New York Yankees vs Kansas City Royals
April 10, 2009 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on April 10, 2009 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."

"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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New York Yankees 4, Kansas City Royals 1

New York Yankees ab   r   h rbi
Jeter ss 5 0 0 1
Damon lf 4 1 1 0
Teixeira 1b 2 1 1 0
Matsui dh 4 0 0 0
Posada c 4 0 1 2
Cano 2b 3 1 2 0
Swisher rf 4 1 1 1
  Cabrera rf 0 0 0 0
Ransom 3b 4 0 0 0
Gardner cf 3 0 1 0
Pettitte p 0 0 0 0
  Bruney p 0 0 0 0
  Rivera p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 4 7 4
Kansas City Royals ab   r   h rbi
Crisp cf 4 0 0 0
Aviles ss 4 0 1 0
DeJesus lf 4 0 0 0
Teahen rf 4 0 1 0
Gordon 3b 4 0 0 0
Butler dh 2 1 1 0
Jacobs 1b 3 0 1 1
Olivo c 3 0 0 0
Callaspo 2b 3 0 0 0
Ponson p 0 0 0 0
  Farnsworth p 0 0 0 0
  Wright p 0 0 0 0
Totals 31 1 4 1
New York 200 200 000470
Kansas City 010 000 000140
  New York Yankees IP H R ER BB SO
Pettitte  W(1-0) 7.0 3 1 1 1 6
  Bruney   1.0 0 0 0 0 2
  Rivera  SV(1) 1.0 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
4
1
1
1
10
  Kansas City Royals IP H R ER BB SO
Ponson  L(0-1) 6.0 6 4 4 3 5
  Farnsworth   1.0 0 0 0 0 3
  Wright   2.0 1 0 0 0 3
Totals
9.0
7
4
4
3
11

  E–None.  2B–New York Swisher (3,off Ponson); Teixeira (2,off Ponson), Kansas City Jacobs (1,off Pettitte); Butler (1,off Pettitte).  SH–Gardner (2,off Ponson).  Team LOB–6.  Team–4.  U-HP–Rob Drake, 1B–Jeff Kellogg, 2B–Mark Wegner, 3B–Tim Timmons.  T–2:37.  A–38,098.
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