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June 9, 1979

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Yankees 7 9 0
Royals 7 12 2
Bottom 8 R H E
Yankees 7 9 0
Royals 7 12 2

John Wathan Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .667 .241
OBP .667 .273
At Bats 3 83
Hits 2 20
• Singles 1 14
• Doubles 0 3
• Triples 1 2
• Home Runs 0 1
Walks 0 4
RBI’s 2 14

Jim Kaat Season Stats

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Royals Stadium - June 9, 1979
Out
Jim Kaat
Thurman Munson
Chris Chambliss
Willie Randolph
Graig Nettles
Bucky Dent
Roy White
Mickey Rivers
Lou Piniella
John Wathan
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 1 Out

Wathan hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Rivers hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Dent hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Al Hrabosky now pitching. White hits a ball on the ground towards first. LaCock juggles the ball. That's an error on LaCock.
Top 8 Chambliss hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. Chambliss reaches second base with a double.
Top 8 Jim Spencer pinch hits for Darryl Jones. Spencer hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards second. Randolph scoops it up, steps on second, and throws to first for the double play.
Bottom 7 Cowens is walked intentionally.
Bottom 7 Jim Kaat now pitching. Brett hits a line drive off the glove of Randolph, and into shallow right field. Brett reaches second base with a double. Wilson scores. Washington moves to third.
Bottom 7 Otis hits a popup towards the mound. Burris settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Washington hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Wilson moves to second.
Bottom 7 Wilson hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Nettles hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Renie Martin now pitching. Piniella hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Rivers scores. Randolph scores.
Top 7 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards third. Brett fields it and throws to first for the out. Rivers moves to third. Randolph moves to second.
Top 7 Randolph takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Rivers hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. Rivers reaches second base with a double.
Top 7 George Brett now playing third base. Pete LaCock now playing first base. Todd Cruz now playing shortstop. Dent hits a ball on the ground towards short. Cruz scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Cruz hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Patek hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Rivers throws the ball in to Dent who tags Patek trying to catch an extra base, for the out. Wathan scores.
Bottom 6 Ray Burris now pitching. Wathan hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Piniella who is chasing the ball. Wathan reaches third base with a triple. Brett scores. Porter goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Porter is hit by the pitch. Brett moves to second.
Bottom 6 Cowens hits a fly ball into right field. Piniella settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Brett hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 6 White strikes out.
Top 6 Chambliss strikes out.
Top 6 Jones strikes out.
Bottom 5 Otis hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 5 Washington hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Wilson strikes out.
Bottom 5 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Nettles hits a ball on the ground towards first. Brett scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Nettles for the out.
Top 5 Piniella hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Washington fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Top 5 Munson hits a fly ball into left field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Patek strikes out.
Bottom 4 Wathan hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Porter hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Bottom 4 Cowens hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Otis scores.
Bottom 4 Brett hits a ball on the ground between the mound and first base. John scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Brett for the out. Otis moves to second.
Bottom 4 Otis hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Washington hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Rivers hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Dent hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 There goes Chambliss. The throw from Wathan and he is safe. Chambliss steals second.
Top 4 White hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Washington settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Chambliss takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Cruz hits a ball on the ground towards short. Dent scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Patek hits a popup towards third. Nettles settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Jones strikes out.
Top 3 Nettles hits a popup towards the mound. Gura settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Piniella hits a line drive to center field. Otis throws towards third. Cruz fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Cruz. Rivers scores. Randolph scores. Munson goes all the way around to score. Piniella moves to third.
Top 3 Munson takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Randolph hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Cowens. Randolph reaches second base with a double. Rivers moves to third.
Top 3 Rivers hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 3 Dent hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Wathan hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Randolph scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Porter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Chambliss fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first, with John covering. It's a double play. Brett moves to third.
Bottom 2 Cowens hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Brett moves to second.
Bottom 2 Brett takes first base on ball four.
Top 2 White hits a fly ball into right field. Cowens settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Chambliss hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 2 Jones hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Wilson. Jones reaches second base with a double.
Top 2 Nettles hits a fly ball into center field. Otis settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Piniella strikes out.
Bottom 1 Otis hits a fly ball into center field. Rivers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Washington hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nettles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Wilson strikes out.
Top 1 Munson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Patek scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Randolph hits a ball on the ground towards third. Cruz fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Rivers hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Washington scoops it up and throws to first for the out.