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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 1Game Played on Monday, July 5, 1976 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium IRoyals 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. |
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