New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals
August 2, 1996 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 2, 1996 at Kauffman 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 3, Kansas City Royals 4

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Boggs 3b 4 0 1 0
Williams B. cf 4 0 1 0
O'Neill rf 4 0 0 0
Fielder dh 4 1 1 1
Martinez 1b 4 0 0 0
Strawberry lf 4 0 0 0
  Williams G. lf 0 0 0 0
Girardi c 4 1 2 0
Jeter ss 4 1 1 2
Fox 2b 4 0 2 0
Gooden p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 3 8 3
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 1b 4 1 2 1
Goodwin cf 4 0 1 0
  Paquette lf 1 0 0 0
Lockhart 3b 5 0 2 2
Roberts 2b 4 0 0 0
Tucker lf,rf 4 0 1 0
Hamelin dh 4 0 1 0
  Young pr,dh 0 1 0 0
Damon rf,cf 3 0 0 0
Macfarlane c 3 0 0 0
  Norman pr 0 1 0 0
Howard ss 2 0 0 0
  Sweeney ph 1 1 1 1
Appier p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
Totals 35 4 8 4
New York 000 000 000 3380
Kansas City 000 000 000 4481
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Gooden   9.0 4 0 0 2 3
  Rivera  L (4-2) 0.2 4 4 4 1 1
Totals
9.2
8
4
4
3
4
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Appier   9.0 5 0 0 0 9
  Montgomery  W (3-6) 1.0 3 3 3 0 1
Totals
10.0
8
3
3
0
10

  E–Offerman (12).  DP–New York 1, Kansas City 2.  2B–Kansas City Goodwin (13,off Gooden); Lockhart (25,off M Rivera).  HR–New York Fielder (27,10th inning off Montgomery 0 on, 0 out); Jeter (6,10th inning off Montgomery 1 on, 2 out).  HBP–Howard (3,by Gooden).  SB–Girardi (11,2nd base off Montgomery/Macfarlane).  CS–Fox (3,2nd base by Appier/Macfarlane).  HBP–Gooden (7,Howard).  U-HP–Ted Hendry, 1B–John Hirschbeck, 2B–Jim McKean, 3B–Jim Joyce.  T–2:57.  A–28,618.
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