All good things must come to an end, and so it was for the Royals’ 16-game winning streak as Kansas City dropped a 4-1 decision to Seattle on Friday night at Royals Stadium. Each team scored a run in the first inning. The Mariners’ Steve Braun started the game with a single off Marty Pattin. … Continue reading This Date In Royals History–1977 Edition: September 16

The Royals ran their winning streak to 16 games, sweeping a doubleheader for the second time in two days with a pair of extra-inning wins over Oakland on Thursday at Royals Stadium. Kansas City overcame a 4-0 deficit in the first game and a 4-1 deficit in the second for the sweep. The first inning … Continue reading This Date In Royals History–1977 Edition: September 15

Two days off didn’t hurt the Royals any, as they swept a doubleheader against the A’s to run their winning streak to 14 games on Wednesday at Royals Stadium. Kansas City scored two runs in each of the first two innings in the first game on their way to a 5-2 win. With two outs … Continue reading This Date In Royals History–1977 Edition: September 14

The Royals were rained out for the second straight night, as even more precipitation hit Kansas City. Thankfully, there was no widespread flooding like there had been the previous night. But the rain and a subsequent power outage at Royals Stadium meant no baseball. As a result, the Royals’ four-game series against Oakland was now … Continue reading This Date In Royals History–1977 Edition: September 13

The winning continued for the Royals, who picked up their 12th straight win, second straight series sweep, and completed a 7-0 road trip with a three-run ninth inning to defeat Minnesota, 4-1, on Sunday afternoon at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. Minnesota used four pitchers in the ninth, to no avail. Starter Geoff Zahn was on … Continue reading This Date In Royals History–1977 Edition: September 11

The Royals picked up their club-record 11th straight win in style, bludgeoning the Twins by a 10-1 score on Saturday night at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. The teams traded runs in the second inning. Al Cowens led off the top of the inning with a walk from Minnesota starter Dave Goltz, then stole second. With … Continue reading This Date In Royals History–1977 Edition: September 10

For the second time in three weeks, the Royals picked up a 10th straight win. This one came at the expense of the Minnesota Twins, as Kansas City scored five runs in the seventh en route to a 6-3 win on Friday night at Metropolitan Stadium.  Twins starter Paul Thormodsgard had only allowed two hits … Continue reading This Date In Royals History–1977 Edition: September 9

The Royals continued their home run derby in Seattle, belting five more in a 7-2 win over the Mariners on Thursday night at the Kingdome. This home run barrage gave Kansas City 12 home runs in the four-game sweep, with the Royals outscoring Seattle 35-13. Darrell Porter, in particular, definitely enjoyed facing the expansion team … Continue reading This Date In Royals History–1977 Edition: September 8