Led by Rico Carty, who smashed a homer and single, the Indians fired away for 11 hits and beat the Royals, 6-3, before staging a fireworks show for the crowd of 54,690, their largest turnout of the season. The Indians bunched five hits for three runs in the second inning and then broke a 3-3 tie with Carty's homer in the third. Carty's single added one of the Indians' last two runs in the seventh. Darrell Porter homered for the Royals. [The Sporting News]



Cleveland Indians 6, Kansas City Royals 3
Game Played on Sunday, July      3, 1977 (Night game) at Cleveland Stadium
Royals       1  2  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   3  8  0
Indians      0  3  1    0  0  0    2  0  x  -   6 11  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Indians              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Poquette rf           3   0   0   1     0   0   .302      Kuiper 2b             3   1   1   1     0   0   .278
McRae lf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .289      Norris cf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .273
LaCock dh             3   1   0   0     1   1   .385      Dade rf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .343
Mayberry 1b           3   0   2   1     1   0   .229      Carty dh              4   1   2   2     0   1   .288
Cowens cf             4   0   0   0     0   1   .303      Bell 3b               4   1   1   0     0   2   .293
Porter c              3   1   3   1     1   0   .279      Lowenstein lf         3   1   1   0     1   1   .271
Rojas 3b              4   0   1   0     0   3   .281      Bochte 1b             3   1   1   1     1   1   .263
Heise ss              2   1   1   0     0   0   .190      Fosse c               4   1   2   0     0   0   .261
  Nelson ph,2b        2   0   0   0     0   0   .205      Duffy ss              3   0   1   1     0   0   .203
White 2b,ss           2   0   1   0     0   1   .227      Dobson p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Zdeb ph             1   0   0   0     0   1   .343        Bibby p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Patek ss            0   0   0   0     0   0   .263        Kern p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Gura p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   3   8   3     3   7             Totals               32   6  11   6     2   5

Time of Game: 2:30   Attendance: 54,690
Left on Base: Royals 5, Indians 6
DP: Royals 0, Indians 3
Doubles: Mayberry (10), Bell (12), Fosse (5)
Home Runs: Porter (8), Carty (5)
Stolen Bases: LaCock (2)
Caught Stealing: Mayberry (2), Lowenstein (8)
Sacrifice Hits: Duffy (8)
Sacrifice Flies: Poquette (1)
GIDP: Cowens (8), Nelson (1)
Hit by Pitch: Kuiper (4,by Leonard)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard L(6-9)          6.1   8   5   5   1   4   1  27   3.90
Gura                    0.1   2   1   1   0   0   0   3   3.10
Littell                 1.1   1   0   0   1   1   0   6   2.94
Totals                  8    11   6   6   2   5   1  36

Indians                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Dobson W(3-7)           5.2   8   3   3   2   4   1  25   5.89
Bibby                   0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.32
Kern SV(12)             3     0   0   0   1   3   0   9   2.50
Totals                  9     8   3   3   3   7   1  35

Hit by Pitch: Leonard (4)
Wild Pitches: Littell (2)

Umpires: HP - Greg Kosc, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Terry Cooney


ROYALS 1ST: Poquette popped to first in foul territory; McRae
popped to first in foul territory; LaCock walked; LaCock stole
second; Mayberry doubled to right [LaCock scored]; Cowens
grounded out (pitcher to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
1, Indians 0.

INDIANS 1ST: Kuiper grounded out (first unassisted); Norris
popped to third; Dade grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Indians 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Porter homered; Rojas struck out; Heise singled to
right; White singled to right [Heise to third, White to second
(on throw to 3b)]; Poquette hit a sacrifice fly to right [Heise
scored, White to third]; McRae flied out to left; 2 R, 3 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 0.

INDIANS 2ND: Carty lined to right; Bell doubled to right;
Lowenstein singled to center [Bell to third]; Bochte singled to
right [Bell scored, Lowenstein to third]; Fosse popped to
second; Duffy singled to left [Lowenstein scored, Bochte to
second]; Kuiper was hit by a pitch [Bochte to third, Duffy to
second]; Norris singled to left [Bochte scored, Duffy out at
home (left to catcher), Kuiper to second]; 3 R, 5 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
 Royals 3, Indians 3.

ROYALS 3RD: LaCock flied out to left; Mayberry singled to right;
Cowens grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to
first) [Mayberry out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
3, Indians 3.

INDIANS 3RD: Dade flied out to right; Carty homered; Bell struck
out; Lowenstein walked; Lowenstein was caught stealing second
(catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians
4.

ROYALS 4TH: Porter singled to right; Rojas struck out; Heise
grounded out (shortstop to first) [Porter to second]; White
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 4.

INDIANS 4TH: Bochte struck out; Fosse singled to left; Duffy
popped to first; Kuiper grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 4.

ROYALS 5TH: Poquette grounded out (pitcher to first); McRae
lined to second; LaCock flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 4.

INDIANS 5TH: Norris flied out to left; Dade flied out to center;
Carty struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 4.

ROYALS 6TH: Mayberry walked; Cowens struck out while Mayberry
was caught stealing second (catcher to second); Porter singled
to right; Rojas singled to right [Porter to third]; BIBBY
REPLACED DOBSON (PITCHING); NELSON BATTED FOR HEISE; Nelson
forced Rojas (shortstop unassisted); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 3, Indians 4.

INDIANS 6TH: NELSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); WHITE CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING SS); Bell grounded out (third to first);
Lowenstein was called out on strikes; Bochte grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 4.

ROYALS 7TH: KERN REPLACED BIBBY (PITCHING); ZDEB BATTED FOR
WHITE; Zdeb struck out; Poquette grounded out (second to first);
McRae lined to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians
4.

INDIANS 7TH: PATEK REPLACED ZDEB (PLAYING SS); Fosse doubled to
right; Duffy out on a sacrifice bunt (third to second) [Fosse to
third]; GURA REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Kuiper singled to
center [Fosse scored]; Norris popped to shortstop; Dade singled
to center [Kuiper to third]; LITTELL REPLACED GURA (PITCHING);
Carty singled to right [Kuiper scored, Dade to third]; Bell
struck out; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 6.

ROYALS 8TH: LaCock struck out; Mayberry grounded out (first to
pitcher); Cowens flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 3, Indians 6.

INDIANS 8TH: Lowenstein flied out to center; Bochte walked;
Littell threw a wild pitch [Bochte to second]; Fosse popped to
shortstop; Duffy popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals
3, Indians 6.

ROYALS 9TH: Porter walked; Rojas struck out; Nelson grounded
into a double play (second to first) [Porter out at second]; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 3, Indians 6.