The Kansas City Royals fell to the New York Yankees, 5 to 3, in Game 5 of the 1977 ALCS on October 9, 1977.

Final

Yankees

3-2

5

Royals

2-3

3

NYY

KCR

1

0

2

0

3

1

4

0

5

0

6

0

7

0

8

1

0

9

3

0

R

5

3

H

10

E

0

1

Summary

Player Stats

Bottom 1st

NYY

KCR

Triple by George Brett; Hal McRae scored.

0

1

Al Cowens grounded out; George Brett scored.

0

2

Top 3rd

NYY

KCR

Single by Thurman Munson; Mickey Rivers scored.

1

2

Bottom 3rd

NYY

KCR

Single by Al Cowens; Hal McRae scored.

1

3

Top 8th

NYY

KCR

Single by Reggie Jackson; Willie Randolph scored.

2

3

Top 9th

NYY

KCR

Single by Mickey Rivers; Paul Blair scored.

3

Sacrifice fly by Willie Randolph; Roy White scored.

4

3

Lou Piniella ground ball; Error by George Brett; Mickey Rivers scored.

5

3

Yankees

Royals

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	TB
Mickey Rivers CF	5	2	2	1	0	1	1	2
Willie Randolph 2B	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	1
Thurman Munson C	5	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
Lou Piniella LF	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	3
Cliff Johnson DH	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	2
Reggie Jackson PH	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
Graig Nettles 3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Chris Chambliss 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Paul Blair RF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
Bucky Dent SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
Roy White PH	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0
Fred Stanley SS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	37	5	10	4	3	3	1	12

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Ron Guidry	2.1	6	3	3	0	1
Mike Torrez	5.1	3	0	0	3	4
Sparky Lyle (W)	1.1	1	0	0	0	1
Totals	9.0	10	3	3	3	6

Batters

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	TB
Freddie Patek SS	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hal McRae LF	4	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	4
George Brett 3B	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	3
Al Cowens RF	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2
Amos Otis CF	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	1
John Wathan 1B	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0
Ralph LaCock PH,1B	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
Cookie Rojas DH	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1
Darrell Porter C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
Frank White 2B	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
Totals	34	3	10	3	3	6	2	1	13

Pitchers

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Paul Splittorff	7.0	6	2	2	2	2
Doug Bird	0.1	2	0	0	0	1
Steve Mingori	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Leonard (L)	0.0	1	2	2	1	0
Larry Gura	0.0	1	1	0	0	0
Mark Littell	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	9.0	10	5	4	3	3

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

7

Perez

RBI

26

Perez

AVG

.350

Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

W

4

Lugo

K

37

Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Team Rankings

HR

29

10th

R

132

12th

SO

204

28th

ERA

3.14

4th

2024 Division Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians	19	8	.704
Royals	17	11	.607	2.5
Tigers	15	12	.556	4.0
Twins	13	13	.500	5.5
White Sox	5	22	.185	14.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 4/28	KCR	@	DET	1:40 PM
Mon 4/29	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Tue 4/30	KCR	@	TOR	7:07 PM
Wed 5/1	KCR	@	TOR	3:07 PM
Fri 5/3	TEX	@	KCR	7:40 PM

Last Game

Tigers

15-12

6

Final

5

Royals

17-11

Sat 27 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

10

Trout

9

Henderson

9

Ozuna

RBI Leaders

31

Ozuna

26

Bohm

26

Perez

Batting Average Leaders

.391

Betts

.367

Smith

.354

Ozuna

Hit Leaders

45

Betts

41

Ohtani

40

Turner

Run Leaders

29

Betts

25

Kwan

24

Cruz

OBP Leaders

.489

Betts

.443

Soto

.434

Bohm

SLG Leaders

.698

Ozuna

.661

Ohtani

.661

Betts

SB Leaders

17

Cruz

13

Turang

11

Jr.

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

5

Suárez

5

Glasnow

4

Imanaga

Strikeout Leaders

53

Glasnow

46

Wheeler

42

Greene

ERA Leaders

0.72

López

0.98

Imanaga

1.23

Berríos

WHIP Leaders

0.63

Suárez

0.74

Skubal

0.80

Imanaga

K/9 Leaders

12.13

Crochet

12.10

Jones

12.07

Peralta

K/BB Leaders

9.75

Jones

9.50

Kirby

9.50

Ryan

Walk Leaders

3

Imanaga

4

Jones

4

Kirby

Fantasy 2024

FanDuel Points Leaders

515.3

Betts

457.8

Cruz

445.8

Ohtani

DraftKings Points Leaders

393

Betts

347

Cruz

342

Ohtani

MLB 2023 Division Standings

	NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Braves	104	58	.642
2	Phillies	90	72	.556	14.0
	AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Orioles	101	61	.623
2	Rays	99	63	.611	2.0
	NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Dodgers	100	62	.617
2	Diamondbacks	84	78	.519	16.0
	NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Brewers	92	70	.568
2	Cubs	83	79	.512	9.0
	AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Astros	90	72	.556
2	Rangers	90	72	.556
	AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Twins	87	75	.537
2	Tigers	78	84	.481	9.0