The Yankees, paced by Dave Winfield, who singled, tripled, walked twice and drove in two runs, rolled to their eighth consecutive victory, 8-3 over the Royals. Winfield tripled home the first N.Y. run in the first inning and singled home another after a double by Oscar Gamble in the fifth.

Jerry Mumphrey belted a two run home in the third inning. The Yanks received four walks and Reggie Jackson and Bob Watson stroked RBI singles in the seventh. Lou Piniella rounded out the Yankees' scoring with a two-run single in the eighth. [The Sporting News]
New York Yankees 8, Kansas City Royals 3

Game Played on Monday, June 8, 1981 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Yankees      1  0  2    0  1  0    2  2  0  -   8 14  1
Royals       0  1  0    0  0  1    0  1  0  -   3 10  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randolph 2b           5   3   2   0     1   2   .232      Wilson lf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .255
Mumphrey cf           5   1   2   2     1   0   .331      Washington ss         4   1   1   0     0   0   .221
Gamble rf             3   2   2   0     0   0   .265      G. Brett 3b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .308
  Piniella ph,rf      2   0   1   2     0   0   .267      Otis cf               4   1   3   0     0   0   .253
Winfield lf           3   1   2   2     2   1   .320      May 1b                4   1   2   1     0   0   .351
  Brown lf            0   0   0   0     0   0   .263      McRae dh              3   0   2   2     0   0   .224
Jackson dh            3   0   1   1     2   0   .203      Wathan c              4   0   0   0     0   2   .265
Nettles 3b            3   0   0   0     2   1   .260      Chalk 2b              3   0   0   0     0   1   .281
  Rodriguez 3b        0   0   0   0     0   0   .273        Phelps ph           1   0   0   0     0   1   .105
Revering 1b           3   0   1   0     0   0   .230      Geronimo rf           2   0   0   0     0   1   .230
  Watson ph,1b        2   0   1   1     0   1   .179        White ph            1   0   1   0     0   0   .271
Cerone c              5   0   0   0     0   0   .256        Quirk rf            1   0   0   0     0   0   .267
Milbourne ss          5   1   2   0     0   0   .345      Gale p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Righetti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        K. Brett p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Griffin p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Wright p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               39   8  14   8     8   5             Totals               36   3  10   3     0   7

Time of Game: 3:13   Attendance: 36,922
Left on Base: Yankees 12, Royals 7
DP: Yankees 1, Royals 2
Errors: Randolph, Wathan
Doubles: Gamble (5), May (3), McRae (7), White (8)
Triples: Winfield (1), Otis (1)
Home Runs: Mumphrey (4)
Stolen Bases: Winfield (6), Randolph (9), Wilson (6)
Sacrifice Flies: McRae (4)
GIDP: Cerone (5), Piniella (6), Wilson (3)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Righetti W(3-0)         7     8   2   2   0   5   0  29   1.50
Griffin                 2     2   1   1   0   2   0   8   4.50
Totals                  9    10   3   3   0   7   0  37

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gale L(4-4)             6     7   5   5   5   1   1  29   5.30
K. Brett                1     5   3   3   2   0   0   9   5.17
Wright                  2     2   0   0   1   4   0   9   2.70
Totals                  9    14   8   8   8   5   1  47

Umpires: HP - Ted Hendry, 1B - Jim Evans, 2B - Al Clark, 3B - Steve Palermo


YANKEES 1ST: Randolph was called out on strikes; Mumphrey
grounded out (second to first); Gamble singled to left; Winfield
tripled to left [Gamble scored]; Jackson grounded out (third to
first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wilson singled to third; Washington made an out to
first; Wilson stole second; G. Brett struck out; Otis flied out
to right; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Royals 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Nettles walked; Revering flied out to right; Cerone
made an out to third; Milbourne forced Nettles (shortstop to
second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: May doubled to right; McRae doubled to left [May
scored]; Wathan flied out to right; Chalk was called out on
strikes; Geronimo grounded out (first to pitcher); 1 R, 2 H, 0
E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Royals 1.

