Royals @ Yankees
May 9, 1997

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Bottom 12 R H E
Royals 7 9 1
Yankees 5 12 2
Bottom 12 R H E
Royals 7 9 1
Yankees 5 12 2

Joe Girardi Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .200 .234
OBP .200 .255
At Bats 5 94
Hits 1 22
• Singles 1 15
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 3
RBI’s 0 18

Randy Veres Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 0 0
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Yankee Stadium - May 9, 1997
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Strikeout
Randy Veres
Tim Spehr
Jeff King
Jose Offerman
Scott Cooper
Jay Bell
Johnny Damon
David Howard
Jermaine Dye
Joe Girardi
Wade Boggs

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
Kansas City Royals 7 9 1 7
New York Yankees 5 12 2 13
Winning Pitcher Randy Veres
Losing Pitcher Brian Boehringer
Save (none)
Game Winning RBI (none)
Attendance 20,098
Time of Game 4 hours 33 minutes
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Count: 0-2, 2 Outs
Count: 0-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Girardi strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 12 Boggs hits a ball on the ground towards first. King fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 12 Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cooper fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 12 Whiten hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 12 Mike Stanton now pitching. Damon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Martinez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Damon for the out.
Top 12 Davis is walked intentionally.
Top 12 King hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Raines. King reaches second base with a double. Offerman scores. That run is unearned.
Top 12 Bell hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Girardi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 12 Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter misplays the ball. That's an error on Jeter. Spehr scores. Offerman moves to second. That run is unearned.
Top 12 Howard bunts towards third. Boggs fields it and throws to first for the out. Spehr moves to second.
Top 12 Spehr takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 11 O'Neill strikes out.
Bottom 11 Martinez is walked intentionally.
Bottom 11 There goes Williams. The throw from Spehr and he is safe. Williams steals second.
Bottom 11 Williams takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 11 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cooper fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 11 Randy Veres now pitching. Raines hits a fly ball into center field. Howard settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Cooper hits a popup towards third. Boggs settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 11 Dye strikes out.
Top 11 Damon hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 11 Charlie Hayes now playing second base. Wade Boggs now playing third base. Davis strikes out.
Bottom 10 Johnny Damon now playing left field. Jermaine Dye now playing right field. Girardi strikes out.
Bottom 10 David Howard now playing center field. Johnny Damon now playing right field. Jermaine Dye now playing left field. Wade Boggs pinch hits for Luis SBoggs strikes out.
Bottom 10 Hayes is walked intentionally.
Bottom 10 Whiten bunts towards the mound. Pichardo fields it and throws to first for the out. Martinez moves to third. O'Neill moves to second.
Bottom 10 Paul O'Neill pinch hits for Pat Kelly. O'Neill hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Martinez moves to second.
Bottom 10 Hipolito Pichardo now pitching. Martinez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 10 King strikes out.
Top 10 Bell hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 10 Offerman hits a popup towards third. Hayes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 10 Brian Boehringer now pitching. Goodwin bunts in front of the plate. Girardi settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 9 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Jeter strikes out.
Bottom 9 Jeff Montgomery now pitching. Raines hits a ball on the ground towards first. King scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Raines for the out. Girardi moves to second.
Bottom 9 Scott Cooper now playing third base. Tim Spehr now catching. Girardi hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit.
Top 9 Bip Roberts pinch hits for Mike Sweeney. Roberts hits a popup towards first. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Scott Cooper pinch hits for Craig Paquette. Cooper hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 9 Dye strikes out.
Top 9 Damon hits a fly ball into left field. Raines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Sojo hits a ball on the ground towards third. Paquette fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Hayes is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Pat Kelly pinch runs for Cecil Fielder. Whiten hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Walker fields it and throws to first for the out. Kelly moves to second.
Bottom 8 Fielder hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Walker fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 8 Martinez takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Davis strikes out.
Top 8 King hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 8 Jeff Nelson now pitching. Bell hits a popup, foul, towards first. Martinez settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Luis Sojo now playing second base. Goodwin hits a line drive into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.
Bottom 7 Jamie Walker now pitching. Williams hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Jeter hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 7 Raines hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Girardi bunts in front of the plate. Sweeney fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Duncan hits a line drive into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Sweeney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Dye strikes out.
Bottom 6 Hayes hits a fly ball into center field. Goodwin settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Whiten hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Johnny Damon now playing left field. Jermaine Dye now playing right field. Fielder hits a fly ball into right field. Dye settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Vitiello hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rogers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Duncan fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Bell scores. King scores.
Top 6 King hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields the ball, races to the bag for one, and throws the ball away attempting to make the double play. Goodwin scores. Bell moves to third. King moves to second.
Top 6 Bell takes first base on ball four. Goodwin moves to third. Offerman moves to second.
Top 6 Offerman takes first base on ball four. Goodwin moves to second.
Top 6 Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards third. Hayes fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 6 Sweeney hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards first. King fields it, and throws to get the runner. And he throws it away. That's an error on King. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 5 Jeter hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Raines hits a ball on the ground towards first. King scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Raines for the out.
Top 5 Paquette hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rogers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Dye hits a line drive into left field. The ball bounces into the stands for a ground rule double.
Top 5 Vitiello hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Duncan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Davis hits a ball on the ground towards first. The ball bounces off Martinez, and towards Duncan, who fields it and throws to first, with the pitcher covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Girardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Duncan hits a fly ball into right field, out of the reach of Vitiello. Duncan reaches second base with a double. Hayes scores.
Bottom 4 There goes Hayes. The throw from Sweeney and he is safe. Hayes steals second.
Bottom 4 Hayes hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Offerman fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Bottom 4 Whiten takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Fielder strikes out.
Top 4 King strikes out.
Top 4 Bell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rogers fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Martinez hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Williams hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Dye. Williams reaches second base with a double. Raines scores.
Bottom 3 Jeter strikes out.
Bottom 3 Raines hits a ball on the ground into left field, out of the reach of Dye. Raines reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Girardi hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Goodwin hits a ball on the ground towards first. Martinez scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Goodwin for the out.
Top 3 Sweeney strikes out.
Top 3 Paquette strikes out.
Bottom 2 Duncan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Bell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Hayes hits a fly ball into right field. Vitiello settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Whiten strikes out.
Top 2 Dye hits a fly ball into right field. Whiten settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Vitiello strikes out.
Top 2 Davis strikes out.
Bottom 1 Fielder strikes out.
Bottom 1 Martinez hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Vitiello who is chasing the ball. Martinez reaches third base with a triple. Raines scores.
Bottom 1 Williams hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Offerman scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Raines moves to third.
Bottom 1 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rusch fields it and throws to first for the out. Raines moves to second.
Bottom 1 Raines hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 1 King hits a fly ball into right field. Whiten settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Bell hits a fly ball into left field. Raines settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Offerman hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Duncan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.