The Yankees whitewashed the Royals, 4-0, behind the combined three-hit pitching of Rudy May and Ron Davis. The Yankees broke through against Dennis Leonard in the sixth inning when Willie Randolph opened with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly by Jerry Mumphrey. The Yanks added three more markers in the eighth on an RBI pinch-single by Dave Winfield, error by K.C. first baseman Willie Aikens and a sacrifice fly by Graig Nettles. [The Sporting News]
New York Yankees 4, Kansas City Royals 0

Game Played on Friday, September 4, 1981 (Night game) at Royals Stadium

Yankees      0  0  0    0  0  1    0  3  0  -   4  9  0
Royals       0  0  0    0  0  0    0  0  0  -   0  3  1


Yankees              AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG      Royals               AB   R   H RBI    BB  SO    AVG
Randolph 2b           5   2   2   0     0   0   .236      Wilson lf             4   0   2   0     0   1   .289
Mumphrey cf           3   1   1   1     0   0   .313      White 2b              4   0   0   0     0   0   .262
Gamble lf             3   0   1   0     0   0   .280      G. Brett 3b           4   0   0   0     0   1   .283
  Winfield ph,lf      1   0   1   1     0   0   .302      Otis cf               3   0   0   0     0   1   .257
Jackson rf            4   0   1   0     0   1   .233      McRae dh              3   0   1   0     0   0   .257
Murcer dh             3   0   0   0     0   0   .264      Aikens 1b             3   0   0   0     0   0   .249
  Watson ph,dh        1   0   0   0     0   1   .212      Wathan c              3   0   0   0     0   0   .251
Nettles 3b            3   0   0   1     0   0   .218      Motley rf             2   0   0   0     0   1   .214
Revering 1b           3   0   2   0     0   0   .251        Geronimo ph,rf      0   0   0   0     1   0   .223
  Werth ph,1b         1   0   0   0     0   1   .095      Washington ss         3   0   0   0     0   1   .205
Cerone c              4   0   0   0     0   2   .239      Leonard p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
Milbourne ss          4   1   1   0     0   0   .333        Splittorff p        0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
May p                 0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        Martin p            0   0   0   0     0   0   .000
  Davis p             0   0   0   0     0   0   .000        K. Brett p          0   0   0   0     0   0   .000

Totals               35   4   9   3     0   5             Totals               29   0   3   0     1   5

Time of Game: 2:31   Attendance: 34,272
Left on Base: Yankees 6, Royals 3
DP: Yankees 1, Royals 0
Errors: Aikens
Triples: Randolph (3)
Stolen Bases: Wilson (18)
Sacrifice Flies: Mumphrey (1), Nettles (3)
GIDP: White (5)


Yankees                IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
May W(6-8)              6.2   2   0   0   0   4   0  21   4.09
Davis SV(6)             2.1   1   0   0   1   1   0   9   2.43
Totals                  9     3   0   0   1   5   0  30

Royals                 IP     H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR BFP    ERA
Leonard L(7-10)         7     8   4   2   0   3   0  29   3.68
Splittorff              0     1   0   0   0   0   0   2   4.52
Martin                  0.1   0   0   0   0   1   0   1   2.82
K. Brett                1.2   0   0   0   0   1   0   5   4.33
Totals                  9     9   4   2   0   5   0  37

Umpires: HP - Russ Goetz, 1B - George Maloney, 2B - Rocky Roe, 3B - Ken Kaiser


YANKEES 1ST: Randolph grounded out (shortstop to first);
Mumphrey flied out to left; Gamble grounded out (third to
first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 1ST: Wilson singled to center; White grounded into a
double play (third to second to first) [Wilson out at second];
G. Brett flied out to left; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Royals 0.

YANKEES 2ND: Jackson grounded out (second to first); Murcer
flied out to center; Nettles flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 0.

ROYALS 2ND: Otis flied out to center; McRae lined to shortstop;
Aikens grounded out (first to pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
Yankees 0, Royals 0.

YANKEES 3RD: Revering singled to right; Cerone struck out;
Milbourne forced Revering (first to shortstop); Randolph
grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 3RD: Wathan grounded out (third to first); Motley
grounded out (shortstop to first); Washington struck out; 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 0.

YANKEES 4TH: Mumphrey flied out to left; Gamble flied out to
right; Jackson struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 4TH: Wilson struck out; White grounded out (third to
first); G. Brett was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 0.

YANKEES 5TH: Murcer flied out to left; Nettles grounded out
(second to first); Revering singled to right; Cerone grounded
out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 0,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 5TH: Otis grounded out (third to first); McRae popped to
catcher in foul territory; Aikens grounded out (first to
pitcher); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 0, Royals 0.

YANKEES 6TH: Milbourne flied out to center; Randolph tripled to
right; Mumphrey hit a sacrifice fly to center [Randolph scored];
Gamble singled to center; Jackson singled to center [Gamble to
second]; Murcer lined to right; 1 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees
1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 6TH: Wathan lined to shortstop; Motley struck out;
Washington grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0
LOB.  Yankees 1, Royals 0.

YANKEES 7TH: Nettles grounded out (second to first); Revering
grounded out (third to first); Cerone struck out; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Yankees 1, Royals 0.

ROYALS 7TH: Wilson singled to center; Wilson stole second; White
flied out to left [Wilson to third]; G. Brett flied out to
center; DAVIS REPLACED MAY (PITCHING); Otis struck out; 0 R, 1
H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Yankees 1, Royals 0.

YANKEES 8TH: Milbourne singled to center; Randolph singled to
left [Milbourne to second]; On a bunt Mumphrey singled
[Milbourne to third, Randolph to second]; SPLITTORFF REPLACED
LEONARD (PITCHING); WINFIELD BATTED FOR GAMBLE; Winfield singled
to left [Milbourne scored, Randolph to third, Mumphrey to
second]; Jackson reached on a fielder's choice [Randolph scored
(error by Aikens) (unearned) (no RBI), Mumphrey to third,
Winfield to second]; WATSON BATTED FOR MURCER; MARTIN REPLACED
SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); Watson struck out; K. BRETT REPLACED
MARTIN (PITCHING); Nettles hit a sacrifice fly to right
[Mumphrey scored (unearned), Winfield to third]; WERTH BATTED
FOR REVERING; Werth struck out; 3 R (1 ER), 4 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.
Yankees 4, Royals 0.

ROYALS 8TH: WATSON STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING DH); WINFIELD STAYED
IN GAME (PLAYING LF); WERTH STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING 1B); McRae
singled to right; Aikens flied out to center; Wathan grounded
out (shortstop to first) [McRae to second]; GERONIMO BATTED FOR
MOTLEY; Geronimo walked; Washington grounded out (pitcher to
first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Yankees 4, Royals 0.

YANKEES 9TH: GERONIMO STAYED IN GAME (PLAYING RF); Cerone flied
out to right; Milbourne grounded out (shortstop to first);
Randolph flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4,
Royals 0.

ROYALS 9TH: Wilson grounded out (first unassisted); White flied
out to center; G. Brett grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0
H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Yankees 4, Royals 0.
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