The Kansas City Royals lost to the California Angels, 5 to 3, on May 9, 1977.

1977 Kansas City Royals

Final

CAL

Angels

11-17

5

KCR

Royals

15-13

3

1

2

1

2

1

0

3

0

0

4

1

0

5

0

0

6

0

1

7

0

1

8

1

0

9

0

0

R

5

3

H

12

7

E

0

2

Top 1st

CAL

KCR

Angels

Don Baylor ground ball; Error by Frank White; Gil Flores and Jerry Remy scored.

2

0

Bottom 1st

CAL

KCR

Royals

Triple by Al Cowens; Hal McRae scored.

2

1

Top 2nd

CAL

KCR

Angels

Home run by Terry Humphrey.

3

1

Top 4th

CAL

KCR

Angels

Single by Jerry Remy; Gil Flores scored.

4

1

Bottom 6th

CAL

KCR

Royals

Triple by Darrell Porter; John Mayberry scored.

4

2

Bottom 7th

CAL

KCR

Royals

Hal McRae grounded out; Freddie Patek scored.

4

3

Top 8th

CAL

KCR

Angels

Double by Joe Rudi; Dave Chalk scored.

5

3

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Gil Flores CF 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1
Jerry Remy 2B 3 1 2 1 0 2 1 0 0 2
Dave Chalk 3B 4 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Joe Rudi LF 4 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2
Bobby Bonds RF 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
Don Baylor 1B 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Dan Briggs 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Bochte DH 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 5
Bobby Grich SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Terry Humphrey C 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 4
Totals 36 5 12 3 1 5 6 1 1 18

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Wayne Simpson (W) 6.0 5 3 3 4 4 0
Paul Hartzell (S) 3.0 2 0 0 0 3 0
Totals 9.0 7 3 3 4 7 0

Batters

Player AB R H RBI HR BB SO SB CS TB
Tom Poquette LF 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Hal McRae DH 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
Al Cowens RF 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
John Mayberry 1B 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Amos Otis CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Darrell Porter C 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 3
Cookie Rojas 3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Freddie Patek SS 3 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0
Frank White 2B 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Ralph LaCock PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Bob Heise PR,2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Davey Nelson PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Totals 32 3 7 2 0 4 7 1 0 12

Pitchers

Player IP H R ER BB SO HR
Jim Colborn (L) 7.0 9 4 2 3 4 1
Larry Gura 0.2 2 1 1 0 1 0
Mark Littell 1.1 1 0 0 2 1 0
Totals 9.0 12 5 3 5 6 1

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