The Kansas City Royals managed to stay ahead of the Chicago White Sox, 6 to 5, on May 5, 1977.

1977 Kansas City Royals

Final

KCR

Royals

14-10

6

1

1

1

2

0

0

3

0

1

4

2

1

5

1

1

6

0

2

7

1

0

8

0

0

9

0

R

5

6

H

10

11

E

1

1

Top 1st

CWS

KCR

White Sox

Sacrifice fly by Eric Soderholm; Alan Bannister scored.

1

0

Bottom 1st

CWS

KCR

Royals

Home run by Amos Otis.

1

1

Bottom 3rd

CWS

KCR

Royals

Single by Amos Otis; Hal McRae scored.

1

2

Top 4th

CWS

KCR

White Sox

Single by Alan Bannister; Jim Essian scored.

2

2

White Sox

Jorge Orta ground ball; Error by Paul Splittorff; Jack Brohamer scored.

3

2

Bottom 4th

CWS

KCR

Royals

Home run by Al Cowens.

3

3

Top 5th

CWS

KCR

White Sox

Sacrifice fly by Chet Lemon; Eric Soderholm scored.

4

3

Bottom 5th

CWS

KCR

Royals

Single by Hal McRae; George Brett scored.

4

4

Bottom 6th

CWS

KCR

Royals

Single by Buck Martinez; Joe Zdeb scored.

4

5

Royals

Double by George Brett; Freddie Patek scored.

4

6

Top 7th

CWS

KCR

White Sox

Sacrifice fly by Jim Spencer; Richie Zisk scored.

5

6

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Alan Bannister SS 5 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Jorge Orta 2B 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Richie Zisk RF 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Eric Soderholm DH 4 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5
Jim Spencer 1B 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0
Chet Lemon CF 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
Brian Downing LF 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Oscar Gamble PH 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lamar Johnson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Wayne Nordhagen LF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jim Essian C 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Jack Brohamer 3B 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Jerry Hairston PH 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Tim Nordbrook 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 5 10 4 0 5 5 0 1 14

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Ken Brett (L) 5.2 10 6 5 2 1 2
Bruce Dal Canton 2.1 1 0 0 1 3 0
Totals 8.0 11 6 5 3 4 2

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
George Brett 3B 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 4
Hal McRae DH 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Amos Otis CF 3 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 1 5
John Mayberry 1B 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Al Cowens RF 4 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
Joe Zdeb LF 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 1
Tom Poquette PH,LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Freddie Patek SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Buck Martinez C 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
Frank White 2B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Totals 35 6 11 6 2 3 4 3 2 21

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Paul Splittorff 3.2 5 3 2 4 2 0
Doug Bird (W) 3.0 5 2 2 0 0 0
Tom Hall 0.2 0 0 0 1 1 0
Mark Littell (S) 1.2 0 0 0 0 2 0
Totals 9.0 10 5 4 5 5 0

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

7

Perez

Salvador Perez

RBI

26

Perez

Salvador Perez

AVG

.350

Perez

Salvador Perez

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

4

Lugo

Seth Lugo

K

37

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

1.66

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

29

10th

R

132

12th

SO

204

28th

ERA

3.14

4th

2024 Division Standings

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

Schedule

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

Last Game

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DET Tigers

15-12

6

Final

5

KCR Royals

17-11

Sat 27 Apr 2024

MLB 2024 Batting Leaders

MLB 2024 Pitching Leaders

Fantasy 2024

MLB 2023 Division Standings

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

MLB 2024 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
4/26
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
4-2
Fri
4/26
CIN CIN
@
TEX TEX
8-4
Fri
4/26
MIN MIN
@
LAA LAA
16-5
Fri
4/26
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
11-4
Fri
4/26
TBR TBR
@
CWS CWS
7-8

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
4/28
OAK OAK
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
1:35 PM
Sun
4/28
LAD LAD
@
TOR TOR
1:37 PM
Sun
4/28
STL STL
@
NYM NYM
1:40 PM
Sun
4/28
WSH WSH
@
MIA MIA
1:40 PM