Going the distance for the first time this season, Larry Gura fired a three-hitter as the Royals upended the Yankees, 3-1. Amos Otis drew a two-out walk in the first inning, stole second and scored on a single by Darrell Porter. Pete LaCock and Hal McRae opened the second with singles. Freddie Patek laid down a bunt single and when pitcher Luis Tiant threw wildly to first, LaCock scored and McRae reached third. A sacrifice fly by U.L. Washington then plated McRae. [The Sporting News] |
Kansas City Royals 3, New York Yankees 1
Game Played on Tuesday, June 5, 1979 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Royals 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 3 7 1 Yankees 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 3 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .350 Rivers cf 4 0 1 0 0 1 .283 Brett 3b 3 0 0 0 1 0 .314 Randolph 2b 3 0 1 0 1 0 .267 Otis cf 3 1 0 0 1 1 .321 Munson c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .316 Porter c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .310 Piniella rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .287 Cowens rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .315 Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0 0 1 .293 LaCock 1b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .302 Johnson dh 3 0 0 0 0 0 .259 McRae dh 4 1 1 0 0 0 .245 Chambliss 1b 3 0 0 0 0 1 .251 Patek ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .240 White lf 3 0 0 0 0 0 .194 Washington 2b 3 0 1 1 0 0 .247 Dent ss 3 1 0 0 0 0 .248 Gura p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Tiant p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 31 3 7 2 3 3 Totals 30 1 3 1 2 3 Time of Game: 2:22 Attendance: 24,968 Left on Base: Royals 6, Yankees 4 DP: Royals 1, Yankees 0 Errors: Patek, Tiant Stolen Bases: Otis (20), Washington (3) Caught Stealing: Wilson (5) Sacrifice Hits: Wilson (6) Sacrifice Flies: Washington (2) GIDP: Piniella (7) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Gura W(3-5) 9 3 1 0 2 3 0 32 5.27 Totals 9 3 1 0 2 3 0 32 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Tiant L(1-2) 9 7 3 2 3 3 0 36 5.24 Totals 9 7 3 2 3 3 0 36 Wild Pitches: Gura (2) Umpires: HP - Durwood Merrill, 1B - Dave Phillips, 2B - Dan Morrison, 3B - Al Clark ROYALS 1ST: Wilson singled to left; Wilson was caught stealing second (catcher to shortstop); Brett flied out to left; Otis walked; Otis stole second; Porter singled to left [Otis scored]; Cowens grounded out (third to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Rivers flied out to right; Randolph singled to center; Munson grounded out (third to first) [Randolph to second]; Piniella popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 1, Yankees 0. ROYALS 2ND: LaCock singled to right; McRae singled to left [LaCock to second]; On a bunt Patek singled to pitcher [LaCock scored (error by Tiant), McRae to third]; Washington hit a sacrifice fly to left [McRae scored (unearned)]; Wilson out on a sacrifice bunt (third to first) [Patek to second]; Brett walked; Otis struck out; 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Nettles grounded out (first to pitcher); Johnson grounded out (second to first); Chambliss struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 0. ROYALS 3RD: Porter popped to first; Cowens struck out; LaCock flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: White grounded out (third to first); Dent reached on an error by Patek; Gura threw a wild pitch [Dent to second]; Rivers struck out; Randolph walked; Munson singled to right [Dent scored (unearned), Randolph to third]; Piniella flied out to left; 1 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. ROYALS 4TH: McRae flied out to center; Patek flied out to center; Washington singled to center; Washington stole second; Wilson popped to catcher; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. YANKEES 4TH: Nettles struck out; Johnson popped to second; Chambliss popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. ROYALS 5TH: Brett grounded out (second to first); Otis popped to second; Porter walked; Cowens popped to catcher; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. YANKEES 5TH: White flied out to right; Dent grounded out (second to first); Rivers singled to right; Randolph grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. ROYALS 6TH: LaCock singled to right; McRae flied out to left; Patek struck out; Washington grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. YANKEES 6TH: Munson walked; Piniella grounded into a double play (third to second to first) [Munson out at second]; Nettles flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. ROYALS 7TH: Wilson popped to second; Brett flied out to right; Otis popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. YANKEES 7TH: Johnson flied out to left; Chambliss grounded out (shortstop to first); White flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. ROYALS 8TH: Porter flied out to left; Cowens grounded out (third to first); LaCock grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. YANKEES 8TH: Dent popped to second; Rivers grounded out (first unassisted); Randolph flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. ROYALS 9TH: McRae flied out to left; Patek flied out to left; Washington grounded out (first unassisted); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1. YANKEES 9TH: Munson flied out to right; Piniella grounded out (third to first); Nettles flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 1.The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet.
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