Splittorff Wins 23rd; Royals Win 9 of 10 vs Red Sox

American League:
Kansas City 8 at Boston 1
- Paul Splittorff (23-3, 2.21) continues to dominate and Al Cowens (2) and Frank White (13) each homered and drove in three as the Royals win their season series versus the champs 9-1.
Texas 8 at New York 9
-The Yankees erase an 8-3 deficit with a five run 6^th to complete a sweep of the Rangers. Roy White and Ken Griffey each hit their 11^th home runs of the season and Thurman Munson went 4-for-4
Oakland 3 at Baltimore 7
-The Orioles put up a five run 8^th off inning off Dave Hamilton (7-6, 3.88) and Fernando Arroyo to win their weekend set with the A’s. Bobby Grich hit his 16^th home run of the season and Ken Singleton had two hits including the game-winning RBI to raise his MLB best batting average to .369
California 4 at Cleveland 2
- The Indians only allow two hits but one of them was a three-run home run by Ron Jackson (11) which was enough to make a winner of Frank Tanana (15-8, 3.45). The teams split their four game series.
Chicago 6 at Detroit 5
-Jim Spencer hit his 12^th home run of the season and Pablo Torrealba pitched two shutout innings for his 8^th save as the Sox avoid the sweep at Tiger Stadium. Larry Herndon went 4-for-4 with his 8^th home run of the year in a losing cause.
Minnesota 5 at Milwaukee 4
-Pete Mackinin atoned for his two errors as his triple keyed a three run Minnesota rally in the 9^th off Bill Castro (4-4, 2.02) as the Twins even this rare five-game series.

AL East: The Orioles extend their lead to 4 over the Red Sox
AL West:  The Royals maintain their 10 game bulge over the Angels

National League
Cincinnati 14 at Chicago 1
-The Reds will not want to leave Wrigley as they pound out 38 runs in the three game sweep. Joe Morgan (23HR) didn’t even start in this game but still hit his 5^th home run of the series – a grand slam no less. Pete Rose had three hits and three RBI’s including his 7^th home run to raise his average to .350.
Atlanta 3 at Pittsburgh 0
-The Pirates have been scoring more than six runs a game in August but can’t muster a run off Buzz Capra today (9-14, 4.01) as they strand eleven and fail in their attempt to sweep.
Houston 2 at St. Louis 7
-Lou Brock stole his 48^th base and had three hits including a double that keyed a four-run Cardinal 7^th as the Redbirds take two of three from the Astros. Lynn McGlothen improves to 8-4, 2.72 combined with the Giants and the Cards.
Philadelphia 6 at Los Angeles 1
-Tim McCarver (3) hit a htree run home run and Tony Perez also drove in three as Larry Christenson improves to 13-9, 3.67
Montreal 5 at San Diego 6
-The Expos take a 5-3 lead into the 9^th but do not record an out as the Padres prevail on a Doug Rader RBI single. The Expos have now dropped eight in a row.
New York 7 at San Francisco 6
-Dave Kingman (18HR) hit two home runs and Felix Millan’s sacrifice fly in the 9^th gives the Mets their seventh win in eight games. Bob Apodaca (4-5, 2.58) pitched two shutout innings of relief  for the win

NL East: The Pirates lead over the Cardinals is now 9 games
NL West: The Astros lead has been cut down to 2 by the Reds. The Padres are 7 games back.

Kansas City 8, Boston 1

8/22/1976, KCR76-BOS76, Fenway Park
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1976 Kansas City       0  0  1  0  1  1  3  2  0     8 11  2     6  2
1976 Boston            0  0  0  0  0  1  0  0  0     1  5  2     9  1
 
Kansas City          AB  R  H BI   AVG    Boston               AB  R  H BI   AVG
Cowens            cf  5  1  2  3  .263    Watson            1b  5  0  1  0  .278
Patek             ss  4  2  2  0  .251    Dillard           3b  4  0  0  0  .274
White             2b  5  1  1  3  .300    Fisk              c   3  0  1  0  .282
Brett             3b  5  1  2  0  .353    Rice              lf  4  0  0  0  .319
McRae             lf  5  0  1  1  .292    Evans             rf  4  1  2  1  .249
 Foucault         p   0  0  0  0  .000    Duffy             ss  3  0  0  0  .224
Poquette          rf  4  0  1  0  .309     Burgmeier        p   0  0  0  0  .000
Martinez          c   4  1  1  0  .267     Rader            ph  0  0  0  0  .269
Mayberry          1b  4  1  1  0  .257    Griffin           2b  4  0  0  0  .219
Splittorff        p   3  1  0  0  .195    Miller,R          cf  3  0  0  0  .257
 Lahoud           lf  0  0  0  0  .216    Kreuger           p   1  0  0  0  .125
                     39  8 11  7           Burleson         ss  1  0  1  0  .278
                                                               32  1  5  1
 
Kansas City                      INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Splittorff       W 23-3          8.2  5  1  1  3  5 129  79  2.21
Foucault                         0.1  0  0  0  0  1   5   3  3.18
                                 9.0  5  1  1  3  6 134  82 
 
Boston                           INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Kreuger          L 9-6           6.1  7  6  5  2  4 100  61  3.63
Burgmeier                        2.2  4  2  2  0  2  39  26  3.94
                                 9.0 11  8  7  2  6 139  87 
 
KCR: Lahoud inserted at lf in the 9th
BOS: Burleson inserted at ss in the 7th
     Rader batted for Burgmeier in the 9th
 
E-Patek 2, Dillard, Duffy. 2B-Cowens, Patek, McRae, Martinez, Fisk. 
HR-Cowens(2), White(13), Evans(17). SB-Patek(26), Evans(9). K-Cowens, White, 
Brett, Mayberry 2, Splittorff, Watson, Dillard 2, Fisk, Rice, Miller,R. 
BB-Patek, Splittorff, Miller,R, Burleson, Rader. HBP-Fisk, Kreuger. PB-Fisk. 
HB-Splittorff 2.