YANKEES 3RD: Randolph singled to shortstop; Mumphrey homered
[Randolph scored]; Gamble grounded out (pitcher to first);
Winfield walked; Winfield stole second [Winfield to third (error
by Wathan)]; Jackson grounded out (second to first); Nettles
flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 3RD: Wilson was called out on strikes; Washington flied
out to center; G. Brett lined to first; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 3, Royals 1.

YANKEES 4TH: Revering singled to center; Cerone grounded into a
double play (second to shortstop to first) [Revering out at
second]; Milbourne grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 3, Royals 1.

ROYALS 4TH: On a bunt Otis singled to third; May flied out to
left; McRae flied out to right; Wathan grounded out (shortstop
to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 3, Royals 1.

YANKEES 5TH: Randolph flied out to left; Mumphrey flied out to
center; Gamble doubled to left; Winfield singled to center
[Gamble scored]; Jackson walked [Winfield to second]; Nettles
made an out to shortstop; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4,
Royals 1.

ROYALS 5TH: Chalk reached on an error by Randolph [Chalk to
first]; Geronimo struck out; Wilson grounded into a double play
(second to shortstop to first) [Chalk out at second]; 0 R, 0 H,
1 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Royals 1.

YANKEES 6TH: Revering flied out to center; Cerone popped to
first in foul territory; Milbourne flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Royals 1.

ROYALS 6TH: On a bunt Washington singled; G. Brett flied out to
center; Otis singled to center [Washington to second]; May
singled to left [Washington to third, Otis to second]; McRae hit
a sacrifice fly to center [Washington scored, Otis to third];
Wathan struck out; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, Royals 2.

YANKEES 7TH: Randolph walked; Randolph stole second; Mumphrey
walked; K. BRETT REPLACED GALE (PITCHING); PINIELLA BATTED FOR
GAMBLE; Piniella grounded into a double play (shortstop to
second to first) [Randolph to third, Mumphrey out at second];
Winfield was walked intentionally; Jackson singled to left
[Randolph scored, Winfield to second]; Nettles walked [Winfield
to third, Jackson to second]; WATSON BATTED FOR REVERING; Watson
singled to left [Winfield scored, Jackson to third, Nettles to
second]; Cerone flied out to right; 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.
Yankees 6, Royals 2.

ROYALS 7TH: PINIELLA STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); WATSON STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); Chalk flied out to center; WHITE BATTED
FOR GERONIMO; White doubled to left; Wilson made an out to
shortstop; Washington flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.
 Yankees 6, Royals 2.

YANKEES 8TH: QUIRK REPLACED WHITE (PLAYING RF); Milbourne
singled to right; Randolph singled to left [Milbourne to
second]; On a bunt Mumphrey singled [Milbourne to third,
Randolph to second]; WRIGHT REPLACED K. BRETT (PITCHING);
Piniella singled to left [Milbourne scored, Randolph scored,
Mumphrey to second]; Winfield struck out; Jackson walked
[Mumphrey to third, Piniella to second]; Nettles struck out;
Watson was called out on strikes; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 3 LOB.  Yankees
8, Royals 2.

ROYALS 8TH: RODRIGUEZ REPLACED NETTLES (PLAYING 3B); BROWN
REPLACED WINFIELD (PLAYING LF); GRIFFIN REPLACED RIGHETTI
(PITCHING); G. Brett flied out to right; Otis tripled to center;
May grounded out (third to first) [Otis scored]; McRae singled
to right; Wathan struck out; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 8,
Royals 3.

YANKEES 9TH: Cerone grounded out (shortstop to first); Milbourne
singled to center; Randolph struck out; Mumphrey forced
Milbourne (second to shortstop); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees
8, Royals 3.

ROYALS 9TH: PHELPS BATTED FOR CHALK; Phelps struck out; Quirk
grounded out (shortstop to first); Wilson grounded out
(shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 8, Royals 3.
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