Rick Reuschel, getting relief help from George Frazier, recorded his first A.L. victory as the Yankees downed the Royals, 5-0. The Bronx Bombers scored twice in the second inning on a single by Aurelio Rodriguez and two-run homer by Bucky Dent, and registered two runs in the seventh on a run-scoring triple by Jerry Mumphrey and sacrifice fly by Dave Winfield. The other N.Y. tally came in the fourth on an RBI single by Rick Cerone. [The Sporting News]



New York Yankees 5, Kansas City Royals 0
Game Played on Saturday, August    22, 1981 (Day game) at Yankee Stadium I
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  6  0
Yankees      0  2  0    1  0  0    2  0  x  -   5 11  2


Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Wilson lf             4   0   1   0     0   0   .274      Randolph 2b           3   1   2   0     2   0   .237
McRae dh              4   0   0   0     0   1   .266      Mumphrey cf           5   1   3   1     0   0   .324
G. Brett 3b           4   0   0   0     0   0   .285      Winfield lf           3   0   0   1     0   0   .284
Aikens 1b             4   0   2   0     0   1   .264      Watson 1b             4   0   1   0     0   0   .239
Otis cf               4   0   0   0     0   0   .266      Jackson dh            4   0   1   0     0   2   .218
White 2b              4   0   2   0     0   0   .267      Piniella rf           2   0   0   0     0   0   .273
Quirk c               2   0   0   0     0   0   .273        Gamble ph,rf        1   0   0   0     1   0   .291
  Wathan ph,c         1   0   0   0     0   0   .262      Rodriguez 3b          3   2   2   0     0   1   .258
Motley rf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .200      Cerone c              3   0   1   1     1   0   .244
Washington ss         3   0   0   0     0   0   .212      Dent ss               4   1   1   2     0   0   .231
Splittorff p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000      Reuschel p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Martin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        May p               0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
                                                            Frazier p           0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               33   0   6   0     0   2             Totals               32   5  11   5     4   3

Time of Game: 2:36   Attendance: 40,127
Left on Base: Royals 6, Yankees 9
DP: Royals 1, Yankees 1
Errors: Mumphrey, Rodriguez
Doubles: Wilson (6), Rodriguez (1)
Triples: Mumphrey (3)
Home Runs: Dent (7)
Caught Stealing: Motley (2)
Sacrifice Hits: Rodriguez (1)
Sacrifice Flies: Winfield (6)
GIDP: Quirk (5), Dent (1)


Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Splittorff L(3-5)       5     9   3   3   0   2   1  23   4.79
Martin                  3     2   2   2   4   1   0  15   3.19
Totals                  8    11   5   5   4   3   1  38

Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Reuschel W(1-1)         6     4   0   0   0   1   0  20   3.36
May                     0.2   1   0   0   0   0   0   4   4.63
Frazier SV(3)           2.1   1   0   0   0   1   0   9   0.00
Totals                  9     6   0   0   0   2   0  33

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


ROYALS 1ST: Wilson grounded out (second to first); McRae
grounded out (second to first); G. Brett flied out to left; 0 R,
0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 1ST: Randolph singled to left; Mumphrey flied out to
center; Winfield flied out to center; Watson singled to center
[Randolph to third]; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.
Royals 0, Yankees 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Aikens grounded out (second to first); Otis flied
out to right; White singled; Quirk grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Piniella grounded out (third to first); Rodriguez
singled to left; Cerone flied out to right; Dent homered
[Rodriguez scored]; Randolph singled to center; Mumphrey singled
to right [Randolph to third]; Winfield popped to first in foul
territory; 2 R, 4 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 2.

ROYALS 3RD: Motley flied out to left; Washington flied out to
center; Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 2.

YANKEES 3RD: Watson grounded out (shortstop to first); Jackson
flied out to right; Piniella made an out to second; 0 R, 0 H, 0
E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 2.

ROYALS 4TH: McRae grounded out (second to first); G. Brett flied
out to left; Aikens singled to left; Otis forced Aikens
(shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees
2.

YANKEES 4TH: Rodriguez doubled to left; Cerone singled to center
[Rodriguez scored]; Dent grounded into a double play (shortstop
to first) [Cerone out at second]; Randolph grounded out
(shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 3.

ROYALS 5TH: White singled to center; Quirk grounded into a
double play (second to first) [White out at second]; Motley
singled to right; Motley was caught stealing second (catcher to
shortstop); 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 5TH: Mumphrey singled to shortstop; Winfield grounded
out (second to first) [Mumphrey to second]; Watson popped to
first in foul territory; Jackson was called out on strikes; 0 R,
1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 3.

ROYALS 6TH: Washington made an out to shortstop; Wilson grounded
out (second to first); McRae struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Royals 0, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 6TH: MARTIN REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); GAMBLE
BATTED FOR PINIELLA; Gamble walked; Rodriguez out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to second) [Gamble to second]; Cerone grounded out
(shortstop to first); Dent flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 3.

ROYALS 7TH: GAMBLE STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); MAY REPLACED
REUSCHEL (PITCHING); On a bunt G. Brett grounded out (pitcher to
first); Aikens singled to right; Otis reached on an error by
Mumphrey [Aikens to third, Otis to second]; White popped to
first in foul territory; WATHAN BATTED FOR QUIRK; FRAZIER
REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); Wathan flied out to center; 0 R, 1 H, 1
E, 2 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 3.

YANKEES 7TH: WATHAN STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING C ); Randolph
walked; Mumphrey tripled to left [Randolph scored]; Winfield hit
a sacrifice fly to right [Mumphrey scored]; Watson popped to
catcher in foul territory; Jackson singled to left; Gamble
grounded out (second to first); 2 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0,
Yankees 5.

ROYALS 8TH: Motley flied out to right; Washington flied out to
left; Wilson doubled to left; McRae grounded out (second to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 5.

YANKEES 8TH: Rodriguez struck out; Cerone walked; Dent popped to
second in foul territory; Randolph walked [Cerone to second];
Mumphrey forced Randolph (shortstop to second); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2
LOB.  Royals 0, Yankees 5.

ROYALS 9TH: G. Brett grounded out (first to pitcher); Aikens was
called out on strikes; Otis reached on an error by Rodriguez;
White popped to third in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.
Royals 0, Yankees 5.