Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees
June 5, 1971 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 5, 1971 at Yankee Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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Kansas City Royals 11, New York Yankees 7

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 1 1 0
Schaal 3b 4 1 1 2
Otis cf 5 1 1 0
Kirkpatrick lf 5 1 1 1
Rojas 2b 4 2 2 2
Oliver 1b 5 2 2 1
Keough rf 5 0 1 1
May c 3 1 2 0
Dal Canton p 3 1 0 0
  Rooker p 0 0 0 0
  Hopkins ph 1 1 1 3
  Abernathy p 0 0 0 0
Totals 40 11 12 10
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Clarke 2b 5 0 0 1
Kenney 3b 2 2 0 0
Murcer cf 4 0 1 0
White lf 3 2 1 2
Ellis 1b 4 0 0 0
Gibbs c 5 1 1 1
Lyttle rf 2 0 0 0
  Alou ph,rf 3 1 2 1
Michael ss 4 0 2 1
Kline p 1 1 1 0
  Tepedino ph 1 0 0 0
  Waslewski p 1 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Woods ph 0 0 0 0
  Jones p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 7 8 6
Kansas City 002 120 60011123
New York 201 003 010781
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Dal Canton   5.2 3 6 5 4 1
  Rooker   0.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Abernathy  W (2-3) 3.0 3 1 1 4 1
Totals
9.0
8
7
6
8
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Kline   5.0 8 5 4 0 0
  Waslewski  L (0-1) 1.0 2 2 2 1 1
  McDaniel   2.0 2 4 4 2 0
  Jones   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
12
11
10
3
1

  E–Patek (10), Oliver (4), Dal Canton (2), Gibbs (3).  DP–Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City Schaal (9,off Kline); Keough (5,off Kline); Otis (8,off Waslewski), New York Kline (1,off Dal Canton).  HR–Kansas City Rojas (4,5th inning off Kline 1 on, 2 out); Hopkins (4,7th inning off McDaniel 2 on, 2 out), New York White (9,1st inning off Dal Canton 1 on, 2 out).  IBB–Rojas (1,by McDaniel).  IBB–McDaniel (1,Rojas).  U-HP–Bill Deegan, 1B–Nestor Chylak, 2B–Don Denkinger, 3B–Art Frantz.  T–2:55.  A–10,874.
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