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Yankees 11 @ Royals 10
Royals Stadium
June 8, 1979

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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the Kansas City Royals and the New York Yankees, played on June 8, 1979 at Royals Stadium. The home team Royals were bested by the visiting Yankees with a score of 11 to 10.

Game Summary

DateJune 8, 1979 
Visiting Team
New York Yankees
R: 11 H: 14 E: 1 LOB: 10
Runs: 11
Hits: 14
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 10
Home Team
Kansas City Royals
R: 10 H: 18 E: 1 LOB: 9
Runs: 10
Hits: 18
Errors: 1
Left On Base: 9
Winning PitcherKen Clay  
Losing PitcherEduardo Rodriguez  
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Game Winning RBIGraig Nettles 

Game Info

DateJune 8, 1979 
Day of WeekFri 
Day / Night
Visiting TeamNew York Yankees 
Home TeamKansas City Royals 
Visiting Starting PitcherEd Figueroa  
Home Starting PitcherRich Gale  
BallparkRoyals Stadium 
CityKansas City 
StateMO 
Attendance35,589 
Time of Game3 hours 33 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Jim Evans
1B: Ted Hendry
2B: Fred Spenn
3B: Larry Barnett

New York Yankees Lineup 

Name  Position 
Mickey Rivers  Center Fielder 
Willie Randolph  Second Baseman 
Thurman Munson  Catcher 
Graig Nettles  Third Baseman 
Chris Chambliss  First Baseman 
Lou Piniella  Right Fielder 
Roy White  Left Fielder 
Jim Spencer  DH 
Bucky Dent  Shortstop 
Bob Lemon  Manager 

Kansas City Royals Lineup 

Name  Position 
Willie Wilson  Left Fielder 
Steve Braun  DH 
Amos Otis  Center Fielder 
George Brett  Third Baseman 
Darrell Porter  Catcher 
Al Cowens  Right Fielder 
Pete LaCock  First Baseman 
Freddie Patek  Shortstop 
U L Washington  Second Baseman 
Whitey Herzog  Manager 

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Yankees 11 @ Royals 10
Royals Stadium
June 8, 1979

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Box Score (back to top)

         Game of 6/8/1979 -- New York at Kansas City (N)

  New York           AB  R  H RBI    Kansas City        AB  R  H RBI
Rivers M, cf          5  2  3  2   Wilson W, lf          6  2  3  0   
Randolph W, 2b        4  1  1  0   Braun S, dh           5  1  2  0   
Munson T, c           6  0  0  0   Otis A, cf            6  1  2  3   
Nettles G, 3b         4  3  2  2   Brett G, 3b           6  2  4  2   
Chambliss C, 1b       5  2  3  0   Porter D, c           4  1  1  0   
Piniella L, rf        5  0  3  3   Cowens A, rf          4  1  0  1   
White R, lf           4  1  1  1   LaCock P, 1b          5  1  2  1   
Spencer J, dh         2  0  0  0   Patek F, ss           3  0  1  0   
Johnson C, ph         1  1  0  0   Poquette T, ph        1  0  0  0   
Dent B, ss            3  0  0  0   Cruz T, ss            1  0  0  0   
Jones D, ph           1  1  1  2   Washington U, 2b      5  1  3  2   
Stanley F, ss         1  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     41 11 14 10                        46 10 18  9

New York         103 000 600 1 -- 11
Kansas City      110 300 203 0 -- 10

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Figueroa E            6.0  9  5  5  1  3
Davis R*              2.0  6  4  4  1  1
Kaat J                0.1  1  1  0  0  0
Clay K (W)            1.2  2  0  0  0  2

  Kansas City          IP  H  R ER BB SO
Gale R                6.1  7  6  5  6  0
Hrabosky A            0.1  4  4  4  1  0
Rodriguez E (L)       3.1  3  1  1  2  2
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th

E -- Brett G, Randolph W
DP -- New York 1, Kansas City 2
LOB -- New York 10, Kansas City 9
2B -- Patek F, Piniella L, Washington U
3B -- Porter D, Brett G, Rivers M
HR -- Otis A, Nettles G
SB -- Randolph W
CS -- Brett G
SH -- Porter D
SF -- Piniella L
WP -- Clay K
T -- 3:33
A -- 35589

    

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