New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals
October 7, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 7, 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 2, Kansas City Royals 6

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 4 0 0 0
White lf 4 1 2 0
Munson c 4 0 0 0
Jackson rf 3 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0
Nettles 3b 3 1 1 0
Piniella dh 3 0 1 1
Randolph 2b 3 0 0 0
Dent ss 2 0 0 0
  Johnson ph 1 0 0 0
  Stanley ss 0 0 0 0
Torrez p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 2 4 1
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Poquette rf 3 0 1 0
  Otis ph,cf 2 0 1 2
McRae lf 4 2 2 0
  Zdeb lf 0 0 0 0
Brett 3b 4 1 2 0
Cowens cf,rf 4 0 0 2
Mayberry 1b 4 0 1 1
Lahoud dh 1 2 0 0
  Wathan ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Porter c 4 1 3 0
Patek ss 2 0 1 1
White 2b 4 0 1 0
Leonard p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 12 6
New York 000 010 001241
Kansas City 011 012 10x6121
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Torrez  L (0-1) 5.2 8 5 5 2 1
  Lyle   2.1 4 1 1 0 1
Totals
8.0
12
6
6
2
2
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Leonard  W (1-0) 9.0 4 2 1 1 4
Totals
9.0
4
2
1
1
4

  E–White (1), Mayberry (1).  2B–New York White 2 (2,off Leonard 2); Piniella (1,off Leonard), Kansas City McRae 2 (2,off Torrez 2); Otis (1,off Lyle); Mayberry (1,off Lyle).  SH–Patek 2 (2,off Torrez,off Lyle).  SB–White (1,2nd base off Torrez/Munson); Otis (1,3rd base off Lyle/Munson).  U–Jim McKean, Marty Springstead, Nick Bremigan, Bill Deegan, Russ Goetz, Jerry Neudecker.  T–2:19.  A–41,285.
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