Yankees @ Royals
August 16, 2011

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

Alcides Escobar Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .333 .252
OBP .333 .288
At Bats 3 429
Hits 1 108
• Singles 0 82
• Doubles 0 18
• Triples 1 6
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 21
RBI’s 0 37

Mariano Rivera Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 31
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Kauffman Stadium - August 16, 2011
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Strikeout
Mariano Rivera
Russell Martin
Mark Teixeira
Robinson Cano
Eduardo Nunez
Derek Jeter
Brett Gardner
Curtis Granderson
Nick Swisher
Alcides Escobar

Final Stats

  Runs Hits Errors LOB
New York Yankees 9 12 0 10
Kansas City Royals 7 9 0 2
Winning Pitcher Ivan Nova
Losing Pitcher Danny Duffy
Save Mariano Rivera
Game Winning RBI Robinson Cano
Attendance 22,258
Time of Game 3 hours 19 minutes
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Count: 1-2, 2 Outs
Count: 1-2, 0 Outs

End of Game

Escobar strikes out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 9 Moustakas hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Rivera fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 9 Mariano Rivera now pitching. Perez strikes out.
Top 9 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Moustakas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 9 Gardner hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 9 Tim Collins now pitching. Nunez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Giavotella hits a fly ball into right field. Swisher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 8 Francoeur strikes out.
Bottom 8 David Robertson now pitching. Hosmer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Martin strikes out.
Top 8 Jorge Posada pinch hits for Andruw Jones. Posada takes first base on ball four.
Top 8 Swisher strikes out.
Top 8 Cano hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Butler strikes out.
Bottom 7 Rafael Soriano now pitching. Cabrera hits a fly ball into center field. Granderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Gordon hits a fly ball into left field. Gardner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Greg Holland now pitching. Teixeira hits a fly ball into left field. Gordon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Granderson hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Jeter moves to second.
Top 7 Jeter hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Gardner scores.
Top 7 Gardner hits a ball on the ground into right field, out of the reach of Francoeur who is chasing the ball. Gardner reaches third base with a triple.
Top 7 Nunez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Escobar scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Aaron Crow now pitching. Martin strikes out.
Bottom 6 Escobar hits a ball on the ground towards first. Teixeira scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Escobar for the out.
Bottom 6 Boone Logan now pitching. Moustakas strikes out.
Bottom 6 Perez hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Granderson. Perez reaches second base with a double. Francoeur scores. Giavotella goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 6 Giavotella takes first base on ball four. Francoeur moves to second.
Bottom 6 Francoeur hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Hosmer hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Jones strikes out.
Top 6 Swisher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Giavotella scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Cano hits a ball on the ground towards third. Moustakas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Butler hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Nova, and towards Cano, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Cabrera hits a fly ball into left field. Gardner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Gordon hits a fly ball into left field. Gardner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Teixeira hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Giavotella scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Granderson hits a fly ball into center field. Cabrera settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Jeter strikes out.
Bottom 4 Escobar hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Moustakas hits a line drive into center field. Granderson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Perez hits a fly ball into left field. Gardner settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Giavotella scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Nunez hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit. Martin moves to second.
Top 4 Martin takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 Jones hits a ball on the ground towards third. Moustakas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Nathan Adcock now pitching. Swisher hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Giavotella scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Cano hits a long drive deep into right center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 4 Teixeira hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Jeter scores. Granderson moves to second.
Top 4 Granderson bunts towards the catcher. Fielder's choice made on unknown runner with result that runner safe. Jeter moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 4 Jeter hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gordon. Jeter reaches second base with a double. Gardner goes all the way around to score.
Top 4 Gardner bunts towards the right side of the infield. Giavotella fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 3 Giavotella strikes out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Francoeur moves to third.
Bottom 3 Francoeur hits a fly ball into center field, out of the reach of Granderson. Francoeur reaches second base with a double. Butler scores.
Bottom 3 Hosmer hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nunez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. Butler moves to second.
Bottom 3 Butler hits a ball on the ground into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Cabrera hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 3 Gordon hits a ball on the ground towards third. Nunez fields it and throws to first for the out. Escobar scores.
Bottom 3 Escobar hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Gardner who is chasing the ball. Escobar reaches third base with a triple.
Top 3 Nunez hits a line drive into right field. Francoeur settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Martin hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Teixeira scores. Cano scores. Swisher moves to third. Martin moves to second.
Top 3 Jones strikes out.
Top 3 Swisher takes first base on ball four. Teixeira moves to third. Cano moves to second.
Top 3 Cano hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Granderson scores. Teixeira moves to second.
Top 3 Teixeira takes first base on ball four. Granderson moves to second.
Top 3 Granderson is hit by the pitch.
Top 3 Jeter hits a ball on the ground towards third. Moustakas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Moustakas hits a ball on the ground towards first. Teixeira scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Moustakas for the out.
Bottom 2 Perez hits a ball on the ground towards short. Jeter scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Giavotella hits a fly ball into right field. Swisher settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Gardner hits a popup towards third. Moustakas settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Nunez hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Duffy fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Swisher moves to third. Jones moves to second.
Top 2 Martin strikes out.
Top 2 Jones is hit by the pitch. Swisher moves to second.
Top 2 Swisher hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Cano hits a line drive towards first. Hosmer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 There goes Francoeur. The throw from Martin and he is out, Cano applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Francoeur hits a ball on the ground into center field for a base hit. Hosmer scores.
Bottom 1 Hosmer hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Granderson. Hosmer reaches second base with a double. Butler goes all the way around to score.
Bottom 1 Butler hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Cabrera hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Cano scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Gordon strikes out.
Top 1 Teixeira hits a ball on the ground towards third. Moustakas fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Granderson strikes out. Perez drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Granderson out.
Top 1 Jeter hits a line drive into right field. Francoeur settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.