The Yankees took batting practice in a 16-3 rout of the Royals. The Yanks collected 12 hits, including homers by Bucky Dent, Graig Nettles and Rick Cerone, and took advantage of 14 walks issued by five K.C. pitchers. Ron Guidry, who pitched the first six innings, raised his record to 3-0. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 16, Kansas City Royals 3
Game Played on Wednesday, May       14, 1980 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Royals       1  0  0    0  0  1    0  1  0  -   3 11  3
Yankees      1  3  4    0  2  4    2  0  x  -  16 12  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson cf             5   1   2   1     0   0   .292      Randolph 2b           3   1   2   3     3   0   .250
Washington ss         4   0   2   0     1   0   .310      Jones cf              4   0   1   2     1   0   .214
White 2b              4   0   1   0     0   0   .304      Murcer lf             4   0   0   1     2   1   .125
  Mulliniks 2b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .143      Watson dh             5   1   0   0     1   1   .308
Wathan c              3   0   0   0     2   1   .349      Spencer 1b            6   2   2   0     0   0   .250
Porter dh             5   1   1   1     0   1   .262      Nettles 3b            1   2   1   2     2   0   .238
Chalk 3b              4   1   2   0     0   2   .229        Stanley pr,3b       3   2   2   0     0   0   .333
Aikens 1b             3   0   1   0     1   1   .235      Brown rf              4   4   2   2     1   0   .321
Torres rf             3   0   1   0     1   1   .333      Dent ss               3   2   1   2     2   0   .253
Detherage lf          3   0   1   1     1   0   .308      Cerone c              3   1   1   2     0   0   .216
Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Werth ph,c          0   1   0   1     2   0   .500
  Pattin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Guidry p              0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Christenson p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Figueroa p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Busby p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Terrell p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   3  11   3     6   6             Totals               36  16  12  15    14   2

Time of Game: 2:58   Attendance: 21,953
Left on Base: Royals 11, Yankees 12
DP: Royals 0, Yankees 3
Errors: White, Torres, Busby
Doubles: Wilson (6), Detherage (2), Randolph 2 (6), Spencer (1), Stanley (2)
Triples: Brown (2)
Home Runs: Wilson (1), Porter (2), Dent (3), Nettles (3), Cerone (3)
Sacrifice Flies: Brown (1)
GIDP: Torres (1), Mulliniks (1)
Hit by Pitch: Jones (3,by Christenson)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard L(2-4)          2.2   7   8   8   3   1   3  18   6.66
Pattin                  1.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   4   1.77
Christenson             1.2   2   6   2   7   0   0  16   4.70
Busby                   1.1   2   2   2   3   1   0   9  15.75
Terrell                 1     1   0   0   1   0   0   5   0.00
Totals                  8    12  16  12  14   2   3  52

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Guidry W(3-0)           6     7   2   2   5   6   2  28   3.29
Figueroa SV(1)          3     4   1   1   1   0   0  13   4.50
Totals                  9    11   3   3   6   6   2  41

Passed Balls: Wathan (1)
Hit by Pitch: Christenson (1)

Umpires: HP - Al Clark, 1B - Steve Palermo, 3B - Lou DiMuro


ROYALS 1ST: Wilson hit an inside the park homer to left;
Washington made an out to shortstop; White grounded out
(shortstop to first); Wathan walked; Porter was called out on
strikes; 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph doubled to left; Jones singled to center
[Randolph scored]; Murcer flied out to center; Watson made an
out to second; Spencer grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 2 H,
0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Yankees 1.

ROYALS 2ND: Chalk was called out on strikes; Aikens struck out;
Torres struck out (catcher to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 1, Yankees 1.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles walked; Brown tripled to left [Nettles
scored]; Dent hit an inside the park homer to left [Brown
scored]; Cerone grounded out (second to first); Randolph walked;
Jones forced Randolph (second to shortstop); Murcer struck out;
3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Yankees 4.

