New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals
October 8, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 8, 1977 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 6, Kansas City Royals 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 2 4 1
Nettles 3b 5 0 2 1
Munson c 4 1 1 2
Jackson rf 3 0 0 0
  Blair rf 1 0 1 0
Piniella lf 5 0 2 1
Johnson dh 4 0 1 0
  White pr,dh 0 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0
Randolph 2b 4 2 1 0
Dent ss 3 1 1 1
Figueroa p 0 0 0 0
  Tidrow p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 38 6 13 6
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Poquette lf 3 0 0 0
  Zdeb ph,lf 2 0 0 0
McRae dh 3 1 2 0
Brett 3b 4 0 2 1
Cowens rf 3 0 0 0
Mayberry 1b 2 0 0 0
  Wathan 1b 2 0 0 0
Porter c 4 0 0 0
Otis cf 3 1 0 0
Patek ss 4 2 3 1
White 2b 3 0 1 2
Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Pattin p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 8 4
New York 121 100 0016130
Kansas City 002 200 000482
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Figueroa   3.1 5 4 4 2 3
  Tidrow   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Lyle  W (1-0) 5.1 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
8
4
4
3
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura  L (0-1) 2.0 6 4 4 1 2
  Pattin   6.0 6 2 1 0 0
  Mingori   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  Bird   0.2 1 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
13
6
5
1
2

  E–Mayberry (2), Patek (1).  DP–New York 1, Kansas City 1.  2B–New York Rivers (2,off Gura); Dent (1,off Gura); Munson (1,off Gura); Piniella (2,off Pattin), Kansas City Patek (3,off Figueroa); White (1,off Tidrow).  3B–Kansas City Patek (1,off Figueroa); Brett (1,off Figueroa).  SH–Dent (1,off Pattin).  SF–Munson (1,off Bird); White (1,off Figueroa).  WP–Mingori (1).  U–Marty Springstead, Nick Bremigan, Bill Deegan, Jerry Neudecker, Jim McKean, Russ Goetz.  T–3:08.  A–41,135.
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