Kansas City Royals vs New York Yankees
May 10, 1997 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on May 10, 1997 at Yankee 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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Kansas City Royals 2, New York Yankees 5

Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Offerman 2b 5 0 1 0
Bell ss 4 1 1 0
Roberts lf 4 0 2 0
King 1b 4 0 0 0
Davis dh 3 0 2 1
Paquette 3b 4 0 0 0
Spehr c 3 0 0 0
  Cooper ph 1 0 0 0
Goodwin cf 4 1 3 0
Damon rf 4 0 2 1
Appier p 0 0 0 0
  Williams p 0 0 0 0
Totals 36 2 11 2
New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Raines lf 4 0 0 0
Boggs 3b 4 1 2 0
Williams cf 4 3 2 2
Martinez 1b 3 0 0 0
Fielder dh 4 0 1 1
O'Neill rf 4 1 1 2
Jeter ss 3 0 1 0
Duncan 2b 3 0 0 0
  Sojo 2b 0 0 0 0
Posada c 3 0 1 0
Mendoza p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 32 5 8 5
Kansas City 110 000 0002111
New York 010 101 02x580
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Appier  L (4-2) 7.0 6 3 2 1 6
  Williams   1.0 2 2 2 0 2
Totals
8.0
8
5
4
1
8
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Mendoza  W (2-1) 8.0 8 2 2 1 4
  Rivera  SV (12) 1.0 3 0 0 0 1
Totals
9.0
11
2
2
1
5

  E–Bell (4).  DP–Kansas City 1, New York 2.  2B–New York Boggs (3,off Appier).  3B–Kansas City Goodwin (2,off Mendoza).  SB–Davis (3,2nd base off Mendoza/Posada); Williams 2 (6,3rd base off Appier/Spehr,2nd base off Appier/Spehr); Martinez (1,2nd base off Appier/Spehr).  CS–Damon (6,2nd base by Mendoza/Posada); Posada (1,2nd base by Appier/Spehr).  WP–Mitch Williams (2), Mendoza (1).  U-HP–Larry Young, 1B–Rich Garcia, 2B–Dale Ford, 3B–Mike Reilly.  T–2:51.  A–25,007.
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