New York Yankees 4, Kansas City Royals 1 League Championship Series Game 1 Played on Saturday, October 9, 1976 (Day game) at Royals Stadium Yankees 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 - 4 12 0 Royals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 1 5 2 Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Rivers cf 5 2 2 0 0 1 .400 Otis cf 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White lf 4 0 1 2 1 0 .250 Wohlford lf 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Munson c 5 1 1 0 0 0 .200 Brett 3b 4 0 3 0 0 0 .750 Piniella dh 4 0 2 0 0 1 .500 McRae dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Chambliss 1b 4 0 2 1 0 1 .500 Mayberry 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .000 Cowens rf,cf 3 1 1 0 0 0 .333 Maddox rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .250 Poquette lf,rf 3 0 0 1 0 0 .000 Randolph 2b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .000 White 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stanley ss 4 1 3 0 0 0 .750 Rojas ph,2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Hunter p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Patek ss 3 0 1 0 0 0 .333 Martinez c 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 Quirk ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Wathan c 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Stinson ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Littell p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 38 4 12 3 1 4 Totals 30 1 5 1 0 5 Time of Game: 2:09 Attendance: 41,077 Left on Base: Yankees 8, Royals 2 DP: Yankees 0, Royals 1 Errors: Brett 2 Doubles: Stanley (1), White (1) Triples: Chambliss (1), Cowens (1) Caught Stealing: Brett (1), Patek (1) GIDP: Randolph (1) Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Hunter W(1-0) 9 5 1 1 0 5 0 30 1.00 Totals 9 5 1 1 0 5 0 30 Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gura L(0-1) 8.2 12 4 3 1 4 0 38 3.12 Littell 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.00 Totals 9 12 4 3 1 4 0 39 Umpires: HP - Joe Brinkman, 1B - Larry Barnett, 2B - George Maloney, 3B - Bill Haller, LF - Art Frantz, RF - Larry McCoy YANKEES 1ST: Rivers singled to third [Rivers to second (error by Brett)]; White walked; Munson singled to center [Rivers to third, White to second]; Piniella struck out; Chambliss forced White (third unassisted) [Rivers scored, Munson scored (error by Brett) (unearned), Chambliss to second]; Nettles flied out to left; 2 R (1 ER), 2 H, 2 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 1ST: On a bunt Otis grounded out (pitcher to first); Sprained right ankle on 1B bag; Brett grounded out (third to first); McRae struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 0. YANKEES 2ND: WOHLFORD REPLACED OTIS (PLAYING LF); COWENS CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING CF); POQUETTE CHANGED POSITIONS (PLAYING RF); Maddox grounded out (shortstop to first); Randolph grounded out (third to first); Stanley singled to right; Rivers struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 2ND: Mayberry flied out to left; Cowens popped to second; Poquette grounded out (pitcher to second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 0. YANKEES 3RD: White grounded out (third to first); Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); Piniella singled to left; Chambliss singled to center [Piniella to second]; Nettles grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 3RD: White grounded out (third to first); Patek lined to left; Martinez struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 0. YANKEES 4TH: Maddox flied out to right; Randolph lined to left; Stanley doubled to left; Rivers lined to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 4TH: Wohlford was called out on strikes; Brett singled to center; Brett was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); McRae struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 0. YANKEES 5TH: White flied out to right; Munson popped to first; Piniella singled to left; Chambliss struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 5TH: Mayberry flied out to right; Cowens flied out to right; Poquette flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 0. YANKEES 6TH: Nettles flied out to left; Maddox singled to left; Randolph grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Maddox out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 6TH: White grounded out (shortstop to first); Patek grounded out (third to first); Martinez was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 0. YANKEES 7TH: Stanley popped to second; Rivers popped to first in foul territory; White grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 7TH: Wohlford flied out to right; Brett singled to left; McRae popped to second; Mayberry popped to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 0. YANKEES 8TH: Munson lined to shortstop; Piniella flied out to right; Chambliss tripled to right; Nettles was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 0. ROYALS 8TH: Cowens tripled to right; Poquette grounded out (second to first) [Cowens scored]; ROJAS BATTED FOR WHITE; Rojas popped to third in foul territory; Patek singled to left; QUIRK BATTED FOR MARTINEZ; Patek was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Yankees 2, Royals 1. YANKEES 9TH: WATHAN REPLACED QUIRK (PLAYING C ); ROJAS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 2B); Maddox flied out to center; Randolph flied out to center; Stanley singled to right; Rivers singled to shortstop [Stanley to second]; White doubled to left [Stanley scored, Rivers scored]; LITTELL REPLACED GURA (PITCHING); Munson grounded out (shortstop to first); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Royals 1. ROYALS 9TH: STINSON BATTED FOR WATHAN; Stinson flied out to left; Wohlford flied out to right; Brett singled to left; McRae lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Yankees 4, Royals 1.

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