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Kansas City Royals @ Oakland Athletics

1977-09-26 · Night game · Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum · Att: 3909 · 2:06

Oakland Athletics defeated Kansas City Royals 7–1. Oakland Athletics put up 2 in the 5th. Joe Coleman earned the win. Jeff Newman went 2-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
KCA	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
OAK	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	2		7	10

W: Joe Coleman L: Jim Colborn SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: Russ Goetz · 1B: Bill Deegan · 2B: Mike Reilly · 3B: Greg Kosc · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Kansas City Royals — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Tom Poquette	4	0	2	0	0	0
Hal McRae	4	0	0	0	0	0
George Brett	4	0	0	0	0	0
Al Cowens	3	1	1	0	0	0
Pete LaCock	4	0	1	0	0	1
Clint Hurdle	2	0	0	1	1	0
Darrell Porter	3	0	0	0	0	0
Freddie Patek	2	0	1	0	1	0
Frank White	2	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Lahoud	1	0	0	0	0	0

Oakland Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Rodney Scott	4	2	2	1	1	0
Rob Picciolo	3	0	1	1	0	1
Mitchell Page	4	0	1	1	0	2
Mike Jorgensen	2	1	1	1	2	0
Jim Tyrone	4	1	1	0	0	2
Manny Sanguillen	4	0	1	0	0	0
Marty Perez	4	0	0	0	0	0
Tony Armas	4	0	1	1	0	2
Jeff Newman	4	2	2	2	0	0

Kansas City Royals — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Jim Colborn	8.0	10	3	7

Oakland Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Joe Coleman	9.0	5	2	1

Play-by-play

Top 1

Tom Poquette: S9
Hal McRae: 54(1)3/GDP
George Brett: 43

Bot 1

Rodney Scott: S7
Rob Picciolo: 53/SH.1-2
Mitchell Page: K
Mike Jorgensen: 31

Top 2

Al Cowens: S8
Pete LaCock: K+CS2(26)/DP
Clint Hurdle: W
Darrell Porter: 7

Bot 2

Jim Tyrone: D7
Manny Sanguillen: 13
Marty Perez: 8/L
Tony Armas: S7.2-H
Jeff Newman: 63

Top 3

Freddie Patek: S7
Frank White: SB2
Frank White: 13
Tom Poquette: 43
Hal McRae: 4/P

Bot 3

Rodney Scott: 43
Rob Picciolo: K
Mitchell Page: 31

Top 4

George Brett: 163
Al Cowens: HP
Pete LaCock: S9.1-3
Clint Hurdle: 46(1)/FO.3-H
Darrell Porter: 7

Bot 4

Mike Jorgensen: HR/9
Jim Tyrone: K/C
Manny Sanguillen: 63
Marty Perez: 63

Top 5

Freddie Patek: 13
Frank White: 13
Tom Poquette: D9
Hal McRae: 8

Bot 5

Tony Armas: K
Jeff Newman: S9
Rodney Scott: WP.1-2
Rodney Scott: D7.2-H
Rob Picciolo: PO2(E1).2-3
Rob Picciolo: 34
Mitchell Page: S7.3-H
Mike Jorgensen: SB2
Mike Jorgensen: W
Jim Tyrone: K

Top 6

George Brett: 9
Al Cowens: 13
Pete LaCock: 7

Bot 6

Manny Sanguillen: 3/P
Marty Perez: 53
Tony Armas: K/C

Top 7

Clint Hurdle: 43
Darrell Porter: 31
Freddie Patek: W
Frank White: CS2(24)

Bot 7

Jeff Newman: 3/P
Rodney Scott: W
Rob Picciolo: SB2
Rob Picciolo: D7.2-H
Mitchell Page: K
Mike Jorgensen: IW
Jim Tyrone: 6/P

Top 8

Joe Lahoud: 4/P
Tom Poquette: 7
Hal McRae: 8

Bot 8

Manny Sanguillen: D9
Marty Perez: SB3
Marty Perez: 63
Tony Armas: 63
Jeff Newman: HR/7.3-H
Rodney Scott: 8

Top 9

George Brett: 43
Al Cowens: 9/L
Pete LaCock: 3/G