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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 0Game Played on Friday, August 21, 1981 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium IRoyals 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.
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