With two out, the Royals scored twice in the first inning and defeated the Yankees, 2-1. Royals' tallies came on a double by George Brett and singles by John Mayberry, Hal McRae and Al Cowens. The Yankees got their run in the seventh on a single by Fran Healy, walk to Willie Randolph, long fly to center field by Sandy Alomar and sacrifice fly by Mickey Rivers. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 2, New York Yankees 1
Game Played on Monday, July      5, 1976 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Royals       2  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   2  8  1
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0  -   1 11  2


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wohlford lf,rf        4   0   0   0     0   0   .237      Rivers cf             4   0   1   1     0   0   .320
Otis cf               4   0   1   0     0   0   .295      White lf              5   0   1   0     0   0   .281
  Littell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Munson dh             4   0   1   0     0   0   .330
  Mingori p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Piniella rf           3   0   2   0     0   0   .280
Brett 3b              2   1   2   0     2   0   .356        Gamble ph,rf        1   0   0   0     0   0   .257
Mayberry 1b           4   1   1   1     0   1   .253      Chambliss 1b          4   0   1   0     0   0   .301
McRae dh,lf           4   0   2   0     0   0   .342      Nettles 3b            4   0   0   0     0   1   .224
Cowens rf,cf          3   0   1   1     1   0   .267      Healy c               4   1   2   0     0   0   .250
Martinez c            4   0   0   0     0   0   .265      Randolph 2b           3   0   2   0     1   0   .273
Patek ss              3   0   0   0     0   1   .268      Mason ss              1   0   0   0     0   1   .150
White 2b              3   0   1   0     0   0   .215        Alomar ph,ss        3   0   1   0     0   0   .225
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Alexander p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Hall p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Jackson p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               31   2   8   2     3   2             Totals               36   1  11   1     1   2

Time of Game: 2:50   Attendance: 28,041
Left on Base: Royals 5, Yankees 10
DP: Royals 1, Yankees 2
Errors: Brett, Piniella, Nettles
Doubles: Brett (15), Otis (19)
Stolen Bases: Otis (11), McRae (17), Rivers (25)
Caught Stealing: McRae (8), Brett (6), Cowens (8), Randolph (6)
Sacrifice Flies: Rivers (4)
GIDP: Mayberry (7), Wohlford (4), White (5)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff W(9-6)       6.1   8   1   1   1   1   0  27   3.84
Hall                    0.2   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   3.22
Littell                 0.1   1   0   0   0   0   0   2   2.57
Mingori SV(6)           1.2   2   0   0   0   1   0   8   2.70
Totals                  9    11   1   1   1   2   0  38

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Alexander L(4-5)        7.2   8   2   2   1   1   0  29   3.53
Jackson                 1.1   0   0   0   2   1   0   5   4.38
Totals                  9     8   2   2   3   2   0  34

Umpires: HP - Dave Phillips, 1B - Rich Garcia, 2B - Lou DiMuro, 3B - Bill Kunkel


ROYALS 1ST: Wohlford grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis
popped to catcher in foul territory; Brett doubled to right
[Brett to third (error by Piniella)]; Mayberry singled to center
[Brett scored]; McRae singled to center [Mayberry to second];
Cowens singled [Mayberry scored, McRae to third]; McRae was
caught stealing home (catcher to second to catcher); 2 R, 4 H, 1
E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Rivers grounded out (second to first); White
singled to left; Munson grounded out (second to first) [White to
second]; Piniella grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Martinez grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek
popped to second; White grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Chambliss lined to second; Nettles flied out to
left; Healy flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
2, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Wohlford flied out to center; Otis reached on an
error by Nettles; Otis stole second; Brett walked; Mayberry
grounded into a double play (second to shortstop to first)
[Brett out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees
0.

YANKEES 3RD: Randolph popped to second; Mason struck out; Rivers
singled to right; Rivers stole second; White grounded out
(second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae grounded out (second to first); Cowens
grounded out (pitcher to first); Martinez popped to second; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Munson grounded out (second to first); Piniella
singled to right; Chambliss singled to right [Piniella to
second]; Nettles grounded out (pitcher unassisted) [Piniella to
third, Chambliss to second]; Healy grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Patek grounded out (catcher to first); White lined
to shortstop; Wohlford popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Randolph singled to right; ALOMAR BATTED FOR MASON;
Alomar singled to left [Randolph to second]; Rivers flied out to
center; White grounded into a double play (third to second to
first) [Alomar out at second]; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2,
Yankees 0.

ROYALS 6TH: ALOMAR STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING SS); Otis flied out
to center; Brett singled to left; Brett was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Mayberry popped to third; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Munson flied out to left; Piniella singled to left;
Chambliss lined to second; Nettles flied out to center; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 7TH: McRae singled to left; McRae stole second; Cowens
lined to first; Martinez flied out to center; Patek struck out;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Healy singled to left; Randolph walked [Healy to
second]; Alomar flied out to center [Healy to third]; HALL
REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Rivers hit a sacrifice fly to
center [Healy scored]; Randolph was caught stealing second
(catcher to second); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 1.

ROYALS 8TH: White singled to center; Wohlford grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [White out at second];
Otis doubled to right; JACKSON REPLACED ALEXANDER (PITCHING);
Brett walked; Mayberry struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals
2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 8TH: LITTELL REPLACED OTIS (PITCHING); WOHLFORD CHANGED
POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); MCRAE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING LF);
COWENS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); White grounded out
(second to first); Munson singled to left; MINGORI REPLACED
LITTELL (PITCHING); GAMBLE BATTED FOR PINIELLA; Gamble grounded
out (second to first) [Munson to second]; Chambliss flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 1.

ROYALS 9TH: GAMBLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); McRae grounded
out (third to first); Cowens walked; Cowens was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first); Martinez popped to
shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 9TH: Nettles struck out; Healy singled to center;
Randolph singled to right [Healy to second]; Alomar reached on
an error by Brett [Healy to third, Randolph to second]; Rivers
popped to catcher in foul territory; White popped to first in
foul territory; 0 R, 2 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 1.