Kansas City Royals 4, New York Yankees 2
League Championship Series Game 3 Played on Friday, October   10, 1980 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Royals       0  0  0    0  1  0    3  0  0  -   4 12  1
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  2    0  0  0  -   2  8  0


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson lf             5   1   2   0     0   1   .308      Randolph 2b           4   0   1   0     1   1   .385
Washington ss         4   1   2   0     0   0   .364      Dent ss               4   0   0   0     0   0   .182
Brett 3b              4   1   1   3     0   0   .273      Watson 1b             4   0   3   0     0   0   .500
McRae dh              4   0   2   0     0   0   .200      Jackson rf            3   1   1   0     1   2   .273
Otis cf               4   0   1   0     0   1   .333      Soderholm dh          2   0   0   0     0   0   .167
Aikens 1b             4   0   3   0     0   0   .364        Gamble ph,dh        1   1   1   0     1   0   .200
Porter c              3   0   0   0     1   0   .100      Cerone c              4   0   1   1     0   1   .333
Hurdle rf             2   0   0   0     0   1   .000      Piniella lf           2   0   0   0     1   0   .200
  Wathan ph,rf        2   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Spencer ph          1   0   0   0     0   0   .000
White 2b              4   1   1   1     0   1   .545        Lefebvre lf         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Rodriguez 3b          2   0   1   0     0   0   .333
  Quisenberry p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Nettles ph,3b       2   0   0   0     0   0   .167
                                                          Brown cf              4   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                          John p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Underwood p         0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               36   4  12   4     1   4             Totals               33   2   8   1     4   4

Time of Game: 2:59   Attendance: 56,588
Left on Base: Royals 6, Yankees 8
DP: Royals 2, Yankees 1
Errors: White
Doubles: Wilson (2), Watson (3), Jackson (1)
Triples: Watson (1)
Home Runs: White (1), Brett (2)
Caught Stealing: McRae (3), Otis (1)
GIDP: Hurdle (1), Dent (1)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff              5.1   5   1   1   2   3   0  22   1.69
Quisenberry W(1-0)      3.2   3   1   0   2   1   0  15   0.00
Totals                  9     8   2   1   4   4   0  37

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
John                    6.2   8   2   2   1   3   1  28   2.70
Gossage L(0-1)          0.1   3   2   2   0   0   1   3  54.00
Underwood               2     1   0   0   0   1   0   6   0.00
Totals                  9    12   4   4   1   4   2  37

Wild Pitches: John (1)
Balks: Splittorff (1)

Umpires: HP - Larry McCoy, 1B - Bill Haller, 2B - Ken Kaiser, 3B - George Maloney, LF - Steve Palermo, RF - Joe Brinkman


ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); Washington
singled to right; Brett forced Washington (second to shortstop);
McRae lined to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first); Dent
grounded out (second to first); Watson doubled to right; Jackson
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Otis grounded out (shortstop to first); Aikens
singled to left; Porter walked [Aikens to second]; Hurdle
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Porter out at second]; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees
0.

YANKEES 2ND: Soderholm popped to second; Cerone struck out;
Piniella walked; Rodriguez singled to pitcher [Piniella to
second]; Brown forced Rodriguez (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 3RD: White lined to third; Wilson grounded out (shortstop
to first); Washington grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Randolph singled to center; Dent grounded into a
double play (pitcher to second to first) [Randolph out at
second]; Watson singled to center; Splittorff balked [Watson to
second]; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Yankees 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Brett flied out to left; McRae singled to center;
Otis lined to right; Aikens singled to right [McRae to
second]; 32 minute rain delay with 2-0 count on Willie
Aikens; Porter flied out to left; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Soderholm flied out to right; Cerone lined to
center; Piniella grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Hurdle was called out on strikes; White homered;
Wilson singled to right; Washington grounded out (catcher to
first) [Wilson to second]; Brett grounded out (shortstop to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Rodriguez made an out to second; Brown flied out to
left; Randolph walked; Dent flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 1, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 6TH: McRae grounded out (shortstop to first); Otis was
called out on strikes; Aikens singled; John threw a wild pitch
[Aikens to second]; Porter flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 1, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Watson lined to second; Jackson doubled to left;
QUISENBERRY REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); GAMBLE BATTED FOR
SODERHOLM; Gamble singled to second [Jackson scored (error by
White) (no RBI), Gamble to third]; Cerone singled to left
[Gamble scored (unearned)]; Piniella grounded out (second to
first) [Cerone to second]; NETTLES BATTED FOR RODRIGUEZ; Nettles
grounded out (first to pitcher); 2 R (1 ER), 3 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 1, Yankees 2.

ROYALS 7TH: GAMBLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); NETTLES STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 3B); WATHAN BATTED FOR HURDLE; Wathan grounded
out (shortstop to first); White struck out; Wilson doubled to
right; GOSSAGE REPLACED JOHN (PITCHING); Washington singled to
second [Wilson to third]; Brett homered [Wilson scored,
Washington scored]; McRae singled to third; McRae was caught
stealing second (catcher to shortstop); 3 R, 4 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 4, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 7TH: WATHAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Brown popped to
third in foul territory; Randolph grounded out (third to first);
Dent grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 4, Yankees 2.

ROYALS 8TH: UNDERWOOD REPLACED GOSSAGE (PITCHING); Otis singled
to center; Aikens flied out to left; Otis was picked off and
caught stealing second (pitcher to first to shortstop); Porter
flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 8TH: Watson tripled to left; Jackson walked; Gamble
walked [Jackson to second]; Cerone lined into a double play
(shortstop to second) [Jackson out at second]; SPENCER BATTED
FOR PINIELLA; Spencer grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H,
0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Yankees 2.

ROYALS 9TH: LEFEBVRE REPLACED SPENCER (PLAYING LF); Wathan
grounded out (first unassisted); On a bunt White grounded out
(third to first); Wilson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 4, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 9TH: Nettles flied out to center; Brown flied out to
left; Randolph was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 4, Yankees 2.