Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees
August 21, 1981 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1981 at Yankee Stadium. The Kansas City Royals defeated the New York Yankees and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
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Kansas City Royals 4, New York Yankees 0

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Wilson lf 5 0 1 0
Washington ss 4 1 1 0
Brett 3b 4 0 0 0
McRae dh 3 1 0 0
Otis cf 3 1 2 1
May 1b 3 0 1 0
  Geronimo pr,rf 0 0 0 0
White 2b 3 1 2 2
Motley rf 3 0 1 0
  Aikens ph,1b 1 0 0 0
Wathan c 3 0 1 1
Gura p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 4 9 4
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Randolph 2b 4 0 0 0
Mumphrey cf 4 0 1 0
Winfield lf 4 0 0 0
Watson 1b 3 0 0 0
Jackson rf 3 0 1 0
Piniella dh 3 0 1 0
Nettles 3b 3 0 0 0
Cerone c 3 0 1 0
Dent ss 3 0 0 0
Righetti p 0 0 0 0
  Wehrmeister p 0 0 0 0
  Gossage p 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche p 0 0 0 0
Totals 30 0 4 0
Kansas City 000 200 020490
New York 000 000 000041
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Gura  W (7-5) 9.0 4 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
4
0
0
0
3
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Righetti  L (3-2) 7.1 8 4 4 4 5
  Wehrmeister   0.1 1 0 0 1 0
  Gossage   0.1 0 0 0 0 0
  LaRoche   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
9
4
4
5
7

  E–Righetti (1).  DP–New York 1.  2B–Kansas City Washington (12,off Righetti), New York Piniella (7,off Gura).  SF–Otis (8,off Wehrmeister).  SB–Wilson (14,2nd base off Righetti/Cerone); Otis (9,2nd base off Righetti/Cerone); Washington (6,3rd base off Righetti/Cerone).  CS–Wathan (4,2nd base by Righetti/Cerone); Wilson (7,2nd base by LaRoche/Cerone); Cerone (1,2nd base by Gura/Wathan).  WP–LaRoche (1).  U-HP–Ken Kaiser, 1B–Russ Goetz, 2B–Mark Johnson, 3B–Bill Haller.  T–2:22.  A–37,970.
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