New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals
April 11, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 11, 1977 at Royals 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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New York Yankees 4, Kansas City Royals 5

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 0 0 0
White lf 6 1 1 1
Munson c 5 1 2 1
Wynn dh 4 0 2 1
  Blair pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 5 0 0 0
Jackson rf 4 1 1 1
Nettles 3b 5 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 5 0 0 0
Dent ss 5 1 1 0
Ellis p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
Totals 44 4 7 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Brett 3b 5 1 2 0
McRae dh 6 0 2 0
Mayberry 1b 7 1 3 1
Otis cf 5 1 1 0
Porter c 2 0 2 2
  Rojas ph 1 0 0 0
  Zdeb lf 2 0 0 0
Cowens rf 6 0 0 0
LaCock lf 3 1 1 0
  Martinez ph,c 3 0 0 0
Patek ss 5 1 1 0
White 2b 4 0 0 1
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 49 5 12 4
New York 100 120 000 000 0472
Kansas City 210 010 000 000 15120
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Ellis   6.0 8 4 2 2 1
  Lyle   5.0 3 0 0 2 3
  Tidrow  L (0-1) 1.2 1 1 1 2 2
Totals
12.2
12
5
3
6
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff   9.0 7 4 4 1 2
  Littell  W (1-0) 4.0 0 0 0 2 3
Totals
13.0
7
4
4
3
5

  E–Randolph (2), Dent (1).  2B–New York Munson (2,off Splittorff); Dent (1,off Splittorff); White (1,off Splittorff), Kansas City Porter 2 (3,off Ellis 2); LaCock (1,off Ellis); Mayberry (1,off Lyle).  HR–New York Jackson (1,4th inning off Splittorff 0 on, 2 out).  SH–White (1,off Tidrow).  SF–White (1,off Ellis).  IBB–Otis (1,by Lyle); McRae (1,by Lyle); Brett (1,by Tidrow).  CS–Blair (1,2nd base by Littell/Martinez); Rivers (3,2nd base by Littell/Martinez).  SB–Brett (1,2nd base off Ellis/Munson).  IBB–Lyle 2 (2,Otis,McRae); Tidrow (1,Brett).  U-HP–Al Clark, 1B–Jerry Neudecker, 2B–Art Frantz, 3B–Nick Bremigan.  T–3:34.  A–39,460.
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