Win a 6-3 victory over the Angels at Royals Stadium, Kansas City reaches the 100-win mark for the first time in the nine-year history of the franchise. The eventual American League Western Division champions will finish the regular season with 102 victories.

1977 – The Philadelphia Phillies clinch their second consecutive National League East Division title with a 15 – 9 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Winning pitcher Larry Christenson hits a grand slam in the 7th inning.

1977 – In a 9 – 5 win at St. Louis, the Expos run in a record four pinch-runners in the 9th inning.

1977 – Detroit pounds out 18 hits against Boston’s Reggie Cleveland, but they still lose, 12 – 5. Carlton Fisk, Butch Hobson and Carl Yastrzemski all homer for Boston, giving the Sox a total of 210 for the season.

Gene Richards of the Padres and Pirates outfielder Omar Moreno both swipe their 50th base of the season to surpass Sonny Jackson’s rookie record set with the Astros in 1966. The Friars’ first baseman will establish a new freshman mark, ending the campaign with 56 thefts, three more than the Bucs’ flychaser.

1977 – George Foster belts home run #50, off Buzz Capra, as the Reds beat the Braves, 5 – 1. Foster is the first Reds player to reach 50 homers; Ted Kluszewski held the Reds record with 49 homers in 1954.

Former catcher Paddy Livingston dies at age 97, in Cleveland, OH. He was the last surviving player from the American League’s first season (1901).