams to second]; Perez flied out to center; Scott forced Crawford (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB. Royals 9, Athletics 3.

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