New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals
October 9, 1977 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on October 9, 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 5, Kansas City Royals 3

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Rivers cf 5 2 2 1
Randolph 2b 3 1 1 1
Munson c 5 0 1 1
Piniella lf 5 0 2 0
Johnson dh 2 0 1 0
  Jackson ph,dh 2 0 1 1
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
Chambliss 1b 4 0 0 0
Blair rf 4 1 1 0
Dent ss 3 0 1 0
  White ph 0 1 0 0
  Stanley ss 0 0 0 0
Guidry p 0 0 0 0
  Torrez p 0 0 0 0
  Lyle p 0 0 0 0
Totals 37 5 10 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Patek ss 5 0 0 0
McRae lf 4 2 3 0
Brett 3b 3 1 1 1
Cowens rf 4 0 2 2
Otis cf 3 0 1 0
Wathan 1b 2 0 0 0
  LaCock ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Rojas dh 4 0 1 0
Porter c 4 0 1 0
White 2b 4 0 1 0
Splittorff p 0 0 0 0
  Bird p 0 0 0 0
  Mingori p 0 0 0 0
  Leonard p 0 0 0 0
  Gura p 0 0 0 0
  Littell p 0 0 0 0
Totals 34 3 10 3
New York 001 000 0135100
Kansas City 201 000 0003101
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Guidry   2.1 6 3 3 0 1
  Torrez   5.1 3 0 0 3 4
  Lyle  W (2-0) 1.1 1 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
10
3
3
3
6
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Splittorff   7.0 6 2 2 2 2
  Bird   0.1 2 0 0 0 1
  Mingori   0.2 0 0 0 0 0
  Leonard  L (1-1) 0.0 1 2 2 1 0
  Gura   0.0 1 1 0 0 0
  Littell   1.0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals
9.0
10
5
4
3
3

  E–Brett (2).  DP–New York 1.  2B–New York Piniella (3,off Splittorff); Johnson (2,off Splittorff), Kansas City McRae (3,off Guidry).  3B–Kansas City Brett (2,off Guidry).  SF–Randolph (1,off Littell).  SB–Rivers (1,2nd base off Splittorff/Porter); Rojas (1,2nd base off Torrez/Munson); Otis (2,2nd base off Torrez/Munson).  CS–Brett (1,2nd base by Torrez/Munson).  U–Nick Bremigan, Bill Deegan, Jerry Neudecker, Marty Springstead, Jim McKean, Russ Goetz.  T–3:04.  A–41,133.
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