Chicago White Sox vs. Kansas City Royals

May 5, 1977

FINAL

Box Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
CWS	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	5	10	1	9
KC	1	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	-	6	11	1	8

loss:

K. Brettwin: Kansas City Royals logo

D. Birdsave: Kansas City Royals logo

M. Littell

CWSKC

1
Eric Soderholm out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Amos Otis. Alan Bannister scores. [1 run] [2 outs]
10
1
Amos Otis hits an inside-the-park home run (4) on a . [1 run]
11
3
Amos Otis singles on a to left fielder Brian Downing. Hal McRae scores. [1 run]
12
4
Alan Bannister singles on a to left fielder Joe Zdeb. Jim Essian scores. Jack Brohamer to 2nd. [1 run]
22
4
Jorge Orta reaches on a fielding error by pitcher Paul Splittorff. Jack Brohamer scores. Alan Bannister to 2nd. [1 run]
32
4
Al Cowens hits a home run (3). [1 run]
33
5
Chet Lemon out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Amos Otis. Eric Soderholm scores. [1 run] [2 outs]
43
5
Hal McRae singles on a to center fielder Chet Lemon. George Brett scores. [1 run]
44
6
Buck Martinez singles on a to left fielder Brian Downing. Joe Zdeb scores. Freddie Patek to 2nd. [1 run]
45
6
George Brett doubles (9) on a to right fielder Richie Zisk. Freddie Patek scores. Buck Martinez to 3rd. [1 run]
46
7
Jim Spencer out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Al Cowens. Richie Zisk scores. Eric Soderholm to 3rd. [1 run] [1 out]
56

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	LOB	AVG
1Alan BannisterSS	3	5	1	1	1	0	3	.326
2Jorge Orta2B	0	4	0	0	0	1	3	.282
3Richie ZiskRF	1	5	1	0	0	0	4	.313
4Eric SoderholmDH	3	4	1	1	0	0	0	.346
5Jim Spencer1B	0	4	0	1	2	0	3	.250
6Chet LemonCF	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	.293
7Brian DowningLF	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	.294
Oscar GamblePH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267
Lamar JohnsonPH	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.136
Wayne NordhagenLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
8Jim EssianC	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	.304
9Jack Brohamer3B	1	2	1	0	1	1	2	.214
Jerry Hairston Sr.PH	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250
Tim Nordbrook3B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.375
TOTAL	10	33	5	4	5	5	17	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	HR	PC	ERA
Ken BrettLHP	5.2	10	6	5	1	2	2	36	5.73
Bruce Dal CantonRHP	2.1	1	0	0	3	1	0	19	2.35


TOTAL	8.0	11	6	5	4	3	2	55	-

HITTING	H	AB	R	RBI	K	BB	HR	LOB	AVG
1George Brett3B	2	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	.330
2Hal McRaeDH	2	5	1	1	1	0	0	4	.343
3Amos OtisCF	2	3	1	2	0	1	1	1	.264
4John Mayberry Sr.1B	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	2	.232
5Al CowensRF	1	4	1	1	1	0	1	1	.289
6Joe ZdebLF	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	.273
Tom PoquettePH-LF	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.388
7Freddie PatekSS	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	.301
8Buck MartinezC	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.238
9Frank White2B	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	.205




TOTAL	11	35	6	6	4	3	2	16	-

PITCHING	IP	H	R	ER	K	BB	PC	ERA
Paul SplittorffLHP	3.2	5	3	2	2	4	36	4.08
Doug BirdRHP	3.0	5	2	2	0	0	13	4.20
Tom HallLHP	0.2	0	0	0	1	1	8	0.00
Mark LittellRHP	1.2	0	0	0	2	0	9	2.30
TOTAL	8.3	10	5	4	5	5	66	-

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1st inningCWSKC

TOP 1
SINGLE — Alan Bannister singles on a to left fielder Joe Zdeb.
00
WALK — Jorge Orta walks. Alan Bannister to 2nd.
00
BATTER OUT — Richie Zisk out to center fielder Amos Otis. Alan Bannister to 3rd. Jorge Orta to 2nd. [1 out]
00
SAC FLY — Eric Soderholm out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Amos Otis. Alan Bannister scores. [1 run] [2 outs]
10
POP OUT — Jim Spencer pops out to third baseman George Brett. [3 outs]
10
BOTTOM 1
BATTER OUT — George Brett out, second baseman Jorge Orta to first baseman Jim Spencer. [1 out]
10
BATTER OUT — Hal McRae out to left fielder Brian Downing. [2 outs]
10
HOME RUN — Amos Otis hits an inside-the-park home run (4) on a . [1 run]
11
POP OUT — John Mayberry pops out to shortstop Alan Bannister. [3 outs]
11

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CWS

5Runs6

10Hits11

1Errors1

.303Batting Avg.314

33At Bats35

4Extra-base Hits5

0Home Runs2

4Runs-Batted-In6

5Walks3

0Stolen Bases3

5Strikeouts4

9Left on Base8

14Total Bases21

Thursday, May 5, 1977 · 8:05 PM

Kauffman Stadium · Kansas City, MO

attendance: 10,888 (28.7%)

weather: 75 degrees, unknown