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

1977 Kansas City Royals

Final

1

0

2

2

0

0

3

1

1

4

0

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5

0

0

6

0

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7

0

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8

1

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9

3

0

R

5

3

H

10

10

E

0

1

Bottom 1st

NYY

KCR

Royals

Triple by George Brett; Hal McRae scored.

0

1

Royals

Al Cowens grounded out; George Brett scored.

0

2

Top 3rd

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Single by Thurman Munson; Mickey Rivers scored.

1

2

Bottom 3rd

NYY

KCR

Royals

Single by Al Cowens; Hal McRae scored.

1

3

Top 8th

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Single by Reggie Jackson; Willie Randolph scored.

2

3

Top 9th

NYY

KCR

Yankees

Single by Mickey Rivers; Paul Blair scored.

3

3

Yankees

Sacrifice fly by Willie Randolph; Roy White scored.

4

3

Yankees

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

5

3

Batters

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

Pitchers

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

Batters

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

Pitchers

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

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More Royals Stats

Team Batting Leaders

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HR

11

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

RBI

48

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

AVG

.321

Jr.

Bobby Witt Jr.

Team Pitching Leaders

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W

9

Lugo

Seth Lugo

K

98

Ragans

Cole Ragans

ERA

2.36

Lugo

Seth Lugo

Team Rankings

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HR

69

14th

R

332

5th

SO

537

23rd

ERA

3.76

10th

2024 Division Standings

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TEAM W L PCT GB
Guardians Guardians
43 22 .662
Royals Royals
39 29 .574 5.5
Twins Twins
35 32 .522 9.0
Tigers Tigers
32 34 .485 11.5
White Sox White Sox
17 51 .250 27.5

Schedule

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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
6/12
NYY NYY
@
KCR KCR
8:10 PM
Thu
6/13
NYY NYY
@
KCR KCR
2:10 PM
Fri
6/14
KCR KCR
@
LAD LAD
10:10 PM
Sat
6/15
KCR KCR
@
LAD LAD
9:10 PM
Sun
6/16
KCR KCR
@
LAD LAD
4:10 PM

Last Game

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KCR Royals

39-29

1

Final

10

NYY Yankees

48-21

Tue 11 Jun 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
Mon
6/10
CWS CWS
@
SEA SEA
3-4
Mon
6/10
NYY NYY
@
KCR KCR
10-1
Mon
6/10
HOU HOU
@
SFG SFG
3-1
Mon
6/10
TOR TOR
@
MIL MIL
3-0
Mon
6/10
CLE CLE
@
CIN CIN
5-3

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Wed
6/12
COL COL
@
MIN MIN
1:10 PM
Wed
6/12
TOR TOR
@
MIL MIL
2:10 PM
Wed
6/12
HOU HOU
@
SFG SFG
3:45 PM
Wed
6/12
OAK OAK
@
SDP SDP
4:10 PM
Wed
6/12
ATL ATL
@
BAL BAL
6:35 PM