New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals
May 4, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 4, 1997 at Kauffman 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 13, Kansas City Royals 5

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 5 2 3 2
Jeter ss 5 1 2 1
Williams cf 5 2 2 3
Martinez 1b 5 3 4 4
Fielder dh 4 1 1 2
Whiten rf 5 0 2 0
Hayes 3b 5 1 1 0
Posada c 5 2 3 1
Kelly 2b 4 1 1 0
Rogers p 0 0 0 0
  Boehringer p 0 0 0 0
  Nelson p 0 0 0 0
  Lloyd p 0 0 0 0
  Mecir p 0 0 0 0
Totals 43 13 19 13
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 3 1 0 0
Bell ss 5 0 2 2
King 1b 4 0 0 0
Davis dh 3 0 0 1
  Cooper ph,dh 1 0 0 0
Vitiello lf 3 1 1 0
Paquette 3b 4 0 0 0
Dye rf 5 2 2 2
Spehr c 5 0 1 0
Goodwin cf 2 1 1 0
  Sweeney ph 1 0 1 0
  Damon cf 0 0 0 0
Rusch p 0 0 0 0
  Converse p 0 0 0 0
  Montgomery p 0 0 0 0
  Pichardo p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 5 8 5
New York 103 400 14013191
Kansas City 003 000 002580
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Rogers   2.2 1 3 1 4 0
  Boehringer  W (1-1) 3.1 3 0 0 1 7
  Nelson   1.0 0 0 0 3 2
  Lloyd   1.0 2 0 0 0 0
  Mecir   1.0 2 2 2 0 2
Totals
9.0
8
5
3
8
11
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Rusch  L (2-2) 3.2 10 7 7 2 2
  Converse   3.1 3 2 2 3 3
  Montgomery   1.0 4 4 4 2 2
  Pichardo   1.0 2 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
19
13
13
7
8

  E–Hayes (3).  DP–Kansas City 1.  2B–New York Raines (4,off Rusch); Jeter (5,off Rusch); Posada (2,off Converse).  HR–New York Williams (4,3rd inning off Rusch 1 on, 1 out); Martinez 2 (12,3rd inning off Rusch 0 on, 1 out,8th inning off Montgomery 1 on, 0 out); Fielder (2,4th inning off Converse 1 on, 2 out); Posada (1,7th inning off Converse 0 on, 0 out), Kansas City Dye (1,9th inning off Mecir 1 on, 2 out).  SH–Jeter (3,off Rusch).  SF–Williams (3,off Rusch).  SB–Dye (1,3rd base off Rogers/Posada); Offerman (2,2nd base off Boehringer/Posada).  U-HP–Gary Cederstrom, 1B–Drew Coble, 2B–Tim McClelland, 3B–Fieldin Culbreth.  T–3:39.  A–30,034.
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