Larry Gura tossed a four-hitter as the Royals blanked the Yankees, 4-0. Run-scoring singles by Frank White and John Wathan produced a pair of K.C. runs in the fourth, and the Royals added two more in the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Amos Otis and an RBI single by White. [The Sporting News]



Kansas City Royals 4, New York Yankees 0
Game Played on Friday, August    21, 1981 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I
Royals       0  0  0    2  0  0    0  2  0  -   4  9  0
Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  4  1


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson lf             5   0   1   0     0   1   .274      Randolph 2b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .231
Washington ss         4   1   1   0     1   0   .215      Mumphrey cf           4   0   1   0     0   0   .318
G. Brett 3b           4   0   0   0     0   2   .291      Winfield lf           4   0   0   0     0   1   .287
McRae dh              3   1   0   0     1   1   .270      Watson 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .239
Otis cf               3   1   2   1     0   0   .270      Jackson rf            3   0   1   0     0   1   .217
May 1b                3   0   1   0     1   2   .340      Piniella dh           3   0   1   0     0   0   .278
  Geronimo pr,rf      0   0   0   0     0   0   .227      Nettles 3b            3   0   0   0     0   0   .225
White 2b              3   1   2   2     1   0   .262      Cerone c              3   0   1   0     0   0   .242
Motley rf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .191      Dent ss               3   0   0   0     0   1   .231
  Aikens ph,1b        1   0   0   0     0   0   .259      Righetti p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Wathan c              3   0   1   1     1   1   .263        Wehrmeister p       0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Gura p                0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Gossage p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            LaRoche p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               32   4   9   4     5   7             Totals               30   0   4   0     0   3

Time of Game: 2:22   Attendance: 37,970
Left on Base: Royals 7, Yankees 3
DP: Royals 0, Yankees 1
Errors: Righetti
Doubles: Washington (12), Piniella (7)
Stolen Bases: Wilson (14), Otis (9), Washington (6)
Caught Stealing: Wathan (4), Wilson (7), Cerone (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Otis (8)
GIDP: Wilson (4)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Gura W(7-5)             9     4   0   0   0   3   0  30   3.46
Totals                  9     4   0   0   0   3   0  30

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Righetti L(3-2)         7.1   8   4   4   4   5   0  31   2.01
Wehrmeister             0.1   1   0   0   1   0   0   3   5.14
Gossage                 0.1   0   0   0   0   0   0   1   0.55
LaRoche                 1     0   0   0   0   2   0   3   1.60
Totals                  9     9   4   4   5   7   0  38

Wild Pitches: LaRoche (1)

Umpires: HP - Ken Kaiser, 1B - Russ Goetz, 2B - Mark Johnson, 3B - Bill Haller


ROYALS 1ST: Wilson singled to right; Washington flied out to
center; Wilson stole second; G. Brett struck out; McRae was
called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees
0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph flied out to center; Mumphrey grounded out
(second to first); Winfield struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Otis grounded out (pitcher to first); May struck
out; White walked; Motley singled to right [White to third];
Wathan grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Watson grounded out (second to first); Jackson
singled to center; Piniella flied out to left [Jackson to
second]; Nettles grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Wilson grounded out (third to first); Washington
doubled to right; G. Brett flied out to left; McRae flied out to
center; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Cerone singled to right; Cerone was caught stealing
second (catcher to shortstop); Dent flied out to left; Randolph
lined to third; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Otis singled to second; May struck out; Otis stole
second; White singled to center [Otis scored]; Motley grounded
out (third to first) [White to second]; Wathan singled to left
[White scored]; Wathan was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Mumphrey grounded out (third to first); Winfield
popped to second; Watson popped to third; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Wilson grounded out (second to first); Washington
lined to shortstop; G. Brett struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Jackson grounded out (first to pitcher); Piniella
grounded out (shortstop to first); Nettles popped to third in
foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 6TH: McRae flied out to center; Otis singled to center;
May singled to center [Otis to third, May out at second (center
to third to second)]; White grounded out (shortstop to first); 0
R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Cerone lined to third; Dent grounded out (shortstop
to first); Randolph flied out to center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 2, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Motley flied out to center; Wathan walked; Wilson
grounded into a double play (shortstop to second to first)
[Wathan out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees
0.

YANKEES 7TH: Mumphrey lined to third; Winfield grounded out
(shortstop to first); Watson popped to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Royals 2, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 8TH: Washington walked; G. Brett popped to third in foul
territory; Washington was picked off first but was safe on an
error by Righetti [Washington to second]; Washington stole
third; McRae walked; WEHRMEISTER REPLACED RIGHETTI (PITCHING);
Otis hit a sacrifice fly to right [Washington scored, McRae to
second]; May walked; GERONIMO RAN FOR MAY; White singled to left
[McRae scored, Geronimo to second]; GOSSAGE REPLACED WEHRMEISTER
(PITCHING); AIKENS BATTED FOR MOTLEY; Aikens grounded out (first
to pitcher); 2 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 4, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 8TH: AIKENS STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); GERONIMO STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Jackson struck out; Piniella doubled to
left; Nettles popped to second; Cerone flied out to left; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 9TH: LAROCHE REPLACED GOSSAGE (PITCHING); Wathan struck
out; Wilson struck out but advanced to first on a wild pitch;
Wilson was caught stealing second (pitcher to first to
shortstop); Washington grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H,
0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 4, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 9TH: Dent was called out on strikes; Randolph flied out
to left; Mumphrey singled to left; Winfield forced Mumphrey
(third to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 4, Yankees 0.