Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees
June 16, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on June 16, 1977 at Yankee 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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Kansas City Royals 0, New York Yankees 7

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 4 0 0 0
Brett 3b 3 0 0 0
McRae dh 3 0 0 0
Cowens rf 4 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 4 0 0 0
Otis cf 3 0 0 0
Rojas 2b 3 0 0 0
Porter c 3 0 1 0
Zdeb lf 3 0 2 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 3 0
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 3 3 2
Randolph 2b 3 2 1 1
Munson c 4 0 0 1
Chambliss 1b 4 0 1 2
Jackson rf 3 0 1 0
  Blair rf 0 0 0 0
White lf 4 0 1 0
Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0
May dh 3 0 0 0
  Johnson ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Dent ss 4 2 2 0
Guidry p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 7 9 6
Kansas City 000 000 000031
New York 200 020 30x790
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  L (4-7) 6.2 9 7 7 1 8
  Gura   0.1 0 0 0 1 0
  Littell   1.0 0 0 0 1 1
Totals
8.0
9
7
7
3
9
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Guidry  W (5-2) 9.0 3 0 0 2 7
Totals
9.0
3
0
0
2
7

  E–Patek (12).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–New York Rivers (6,off Leonard).  3B–New York Randolph (6,off Leonard).  HR–New York Rivers (2,5th inning off Leonard 1 on, 2 out).  SB–McRae (3,2nd base off Guidry/Munson); Rivers (14,2nd base off Leonard/Porter).  BK–Leonard (2).  U-HP–Bill Kunkel, 1B–Ken Kaiser, 2B–Bill Haller, 3B–Ron Luciano.  T–2:02.  A–26,391.
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