New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals
July 9, 1974 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on July 9, 1974 at Royals Stadium. The New York Yankees defeated the Kansas City Royals and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

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New York Yankees 8, Kansas City Royals 2

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Maddox cf 4 2 0 0
White dh 4 1 2 0
Murcer rf 4 0 0 1
Piniella lf 4 1 0 0
Velez 1b 4 2 1 1
Munson c 5 1 3 1
Nettles 3b 3 1 2 4
  Gonzalez 3b 2 0 0 0
Michael 2b 3 0 2 1
  Alomar pr,2b 0 0 0 0
Mason ss 4 0 0 0
Pagan p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 8 10 8
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 1 2 1 0
  Scheinblum ph 1 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 2 0 0 0
  White 2b 2 0 0 0
Otis cf 3 0 2 2
Mayberry dh 4 0 0 0
McRae rf 4 0 0 0
Solaita 1b 4 0 1 0
Pinson lf 4 0 2 0
Healy c 0 0 0 0
  Martinez c 4 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 0 0 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  McDaniel p 0 0 0 0
  Dal Canton p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 2 6 2
New York 600 110 0008100
Kansas City 001 010 000262
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Pagan  W (1-1) 9.0 6 2 2 5 7
Totals
9.0
6
2
2
5
7
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff  L (9-8) 0.1 4 6 6 3 0
  McDaniel   5.2 5 2 1 0 4
  Dal Canton   3.0 1 0 0 1 1
Totals
9.0
10
8
7
4
5

  E–Solaita (2), Brett (13).  2B–Kansas City Otis 2 (18,off Pagan 2); Pinson (10,off Pagan).  HR–New York Nettles (14,1st inning off Splittorff 3 on, 1 out).  SH–White (4,off McDaniel).  SF–Murcer (8,off McDaniel).  WP–Pagan (3).  U-HP–Jerry Neudecker, 1B–Ron Luciano, 2B–Art Frantz, 3B–George Maloney.  T–2:40.  A–17,511.
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