Zooming off the launching pad with three runs in their first turn at bat, the Royals went on to shade the Yankees, 4-3. In the opening frame, John Wathan walked, stole second and scored on a single by Amos Otis. Hal McRae followed with a line drive to center than eluded Dave Collins for a two-run inside-the-park homer. Frank White delivered a sacrifice fly in the fourth for the Royals' final tally. Dan Quisenberry, although giving up a solo homer to John Mayberry with two out in the ninth, picked up his 14th save. [The Sporting News]

Kansas City Royals 4, New York Yankees 3

Game Played on Friday, June 4, 1982 (Night game) at Yankee Stadium I

Royals 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 - 4 6 0 Yankees 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 - 3 5 1 Royals AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Yankees AB R H RBI BB SO AVG Wilson lf 4 0 0 0 1 2 .330 Collins cf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .250 Wathan c 4 1 0 0 1 1 .272 Smalley dh 4 0 0 0 0 2 .224 Brett 3b 4 0 1 0 0 1 .280 Winfield lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 .292 Otis cf 4 1 2 1 0 0 .311 Piniella rf 2 1 0 0 1 0 .329 McRae dh 3 2 2 2 1 0 .351 Griffey ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .266 Martin rf 3 0 0 0 1 2 .290 Nettles 3b 4 1 1 0 0 0 .215 May 1b 2 0 0 0 1 1 .350 Hobson 1b 3 0 0 0 0 0 .207 Aikens ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .229 Mayberry ph 1 1 1 1 0 0 .211 Werth 1b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .143 Wynegar c 3 0 1 1 1 0 .272 White 2b 3 0 1 1 0 1 .293 Dent ss 3 0 2 1 0 0 .170 Concepcion ss 4 0 0 0 0 1 .300 Robertson 2b 2 0 0 0 0 0 .182 Splittorff p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Gamble ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .252 Quisenberry p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Randolph 2b 0 0 0 0 0 0 .303 Righetti p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Frazier p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Totals 32 4 6 4 5 9 Totals 32 3 5 3 2 3 Time of Game: 2:37 Attendance: 25,221 Left on Base: Royals 7, Yankees 4 DP: Royals 0, Yankees 1 Errors: Hobson Doubles: Nettles (4) Home Runs: McRae (8), Mayberry (5) Stolen Bases: Wathan (15) Sacrifice Flies: White (2) Royals IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Splittorff W(4-4) 6.2 4 2 2 2 3 0 26 3.10 Quisenberry SV(14) 2.1 1 1 1 0 0 1 8 1.76 Totals 9 5 3 3 2 3 1 34 Yankees IP H R ER BB SO HR BFP ERA Righetti L(3-4) 7 5 4 4 4 8 1 30 4.15 Frazier 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 8 2.23 Totals 9 6 4 4 5 9 1 38 Umpires: HP - Terry Cooney, 1B - Vic Voltaggio, 2B - John Shulock, 3B - Rick Reed ROYALS 1ST: Wilson struck out; Wathan walked; Brett lined to left; Wathan stole second; Otis singled to left [Wathan scored]; McRae hit an inside the park homer to center [Otis scored]; Martin struck out; 3 R, 2 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 0. YANKEES 1ST: Collins struck out; Smalley struck out; Winfield grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 0. ROYALS 2ND: May struck out; White struck out; Concepcion flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 0. YANKEES 2ND: Piniella popped to second; Nettles grounded out (first to pitcher); Hobson grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 0. ROYALS 3RD: Wilson grounded out (second to first); Wathan flied out to center; Brett flied out to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 0. YANKEES 3RD: Wynegar walked; Dent singled to right [Wynegar to second]; Robertson flied out to right; Collins forced Wynegar (third unassisted) [Dent to second, Collins to first]; Smalley was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 3, Yankees 0. ROYALS 4TH: Otis grounded out (third to first); McRae walked; Martin walked [McRae to second]; May walked [McRae to third, Martin to second]; White hit a sacrifice fly to right [McRae scored, Martin to third]; Concepcion struck out; 1 R, 0 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 0. YANKEES 4TH: Winfield flied out to left; Piniella grounded out (third to first); Nettles flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 0. ROYALS 5TH: Wilson grounded out (shortstop to first); Wathan was called out on strikes; Brett was called out on strikes; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 0. YANKEES 5TH: Hobson grounded out (shortstop to first); Wynegar flied out to right; Dent flied out to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 0. ROYALS 6TH: Otis singled to center; McRae singled to left [Otis to second]; Martin lined to left; May flied out to left [Otis to third]; White flied out to right; 0 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 0. YANKEES 6TH: Robertson grounded out (pitcher to first); Collins grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley grounded out (shortstop to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 0. ROYALS 7TH: Concepcion reached on an error by Hobson [Concepcion to first]; Wilson struck out; Wathan hit into a double play (right to first) [Concepcion out at second]; 0 R, 0 H, 1 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 0. YANKEES 7TH: Winfield grounded out (third to first); Piniella walked; Nettles doubled to left [Piniella to third]; Hobson lined to third; Wynegar singled to left [Piniella scored, Nettles to third]; Dent singled to left [Nettles scored, Wynegar to second]; QUISENBERRY REPLACED SPLITTORFF (PITCHING); GAMBLE BATTED FOR ROBERTSON; Gamble forced Dent (shortstop to second); 2 R, 3 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 2. ROYALS 8TH: RANDOLPH REPLACED GAMBLE (PLAYING 2B); Brett singled to left; FRAZIER REPLACED RIGHETTI (PITCHING); Otis flied out to right; McRae grounded out (pitcher to first) [Brett to second]; Martin was called out on strikes; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 2. YANKEES 8TH: Collins grounded out (shortstop to first); Smalley grounded out (second to first); Winfield grounded out (third to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 2. ROYALS 9TH: AIKENS BATTED FOR MAY; Aikens grounded out (shortstop to first); White singled to left; Concepcion grounded out (third to shortstop to first) [White to second]; Wilson was walked intentionally; Wathan forced Wilson (shortstop to second); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 2. YANKEES 9TH: WERTH REPLACED AIKENS (PLAYING 1B); GRIFFEY BATTED FOR PINIELLA; Griffey grounded out (second to first); Nettles flied out to center; MAYBERRY BATTED FOR HOBSON; Mayberry homered; Wynegar grounded out (second to first); 1 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. Royals 4, Yankees 3.

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