AL Strikeout Lead for Leonard as KC Wins 9th Straight

American League
Kansas City 6 at New York 1
-Dennis Leonard (17-8, 3.20) struck out seven to give him an AL best 202 on the season as the Royals win their 9th in a row. Tom Underwood (11-11, 3.29) had faced the minimum through five innings but could not survive the 6th for the Yankees. Royals rookie Ruppert Jones got the scoring started for K.C. with a two-run double and added a sacrifice fly in the 9th

National League
Chicago 5 at Atlanta 4-Steve Ontiveros broke a 4-4 tie in the 9th with an RBI single off Carl Morton (5-2, 4.62) as the Cubs win the opener in Atlanta. Chris Chambliss hit his 9th home run in a losing cause for the Braves









Kansas City 6, New York Y 1

8/30/1976, KCR76-NYY76, Yankee Stadium
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 Kansas City       0  0  0  0  0  4  1  0  1     6  8  0     7  2
1976 New York Y        1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0     1  4  1     1  0
 
Kansas City          AB  R  H BI   AVG    New York Y           AB  R  H BI   AVG
Otis              cf  5  1  2  0  .251    Randle            cf  4  0  1  0  .283
Cowens            3b  3  1  1  1  .259    White             lf  4  1  1  1  .252
Jones             rf  4  1  1  3  .268    Griffey           rf  3  0  1  0  .317
White             2b  5  1  2  1  .304    Scott             1b  3  0  0  0  .271
McRae             lf  2  0  0  0  .291    Nettles           3b  3  0  0  0  .250
Stinson           c   4  0  0  0  .275    Williams          2b  3  0  0  0  .285
Patek             ss  4  0  1  0  .249     Lyle             p   0  0  0  0  .167
Cardenal          1b  3  1  0  0  .220    Munson            c   3  0  0  0  .251
Leonard           p   3  1  1  0  .143    Campaneris        ss  2  0  0  0  .224
                     33  6  8  5           Gullett          p   0  0  0  0  .102
                                           Mumphrey         ph  1  0  0  0  .216
                                          Underwood         p   1  0  0  0  .107
                                           Alomar           ss  2  0  1  0  .241
                                                               29  1  4  1
 
Kansas City                      INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Leonard          W 17-8          9.0  4  1  1  0  7  98  67  3.20
                                 9.0  4  1  1  0  7  98  67 
 
New York Y                       INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Underwood        L 11-11         5.1  5  4  3  3  5 101  66  3.29
Gullett                          2.2  1  1  1  2  1  37  16  3.42
Lyle                             1.0  2  1  1  1  1  27  15  4.33
                                 9.0  8  6  5  6  7 165  97 
 
NYY: Alomar inserted at ss in the 6th
     Mumphrey batted for Gullett in the 8th
     Randle moved to 2b in the 9th
     Mumphrey moved to cf in the 9th
 
E-Randle. 2B-Jones, Griffey. 3B-Randle. HR-White(12). SB-Otis(35). CS-White. 
K-Jones 3, White, Stinson, Patek, Leonard, Scott 2, Nettles, Williams, 
Munson, Underwood, Mumphrey. BB-Cowens 2, McRae 2, Cardenal, Leonard. 
SF-Jones. WP-Underwood, Gullett. 
GWRBI: Jones