ROYALS 3RD: Detherage flied out to center; Wilson doubled to
right; Washington walked; White forced Washington (shortstop to
second) [Wilson to third]; Wathan forced White (second to
shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Yankees 4.

YANKEES 3RD: Watson grounded out (pitcher to first); Spencer
doubled to right; Nettles homered [Spencer scored]; Brown
walked; Dent flied out to left [Brown to second]; Cerone homered
[Brown scored]; PATTIN REPLACED LEONARD (PITCHING); Randolph
grounded out (shortstop to first); 4 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals
1, Yankees 8.

ROYALS 4TH: Porter grounded out (first to pitcher); Chalk
singled to center; Aikens walked [Chalk to second]; Torres
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Aikens out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Yankees
8.

YANKEES 4TH: Jones grounded out (second to first); Murcer
grounded out (catcher to first); Watson popped to catcher in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 1, Yankees 8.

ROYALS 5TH: Detherage doubled to center; Wilson lined into a
double play (second to shortstop) [Detherage out at second];
Washington singled to left; White singled to left [Washington to
third, White to second (on throw)]; Wathan struck out; 0 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 1, Yankees 8.

YANKEES 5TH: CHRISTENSON REPLACED PATTIN (PITCHING); Spencer
grounded out (second to first); Nettles walked; STANLEY RAN FOR
NETTLES; Brown singled to right [Stanley to third, Brown to
second (error by Torres)]; Dent was walked intentionally; Cerone
flied out to left; Randolph walked [Stanley scored, Brown to
third, Dent to second]; Jones was hit by a pitch [Brown scored,
Dent to third, Randolph to second]; Murcer grounded out (second
to first); 2 R, 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 1, Yankees 10.

ROYALS 6TH: STANLEY STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); Porter homered;
Chalk struck out; Aikens flied out to center; Torres walked;
Detherage walked [Torres to second]; Wilson grounded out (third
to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 10.

YANKEES 6TH: Watson walked; Spencer flied out to right; Stanley
flied out to right; Brown reached on an error by White [Watson
to third]; Dent walked [Brown to second]; WERTH BATTED FOR
CERONE; Werth walked [Watson scored (unearned), Brown to third,
Dent to second]; Randolph doubled to right [Brown scored
(unearned), Dent scored (unearned), Werth to third]; Jones
walked; BUSBY REPLACED CHRISTENSON (PITCHING); Murcer walked
[Werth scored (unearned), Randolph to third, Jones to second];
Watson struck out; 4 R (0 ER), 1 H, 1 E, 3 LOB.  Royals 2,
Yankees 14.

ROYALS 7TH: WERTH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); FIGUEROA REPLACED
GUIDRY (PITCHING); Washington flied out to left; White flied out
to right; Wathan grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 14.

YANKEES 7TH: MULLINIKS REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING 2B); Spencer
singled to right; Stanley doubled to right [Spencer to third];
Wathan allowed a passed ball [Spencer scored, Stanley to third];
Brown hit a sacrifice fly to center [Stanley scored]; Dent flied
out to center; Werth walked; Randolph walked [Werth to second];
Randolph was picked off first but was safe on an error by Busby
[Randolph to second, Werth to third]; Jones grounded out (second
to first); 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 16.

ROYALS 8TH: Porter popped to catcher in foul territory; Chalk
singled to right; Aikens singled to center [Chalk to second];
Torres singled to right [Aikens to second, Chalk to third];
Detherage grounded out (third to first) [Chalk scored, Aikens to
third, Torres to second]; Wilson flied out to center; 1 R, 3 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, Yankees 16.

YANKEES 8TH: TERRELL REPLACED BUSBY (PITCHING); Murcer walked;
Watson flied out to left; Spencer flied out to right; Stanley
singled to left [Murcer to second]; Brown grounded out (pitcher
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 3, Yankees 16.

ROYALS 9TH: Washington singled to right; Mulliniks grounded into
a double play (third to second to first) [Washington out at
second]; Wathan walked; Porter flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 3, Yankees 16.