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Royals 4 @ Yankees 5
Yankee Stadium
May 20, 1981

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Kansas City Royals, played on May 20, 1981 at Yankee Stadium. The home team Yankees beat the visiting Royals with a score of 5 to 4.

Game Summary

DateMay 20, 1981 
Visiting Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 4 H: 12 E: 1 LOB: 11
Runs: 4
Hits: 12
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 11
Home Team
New York Yankees
R: 5 H: 10 E: 0 LOB: 7
Runs: 5
Hits: 10
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 7
Winning PitcherBill Castro  
Losing PitcherDan Quisenberry  
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Game Winning RBIGraig Nettles 

Game Info

DateMay 20, 1981 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamKansas City Royals 
Home TeamNew York Yankees 
Visiting Starting PitcherLarry Gura  
Home Starting PitcherGene Nelson  
BallparkYankee Stadium 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance27,912 
Time of Game3 hours 21 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Derryl Cousins
1B: Marty Springstead
2B: Joe Brinkman
3B: Dale Ford

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Willie Wilson  Left Fielder 
John Wathan  Catcher 
Willie Aikens  First Baseman 
Hal McRae  DH 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
Jamie Quirk  Third Baseman 
Frank White  Second Baseman 
Cesar Geronimo  Right Fielder 
U L Washington  Shortstop 
Jim Frey  Manager 

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Willie Randolph  Second Baseman 
Bobby Murcer  DH 
Dave Winfield  Center Fielder 
Reggie Jackson  Right Fielder 
Lou Piniella  Left Fielder 
Barry Foote  Catcher 
Graig Nettles  Third Baseman 
Bucky Dent  Shortstop 
Dennis Werth  First Baseman 
Gene Michael  Manager 

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Royals 4 @ Yankees 5
Yankee Stadium
May 20, 1981

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         Game of 5/20/1981 -- Kansas City at New York (N)

  Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Wilson W, lf          5  2  3  0   Randolph W, 2b        4  1  1  0   
Wathan J, c           4  1  3  1   Murcer B, dh          5  0  1  0   
Aikens W, 1b          6  0  3  2   Winfield D, cf        5  2  1  0   
McRae H, dh           5  0  1  0   Jackson R, rf         4  0  0  0   
Otis A, cf            5  0  2  0   Piniella L, lf        4  1  2  1   
Quirk J, 3b           3  0  0  0   Gamble O, ph          1  0  0  0   
White F, 2b           4  0  0  0   Foote B, c            4  1  2  2   
Geronimo C, rf        3  0  0  0   Mumphrey J, ph        0  0  0  0   
May L, ph             1  0  0  0   Nettles G, 3b         5  0  2  2   
Garcia D, rf          1  0  0  0   Dent B, ss            4  0  1  0   
Washington U, ss      3  1  0  0   Werth D, 1b           3  0  0  0   
Phelps K, ph          1  0  0  0   Revering D, ph-1b     0  0  0  0   
Mulliniks R, ss       0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41  4 12  3                        39  5 10  5

Kansas City      200 200 000 00 --  4
New York         300 100 000 01 --  5
  1 out when winning run was scored.

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gura L                9.1  9  4  4  1  3
Quisenberry D (L)     1.0  1  1  0  3  0

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Nelson G              3.2  8  4  4  4  1
LaRoche D             5.0  2  0  0  1  6
Davis R               1.1  1  0  0  0  0
Castro B (W)          1.0  1  0  0  0  0

E -- Mulliniks R
DP -- Kansas City 2, New York 1
LOB -- Kansas City 11, New York 7
2B -- Aikens W, Randolph W, Dent B
HR -- Foote B
SB -- Otis A 2, Washington U, Wilson W
CS -- White F
SH -- Wathan J
SF -- Wathan J
WP -- Nelson G
T -- 3:21
A -- 27912

    

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