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Royals
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
October 13, 1976
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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 October 13, 1976 at Yankee Stadium.
Game Summary
| Date | October 13, 1976 |
|---|---|
| Visiting Team |
Kansas City Royals
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| Home Team |
New York Yankees
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| Winning Pitcher | — |
| Losing Pitcher | — |
| Save | — |
| Game Winning RBI | — |
Game Info
| Date | October 13, 1976 |
|---|---|
| Day of Week | Wed |
| Day / Night | D |
| Visiting Team | Kansas City Royals |
| Home Team | New York Yankees |
| Visiting Starting Pitcher | Larry Gura |
| Home Starting Pitcher | Catfish Hunter |
| Ballpark | Yankee Stadium |
| City | New York |
| State | NY |
| Attendance | 56,355 |
| Time of Game | 2 hours 50 minutes |
| Umpires | HP: Bill Haller 1B: Art Frantz 2B: Larry McCoy 3B: Joe Brinkman |
Kansas City Royals Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Al Cowens | Center Fielder |
| Tom Poquette | Left Fielder |
| George Brett | Third Baseman |
| John Mayberry | First Baseman |
| Hal McRae | Right Fielder |
| Jamie Quirk | DH |
| Cookie Rojas | Second Baseman |
| Freddie Patek | Shortstop |
| Buck Martinez | Catcher |
| Whitey Herzog | Manager |
New York Yankees Lineup
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Mickey Rivers | Center Fielder |
| Roy White | Left Fielder |
| Thurman Munson | Catcher |
| Lou Piniella | DH |
| Chris Chambliss | First Baseman |
| Graig Nettles | Third Baseman |
| Elliott Maddox | Right Fielder |
| Willie Randolph | Second Baseman |
| Fred Stanley | Shortstop |
| Billy Martin | Manager |
All Plays in Game
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Royals
@ Yankees
Yankee Stadium
October 13, 1976
Top 1
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Royals, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Hunter
Cowens hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Hunter
Poquette hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Hunter
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Hunter fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 1
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Royals, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Gura
Rivers hits a popup, foul, towards third. Brett settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Gura
White hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Poquette. White reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Munson vs. Gura
Munson hits a line drive into center field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Piniella vs. Gura
Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 2
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Royals, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Hunter
Mayberry takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
McRae vs. Hunter
McRae hits a fly ball into right field. Maddox settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Quirk vs. Hunter
Quirk hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rojas vs. Hunter
Rojas hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Mayberry moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 0 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Patek vs. Hunter
Patek hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Maddox. Patek reaches second base with a double. Mayberry scores. Rojas goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 2 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Martinez vs. Hunter
Martinez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Patek scores. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cowens vs. Hunter
Cowens hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 2
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Royals, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Gura
Chambliss hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Yankees, 0
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Nettles vs. Gura
Nettles hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run.. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Maddox vs. Gura
Maddox hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Gura
Randolph hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Stanley vs. Gura
Stanley hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Randolph moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Rivers vs. Gura
Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek fields it and throws to second for the out. Randolph moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
White vs. Gura
White hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Rojas fields it and races to the second base bag for the out. View Play
Top 3
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Royals, 3 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Hunter
Poquette hits a line drive into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Hunter
Brett hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Hunter
Mayberry hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 3
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Royals, 3 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Gura
Munson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Bird
Doug Bird now pitching.
Piniella hits a fly ball into right field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chambliss vs. Bird
There goes Munson. The throw from Martinez and he is out, Patek applying the tag. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Bird
Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards first. Mayberry scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Chambliss for the out. View Play
Top 4
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Royals, 3 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Hunter
McRae hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Rivers. McRae reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 3 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Quirk vs. Hunter
Quirk hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Rivers, who is chasing the ball. Quirk reaches third base with a triple. McRae scores. View Play -
Royals, 4 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Rojas vs. Tidrow
Dick Tidrow now pitching.
Rojas hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Quirk tags and scores. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Tidrow
Patek hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Tidrow
Martinez hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 4
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Royals, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Bird
Nettles strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gamble vs. Bird
Oscar Gamble pinch hits for Elliott Maddox.
Gamble hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Bird
Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Top 5
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Royals, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Tidrow
Oscar Gamble now playing right field.
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Stanley scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Tidrow
Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Poquette for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Tidrow
Brett hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 5
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Royals, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Stanley vs. Bird
Stanley hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rivers vs. Bird
Rivers hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
White vs. Bird
White hits a fly ball into center field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 6
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Royals, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Mayberry vs. Tidrow
Mayberry hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
McRae vs. Tidrow
McRae hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Rivers, who is chasing the ball. McRae reaches third base with a triple. View Play -
Royals, 5 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Quirk vs. Tidrow
Quirk hits a fly ball into right field. Gamble settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. McRae tags and scores. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Tidrow
Rojas hits a fly ball into left field. White settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 6
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Royals, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Bird
Munson hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Piniella vs. Bird
Piniella hits a fly ball into left field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Chambliss vs. Bird
Chambliss hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Rojas fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. View Play
Top 7
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Royals, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Patek vs. Tidrow
Patek hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss can't make a play. That's a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Martinez vs. Tidrow
There goes Patek. The throw from Munson and he is out, Stanley applying the tag. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Martinez vs. Tidrow
Martinez takes first base on ball four. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Cowens vs. Tidrow
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to second for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Poquette vs. Jackson
Grant Jackson now pitching.
Poquette takes first base on ball four. Cowens moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 12-
Brett vs. Jackson
Brett takes first base on ball four. Cowens moves to third. Poquette moves to second. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 123
Mayberry vs. Jackson
Mayberry hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Jackson fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play
Bottom 7
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Royals, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Bird
Nettles hits a fly ball into right field. McRae settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Gamble vs. Bird
Gamble hits a line drive into right center field, beyond the reach of Cowens. Gamble reaches second base with a double. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Randolph vs. Bird
Bird spins and fires to second and throws the ball away. That's an error on Bird. Gamble moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Yankees, 2
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: --3
Randolph vs. Bird
Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Bird fields it and throws to first for the out. Gamble scores. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Hendricks vs. Bird
Elrod Hendricks pinch hits for Fred Stanley.
Hendricks hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Rivers vs. Bird
Ron Guidry pinch runs for Elrod Hendricks.
Rivers hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Guidry moves to third. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1-3
White vs. Mingori
Steve Mingori now pitching.
White hits a fly ball into center field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 8
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Royals, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Wohlford vs. Jackson
Jim Mason now playing shortstop. Jim Wohlford pinch hits for Hal McRae.
Wohlford hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nelson vs. Jackson
Dave Nelson pinch hits for Jamie Quirk.
Nelson strikes out. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Rojas vs. Jackson
Rojas hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. View Play -
Royals, 6 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: 1--
Patek vs. Jackson
Frank White pinch runs for Cookie Rojas.
Patek hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Gamble. Patek reaches second base with a double. White goes all the way around to score. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: -2-
Martinez vs. Jackson
Martinez hits a popup towards first. Chambliss settles under it and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Bottom 8
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Royals, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Munson vs. Mingori
Frank White now playing second base. Jim Wohlford now playing left field. Tom Poquette now playing right field.
Munson hits a fly ball into right field. Poquette settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Piniella vs. Mingori
Piniella hits a fly ball into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Chambliss vs. Mingori
Chambliss hits a fly ball into center field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
Top 9
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Royals, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Cowens vs. Jackson
Cowens hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Poquette vs. Jackson
Poquette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Mason scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Brett vs. Jackson
Brett is called out on strikes. View Play
Bottom 9
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Royals, 7 - Yankees, 3
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Nettles vs. Mingori
Nettles hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 0, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Velez vs. Mingori
Otto Velez pinch hits for Oscar Gamble.
Velez hits a fly ball into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 1, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Randolph vs. Mingori
Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out. View Play -
Royals, 7 - Yankees, 4
Outs: 2, Count: 0-0, RoB: ---
Alomar vs. Mingori
Sandy Alomar pinch hits for Jim Mason.
Alomar hits a fly ball into left field. Wohlford settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. View Play
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Box Score
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Game of 10/13/1976 -- Kansas City at New York (D)
Kansas City AB R H RBI New York AB R H RBI
Cowens A, cf 5 0 0 0 Rivers M, cf 4 0 1 0
Poquette T, lf-rf 4 0 0 0 White R, lf 4 0 1 0
Brett G, 3b 4 0 0 0 Munson T, c 4 0 2 0
Mayberry J, 1b 3 1 0 0 Piniella L, dh 4 0 0 0
McRae H, rf 3 2 2 0 Chambliss C, 1b 4 1 1 0
Wohlford J, ph-lf 1 0 0 0 Nettles G, 3b 4 2 2 3
Quirk J, dh 2 1 1 2 Maddox E, rf 1 0 0 0
Nelson D, ph 1 0 0 0 Gamble O, ph-rf 2 1 1 0
Rojas C, 2b 3 1 2 1 Velez O, ph 1 0 0 0
White F, pr-2b 0 1 0 0 Randolph W, 2b 4 0 1 1
Patek F, ss 4 1 3 3 Stanley F, ss 2 0 1 0
Martinez B, c 3 0 1 1 Hendricks E, ph 1 0 1 0
Guidry R, pr 0 0 0 0
Mason J, ss 0 0 0 0
Alomar S, ph 1 0 0 0
-- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
33 7 9 7 36 4 11 4
Kansas City 030 201 010 -- 7
New York 020 000 101 -- 4
Kansas City IP H R ER BB SO
Gura L* 2.0 6 2 2 0 0
Bird D (W) 4.2 4 1 1 0 1
Mingori S (S) 2.1 1 1 1 0 0
New York IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter J (L)+ 3.0 5 5 5 1 0
Tidrow D 3.2 2 1 1 2 0
Jackson G 2.1 2 1 1 1 2
* Pitched to 1 batter in 3rd
+ Pitched to 2 batters in 4th
E -- Bird D
DP -- Kansas City 1
LOB -- Kansas City 5, New York 5
2B -- White R, Patek F 2, McRae H, Gamble O
3B -- Quirk J, McRae H
HR -- Nettles G 2
CS -- Munson T, Patek F
SF -- Rojas C, Quirk J
T -- 2:50
A -- 56355
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